This year’s Level II IP training seminar series kicked off in January and includes education on important IP topics such as network design best practices, IP naming structure, the OSI model and switch basics.
As part of the transition to Monitronics, Power Home Technologies has contracted with Interlogix, TRI-ED and Alarm.com.
A three step-system design tool, the Avigilon Online System Design Tool allows consultants, integrators and customers to create predictable and consistent surveillance solution designs by enabling them to quickly identify the appropriate video quality level and recommended camera, lens and NVR combinations.
Matrix Systems is forming a value-added reseller network to provide sales, installation, integration and customer support for its new product offerings, Frontier Web Essentials and Frontier Universe.
The Electronic Security Expo (ESX) is accepting entries for its third annual Maximum Impact Awards until Friday.
Svorinic will be responsible for managing Tri-Ed / Northern Video’s IP solution efforts as well as its CCTV vendors in Canada.
LG and electronics go hand-in-hand, but in the security industry, the company isn’t a household name. That’s about to change. GVI Security, headquartered in Carrollton, Texas, will be bringing LG security products to the market today.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Mar 08, 2011
Recent classes took place in Indianapolis and Sacramento, offering partners a hands-on experience setting up and configuring a WEBS Contact mass notification server.
The program will refer to the burglary by street name within the mail piece, and reference the source of the data as well as an inducement for neighboring homeowners to sign up for free future burglary alerts via e-mail.
GVI announced Monday it has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with LG Security to represent LG’s line of video surveillance solutions in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
Axis Communications recently announced that ISC West attendees have the opportunity to become Axis Certified Professionals at the company’s on-site testing center from April 6-8 in Las Vegas.
IP camera manufacturer MOBOTIX is about to open a technology briefing center at its new Americas headquarters in New York City. We spoke with Steve Gorski, general manager of the company’s Americas division, about the company’s plans for the new center.
SR Marketing will be the manufacturer’s representative in the region covering Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia and western Pennsylvania
LogicMark brings to market several personal emergency response systems, all equipped with two-way voice pendants that provide peace of mind to those who wish to maintain an independent lifestyle but want the assurance that help can be summoned if needed.
MOBOTIX will leverage the new venue to showcase its technologies and provide first-hand demonstrations of its decentralized network camera technology and its hemispheric surveillance solutions.
As the security industry plows forward with new technology, products and ideas, there is the ever-present worry that some of the best available products will have to contend with knockoffs from China. It seems to happen in every industry, but maybe more so in the security market, to the chagrin of security manufacturers. During a conversation we had during ASIS 2010 with KJB Technologies President Jill Johnston, we wanted to know more.
They’ve always been the Achilles’ heel of video surveillance, whether analog or digital cameras are involved: those nasty shadows, glares, reflections and direct sunlight that turn captured images into darkness or wash them into a brilliant, undetectable white. Higher-resolution cameras simply exacerbate the problem.
- By John Monti, Mark S. Wilson
- Mar 01, 2011
For years, customers have relied on the expertise and knowledge of their security providers to meet the constantly changing demands of providing safety and security to their businesses and homes. The industry’s advances in technology have never been as influential, beneficial and challenging to customers as they are today.
- By Richard Rot
- Mar 01, 2011
IQ Certification Program guidelines have been reformatted so they are easier to understand, which therefore streamlines the application process to apply for certification.
As security consultants, we are tasked with everything from creating a security program to recommending an integrator with whom clients can form a good relationship for all their security equipment needs. This article is written specifically from the viewpoint of how to suggest a good integrator.
- By Charlie Howell
- Mar 01, 2011