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Into the Air

The development of custom video drivers is a huge barrier for less-established brand names. From a stand-alone camera manufacturer’s perspective, it is impossible to gain market share without being included in the more popular VMS platforms. Without strong market share, however, VMS companies cannot devote the time or the energy to support these lower-tier brands.

  • By Ian Johnston
  • Jun 01, 2012

Addressing SSTDR Technology

Security and alarm systems become more complex every day as new services, features, technologies and capabilities are added.

  • By Ron Vogel
  • Jun 01, 2012

Nonprofit Full Security

For more than 30 years, Equest Therapeutic Riding Center in Wylie, Texas, has provided horse-assisted therapies to adults and children with physical, cognitive and emotional disabilities.

  • By Steve Gorski
  • Jun 01, 2012

Let The Finger Do The Talking

Retailers need to understand how access control can be integrated into identity management systems

  • By Bill Spence
  • Jun 01, 2012
Ralph Jensen

Tri-Ed/Northern Video Distribution On The Move

In case you haven’t noticed, though it would be hard to miss, Tri-Ed/ Northern Video Distribution is on the move.

  • By Ralph C. Jensen
  • Jun 01, 2012

The Game Changer

What hasn’t already been said— numerous times—about the supposed imminent demise of the U.S. hardwire public switched telephone system and new fire alarm communications technologies?

  • By Stacy Deveraux
  • Jun 01, 2012

High Rise Upgrade

The recently upgraded fire alarm system at the Gulf and Bay Club in Sarasota, Fla., has been a big improvement for the gated condo community’s residents and management, as well as the guards who are on duty 24/7.

  • By Jim Spooner
  • Jun 01, 2012

What Is New In Electronic Security Training

Unlike most things under the sun, there really is something new and exciting in electronic security training, and this new approach is poised to vastly improve formal training for those in the industry.

  • By John Wood
  • Jun 01, 2012


Into The Air

A few years back, a number of leading IP surveillance manufacturers got together to discuss the development of an organization that would promote and develop IP standards.

  • By Ian Johnston
  • Jun 01, 2012

Interoperability Anticipated

When the ASIS International 58th Annual Seminar and Exhibits (ASIS 2012) opens in Philadelphia on Sept. 10, more than 20,000 security professionals from more than 90 countries around the globe will converge at the Pennsylvania Convention Center to learn what’s changed, what works and what’s coming next in the industry.

  • By Eduard J. Emde, CPP
  • Jun 01, 2012

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