Vanderbilt Industries, Parsippany, N.J. announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Siemens’ Security Products business, part of the Siemens’ Building Technologies Division, Frankfurt.
Security integrators can gain revenue opportunities and deepen customer relationships when integrating security systems with building automation systems. But there’s a learning curve.
Operational costs savings and energy efficiency are major drivers of BAS installations and retrofits. Industry surveys have determined that building owners and managers are realizing the many financial benefits of intelligent technologies, such as lower energy costs, lower maintenance costs and lower repair and replacement costs.
Nurturing an idea for a new business model from its inception to implementation takes more than just wishful thinking. It takes the support of the right team, the right products and the leadership of a visionary. When it all comes together, the new business model can be pivotal in changing the market landscape.
PSA Security Network, Westminster, Colo., announced a new vendor partnership with Videotec, an Italian-based company with a U.S. office in Plattsburgh, N.Y. Videotec’s integrated outdoor CCTV applications have been distributed for more than 25 years and are currently being used in thousands of security projects worldwide, including traffic and urban monitoring installations and ultra-high-risk oil and gas and on/offshore marine environments.
Hawaii is known for gorgeous beaches, surf-worthy waves, and exotic tropical flora and fauna, but beside the best of the natural world, it is also home to high-end residential and commercial entities whose owners rely on top-notch security systems to protect their piece of “paradise.”
The Physical Security Interoperability Association (PSIA) reported that cost-effective, automated synchronization of physical and logical identities, privileges and credentials took a major step toward becoming an industry standard recently, with PSIA’s release during ISC West of a draft proposal of its Physical-Logical Access Interoperability (PLAI) specification.
ScanSource® Security, Greenville, S.C., a value-added distributor of physical security products and a business unit of ScanSource Inc., launched ScanSource Security On-Demand, an online education and information portal for security and networking dealers and resellers.
The question of whether or not an individual is an employee or independent contractor comes up frequently and the principles for making such determination are worth discussion.
In the case, a motorcyclist collided into the driver side door of the deputy’s patrol car when the deputy opened it to exit the car to make contact with the motorist he had stopped for a traffic violation.