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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.

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.

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.    

Regardless of the basis on which cloud storage is charged for, remembering the basic model is perhaps the most important factor.

 EagleEyeNetworksInc. announcedthatMSDCapitalL.P.,the private investmentfirmforMichael S.Dellandhis family, hasmadeamulti-milliondollargrowth capital investment in Eagle EyeNetworks.TheSeriesBfunds will beusedto furtherexpand theEagleEyesecuritycameravideo management system(VMS)infrastructuretomeettherapidlygrowingcustomerdemand.