The coronavirus pandemic metrics may fluctuate week-by-week and state-by-state, but many businesses and other public places that had been shuttered are now reopening in some mode — and that begs the question of how security integrators can help them establish safety through technology.

The COVID-19 pandemic has the potential to dramatically change our customers’ security and video surveillance system needs. Where past concerns were primarily focused on intrusion detection, shoplifting and/or vandalism, and life safety, now added to these issues are concerns about the spreading of the coronavirus from proximity to an infected person. 

Allied Universal, a security and facility services company in North America, is seeking to hire more than 1,000 security professionals in Arizona.

The Brivo Facility Safety features are included automatically in Brivo Onair, Brivo Visitor and Brivo Mobile Pass.

The Brivo financing program allows customers to implement access control, multifamily or video surveillance projects with little to no upfront investment and consistent, predictable payments over time.

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) today announced CES 2021 — scheduled for Jan. 6-9, 2021 — will be an all-digital experience connecting exhibitors, customers, thought leaders and media from around the world. 

The Z-Wave Alliance recently released its second annual Z-Wave State of the Ecosystem Report, which examines smart home and connected technology — both in and outside of the home — and explores the smart home landscape as it exists today, current and future trends and new opportunities, with an emphasis on the role Z-Wave technology plays in the advancement of the industry.

Virtually every aspect of running a business has changed in 2020. In this new climate, systems integrators and managed service providers (MSPs) serving the security industry need to discover new ways to optimize their operations from every perspective in order to remain profitable.

Due to the cancellation of the ISC West 2020 in-person event, Reed Exhibitions, along with premier sponsor SIA, will transform ISC West 2020 into an all-virtual event occurring Oct. 5-7, 2020 to serve the security and public safety community.

Parks Associates’ new research, COVID-19: Impact on Telehealth Use and Perspectives, finds over 50 percent of U.S. broadband households are willing to share smartphone data to aid in COVID-19 contact tracing, while another 20 percent could be convinced provided privacy protections are in place.