The Québec City Jean-Lesage International Airport caters to 11 airlines and serves 1.6 million passengers per year. The latest expansion beginning in 2006 increased the terminal’s capacity and helped to enhance the level of customer service, but it also led to an enhanced security and operations system that is driving both airport efficiency and safety.
Why should the professionally installed security market care about DIY today? Because buyers are asking for it; technology is facilitating it; and proponents say it is good for business.
For years do-it-yourself (DIY) security existed on a parallel track with the professionally installed security system — rarely, if ever, intersecting. Not anymore.
In a report showing the worldwide installed base of video surveillance cameras, the numbers continue to rise, but the rate of increase slows year after year.
RVM is an acronym that some security dealers and integrators know, but it causes others to look at you strangely when you mention it. RVM stands for Remote Video Monitoring. I believe that RVM is the new alarm monitoring, a service which really has not changed much in the last 30 years in North America.
The SDM editors attended ISC West April 5-8 in Las Vegas. Because ISC West is so big that no two people will have the same experience, the editors each shared in a blog impressions and trends they observed at the show.
This week, A10 Networks, a provider of network security and load-balancing technology, announced eight new Thunder series appliances, including the industry’s fastest single rack unit ADC.
Alarm.com announced new cameras and enhancements to its video service. Alarm.com has added the Alarm.com Wi-Fi Doorbell Camera - Skybell HD Edition to the Alarm.com Smart Home Security Platform, offering the first fully integrated mobile app experience with Skybell.
OnSSI’s Ocularis 5 video management software (VMS), the latest version of Ocularis, features a number of updates and new technology integrations designed for faster and easier installation, configuration and operation; more robust network security, and improved hard drive efficiency while simplifying workloads and overall system management.
Altronix, a provider of power and transmission solutions for the professional security industry, is displaying new managed PoE+ hardened switches and midspans, added to the company’s line of NetWay PoE solutions at ISC West.
Arecont Vision announced it has added well-respected manufacturer’s representative firm Warren Associates as the new sales representatives for the northern California/northern Nevada and Mountain States region.