In the January 2015 edition of SDM learn about the growth companies are experiencing through various security services and why it's looking like 2015 will be a good year for the security industry according to the experts' forecast. Read about the impact of authorized dealer programs and see what's "heating up" for thermal imaging cameras.
Results of SDM’s Industry Forecast Study, coupled with an outlook from leading dealers and integrators, offers positive assurance for the security industry’s 2015 performance: 13.9 percent growth. It will be driven by a higher level of services being offered to consumers and businesses.
Sales opportunity or unlikely fad? Smart clothes, smart jewelry, and smart watches can integrate with PERS, security systems, and connected home systems.
Access control systems today need to do much more than beep when a card is presented and click when they open a door. Find out what the top three selling factors are with today’s systems — and ensure that your sales team is tuned in.
Where should you focus most of your marketing efforts in 2015? What are your competitors doing that you’re not? We would never give away customers’ secret recipes, but after dedicating our agency to the security industry and working closely with security dealers on a daily basis, we’ve narrowed down everything we’ve learned into four in-bound marketing efforts that every security dealer should be focusing on.
Highland-Clarksburg Hospital, a 150-bed behavioral psychiatric center located in Clarksburg, W.V., underwent a renovation that included a state-of-the-art security system designed to protect the hospital’s patients and staff as well as the surrounding community. The hospital’s patients include forensics patients (deemed unfit to stand trial or non restorable), dual-diagnosis substance abuse patients, children and adolescents and intellectually challenged individuals.
Test your knowledge of the ins and outs of delayed egress locking. Also, help a technician see why he failed his access control system inspection in “What’s Wrong With This?”
Recently the heat in my family’s bunker in Bucktown failed. Of course these events occur only during the polar vortex, so it was 12 degrees outside and 60 degrees and dropping in my house when I woke up that day.
$30,000 is a good chunk of money. Just to put it in perspective, with $30,000 you could buy a fully-loaded Ford Focus. And you could be leaving that money on the table because you don’t know the first thing about installing a home theater. Data from the 2014 CEDIA “Size and Scope of the Residential Electronic Systems Market” report revealed that the average home theater/media room project had revenues of $31,500 — and that is just for one project.
I had an opportunity last November to present to a standing-room-only crowd at ISC East. I was joined by two security industry veterans — Paul Boucherle and Bob Banerjee — and we tackled the subject of what the industry might look like in 10 years. No one really knows, but here is my take on the future of the security industry.
Practically every store I walk into these days — from Home Depot, to Best Buy, to the Apple Store and more — features a snazzy display of home security/connected-home products for do-it-yourselfers. These attractive displays were moved right to the front of the stores during the holidays; they were so attractive that I found myself spending long amounts of time browsing the products and reading the packaging.
A case against an alarm company in Connecticut dealt with the allegation of fraud. The issue of fraud can be closely analogous to that of gross negligence so the case is relevant for discussion.
IBM Security Services 2014 Cyber Security Intelligence Index reports on all aspects of Cyber Security. The above information is gleaned from IBM’s high-duty reporting on the cyber security problem that “isn’t going away” anytime soon.
Zenitel, Oslo, Norway, a global leader and supplier of the VINGTOR® and STENTOFON® brands of communication systems, announced the unity of these two brands into one — VINGTOR-STENTOFON®. The two separate product brands were acquired by the Zenitel Group in 2001 with both having a rich history dating back to 1946. According to Kenneth Dastol, CEO Zenitel Group, the merging of the two will not affect Zenitel’s legal structure but will allow the Zenitel name to become less visible while the two well-known brands are presented on a consistently more prominent basis.
LILIN North America and HARMAN’s AMX announced a technology partnership and driver integration that will supply mutual customers with comprehensive IP video surveillance management.
Mission 500 launched the M500 Show Orange initiative aimed specifically at providing aid to children in need in the United States. To join the campaign, participants wear or pose with something orange — an article of clothing, accessory, etc. — on any Friday. Then they simply take a selfie and submit it to info@mission500.org. Each week, one of the submitted photos will be chosen for posting on Mission 500’s ShowOrange gallery on Facebook.
A portion of the proceeds of SIA Honors Night benefits the Mission 500 nonprofit organization, which is organizing the security industry to sponsor 1,000 children in need, providing access to life-changing basics such as food, clean water, healthcare and education.
Tyco International announced it is bolstering its technological capabilities on several fronts. It has appointed Daryll T. Fogal as chief technology officer (CTO), launched its new “Tyco On” software solutions platform, and made a strategic investment in San Jose, Calif.-based Qolsys, a provider of innovative home automation solutions.
The Security Industry Association (SIA) hosted SIA Honors Night: Celebrating Performance, Partnerships and People in the Security Industry in conjunction with ISC East on November 19. The evening event began with a cocktail hour during which guests mingled and networked at The Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers, and then moved onto a seated dinner and awards presentation.
In October, industry titan Honeywell was host to its dealer organizations in Orlando, Fla., where hundreds gathered to celebrate industry dealers and attend a wide variety of keynote and educational sessions. All three of Honeywell’s dealer organizations were in attendance: Honeywell Integrated Security (HIS), Commercial Security Systems (CSS), and First Alert Professional (FAP).
The Women’s Security Council (WSC) launched its 2015 submissions for the Women of the Year awards on December 1. The submission process will be open until the end of February and all submissions will be reviewed by a council of industry thought leaders.
Dale Baker, an Illinois resident, filed a class action lawsuit against The ADT Corporation and ADT LLC (collectively, “ADT”) on November 9, 2014, alleging that ADT’s wireless security equipment is unencrypted and can be hacked.
When news hit that the Hanwah Group, Seoul, was purchasing Samsung’s video surveillance unit, industry tongues started wagging — what would become of Samsung Techwin once the sale became finalized? To quell any rumors, Samsung Techwin America held a press conference via conference call for industry trade journalists. Thomas Cook, vice president of sales for North America at Samsung Techwin, assured all on the call that everything is going to remain status quo for Samsung Techwin’s North American operations, including the Samsung name.
Nortek Inc. (Nasdaq: NTK) announced that its Linear LLC subsidiary has been renamed Nortek Security & Control, LLC. Linear®, 2GIG® and GoControl® will be the subsidiary’s cornerstone brands, each targeting key markets. Strongly positioned with product portfolio synergies and the ability to cross-pollinate technology across the broader Nortek family, Nortek Security & Control provides a broad range of smart home solutions to OEMs, telecoms, major retailers, managed service providers, security dealers, custom installers and DIY consumers.
The SightSensor from SightLogix is an outdoor security solution. At one-third the size and with reduced power consumption from prior generations, the new SightSensor has solar and wireless capabilities that vastly reduce infrastructure requirements often needed for outdoor security projects.
Pro-Watch security management system from Honeywell allows integrators to accommodate virtually any access control need through expanded support for wireless locksets and biometric readers.
Marks USA Custom Lock Division developed ANSI Grade 1 Institutional Life Safety Locksets to address managed liability, accident prevention, life safety and security in behavioral healthcare institutions.
Honeywell’s Total Connect Tracking Services employs GPS technology to let home and business owners remotely track vehicles and assets in real-time using their personal computers, smartphones or other Internet-enabled mobile devices.
Honeywell announced the Smart Wireless Integrated Fire Technology (SWIFT) detectors and modules, capable of seamlessly integrating with new and existing fire alarm systems from Fire-Lite Alarms, Gamewell-FCI and NOTIFIER.
The Liberty CUBE Web-based access control network appliance from Viscount Systems is designed to provide Web-based access control for small- to medium-sized installations with up to 32 readers.
The Z-Wave dimmable LED light bulb from Linear LLC, a Nortek company, is an instant-on, screw-in bulb that provides soft-white illumination equivalent to a 60-watt incandescent bulb.
Farpointe Data announced that users of its new WRR-22 and WRR-44 433 MHz receivers can use either 2-button or 4-button transmitters to open two or four different doors from ranges up to 200 ft.
The Minuteman™ ERS1500RTNC is a ruggedized uninterruptible power supply (UPS) designed to provide protection to support traffic control and monitoring equipment, servers, telecom equipment, VoIP systems, security systems and a variety of other applications.
The PR-312S-PQ ENFORCER is designed to secure controlled access. It is designed to be both stylish and small to easily blend in with almost any residential, commercial and industrial site.
The IPC0122 IP, a covert surveillance camera, captures high-definition video at ATMs, retail outlets and other indoor locations while maintaining a lowprofile.