Security Products Magazine October 2013 Digital Edition

October 2013

  • WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY - Wireless Devices are Everywhere
  • RETAIL SECURITY - Cooling High-Crime Hotspots
  • SECURITY MOBILE APPS - Changing Business
  • INTELLIGENT VIDEO - Setting New Benchmarks


Features

Setting New Benchmarks

By Scott Schafer

High-definition, megapixel cameras can cover larger areas with fewer cameras while delivering superior detail and improving overall security operations.


Remote Monitoring of Critical Infrastructure

By Matt S. Nelson

Remote monitoring of critical infrastructure used to be very difficult, but thanks to available technologies, this task can be achieved with a fraction of the resources required in the past.


Cooling High Crime Hotspots with Mobile Surveillance Technology

By John Bartolac

Like many small town police departments seeking to maintain neighborhood safety, the Village of Glenwood, Ill., needed to squeeze every ounce of value from its law enforcement tools.


Changing Business

By Dan Cremins

Five or six years ago, when PDAs began taking on the characteristics of today’s Blackberries, iPhones and Androids, video surveillance manufacturers rushed to develop mobile capabilities.


Wireless Devices are Everywhere

By Tim Myers

Wireless devices are everywhere. They are in our homes and offices in the form of mobile smart phones, tablets and personal computers, among other things.


Dealer Strategies

Home Automation

By Shawn Welsh

The reality is that the security industry is undergoing technology-driven changes, and nothing can be done to arrest them. It’s not hard to find signs of the upheavals.


Beat the Competition with Quality

By Richard Hahn

A business that is successful in a competitive market over a long period of time, with repeat customers, must be providing a product or service that meets or exceeds customer needs. This means the company is providing quality using best business practices.


Legend in the Making

By Todd Flowers

Because of the advantages in the transmission of both audio and video data, as well as control signals, IP-based surveillance has caught on in recent years. The data provided can be synthesized into new, custom build-outs that allow the support of HD images, analytics for operational purposes, local or remote video storage, remote control and monitoring.


All About the Customer

By Ralph C. Jensen

Businesses set goals, and employees are involved in meeting those benchmarks, year in and year out. The same is true in the security monitoring business, which translates to complete security for homeowners.


A Unified Hub

By Renae Leary

Tyco’s Global Accounts Program meets the needs of some of the largest, highprofile, enterprise customers in the world. At the heart of the global account program, Tyco’s Global Center of Excellence (GCoE) provides global program management and programming services for unified security throughout an enterprise.


Making Video Verified Response a Priority

By Jamie Friedlander

When the owner of a 7,000 sq. ft. RadioShack warehouse in Fort Worth, Texas worried about his space’s security, he decided to install a video-verified alarm system.


New Products

  • 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.

  • EasyGate SPT and SPD

    EasyGate SPT SPD

    Security solutions do not have to be ordinary, let alone unattractive. Having renewed their best-selling speed gates, Cominfo has once again demonstrated their Art of Security philosophy in practice — and confirmed their position as an industry-leading manufacturers of premium speed gates and turnstiles.

  • Unified VMS

    AxxonSoft introduces version 2.0 of the Axxon One VMS. The new release features integrations with various physical security systems, making Axxon One a unified VMS. Other enhancements include new AI video analytics and intelligent search functions, hardened cybersecurity, usability and performance improvements, and expanded cloud capabilities