U.S. Representatives Jim Matheson (D-UT) and Charlie Bass (R-NH) recently reintroduced legislation to increase the use of life-saving residential carbon monoxide (CO) alarms. The Residential Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act is similar to legislation that was approved by the House of Representatives in the last session of Congress, but the Senate never brought the bill to a vote. The Senate version of the bill was introduced by Senators Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN).
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The Security Industry Association’s (SIA) New Product Showcase (NPS) is the premier awards-based marketing program in the security industry. It has been in existence since 1979. Each year at ISC West, the NPS program recognizes outstanding contributions to the protection of life and property in residential, commercial and institutional settings. Judging panels composed of industry experts select winners in various categories. The most coveted awards are the Judges’ Choice Award and the Best New Product Award.
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The Security Industry Association’s (SIA) New Product Showcase (NPS) is the premier awards-based marketing program in the security industry. It has been in existence since 1979. Each year at ISC West, the NPS program recognizes outstanding contributions to the protection of life and property in residential, commercial and institutional settings. Judging panels composed of industry experts select winners in various categories. The most coveted awards are the Judges’ Choice Award and the Best New Product Award.
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The SIA Security Industry Research Update for the fourth quarter of 2011 reveals that video surveillance continues to exhibit growth opportunities. Both the average number of installations and gross profit margin ascended as a result of increases in IP camera installations, megapixel cameras and video analytics.
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The showdown over U.S. debt and the continuing crisis surrounding the euro caused instability in a number of sectors, and that instability was reflected in the third quarter 2011 Security Industry Business Confidence Index, which is a report conducted by the Security Industry Association among its members who provide security products and services to the reseller channel of dealers and integrators.
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Rutherford Controls Int’l Corp. (RCI) launched the F2164 fire-rated electric strike for locks with offset or centerline latch entry.
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Not too long ago, video storage meant wading through hours and hours of VHS tapes to find relevant video, worrying about tapes wearing out and providing the large amounts of physical space requirements for a facility’s storage needs.
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In business, as in life, nothing beats a solid education as the foundation for success. The more uncertain the financial times, the more important it becomes to enter a business investment, negotiation, bid or project as prepared and informed as possible.

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In a less-than-stellar economy such as the one the U.S. and the world have been experiencing for the past few years, it can be increasingly difficult for businesses to navigate with agility and foresight in order to stay on a path of growth. As security companies look to increase their business (let’s face it, that is everyone’s goal, irrespective of the economy), one of the best ways to do that is to stay abreast of the financial and business side of the security industry.
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In the “old days” — five years ago in technology time — security and particularly CCTV were implemented using traditional architectures. If an end user wanted IP video, the integrator would connect the cameras to the IT back plane with CAT5 or CAT6 cabling, and run the images through the server to a storage unit. The customer had to pay for not only the cameras, but the server, upkeep to the server, encryption algorithms and usually an IT specialist to maintain it all.
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