The University of Minnesota’s UMore Park wind energy research site in Rosemount, Minn. is not a typical security installation. In fact, security is only secondary to the needs of this project. Yet, Tom Fuxa, director of sales for Plymouth, Minn.-based Paragon Solutions Group Inc., saw an opportunity to apply security technology to this unique project.
A robust, well-designed security system should function reliably, providing users with the protection and features they need without having to think about it. If problems arise and users spend more time troubleshooting or working around the system, security can be compromised and the organization’s ability to function can be hindered.
Samsung’s IP-based video cameras watch over the interior and exterior of the Charles Simonyi Space Gallery building, a newly constructed addition to The Museum of Flight’s campus in Seattle.
River Valley, LLC owns four businesses in western Pennsylvania: Cranberry 10 Minute Oil Change, Cranberry Car Wash, Cranberry Pet Wash, and Erie 10 Minute Oil Change. Most are open 24 hours a day and often unmanned, particularly during the night hours.
G4S Technology LLC (formerly Adesta), Omaha, Neb., a systems integrator and project management company for communication networks and electronic security systems, was selected to upgrade security at the Tampa International Airport. It will provide the airport with a solution to upgrade the current CCTV system in the terminals, security check points and baggage screening areas.
Western Washington University‘s sprawling campus in scenic Bellingham stretches 215 acres, with nearly 15,000 students walking the grounds during the fall and spring semesters. The university gives prominence to campus safety, recently upgrading its fire alarm system in 47 buildings and adding a mass notification system featuring Technomad advanced audio loudspeakers to improve audio quality and long-distance coverage outdoors.
In the security industry, meeting a client’s security needs is only half the story. For a full-service central monitoring station like Safe Touch Security Systems, located in Jacksonville, Fla., servicing accounts requires more than effective monitoring and response.
The busiest port in the Caribbean, the Port of San Juan, encompasses eight cargo terminals and more than 500,000 square feet and receives tons of cargo each day, both for domestic delivery and in transit.
Texas is famous for doing everything big, and the Dallas Cowboys football stadium that opened in 2009 is no exception. With three million square feet, the stadium is the largest indoor facility in the United States and the largest domed stadium in the world. It has more than 300 luxury suites, 1,100 concessions and a total capacity of more than 100,000.
Opened in 1951, Loveless Café has become a Nashville institution. People love the café’s biscuits and fried chicken so much that they’ve been known to drive great distances to eat there. With loyalty like that, Loveless Café doesn’t ever want to disappoint its customers — and to help make sure that doesn’t happen, the company has a security system, installed by Nashville-based ADS Security, that also protects several other businesses that have grown up around the café.