Dealers and Integrators


OnSSI Ocularis Users Will Never Get Left Behind

OnSSI Ocularis Users Will Never Get Left Behind

CURRENT makes it easy and cost-effective to keep Ocularis up-to-date.

Box Office Success with Custom B I G Guard Booths Grace Sony Pictures Complex

Box Office Success with Custom B I G Guard Booths Grace Sony Pictures Complex

Sleek security booths at Sony's Culver City studio complex make a high-tech, high-style design statement.

Kristin Clark Joins Monitronics as Senior Director of Marketing

Kristin Clark Joins Monitronics as Senior Director of Marketing

Clark will oversee marketing and lead generation as well as assist with building customer relationships.

Quantum Secure Named a Cool Vendor by Leading Analyst Firm

Quantum Secure Named a Cool Vendor by Leading Analyst Firm

Vendors selected for the “Cool Vendor” report are innovative, impactful and intriguing.

Milestone Systems and Genetec Enjoy Joint No 1 VMS Ranking in 2012

Milestone Systems and Genetec Enjoy Joint No 1 VMS Ranking in 2012

The global VMS market for CCTV and video surveillance was valued at more than $650 million in 2012, with forecasts projecting revenue to hit north of $1.6 billion by 2017.

Total Connect Remote Services by Honeywell Now Supported on Tuxedo Touch Controller

Total Connect Remote Services by Honeywell Now Supported on Tuxedo Touch Controller

Provides anytime, anywhere control of security, video, lighting, locks, HVAC and full suite of connected home devices.

Bosch Celebrates the 20th Anniversary of its Request to Exit Detectors

Bosch Celebrates the 20th Anniversary of its Request to Exit Detectors

These detectors have opened more than 2.5 million doors across the U.S.

Southco Expands R4 EM Line with Sealed Corrosion Resistant Version for Outdoor Applications

Southco Expands R4 EM Line with Sealed Corrosion Resistant Version for Outdoor Applications

R4-Em Outdoor provides reliable electronic locking that is resistant to moisture and dust.



ASIS Releases Implementing Physical Protection Systems a Practical Guide 2nd Edition

ASIS Releases Implementing Physical Protection Systems a Practical Guide 2nd Edition

This second edition presents updates and reorganization of content from the first edition about the implementation of physical protection systems.

Vandal Resistant FLEXIDOME Cameras from Bosch Deliver Superior HD Imaging in All Lighting Conditions

Vandal Resistant FLEXIDOME Cameras from Bosch Deliver Superior HD Imaging in All Lighting Conditions

Cameras are available in a three imaging modules and provide the latest in video security installations.

Getting the Dealer to Buy In

For many security industry professionals, one of two things often comes to mind when they hear the term, “video analytics.” One: high-tech, critical-infrastructure protection in applications such as airport security.

On the Move - Rob Phillips

On the Move

Apps are more prevalent than ever. The best ones are clean, fast and easily navigable for all ages, not just the world’s youngest millionaires.

Upgrading to video verification

Upgrade to Video Verification

Most of the 30 million classic burglar alarms installed since 1970 fail to meet growing consumer expectations of what a modern burglar alarm should be.

True Integration

True Integration

Charlie Howell’s childhood was hardly conventional. While other children were reading comic books, he was poring over repair manuals and installation diagrams.

Project Management

I recently participated in a webinar titled Industrial Security in the Real World: Practical Steps, which indirectly discussed how some fundamental tenants of project management were applied to this topic.

hosted video can be lucrative

Hosted Video Can Be Lucrative

If you’re limiting your business to selling surveillance technology as a capital expense, you’re leaving a lot of money on the table.

The Circle of Life for Your Central Station

What job function does the staff of full-service central stations spend the most time performing? Processing signals? Taking calls? No! The answer is data entry.

Avigilon Acquires Access Control Company

Avigilon Acquires Access Control Company RedCloud

Through this acquisition, Avigilon adds a complementary product line to its end-to-end, high-definition surveillance solution and provides the company with access to a growing segment of the global security market.

Bosch Signs New Distribution Agreement with Ingram Micro

Bosch Signs New Distribution Agreement with Ingram Micro

World’s largest technology distributor expands physical surveillance portfolio with addition of Bosch.

Berk Tek Leviton Technologies Alliance Launches New Combined System Solutions

Berk Tek Leviton Technologies Alliance Launches New Combined System Solutions

System details, specifications and third-party, verified system, test results available at newly launched website.

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