Dealers from South Carolina and Texas win top prizes in annual competition.
Anixter is pleased to announce that it is the recipient of the 2015 Customer Satisfaction Award from Johnson Controls.
By now, we’ve all heard some variation of this question and wondered what it really means for our work, our organizations and the security market in general.
- By Don Campbell
- Jan 04, 2016
To keep the technology at the forefront of managed services, SDC has teamed up with CheckVideo, and deployed its Cloud VMS remote monitoring software platform.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Jan 04, 2016
For years, the alarm industry has framed alarm verification around a simple and actionable response. When an alarm is triggered by an external factor, an agency is then responsible for responding to the incident.
- By Julie Beach
- Jan 04, 2016
Merlin Entertainment needed a full-scale security solution for its new central-Florida triple-attraction complex: The Orlando Eye, Madame Tussaud’s Orlando and SEA LIFE Orlando.
- By Taylor Foster
- Jan 04, 2016
When industry veteran Timothy J. Whall was first approached to take the helm of Protection 1 back in 2010, it was primarily a residential security company that was struggling with growth.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Jan 04, 2016
As a kid, Matt Barnette got shuffled around the country as his father would relocate his family for career opportunities in the technology field.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Jan 04, 2016
Entry solution providers must understand an end user organization’s “culture,” and must be able to communicate the best way for the organization to adapt to a new security entrance.
- By Tracie Thomas
- Jan 04, 2016
The life safety industry, comprised primarily of burglary, fire and medical alert systems, has seen an accelerated evolution in monitoring service offerings over the past decade.
- By Mike Zydor
- Jan 04, 2016
The “free alarm system” has been around so long that many professionals can’t remember a time when it wasn’t the starting point for just about any company looking to hang a keypad in a customer’s home.
- By Barbara Holliday
- Jan 04, 2016
The American Integrated Security Group opened a new office in Ohio to serve the Midwest Region of North America.
Providing security for a house of worship wasn’t on my radar until recently. Dylann Roof changed all that when he opened fire on the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in downtown Charleston, S.C.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Dec 01, 2015
When I’m asked what role access control devices and technologies play in a structure’s overall sustainability, my thoughts usually wander first to LED lighting.
- By Aaron Smith
- Dec 01, 2015
For the highest level of security possible, Paramount chose to invest in enterprise command center software (ECCS) by SureView Systems to consolidate all of its security and life safety systems across the globe in a simple, effective and centrally manageable security management solution.
A Capital One survey found that eighty-five percent also expect improved financial performance.
Designed to a be a state-of-theart facility for students and faculty members at Oregon State University, Austin Hall could represent one of the most unique systems integration projects within the higher education market in the United States.
- By Mitchell Kane
- Nov 01, 2015
Now is an exciting time to be in the business of security integration. The quality of surveillance images are getting better in a variety of configurations ranging from megapixels to multisensor panoramic to thermal imaging cameras.
- By Ronnie Pennington
- Nov 01, 2015
When it comes to security and home automation, there are a lot of questions homeowners need to ask themselves. Do I want a smart home?
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Nov 01, 2015
In the decade that First Service Insurance (FSI) has conducted business in Roseville, Calif., it has provided contractors with specialized property and casualty insurance products focused on general liability, workers compensation, business auto and bonding/surety.
- By Scott Lindley
- Nov 01, 2015