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Top Security Dealers Identify Top Issues

May 22, 2018

IoT, DIY/MIY, cyber security, active shooters — SDM 100 dealers talk about the issues that will have the biggest impact, either positive or negative, on their businesses this year.

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Security Software: The Secret Sauce

Software with capabilities targeted toward the security business can make dealers’ operations a whole lot easier

Joan Engebretson

May 21, 2018

SDM talked with several security dealers about their recent experiences with business operations software designed specifically for the security industry.

Knacks for Successful Video Recording

Programming and configuring an NVR is a critical process for providing end users with the most effective surveillance system

Derek Rice

May 18, 2018

Programming and configuring an NVR is a critical process for providing end users with the most effective surveillance system.

I-View Now to Provide Video Verification to Law Enforcement

Tim A. Scally

May 17, 2018

I-View Now, a software company that has been providing video verification services to central stations and end users since 2011, will be releasing its Police Alarm Portal video verification solution for law enforcement as an extension of its existing technology.

ADT, Cofense to Provide Phishing Solutions for Enterprises & Mid-Sized Companies

May 17, 2018

ADT Inc., SDM’s 2017 Dealer of the Year, and Cofense, a provider of human-driven phishing defense solutions worldwide, are offering phishing detection and response to ADT customers.

Custom Alarm Renews TMA 5 Diamond Designation

May 17, 2018

Custom Alarm of Rochester, Minn., ranked No. 84 on the SDM 100, has renewed the “TMA Five Diamond Monitoring Center” designation. This designation is granted annually to monitoring centers that satisfy all of the requirements of TMA’s five points of excellence.

Top Security Dealers Identify Top Issues

IoT, DIY/MIY, cyber security, active shooters — SDM 100 dealers talk about the issues that will have the biggest impact, either positive or negative, on their businesses this year

Laura Stepanek

May 14, 2018

Based on responses from the SDM 100 group of security dealers, 2017 was both a successful year and a challenging year.

Was Smoke Alarm Packaging Misleading?

Lessing E. Gold

May 14, 2018

The plaintiff alleged that for years the defendants have known of the dangers posed by the design of these ionization smoke alarms: they fail to adequately detect and, thus, to alert people to smoldering fires in their homes.

Data Analytics Make Security Sales Easier

Do You Even Cold Call, Bro?

David Morgan Alex Chavez

May 14, 2018

At a recent industry event we heard a speaker explain how cold calling was a primary solution to gain new customers, and it baffled us. Those archaic tactics are still being used, even with so much technology, analytics and data — not to mention the fact that analytics and data can be measured and are affordable.