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Ruijie Reyee: Tired of Complex Retail Networks? Meet Your All-in-One Solution!

Retail and chain businesses are expanding rapidly, spanning multiple locations with diverse network environments. As the business grows, network construction becomes increasingly complex, with various types of equipment deployed across different sites.

However, managing these networks efficiently presents significant challenges. When network issues arise, such as customers being unable to connect to Wi-Fi networks, failed online orders, or disrupted surveillance systems, operations can be severely impacted. Without a reliable network, POS systems may go offline, cloud-based inventory management could be interrupted, and digital payment transactions may fail, leading to frustrated customers and lost revenue. For IT managers, troubleshooting these issues is often a daunting task. Without centralized network visibility and remote management capabilities, they must physically visit each site to diagnose and resolve issues, which is both time-consuming and costly. Coordinating with non-technical staff on-site can further delay resolution, affecting business continuity.

To address these challenges, businesses need a robust, easy-to-manage, and scalable network solution that ensures stable connectivity, simplifies maintenance, and enhances overall operational efficiency.

All-in-One Wireless Router

When opening a new store, there’s no need to deploy separate switches, routers, or APs. With the Reyee Retail Network Solution – Power On, Business On – a single wireless router, RG-EG105GW(T) (Wi-Fi 5) or RG-EG105GW-X (Wi-Fi 6), takes care of everything. Power on the device and connect with the terminals, and your business will begin.

  1. RG-EG105GW(T) & RG-EG105GW-X: The Wireless All-in-One Business Router

The RG-EG105GW(T) and RG-EG105GW-X are high-performance wireless all-in-one business routers designed for fast, stable, and secure networking. The RG-EG105GW(T) features Wi-Fi 5 (1267 Mbps), load balancing on 4 WAN ports, Multi-VLAN capability, and full VPN support, while the RG-EG105GW-X supports Wi-Fi 6 AX3000, featuring five high-gain antennas and enhanced connectivity. These two routers ensure seamless business operations with exceptional speed and reliability.

  1. Press Button, Reyee Mesh Networking Done

Need to expand your Wi-Fi coverage effortlessly? With just a single click, the RG-EG105GW(T) & RG-EG105GW-X seamlessly mesh with Reyee APs, instantly extending Wi-Fi coverage without the need for extra cabling. Say goodbye to wiring costs and hello to effortless expansion — perfect for retail businesses looking for a hassle-free way to stay connected!

  1. Customized Portal Page: What You See is What You Get

Want a custom portal page? Usually, this means hiring external help, costing more time and money. But with RG-EG105GW(T) & RG-EG105GW-X, it’s easy! Customize your brand logo, background, buttons, colors, and layout — no coding needed. Add ads, QR codes, and promos to boost engagement. For chains, one-click HQ copy keeps branding consistent across all locations.

  1. Flexible Authentication, Smart Wi-Fi Monetization

The RG-EG105GW(T) & RG-EG105GW-X support multiple authentication methods, including One-Click Login, Voucher, Account, SMS, and Registration, giving business owners the freedom to choose what works best. In retail, Voucher Authentication is the top choice — turning Wi-Fi into a revenue-driving tool! Customers can only access the internet after making a purchase and entering a voucher code from their receipt. Plus, with Ruijie Cloud, vouchers can be generated in bulk in a few seconds, making management effortless

  1. Securely Monitor Your NVR, IPC & Internal Server – Anytime, Anywhere

No matter if your router’s WAN port has a dynamic or even private IP, you can securely monitor your NVR, IPC, or internal server from anywhere with ease. Thanks to NAT Traversal on Ruijie Reyee App or Ruijie Cloud, remote access is seamless and hassle-free.
Want to set it up? Watch this video to learn how to configure NAT Traversal on Ruijie Reyee App remotely.

  1. Decent Design & Flexible Installation

Designed to seamlessly blend into retail and branch environments, the RG-EG105GW(T) features a sleek and compact form factor—measuring just 120 mm x 120 mm x 28 mm (0.79 in. x 4.72 in. x 1.1 in.), about the size of a compact CD case. With multiple installation options, it can stand upright, lay flat on a table, or be mounted on a wall, ensuring flexibility without compromising aesthetics. Whether in boutiques, cafes, or offices, it integrates effortlessly into any space while delivering powerful networking performance.

Looking Forward: The Next-Gen 5G Retail Solution
In the coming months, we are excited to introduce our upgraded 5G Retail Solution, featuring a brand-new 5G Business Router. Designed for commercial environments, this solution delivers higher speeds, greater stability, and an array of advanced features to meet the evolving demands of modern businesses.

With dual SIM support and WAN failover, it ensures uninterrupted connectivity, providing a seamless network experience. Most importantly, there’s no need for wired broadband installation — simply insert SIM cards, and you’re ready to go. Stay tuned for the future of retail networking!

 

Hikvision Enhances Video Search with AcuSeek AI on Hik-Connect 6 and HikCentral Professional

Hikvision has integrated its AcuSeek AI-powered video analytics into HikCentral Professional and Hik-Connect 6, transforming how organizations and individuals search and retrieve video footage. The new technology supports natural language queries, voice commands (available in Hik-Connect 6), image-based searches, and seamless integration across diverse security ecosystems.
Built on Hikvision’s Guanlan AI models, AcuSeek leverages machine learning trained on millions of real-world scenarios to deliver higher accuracy and fewer false results. With deployment across both platforms, intelligent search is now available for enterprises as well as individuals and small teams. HikCentral Professional targets medium to large deployments with broad device integration, while Hik-Connect 6 offers accessible functionality through both portal and mobile app interfaces.

Fred Wu, Product Director at Hikvision, commented: “AcuSeek represents the convergence of advanced AI with practical usability, enabling results in seconds, not hours.” The Hik-Connect 6 platform introduces the “Voice or Text, Seek Fast” feature, offering multi-modal search in more than 30 languages. Users can search by typing everyday language queries such as “red vehicles exiting East Gate in the last five days,” or by speaking commands directly. Image-based searches allow objects to be pinpointed with timeline precision, ranked by similarity, and enhanced with contextual details.

HikCentral Professional adds semantic search, feature-based description, and picture search, integrating person and vehicle data for unified global searches.

The platform also supports applications in access control, vehicle management, and incident workflows across complex deployments.Real-world use cases range from retail (lost item searches) to community security (threat detection), and from vehicle identification to construction safety monitoring. Together, Hik-Connect 6 and HikCentral Professional provide a versatile, AI-powered video search experience designed to improve efficiency across industries.

Euralarm Webinar: Fire Safety in EV Parking Garages

Euralarm will organize a webinar on Fire safety in EV parking garages on October 14, 2025.

The rise of electric vehicles (EVs) has brought both environmental benefits and new safety challenges. The nature of EV construction is to protect the battery cells from weather, surface water spray, and damage in normal use, and this presents a challenge in delivering extinguishant to the cells. Therefore, it is extremely challenging, if not impossible, to stop in-cell thermal runaway inside the traction battery or slowing cell to cell propagation.

Euralarm’s latest guidance unpacks the fire risk disparity between EVs and ICE vehicles, the unique dangers of thermal battery events, and the critical steps needed to mitigate them effectively.

The scope of this webinar, presented by Euralarm’s Vice Chair of the Extinguishing Section, Gerd Hülsen, is to provide factual information on the fire risk of electrical vehicles in parking facilities in comparison with other types of vehicles and to guide through solutions that can be applied. We will discuss fire behaviors and safety measures associated with both electric and combustion vehicles.

This webinar is especially interesting for:

  • Fire safety professionals
  • Parking facility operators and managers
  • Facility managers for commercial, residential, and public buildings
  • Policymakers and regulators at municipal, national, and EU level
  • Technology & innovation experts
  • Installers and system integrators

Register here for this event.

About Euralarm

Euralarm represents the electronic fire and security industry, providing leadership and expertise for industry, market, policy makers and standards bodies. Our Members make society safer and secure through systems and services for fire detection and extinguishing, intrusion detection, access control, video monitoring, alarm transmission and alarm receiving centres. Founded in 1970, Euralarm represents over 5000 companies within the fire safety and security industry valued at 67 billion Euros. Euralarm Members are national associations and individual companies from across Europe.

VIVOTEK: Turn Your Existing Cameras into a Smart System

By: Đorđe Baćić, Business Development Manager, VIVOTEK

E-mail: djordje.bacic@vivotek.com

As more businesses embrace digital transformation, cloud surveillance is rapidly becoming the new standard for modern security. Traditional on-premises systems often fall short when it comes to flexibility, scalability, and cost efficiency. According to MarketsandMarkets, the global VSaaS market is projected to grow from USD 5.0 billion in 2024 to USD 10.7 billion by 2029. This reflects a strong shift in demand toward cloud-based solutions that allow organizations to upgrade existing infrastructure without the need for costly replacements.

Why Move to Cloud Surveillance?

 Traditional on-premises surveillance systems are becoming increasingly outdated in today’s fast-paced, multi-location business environment. These five major challenges highlight the need to transition to cloud surveillance. First, many traditional systems require expensive cloud migration through camera replacements to access cloud-managed features, resulting in high upfront investment—something modern cloud surveillance platforms are designed to avoid.

Next, without cloud surveillance, firmware updates must be performed manually on-site, leading to time-consuming maintenance across large deployments. Additionally, on-premises systems lack unified access, while cloud surveillance enables centralized, role-based control from anywhere, solving multi-site management challenges.

Furthermore, traditional methods involve tedious event video sharing with multiple steps for downloading and sharing videos, whereas cloud surveillance allows secure, instant sharing via online links. Finally, non-cloud surveillance systems often require risky port forwarding or expensive VPNs, while cloud surveillance solutions provide encrypted, secure access with no complex setup and address cybersecurity concerns.

Five Benefits of Cloud Video Surveillance

 Cloud surveillance (VSaaS) offers several advantages to address these pain points. First, cloud surveillance systems can be deployed without additional hardware, reducing installation complexity and costs through quick deployment. Remote management and maintenance capabilities allow devices to be rebooted, alarms silenced, and camera settings adjusted remotely, minimizing the need for on-site intervention. Cloud surveillance solutions also offer OTA (Over-the-Air) automatic firmware updates to ensure the system is always up to date. Additionally, incident videos can be shared instantly via the cloud through simplified video sharing, accelerating response times. Finally, leveraging cloud surveillance capabilities enables seamless integration with third-party solutions, allowing for centralized management across various systems.

Security & Compliance

VORTEX protects your data at every layer by implementing SSO, MFA, SD card encryption, and OTA updates, while ensuring compliance with PII standards, GDPR requirements, and ISO 27001 certification.

AI-Powered Operations

The centralized AI intelligence module streamlines operations and investigations with advanced tools such as Deep Search, text-based search, and timeline reporting. This helps speed up your cloud transition while ensuring operations remain efficient and secure.

Request a free demo at vortexcloud.com/en/request or contact: Djordje.bacic@vivotek.com.

Cyberattack Paralyzes European Airports, Disruptions Continue

A cyberattack today on Collins Aerospace software, owned by RTX, has paralyzed check-in and boarding systems at several major European airports, including London’s Heathrow as well as Berlin and Brussels. The incident has caused widespread disruption with flight cancellations and delays, while electronic check-in and baggage drop have been replaced by manual procedures. Dublin and Cork airports in Ireland also reported minor impact, while aviation data shows dozens of flights have already been cancelled.

Brussels Airport has warned that half of all scheduled departures on Sunday will be cancelled to prevent long queues and further chaos, confirming that the disruption will continue. The European Commission said there is no evidence of a “widespread or severe attack,” though the origin of the incident remains under investigation. Experts note that such events often resemble ransomware attacks or deliberate digital sabotage.

“This incident has demonstrated just how fragile and interconnected the digital ecosystem underpinning air travel really is,” said Rafe Pilling, Director of Threat Intelligence at cybersecurity company Sophos. Passengers at affected airports have been advised to check flight status with their airlines before traveling, while many voiced frustration over the lack of information on site. German and British cyber defense agencies confirmed they are in close contact with airport authorities.

Intelligent, wireless cabinet lock wins a prestigious design award

ASSA ABLOY’s latest solution for integrating cabinets and lockers with a digital access management system has earned top honors. The Aperio® KL100 Wireless Cabinet Lock has been presented with the Kings Excellence Award for Exemplary Product Design of the Year.

Despite a low-profile footprint, the Aperio KL100 adds powerful digital security to lockers, cabinets, cupboards, drawers and other small spaces. Because Aperio technology is designed from the ground up for native integration, with almost any system, it makes small openings an integral part of a digital access system. With the Aperio KL100, storage for valuables, documents or personal items benefits from the same convenient digital management as offices, labs or accommodation. Designed for minimal disruption to furniture, its tiny footprint and battery-powered operation ensure quick, cable-free installation without causing damage or making a visual impact.

The Aperio KL100 integrates seamlessly with any new or existing access control system – from over 130 different manufacturers and counting – to help reduce workplace theft and to give confidential documents the digital protection they require, especially important in an era of growing compliance demands on data access management.

The growing importance of product design for digital access hardware

As a security manufacturer, ASSA ABLOY has a long and distinguished heritage of award-winning product design. ASSA ABLOY hardware has won multiple Red Dot and PLUS X Awards in Europe, for example. The Aperio H100, a door device with digital access technology inside its battery-powered handle, was named winner at EUIPO’s DesignEuropa Awards and the German Design Council’s Iconic Award: Innovative Interior.

“We are delighted to add the prestigious Kings Excellence Award to the many product design recognitions that ASSA ABLOY has received,” says Vishal Maheshwari, Director and Head of Digital and Access Solutions MEIIA Region at ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions. “From the earliest stages of product development, our processes look at design holistically, considering not just security functionality and aesthetics but also usability, reliability, sustainability performance, ease of installation and maintenance, and much more. To be recognized for this by our industry peers is very rewarding.”

The Exemplary Product Design Award was presented at a ceremony during August’s Safe-Tech Conference in Mumbai, India. At Safe-Tech’s annual conference, hundreds of security and fire safety professionals including government authorities, consultants, architects and senior safety officials gather to explore best practices, innovations, real-world case studies and practical applications in physical security, fire protection, disaster preparedness and process safety.

Market Turmoil After China Bans Purchase of Nvidia Chips

China has taken a bold step in the global tech race by banning domestic companies from purchasing chips made by U.S. semiconductor giant Nvidia. The decision, issued by the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), directly targets the highly sought-after RTX Pro 6000D model — a unit Nvidia had specifically designed for the Chinese market to bypass earlier U.S. export restrictions. The move immediately halts deliveries of tens of thousands of chips that had already been contracted.

For Chinese tech giants like ByteDance and Alibaba, the ban forces a sharp shift in strategy. Instead of relying on American semiconductors, companies are turning to domestic alternatives, most notably Huawei’s Ascend 910c, which is already in mass production. Beijing’s message is clear: build a self-sufficient technological ecosystem and reduce dependence on U.S. equipment.

The consequences for Nvidia could be significant. Shares fell nearly three percent following the announcement, and analysts warn the company could lose a substantial portion of China’s multibillion-dollar market in the long run. While Nvidia remains the global leader in AI chips, this blow opens the door for domestic Chinese manufacturers to strengthen their foothold.

The move aligns with Beijing’s broader national strategy, where artificial intelligence is viewed as central to development across industries ranging from manufacturing and meteorology to agriculture and energy. China has already proven its ability to rapidly redirect supply chains — as seen when it turned soybean imports away from the U.S. toward South America in response to earlier tariffs.

Although it remains uncertain whether China can achieve full dominance in chip production in the near future, its determination is unmistakable. For the global semiconductor market, the ban marks a new stage in geopolitical competition that could reshape the entire industry.

Global Digital Transformation Market Set to Approach $2 Trillion by 2031

The worldwide market for digital transformation is on track to reach nearly USD 1.86 trillion by 2031, according to new research by MarketsandMarkets. This represents a steep rise from USD 1.11 trillion projected for 2025, reflecting a compound annual growth rate of 9.1%. Industry analysts highlight that the market’s rapid acceleration is fueled by advances in generative AI, omnichannel commerce, and cutting-edge technologies designed to meet evolving customer demands. A growing emphasis on digital public infrastructure (DPI) is enabling organisations to scale services more effectively while optimising operational efficiency and reducing costs.

By bridging online and offline interactions, companies are creating highly personalised journeys that not only streamline operations but also strengthen loyalty and conversion rates. This makes digitalisation an essential enabler of today’s experience-driven economy.

The AI and analytics segment currently dominates the digital transformation space, as enterprises increasingly rely on these tools for predictive insights, automation, and strategic decision-making. Their adoption is helping firms innovate faster, enhance productivity, and better anticipate customer needs. Meanwhile, customer-centric initiatives are emerging as the fastest-growing area of transformation.

With the use of advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, and integrated platforms, businesses are tailoring experiences that deepen engagement and accelerate digital adoption across industries.

North America continues to lead the global market, benefiting from robust IT infrastructure, early technological adoption, and heavy investment in cloud computing and AI solutions. The region’s innovation ecosystem and favorable regulatory environment further strengthen its position as a driver of digital advancement.

Key players identified in the research include Microsoft, IBM, SAP, Oracle, Google, Salesforce, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Adobe, Amazon Web Services, HCLTech, Cognizant, Accenture, and Broadcom. Together, these companies are shaping the competitive landscape and setting the pace for global digital transformation.

Konica Minolta Introduces Thermal Video Fire Detection for Uncompromising Safety

In a world where fire risks are ever-present, Konica Minolta delivers advanced thermal video fire detection based on Mobotix technology, ensuring early and reliable protection even under the most demanding operating conditions. Unlike traditional systems, this innovative solution functions without disruption from dust, moisture, or other environmental factors. The Mobotix M73 Thermal camera, certified according to the EN54-10 standard, continuously measures the temperature of every pixel and provides thermal imaging, while the optical (day/night) sensor enables clear real-time visual verification of alarms.

The advantages of this solution include fast and precise detection, robust durability, and a wide temperature range, combined with reduced false alarms and easy integration into existing security systems. Konica Minolta integrates this technology seamlessly into current safety infrastructures and enables remote monitoring via web interface, significantly enhancing the overall level of facility protection and security.

The solution is particularly valuable in recycling plants, warehouses, battery facilities, wood processing sites, and historical buildings — any environment where early fire detection is critical to safeguarding people and protecting property.

Honeywell Launches CS32 Personal Shopper to Transform In-Store Retail Experience

Honeywell has introduced the CS32 Personal Shopper, its first handheld computer designed to enhance and customise the shopping experience across grocery stores, pharmacies, and other retail outlets in Europe.

The CS32 allows shoppers to scan items as they shop, navigate stores using digital maps, and complete payments directly on the device—helping them save time and avoid long checkout lines.

“Today’s shoppers increasingly want technology that simplifies their journey—allowing them to shop, pay and exit the store with ease,” said David Barker, president of Honeywell Productivity Solutions and Services. “Innovations like the Personal Shopper not only deliver a frictionless and convenient experience for consumers but also empower retailers with new opportunities to personalise and optimise the shopping experience for diverse customer needs.”

Powered by a fast, responsive Qualcomm chipset and featuring extended battery life, the CS32 provides shoppers with an intuitive, mobile shopping assistant. Customers can pick up the device at a wall-mounted charging station at the store entrance and return it after shopping. With scan-as-you-shop (SAYS) technology, the solution benefits both consumers and retailers by streamlining checkout while freeing up store employees for higher-value tasks.

The device also offers instant access to product information, such as pricing and ingredient details, further improving transparency and decision-making for customers. Equipped with a six-inch display, the CS32 has enough screen space to show shopping lists alongside tailored advertisements and personalised offers based on purchase histories. By delivering customised recommendations and discounts, the technology strengthens customer loyalty and opens new revenue streams for retailers through Europe’s rapidly growing retail media market.

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