The Central Station Alarm Association (CSAA) announced that Louis T. Fiore, president of L.T. Fiore Inc., will assume the position of CSAA International interim executive vice president beginning October 1, 2014, following the retirement of Steve Doyle.
The Security Industry Association (SIA) will host Securing New Ground® (SNGTM), the premier executive conference in the security industry, on Oct. 29-30, 2014, at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in New York City.
The Physical Security Interoperability Alliance (PSIA) reported that it has achieved important new milestones within its Physical Logical Access Interoperability (PLAI) specification less than a year after forming a Working Group to develop it.
Formulating a campus safety plan for students and school personnel became one of the Electronic Security Association’s (ESA), Irving, Texas, priorities after the Sandy Hook tragedy in Connecticut.
The 2014 Bold Users Conference was held at the Antlers Hilton Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo., from August 5-7, 2014. Its theme was “Discover Extraordinary” and centered on the Bold customer experience.
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.
Like a surfer waiting for the perfect wave, wireless surveillance products can offer a great ride for those installations where cabling would be impossible or cost-prohibitive.
Although Wi-Fi might be what most often comes to mind when talking about wireless cameras, video transmission isn’t the only way in which a camera might be considered “wireless.” Battery-powered and solar-powered cameras with battery backup are available to meet certain customer needs.
Which suppliers do the largest systems integrators use? This Top Systems Integrators brand-usage report lists the top 15 manufacturers and top 13 distributors that earn the business of the largest systems integrators in the physical security channel.
These brand-usage lists were compiled from the 2014 Top Systems Integrators Report. Earlier this year, integrators were instructed to list their top three suppliers (both manufacturers and distributors, unprompted) in order of volume purchased from them.
Guardian Protection Services of Warrendale, Pa. recently achieved the successful implementation of ASAP-to-PSAP processing protocol for the communication of alarm information to the City of Richmond, Virginia. The protocol went live after successful data transmissions between Guardian’s U.L. certified CSAA Five Diamond monitoring center and the City of Richmond’s 9-1-1 center.