The last year or two has seen an increase in the number of end users, security integrators, consultants and others who are looking for the benefits of unified systems. Unified offerings deliver enhanced interoperability and improved ease of use you don’t get with just an integrated system, says Kristy Dunchak, senior director of product management, security products converged solutions, Johnson Controls, Westford, Mass.
“There’s something to be said about one pane of glass in a sense that they can do everything from that system and they don’t have to bounce back and forth,” she says.