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IntelliVision Identified as a Hot Vendor in Image and Video Analytics by Aragon Research

IntelliVision Technologies Corp., a subsidiary of Nortek Security & Control that provides AI and deep learning video and audio analyt...

Advanced Wiring Solutions Celebrates 20th Anniversary

Founded in 1999, Advanced Wiring Solutions (AWS), an Alsip, Ill.-based low voltage systems/solutions provider, started with only Mike San...

$100K NSCA Ignite Challenge Launched by Shure & Anonymous Integrator

The NSCA Education Foundation announced the $100K NSCA Ignite Challenge, sponsored by Shure Incorporated and an anonymous integrator dono...

ASIS Announces Education Program for GSX 2019

ASIS International, an association for security management professionals, announced their education lineup for Global Security Exchange (...

Guardian Protection Partners With Minor League Baseball Teams

Guardian Protection, a security solutions provider, today announced a new partnership with Minor League Baseball (MiLB) to become the &ld...

SIA Announces 2019 Legislator of the Year Award Winners

The Security Industry Association (SIA) has named Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) and Rep. Donald Payne Jr. (D-N....

Nortek Security & Control Joins the HomeSphere Community

HomeSphere, a provider of the only digital marketplace connecting major building product manufacturers and homebuilders, announced that N...

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SDM Topics

Training Holds the Key to Securing Customers' VMS Success

Derek Rice

Imagine a burglary occurred at a business one afternoon and the suspects escaped capture. …

Access Control & Identification

The State of the Access Control Market in 2019

Karyn Hodgson

For decades the dominant story in access control has been that it was a victim of its own success: that is, customers were reluctant to change out what was still …

Integration & Network Solutions

Most Popular Brands Among the SDM 100

Laura Stepanek

The security industry looks to the SDM 100 — a group of the 100 largest security companies ranked by their recurring monthly revenue (RMR) — as a wellspring of industry …

Life Safety & Fire Alarm

4 Key Elements of Selling Door Activation Devices

Karyn Hodgson

Access control discussions today often center around the latest and greatest features, new technologies, integrations and high tech options. …

Trends & Industry Issues

Video Analytics: Mature Solution or Still-Developing Technology?

Derek Rice

The early struggles of video analytics technologies to live up to over-inflated expectations are well documented. …

Exclusives

2019 SDM 100: Above Average

Laura Stepanek

SDM 100 security dealers mutually tallied $655 million in RMR on December 31, 2018, on 12.6 million subscribers. …

ELAN Control & 2GIG Security Bring 24-Hour Automation to Private Social Club

The owners of Waterworks, a new private social club in Sarasota, Fla., have taken great care to create a trendy, comfortable, and safe environment where local leaders and business owners can network, relax, and host private events. In order to deliver all of these benefits while consolidating and simplifying management of the building’s security, lights, TVs, audio, climate, and access control, the owners hired leading South Florida electronics integration firm, SmartHouse Integration, to install the easy-to-use ELAN Control System and 2GIG security system to provide remote control of every sub-system.

Industry Innovations

DMP Doorbell Lets Users See, Hear & Speak to Visitors

DMP’s V-4060DB video doorbell allows users to see, hear and speak to visitors at their door, all with the same Virtual Keypad app, which also controls security and home automation systems.

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Blogs

3 Predictions for the Security Industry in 2019

By Tracey Boucher

As 2019 begins, it is important for leaders in the security industry to pause and take time to reflect on the last year: How has the industry evolved over the last 12 months in regards to technology, solutions and services? What trends and changes should we expect to see this year?

Industry Innovations

STI Wire Guards Help Prevent Damage to Smoke Detectors

Protecting smoke detectors from vandalism and accidental damage is important because they are critical to our safety.

Technology Solutions & Skills

Envoy Introduces 5 new Integrations for Visitor Management

Envoy announced five new integrations with its visitor management solution: Openpath, C-CURE, Ubiquiti UniFi, Mist and Visual Compliance are all launching new integrations with Envoy that highlight the importance and need for better, smarter workplace security.

Technology @ Work

ProdataKey Brings Cloud-Based Wireless Access Control to Arkansas High School

Corning High School, in Corning, Ark., has increased its security and greatly enhanced its lockdown capabilities by installing the ProdataKey pdk io wireless access control system. Pdk io is a wireless, cloud-based solution that provides advantages such as around-the-clock accessibility, remote management, superior backup and redundancy, automated updates, and strong cyber security. The installation was undertaken by Blue Sky Technologies of Jonesboro, Arkansas.

Technology Solutions & Skills

AvantGuard Monitoring Announces New Mobile App For Dealers

AvantGuard Monitoring officially released its mobile app for dealers.The AvantGuard Mobile App is a tool for business owners and technicians to create, manage, and test accounts outside the office and especially in customers’ homes.

SDM Magazine

2019 June

As the cover asserts, this year may be a tipping point for access control sales — with big data, cloud, cyber and more causing customers to rethink and retool their access control and identity management systems.

Also in June, the latest developments in Central Station Software, the "Most Popular Brands Among the SDM 100", and much more.

Check back throughout the month for new content!

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