When a security integrator begins deciding which manufacturer to use for an installation, a myriad of key elements come into play. Does the manufacturer have easy-to-use online training?
- By Jamie Friedlander
- Mar 04, 2014
“Digital Watchdog is the perfect complement for ISD.” said Ian Johnston, CEO of Innovative Security Designs, Inc.
Greater efficiency provided by accommodating multiple cameras over a single coax or Ethernet cable.
- By Ronnie Pennington
- Mar 03, 2014
Each year in Lansing, Mich., the holiday season unofficially begins with the Silver Bells Parade. On Nov. 22, 2013, approximately 80,000 people crowded this city’s streets to see the parade that ends in front of the Michigan State Capitol building with a traditional tree lighting ceremony.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Mar 01, 2014
To say I’m sold on biometrics for athletic clubs after using the Hand- Key since 1995 is an understatement. Back then, we were remodeling our check-in area. While doing so, we decided to re-evaluate our check-in software.
- By Don Helander
- Mar 01, 2014
Water is one of Arizona’s most precious resources, and the Colorado River satisfies much of this demand via the 336-mile-long Central Arizona Project (CAP) aqueduct that annually delivers approximately 1.6 million acre-feet of Colorado River water to cities, Indian Tribes and farms in central and southern Arizona.
- By Fred C. Bauer
- Mar 01, 2014
We live in a very different world today—one of risks and fast changes—and looking ahead, such changes and risks will only continue. I call it “the new normal,” since this is expected to be the basis going forward.
- By Lars Thinggaard
- Mar 01, 2014
We live in a world full of information as data is being collected each day because the demand is higher than ever before. Consumers want faster access to online data to make quicker, more informed decisions regarding everything from nearby restaurants to the highest-rated tablets.
- By Mike Scirica
- Mar 01, 2014
On March 10, 2007, three-day-old Mychael Darthard-Dawodu disappeared from her mother’s hospital room in the maternity ward of Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas. Even though the infant had been fitted with a state-of-the-art security bracelet around her ankle, the woman who abducted her simply snipped through the device and carried the five-pound bundle-of-joy out of the facility in her purse.
It’s 2014 and time for a new way of thinking when it comes to security. It’s kind of like our five senses; we have each one for a reason, and they are all equally valuable.
- By Richard Brent
- Mar 01, 2014