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SDM Topics

EMERgency24 Celebrates 50 Years of Firsts

Maggie McFadden Shein
On April 27, 1967, Dante Monteverde founded what is now EMERgency24 in Chicago. …
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Product Manufacturing/Distribution

Smarter Intelligent Locks and Hardware for the Intelligent Age

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Karyn Hodgson
There has been a big shift in the security market in the past few years — both for commercial and residential systems. …
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Monitoring Today

Designing Spaces

Maggie M. Shein
For most monitoring centers, security operations centers (SOCs) and global security operations centers (GSOCs), the process of designing the space requires careful consideration of the organization’s needs, mission, space and …
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The Big Security Deals of 2018: What They Tell Us

Joan Engebretson
Last year was a big one for security industry mergers and acquisitions. SDM counted at least seven major deals involving security dealers or integrators — as either buyers or sellers. …
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Trends & Industry Issues

Cyber & Network Security for Central Stations

Deborah O’Mara
Dealer-operated and third-party central monitoring facilities are by no means exempt from the growing threat and risk of cyber-crime. …
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Trends & Industry Issues

SDM 2019 Security Industry Forecast: Channeling Momentum Into Opportunities

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Laura Stepanek
Security integrators expect their stellar 2018 performance to continue into 2019, according to results of SDM’s 2019 Industry Forecast Study, a report published annually by SDM since 1982. Last year …
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Video Solutions

Feeding the Growing Appetite for Video Surveillance Data

Derek Rice
Video management software (VMS) is evolving from a pure security solution into a tool that also provides insight on operations and more. This means more automation is coming into play, …

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