November 2012

  • TRANSPORTATION SECURITY - Yard and Dock Management
  • GOVERNMENT SECURITY - Security in Alphabet City
  • RETAIL SECURITY - Hey You, Get Onto My Cloud
  • HEALTHCARE SECURITY - Managing Ever-Changing Security Needs
  • WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Preserving Agriculture
  • AIRPORT SECURITY - On Alert


Features

Managing Ever Changing Security Needs

Suite of solutions has cancer institute on cutting edge of security

By Shahar Ze’evi

The urban campus of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston is representative of many modern metropolitan healthcare institutions today, with a main campus in a busy city center that takes advantage of every available square inch.


Yard and Dock Management

Security must step in to mitigate rising costs of business

By Eric Breen

Facility managers and warehouse executives are facing unique challenges as logistics continue to increase and become more complex worldwide.


Security in Alphabet City

Key differences between government facilities and commercial buildings

By John Bartolac

On the surface, there’s not a great deal that differentiates security in government facilities from security in commercial buildings.


Hey You, Get Onto My Cloud

The ups and downs of cloud-powered retail video surveillance

By Martin Renkis

We live in an amazing era of computing that allows almost anyone to view images and videos from around the world on their device of choice with just a few clicks.


Preserving Agriculture

South Dakota operation employs security in rural setting

By Wendi Burke

A large agriculture operation in central South Dakota selected Dakota Security Systems to deploy an IP video surveillance system consisting of two HD megapixel indoor dome cameras and 12 HD megapixel exterior dome cameras from IQinVision.


Departments

On the Border

By Ralph C. Jensen

The death of a border patrol agent takes security to a new level and is something all Americans should be seriously concerned about. If this doesn’t worry you, please consider the life and career of CBP Agent Nicholas J. Ivie.


From Garage to the Speedway

Security begins at the front gate

By Neal Villarin

Millions of fans flock to speedways all over the country to catch a glimpse of the high-octane action that the world of auto racing provides.


Campus Security & Life Safety

A Gem Of A System

State-of-the-art system brings campus into focus

By Del V. Salvi

Middleton High School, a new 253,905-squarefoot facility, opened in Middleton, Idaho, in August 2011, featuring the newest technology throughout its entire campus, from lighting and computer-controlled heating and air conditioning systems to wireless communications technology.


At The Front Of The Class

Urban Virginia grade school modernizes with high-tech access control system

By Jumbi Edulbehram

Grade schools aren’t often early adopters of cutting-edge surveillance technology, but St. Mary’s School in Alexandria, Va., is an exception.


Who Monitors Your VMS?

Plan ensures that failure is not an option

By Linda Richardson

The key factor behind the success of CAP is having a dedicated technology specialist personally review a customer’s system status daily.


Customized Accountability

New key control system resolves potential liability issues at Western Kentucky University

By Ralph C. Jensen

The grounds crew, housekeeping and maintenance staff at Western Kentucky University used to carry building keys around with them 24/7 because that was the way it had always been done.


Locks Control Dynamic Environment

Access control features ease of use and other cost-saving advantages at community college

By David Vaughn

Mountain View College is one of several large schools in the Dallas County Community College District in Dallas, Texas. In two years or less, Mountain View students can earn an associate degree or technical diploma in areas ranging from education, accounting and business to aircraft dispatch, criminal justice and welding technology.


Webinars

New Products

  • ResponderLink

    ResponderLink

    Shooter Detection Systems (SDS), an Alarm.com company and a global leader in gunshot detection solutions, has introduced ResponderLink, a groundbreaking new 911 notification service for gunshot events. ResponderLink completes the circle from detection to 911 notification to first responder awareness, giving law enforcement enhanced situational intelligence they urgently need to save lives. Integrating SDS’s proven gunshot detection system with Noonlight’s SendPolice platform, ResponderLink is the first solution to automatically deliver real-time gunshot detection data to 911 call centers and first responders. When shots are detected, the 911 dispatching center, also known as the Public Safety Answering Point or PSAP, is contacted based on the gunfire location, enabling faster initiation of life-saving emergency protocols. 3

  • Luma x20

    Luma x20

    Snap One has announced its popular Luma x20 family of surveillance products now offers even greater security and privacy for home and business owners across the globe by giving them full control over integrators’ system access to view live and recorded video. According to Snap One Product Manager Derek Webb, the new “customer handoff” feature provides enhanced user control after initial installation, allowing the owners to have total privacy while also making it easy to reinstate integrator access when maintenance or assistance is required. This new feature is now available to all Luma x20 users globally. “The Luma x20 family of surveillance solutions provides excellent image and audio capture, and with the new customer handoff feature, it now offers absolute privacy for camera feeds and recordings,” Webb said. “With notifications and integrator access controlled through the powerful OvrC remote system management platform, it’s easy for integrators to give their clients full control of their footage and then to get temporary access from the client for any troubleshooting needs.” 3

  • Compact IP Video Intercom

    Viking’s X-205 Series of intercoms provide HD IP video and two-way voice communication - all wrapped up in an attractive compact chassis. 3