I was born one of seven and smack in the middle. However, having a twin brother gave me someone to share the status with. Right behind me was another set of twins and my Mom would always say she got a great ROI on the twin carriage, double cribs and matching outfits that she bought for us. For me, being in the middle was never the best place to be.
A broader base of competition, margin erosion, and pressure on end user budgets all played their part on performance, but integrators experienced enough opportunities to counter those impediments to growth.
While there has been no shortage of market pressures and disruptive influences on the security business lately, systems integrators nonetheless performed well last year. As a group, the integrators encapsulated in SDM’s 2015 Top Systems Integrators Report didn’t show much growth — just 0.3 percent. But that had more to do with the structure of the report than with the companies’ individual accomplishments in 2014.
Razberi Technologies, a developer of network video solutions for professional video surveillance and security applications, entered into a partnership with PSA Security Network to distribute Razberi’s IP video products.
Galaxy Control Systems made integration enhancements to its System Galaxy Software that provides higher levels of integration with products and systems from a growing number of access control providers.
The IC Realtime IC720 360x360 virtual PTZ video camera is designed to change how many security system companies will present surveillance systems to their clients.
CCTV.Net is a new distribution partner of ZKAccess, a provider of biometric and RFID security solutions. CCTV.Net has been serving the industry as a CCTV distributor since 2001. Inventory includes analog cameras and standalone DVRs, HD-TVI/CVI equipment, NVRs, megapixel network cameras, video analysts, access control systems and more.
Digital Watchdog released DW Spectrum IP Video Management software version 2.3. This significant update restructures the software’s architecture, replacing the server system and simplifying the user’s experience with easy management of multiple servers and sites.
SentryNet has partnered with I-View Now. I-View Now was designed to remove the guessing games about what triggered an alarm, allowing for quick and direct police dispatch.