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Home » Authors » Peter P. Giacalone

Peter P. Giacalone

Peter P. Giacalone, a security professional for 25 years, is executive vice president of SafetyCare, Inc., Hackensack, N.J.
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Peter Giacalone

UL 827A Opens Up Cloud Service Opportunities

Examining the benefits of the UL 827 standard for monitoring centers and central stations.
Peter P. Giacalone
January 10, 2022

Many are intrigued with some of the changes that have been introduced and adopted toward consistent services through the COVID-19 pandemic — everything from changes to business logistics to actually augmenting UL standards to accommodate work-from-home (WFH) staffing.


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REDUNDANCY

Central Station Monitoring Redundancy

Peter P. Giacalone
January 6, 2021

Central station redundancy and its significance is essential to understand. A select group have maintained redundancy over the years, although UL hasn’t mandated redundancy until recently.


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LEVERAGING MODERN TECHNOLOGIES

Modern Opportunities in a Legacy World

There is much to learn from the panel Giacalone led at TMA’s annual meeting, which covered the opportunities available when leveraging modern technologies while winding down older technologies.
Peter P. Giacalone
January 9, 2020

This year at TMA’s annual meeting in Napa Valley, I led a panel on telecommunication opportunities available through leveraging modern technologies while holding on and winding down older technologies to support legacy systems and communications.


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Plain Talk: Some Things Haven't Changed

Peter P. Giacalone
August 1, 2006
Where have we been and where are we going in this industry of ours? For me, the road has been quite eventful and interesting. When I started installing alarm systems
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