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How to Buy: Wire & Cable

Timothy O'Connell
May 30, 2004
When buying wire and cable, there are many factors to consider: price, quality, availability, and more. Often these concerns will be dictated by the parameters of a given job or
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Hey, Coach

Laura Stepanek
May 30, 2004
At a key game in a sixth-grade girls’ volleyball tournament this spring, my players let me down. “You can’t win ‘em all, coach,” one of the player’s father’s told me
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Plain Talk

May 30, 2004
The Boston hotel ballroom was filled to capacity with business and political leaders. The speaker drove his point home: “In today’s hyper-competitive world, it is absolutely essential that you know,
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The Power in the Box

May 30, 2004
Playing a key role as the brains behind an intrusion detection system, alarm control panels also are where vendors continue to make the most exciting innovations. Here are eight recent
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Success Stories in Digital Video Conversion

May 30, 2004
Because video systems based on digital video recorders (DVRs) can make the process of storing surveillance images so much more efficient, organizations often can be easily persuaded to convert from
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Take It Personal

May 30, 2004
While the country has been speculating about the death of Social Security and how to provide affordable healthcare and prescription drug legislation, the high percentage of elderly Americans has been
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Expert Tips on High-Security Access Control

Laura Stepanek
May 30, 2004
What goes into the design and installation of a high-security access control system? SDM found that the elements vary according to the area of the country, the vision of the
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SDM 100: The Up-Down Turnaround

Laura Stepanek
May 1, 2004
For the electronic security industry's largest firms, 2003 may be a year remembered as one with many ups and downs, which finally closed on a strong note in the fourth
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Project Integration: the Alarm Advantage

April 29, 2004
An alarm control panel can be a very useful element of an integrated security system that also includes access control. By combining the two systems, the traditional functionality of each
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What Customers Want: Access Gates with Higher Security

April 29, 2004
Corporate security managers have rethought their approach to access gates since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Some have added gates where none existed previously, while others who previously
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