Members of the Presidents’ Club have committed to participation in ESX 2011, 2012 and 2013.
SAIC to resell Surveillint and develop integrations for its sensor and scanner product lines.
The classes address important IP topics including the OSI model, IP naming structure, network design best practices and switch basics.
The company's new Radius product is garnering attention and interest among channel partners.
End users in Europe are reported a 3 percent in budgets for video surveillance systems while budgets for access control and security systems integration will jump about 2 percent over the next year.
J. Matthew Ladd will serve as a panelist in the annual State of the Industry panel discussion, which will tackle current business issues facing systems integration firms and the overall security market
Sony Professional recently announced a Registered Partner scheme as part of its newly developed Video Security Channel Partner Program, to offer a strong line up of tangible benefits to its new and existing installers, to help them drive their business forward.
Cam-Dex will market, sell, implement and support the Metis Secure precision emergency notification system.
In today’s innovative surveillance camera market, dealers might be overwhelmed by the many choices. It may be confusing to determine which product is best for a specific installation with all the options available from different manufacturers -- many of which have seemingly similar data sheet specs. Because of this, manufacturer research and development departments need to ask themselves, “What are dealers and integrators really looking for?”
- By Martin Gren
- May 01, 2011
Los Angeles Mission, a nonprofit organization, serves the homeless living on the streets of downtown’s Hope Central (known as Skid Row). It is benefiting from a new IP video network that is centrally controlled by a video management system that encodes and integrates existing analog cameras. Installed by security integration specialists at ISO Integration, the new video surveillance system is designed for greater scalability, higher operational efficiency and excellent ease of use while also leveraging prior-installed analog video cameras to preserve the mission’s long-term security investment.
- By David Darling
- May 01, 2011
Video cameras are better than ever, and the newer surveillance systems have vastly improved functionality. One of the suppliers leading product improvements in the video arena is Panasonic, which offers IP addressable, analog and hybrid video systems for the surveillance industry. We spoke with Bill Taylor, president, Panasonic System Networks Company of America, about changes and enhancements users and integrators are seeing in the latest video cameras.
When most people refer to the “good old days” they’re usually trying to fondly recall a period when things were far simpler, worries were not as rampant and daily life went on virtually unimpeded. So that begs the question: Was there ever really such a thing as the good old days in the home security products industry?
We wanted to know more about a central station, what people who work there do and how a central station fulfills its role with alarms and incident response times. We visited Greg Hurst at Monitronics’ Dallas location to learn more.
A security systems integrator’s role is evolving to include more than just putting all the components together to make the magic happen. The faltering economy, coupled with the continued rapid advance in IT-enabled security technologies, has created some challenge for end users trying to fill the void between growing threats and the latest technology platforms designed to mitigate these threats.
The Electronic Security Expo (ESX), being held June 6-10 in Charlotte, N.C. offers a different approach to industry education. More than 50 percent of its courses on the latest technology trends and market developments will be taught by owners, executives and managers from leading integration and monitoring companies.
Products from Panasonic Business Telephone Systems span analog systems to digital and IP platforms.
The app allows Optex sales representatives and dealers/integrators to layout a job site, create an itemized list of products and e-mail it from the field to an end user, all within minutes.
After a missed appointment amid the hubbub of ISC West earlier this month, we finally got a chance to sit down with Todd Santiago, president of 2GIG Technologies, to talk about home automation and what’s ahead for the sector.
Silent Knight by Honeywell has launched a series of free, one-hour webinars to educate fire alarm dealers on new technologies, basic system design, time-saving tools and more.
Donovan joined the company with more than a decade of experience in sales of advanced imaging technology products for the security industry