In my 37 years working in the industry, I have seen the “race to the bottom” occur with every popular technology that has come into our business. Two examples come quickly to mind: PIR motion detectors and digital communicators.
In keeping with some of the key security technology trends, the lineup of products and solutions Honeywell is showcasing at this year’s ISC West take advantage of the cloud, mobile-device proliferation, easier system integration and more.
Whitby, Ont.-based Keyscan, a provider of integrated access control systems, and Affiliated Monitoring of Union, N.J., are collaborating in an effort to allow security dealers to offer cloud-based hosted or managed access control solutions to their customers.
Cloud-based video verification provider I-View Now has introduced a menu of guard tour options for its central station customers to provide to their customers.
The security industry and the nature of crime itself is changing, and rapidly. In the future, chances are you will worry more about someone stealing your money “digitally,” rather than some form of physical theft or traditional robbery.
CheckVideo® launched its Low Profile Mobile Sentry (CMS1200). CMS1200 is a complete, cloud-based, mobile intelligent video surveillance solution that can be installed indoors or outdoors, anywhere with mobile broadband network coverage.
Internet Protocol (IP) networking “expertise” and cloud computing knowledge are areas that propel video surveillance and integrated security solutions to the next level. Moving forward, protecting information — and video images — will favor cloud deployments, as cyber security upgrades are automatic and failover and redundancy are best practices.