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How to Survive the AI Apocalypse

In the foreseeable future, AI’s sweet spot most likely will be narrowly focused improvements that will enhance — but not take over — our lives in very specific ways.
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Tim A. Scally
September 4, 2018

Thanks to decades of AI villains in the movies, and technology leaders who tend to hyperbolize the dangers of AI, some fear that artificial intelligence is a threat to humanity — but is it?


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What Happened Over Summer Break With School Safety?

Technology is one piece of the gigantic school security puzzle.
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Laura Stepanek
August 2, 2018

At the Lockport City School District in Lockport, N.Y., the surveillance system is being upgraded to a facial recognition system that will check each face against a database of “expelled students, sex offenders and other possible troublemakers,” according to an article by Associated Press that was picked up the week of July 22 by several media outlets, among them FoxNews.com.


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The Vast Video Monitoring Opportunity

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Karyn Hodgson
July 2, 2018

With a particular focus on the application of video surveillance technologies in central station monitoring, Video Monitoring TODAY features perspective from industry experts, profiles of leading companies, coverage of trends and issues, and relevant news. This first issue is dedicated to fully exploring the opportunity that video monitoring presents to dealers and integrators, whether you have your own central station or use a third-party service.


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Security Integrators: The Opportunities, but Oh, the Challenges

Employees, keeping current with technology, and staying competitive in a fast-changing industry are among many challenges integrators face today.
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Laura Stepanek
July 2, 2018

With every set of opportunities comes an often equally matched set of challenges. This is especially true for security integrators today, as both an active economy and a never-ending list of security concerns continue to stimulate sales — all bolstered by end users’ desire to apply security technology across multiple business functions.


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Tipping in Our Favor

This month’s cover story identifies great excitement about an industry segment that, for too long, has been thought of as a big, slow-to-turn ship
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Laura Stepanek
June 4, 2018
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Top Security Dealers Identify Top Issues

IoT, DIY/MIY, cyber security, active shooters — SDM 100 dealers talk about the issues that will have the biggest impact, either positive or negative, on their businesses this year
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Laura Stepanek
May 14, 2018
Based on responses from the SDM 100 group of security dealers, 2017 was both a successful year and a challenging year.
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Deploying Security Robots & Drones

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Laura Stepanek
April 2, 2018
Security integrators are indeed interested in these technologies and identifying many uses for them within their security world.
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Security Technologies Changing the Industry

Keep your eyes on the technologies that the government and high-end users of security are using, because those technologies very often find their way into the private sector of the commercial security marketplace.
March 1, 2018
Some industry professionals are talking about extreme changes coming to security, not just gradual shifts.
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Helping the Security Industry Plan

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Laura Stepanek
February 1, 2018
Last month in SDM we offered an outlook for 2018 for the security industry. This month begins our State of the Market article series to help you strategize about the types of products and services your company will offer to the marketplace.
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Reaching the Next Generation of Security Buyers

Ask yourself: Will your company as it currently exists be serving the security needs of millennial buyers?
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Laura Stepanek
January 1, 2018
It’s extremely important that security dealers and the industry as a whole understand how to reach different generations of buyers, but especially up-and-coming buyers.
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