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How to Maximize Profit in the Sale of Your Alarm Company

August 7, 2015

Whether you plan to sell your company now or in the future, knowing the proper steps to take before and during the sale will help you to maximize your profits.


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Home Control Adds Sizzle to Security Systems

Joan Engebretson
August 7, 2015

What a security dealer needs to know when selecting hardware to provide security and home control features.


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6 Trends Driving Recording Technologies

Derek Rice
August 7, 2015

A number of recent developments in DVRs and NVRs, as well as some planned for the future, add up to opportunities for the security integrator.


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Illustra Network Cameras: IP Equals Innovation in Products

Dave Engebretson
Dave Engebretson
August 3, 2015

 As a handgun enthusiast I have handled and fired all sorts of semi-automatic pistols and revolvers (and I still have all my fingers). Thanks to my late friend George Maddox I became acquainted with the 1911-style .45-caliber pistol, which was the U.S. military’s sidearm of choice from its introduction in the early 1900s until 1985, when it was replaced by the Beretta M9 9 mm. Many handgun experts have waxed poetic on the qualities of the 1911-style pistol, often declaring it the best handgun ever designed. 


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Using the Local Search to Your Company's Advantage

Alex Chavez
David Morgan
David Morgan
August 3, 2015

Recently we were invited to speak on multiple panels and workshops at ESX in Baltimore. The topics included taking a new RMR idea from conception to the end. Specifically, our role on the panel was to discuss how to grow your security company with marketing that actually works. During our sessions a question was brought up repeatedly and for great reason: How effective is local search?


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Ethical Markting Practices in the Security Industry

August 3, 2015

Let’s all get on board and help raise the bar for ethical behavior in the industry — and call out those companies who disregard it.


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Harvard Research Center Releases The State of the Nation’s Housing 2015, Showing Grim Results

July 16, 2015
For consumption by the security dealers and home automation dealer whose business relies on new construction, the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University conducts an annual report on The State of the Nation’s Housing.
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CSAA Excellence Awards: 2015 Central Station of the Year Is Guardian Protection Services

July 9, 2015
CSAA International announced the winners of the CSAA 2015 Excellence Awards on June 25 at the Electronic Security Expo (ESX) in Baltimore.
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Securitron Focuses on Sustainability With EcoPower

July 6, 2015

Securitron, an ASSA ABLOY group brand, launched EcoPower power supply. EcoPower reduces locks’ power supply standby power consumption to only 8.5mW, a 99 percent decrease compared with current switching power supplies. According to Securitron, it is GreenCircle Certified to dramatically lower total door power consumption by up to 99 percent, reducing it from 20W or more to 0.3W when used with a low-power lock.


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Disruptive technologies in the Security Industry

Dave Engebretson
Dave Engebretson
July 6, 2015

“Look out honey, ‘cause I’m using technology.” — “Search and Destroy,” Iggy and the Stooges, 1973

Dispatch from Buffalo, N.Y.

 I travel extensively around the lower 48 and Canada performing training classes for our industry. As a result, I have taken hundreds of cab rides in the past seven years.


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