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N E W S Nok Nok Labs and Gallagher announce partnership www.engineeringnews.co.nz 11 Leading agri-tech researchers gets top global role Massey University’s Professor Ian Yule, one of the world’s leading agri-tech researchers, has been voted president of the International Society of Precision Agriculture for 2018-2020. Professor Yule, a Precision Agriculture Association of New Zealand (PAANZ) committee member, will be a key speaker at the seventh Asian-Australasian conference on precision agriculture in Hamilton later next year. It will be the first time the conference has been held outside Asia. Much of his research is centred around sensors and imaging to help expand New Zealand’s export agriculture and food production. He is looking to develop pasture measurement tools, aerial topdressing, irrigation, precision dairying, horticulture, viticulture and cropping. He has a PhD in agricultural engineering and has a passion for remote and hyperspectral sensing, as well as finding practical, usable solutions to problems within the agriculture space. Nok Nok Labs, an innovator in modern authentication solutions and a founding member of the FIDO (Fast IDentity Online) Alliance, announced a partnership with New Zealand-based Gallagher, a global leader in the innovation, manufacture and marketing of security solutions. The two companies will bring to market a new platform that provides an open standards-based approach for the authentication of IoT systems using mobile devices. The new Nok Nok Labs-Gallagher platform addresses common challenges faced by facilities managers, ensuring only authorised users can access secure facilities and reducing cardholder management costs; access using a mobile phone eliminates the need for physical access cards and removes the administration involved in assigning temporary cards to employees who have forgotten or misplaced theirs.   To use the new Gallagher platform enabled by Nok Nok Labs, a user needs to be registered and can then simply and securely access the FIDO-enabled app on their mobile device to unlock the door to the secured facility. “IoT systems that can be accessed not just by devices but, also by individuals, need strong authentication,” says Phillip Dunkelberger, president and ceo of Nok Nok Labs. “The combination of Gallagher’s high performance access control devices with the Nok Nok S3 Authentication Suite provides organisations with the usability and security they need to deploy an easyto use mobile authentication solution.”   Gallagher access control devices will now support the FIDO Universal Authentication Framework (UAF) protocol. The FIDO Certified Nok Nok S3 Authentication Suite will be integrated with Gallagher Command Centre, an on-premise solution that includes credentials, readers and intermediate controllers. Customers will be able to use cloud registration for FIDO enablement that overlays multiple Gallagher Command Centres, increasing ease-of-use and site security. “Gallagher customers require powerful access control solutions. We’ve developed this strategic partnership with Nok Nok Labs because of their deep roots in the authentication landscape and their first-to-market FIDO-based solution,” says Steve Bell, chief technology officer at Gallagher. “This state-of-the-art, standards-based platform will deliver a tremendous user experience.” The new Nok Nok Labs-Gallagher platform will be available later this year, following the October release of Gallagher Command Centre version 7.60.  The platform will roll-out progressively in regions including North America, Europe, Turkey, Australia and New Zealand. Top line up for NMEC conference If you haven’t registered already, then you need to get your skates on so you can attend the National Maintenance Engineering Conference to be held at the Claudelands Event Centre, Hamilton from November 9-10. Guest speakers for the conference have been finalised with the hot topic – health and safety – high on the agenda. A panel of experts will provide a run down on what is working and what’s not since the arrival of HWSA in April this year. But alongside the health and safety panel, NMEC has line up a host of other topics and local and international guest speakers. Leading edge technology – real, augmented or virtual? Over the last several years, New Zealand Steel has employed new technology to forge a new ‘virtual’ reality in plant maintenance, by pushing the boundaries of what is possible (and practical) using emerging technologies like drones, laser scanning and interactive 3D visualisation. Mark Foster of Revisia and Ian Rennal of New Zealand Steel will present a case study of the impact on planning and execution of complex maintenance activities, better preparing for breakdowns and repairs, improving hazard awareness and reduced safety risks, and how to engage a newer generation of tech-savvy workers: ‘How 3D imaging and visual technologies adds new depth and dimensions in maintenance’. Are you really switched on to the benefits you get out of LED lighting? Industrial and commercial lighting has exploded with the introduction of LEDs creating more disruption in the last three years than the past century. Tech experts are predicting the significant impacts in energy and budget savings. But is it a game changer? Chris Byrne from Zumbotel Group will take off the lid and turn on the switch and share his 35 years’ experience in the NZ and Australian lighting industry. New technology, new terminology, new players and how to avoid the pitfalls as you move into the new age of LED lighting in his presentation: ‘Energy Efficiency Gains from Smart Lighting’. Register at www.nmec.co.nz Mark Foster of Revisia will co-present ‘How 3D imaging and visual technologies adds new depth and dimensions in maintenance’.


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