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S2 Security Corporation (S2), a provider of IP-based integrated physical security systems, recently unveiled upgrades to its popular S2 NetBox line.

The S2 NetBox product line version 4.1 build 458 now delivers High Availability capabilities and full compliance to NERC (News - Alert) standards. These features allow customers to achieve 99.999 percent uptime with minimal administration, company officials said.

The High Availability solution from S2 Security is an automatic failover solution for systems requiring uninterrupted performance in the event of equipment or network failure.  Users can set up this feature in a few minutes and run multiple networked appliances simultaneously, ensuring that there is no downtime.

The new solution also ensures compliance with North American Electric Reliability Corporation's (NERC) standards. The customizable features provide an appropriate use banner for pre-login messages, optional trigger for failed login events, and strong password capability to enforce the use of alphanumeric and special characters.

"All of the features we're delivering in this update originated directly from integrator and customer feedback," said John Moss, CEO of   S2 Security, in a statement. "As with all of our software product releases, this build addresses common user application needs in uncommon, innovative ways.”

The new product retains all the proven features of the S2 NetBox, delivering uniquely advanced integrated physical security management systems. Some of them include credential-based access control, event and alarm monitoring, video surveillance, and analog temperature monitoring through a collection of local intelligent network appliances.

The new features provide system administrators with richer detail and more comprehensive access to data throughout the system. Administrators can find information from a single access point, eliminating the need to navigate through multiple system partitions.

In other industry news, Cantronic Systems, a company that specializes in IP-based networked video security surveillance technologies, reported 27 percent increase in revenues for the third quarter of the fiscal year 2012, ended October 31, 2011.

The IP communications company recorded revenue of CAD 4.3 million from continuing operations, an increase of 27 percent compared to CAD 3.4 million for the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal year.