September 2014
- How to Get the Most Out of Your Video Surveillance Investment
- Enough to Go Around
- The New Landscape
- The ABCs of PoE
- Enhancing the Customer Experience
- Standardizing as a Breakthrough
Features
Three agencies have cracked the code
By Rodell Notbohm
Transit systems across the country strive to make the smartest investments to improve community safety and provide valuable resources for law enforcement.
Alcatel-Lucent locations find peace of mind at each spot
By Kim Rahfaldt
Alcatel-Lucent, a leader in products and innovations in IP and cloud networking as well as ultra-broadband fixed and wireless access, is responsible for countless breakthroughs that have shaped the networking and communications industry.
Visitor identity management in healthcare takes a turn for the better
By Ajay Jain
Managing access privileges for visitors, contractors and vendors in hospitals is a significant challenge for healthcare institutions.
By Ginger Hill
In 0.27 seconds, these were the top headlines that Google pulled from 67,500 results highlighting the latest data breaches around the globe.
Primary security mission is keeping stores safe and shrink low
By Ted Guzek
Consumers’ expectations about their shopping experience at brickand- mortar, retail stores are changing. Mobile devices allow consumers to find any information they need with just a few clicks of a button, and this sense of immediacy has spread to how they shop.
Generating efficiency in vaccine delivery with biometric authentication
By Bill Spence
Some of the most satisfying applications of sophisticated security technologies have little to do with security. Today, biometric identity management plays a critical role in delivering necessary vaccines to children in the developing world.
KeyBank auto delivers accurate key usage information, convenience and security
By Ralph C. Jensen
When Steven Shaker wants to know who last took a car on his lot out for a demo or wants to see the demo history of a specific vehicle, all he has to do is go to his computer and check the Morse Watchmans KeyPro software for the answer.
Various codes apply when preparing for the forces of nature
By Minu Youngkin
When it comes to windstorm solutions, it’s all code-driven as door, lock and hardware chosen for an opening are determined by hurricane or tornado codes. The challenge comes with knowing which codes apply.
Integrators have a real advantage with increased installation flexibility and lower labor cost
By Richard L. Malstrom
With the introduction of IP cameras, system integrators have experienced big improvements in the quality and performance of video systems that can be offered to their customers.
Departments
By Ralph C. Jensen
There are a lot of important things about the month of September: School is underway; football has started; and it is time for ASIS.
Open Architecture 101 as it generally relates to access control and security technology
By Steve Fisher
The entire computing world at one time was strictly proprietary. In other words, the election to use one piece of software or hardware dictated the requirement to get additional expansion and support from the single provider for the lifetime of that purchase.
Dealer Strategies
By Ralph C. Jensen
I’ve seen a lot of higher education campuses in my travels, and until late July, all of them have been beautiful, pastoral settings with buildings over acres of land. However, it was my pleasure and surprise to visit Pace University in downtown New York City.
By Ralph C. Jensen
Rob Lydic spends a lot of time traveling around the upper Midwest and Northwest, heralding the needs of security, proper equipment and how dealers can make more money in their own businesses.
A closer look at one of the most debated topics at the end of a project
By Charlie Howell
Most of us have been at the end of a project when the owner/ client asks the popular question: “When does the one-year warranty begin?” The answer becomes one of the most debated topics, only second to the end-of-project, door-locking hardware debacle.
By Ralph C. Jensen
Idesco Corp. started in the security business in the early 1940s. They began with ID badging for the Department of the Army. Well, times have changed, a lot, in the past seven or eight decades but one constant is that Idesco is still involved in security.