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Farewell ISC

DAY two of ISC West comes to an end. It’s been a good show this year, and the bar is set just a little bit higher for next year. ISC@Home, I thought, was a big success. Joe Piccirilli, executive vice president of AVAD, led a session on breaking into home automation. Though this is a growing vertical for the security folks out there, there’s still a lot to be learned. But Piccirilli warns to not get too detailed.

“The tendency we have is to over complicate this -- don’t,” he said.

Like with any security system out there, the customer wants convenience and ease of use. Fumbling with complex systems will only make the user experience less enjoyable, and that’s the exact thing you don’t want.

“A fully automated room is convenience,” Piccirilli said. “It’s a way to enhance one’s enjoyment of free time.”

Hopefully, with the help of people like Piccirilli, more and more security dealers and installers will be able to offer more “conveniences” to their customers. Next on the radar came a meeting with Cisco. As we all have seen, the company's becoming quite a presence in the security arena since coming into it a year ago.

The company’s doing what it does best -- mixing its IT portfolio with security, introducing its new IP camera. Cisco’s IP camera supports motion-triggered, high-quality D1 (720 x 480) resolution using bandwidth-efficient MPEG4 encoding. The company is well-versed in the whole convergence that’s happening, and they’re here to help.  

Finally, after a long day’s work, I’m meeting with our friends at Quantum Secure for a nice dinner at TAO. And that, in a nutshell, is pretty much the end of my ISC 2007 experience. Stay tuned to Security Products for our May issue, in which we highlight the winners of this year’s SIA New Product Showcase.

About the Author

Karina Sanchez is the former managing editor for Security Products magazine. She now freelances for Web publishers, trade magazines and corporations.

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