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Because perimeter video systems are used in vastly different — and much less controlled — environments than what we think of as more traditional surveillance applications, the underlying principles of the two are almost in complete opposition.

The general construction market, which impacts the demand for residential intercoms and audio systems, has rebounded after several years in the doldrums. Timing is also good for the retrofit market to benefit the demand for residential intercoms.

When Matthew Petnuch, vice president of sales and marketing, Intertech Security, Pittsburgh, Pa, needed to install access control readers in a pharmaceutical plant, he knew that those readers would have to be chemically washed on a regular basis.

Central station automation software is becoming increasingly sophisticated, often adding functionality similar to what has been pioneered in other industries. For example, scripting capability built into new central station software prompts operators to ask the right questions in much the same way that “wizard”

Any form of verification of an alarm is good. When it is possible to determine accurately if an alarm is a real intrusion or event, as opposed to a false alarm, the effectiveness of a security system skyrockets, arrests occur, property is protected and the alarm industry’s relationships with law enforcement and insurance are strengthened.

When video surveillance footage helped lead to the capture of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, supporters of video surveillance emphasized its value, while opponents of video surveillance simultaneously claimed it had failed.

More of today’s homeowners are going with electronic wireless access control, eliminating keys and opting for keypads and codes or access via a smartphone, with keys playing a back-up role for access. 

In April and June of 2013 three people, a couple and an 11-year-old boy, died at the Best Western Blue Ridge Plaza in Boone, N.C. 

Stop thinking of access control credentials as strictly physical devices, or cards. Today’s technology brings credentials into the realm of the digital.

G4S Technology, SDM’s 2013 Systems Integrator of the Year, plans to triple its services revenue using its new National Services Division as the engine, by leveraging the company’s strengths as an integrator.