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Editor's Angle

Editor's Angle: Top Systems Integrators Report

Insight from the 2020 Top Systems Integrators Report
Maggie McFadden Shein
Maggie Shein
July 1, 2020

In this issue, SDM presents the annual Top Systems Integrators Report, which ranks security integrators by their North American systems integration revenue of the previous year (2019). This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Top Systems Integrators Report, which was first launched by SDM in 1996.


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VIDEO SOLUTIONS

Integrators Share How They Added Cloud-Based Video Solutions

Successfully offering cloud-based video solutions begins with identifying a need and focusing on the right benefits.
Maggie McFadden Shein
Maggie Shein
April 8, 2020

Cloud-based video services can make a security integrator’s life easier in terms of installation, customer service and maintenance.


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SDM EXCLUSIVE

State of the Market: Video Surveillance

Security integrators and manufacturers reflect on strong 2019 sales and positive expectations for 2020 in the video marketplace as the segment continues to mature and evolve.
Maggie McFadden Shein
Maggie Shein
February 3, 2020

The video surveillance market is ripe with opportunity, according to sources. Many security integrators and manufacturers realized strong revenues for 2019 and are even more optimistic for 2020.


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MONITORING TODAY EXCLUSIVE

Best Practices for a Well-Run Monitoring Center

When it comes to hiring, training and scheduling monitoring center employees, companies need ingenuity, flexibility and communication.
Maggie McFadden Shein
Maggie Shein
January 6, 2020

Hiring, training and staffing at a monitoring center comes with a host of challenges. Finding reliable, entry-level staff with the right personality profiles that are willing to work any shift, any day of the year is one.


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TMA Excellence Awards 2019

The 14th Annual Monitoring Center Excellence Awards

This year’s award recipients include one monitoring center and three industry professionals that truly demonstrate the value of professional monitoring.
Maggie McFadden Shein
Maggie Shein
August 5, 2019

Since 2006, The Monitoring Association (TMA) has been recognizing the top performers in monitoring with its TMA Monitoring Center Excellence Awards (previously called the Central Station Awards). The Excellence Awards, hosted by TMA and co-sponsored by SDM Magazine, recognize exceptional personnel and monitoring centers in the industry (both TMA members and non-members) that are certified by an approved Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL).


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SDM VIDEO MONITORING TODAY EXCLUSIVE

Using Analytics for Video Monitoring

Adaptation is key as video analytics are transforming the business model and operations of monitoring businesses.
Maggie McFadden Shein
Maggie Shein
July 8, 2019

The role of the monitoring center operator has experienced several incarnations.


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VIDEO SOLUTIONS

Artificial Intelligence in Video Surveillance

Current products on the market promise high accuracy and efficient, fast searching and detection.
Maggie McFadden Shein
Maggie Shein
February 18, 2019

Though many projects have been proven with pilots and real-case deployments, artificial intelligence (AI) in the security industry is in the relatively early stages and its role in video surveillance is as varied as the vertical markets that implement it.


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NETWORKING & CABLE

5 Top Network Design Considerations for Security Integrators

Network design can be a challenge for integrators, but a little preparation goes a long way.
Maggie McFadden Shein
Maggie Shein
January 28, 2019

Networks have transformed over the years from disparate, hardwired systems to integrated multi-layered systems with a combination of hardwired and wireless access points, and an amalgamation of devices all going back to the same place.


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SDM EXCLUSIVE

EMERgency24 Celebrates 50 Years of Firsts

Join us as SDM looks back on EMERgency24’s 50 years in the security industry, how it all began, and the company’s evolution into the 21st century.
Maggie McFadden Shein
Maggie Shein
January 21, 2019

On April 27, 1967, Dante Monteverde founded what is now EMERgency24 in Chicago.


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Security as Playmaker at the World Cup

The 2018 World Cup required the involvement of a significant number of service providers and installers, complex integrations, and years of planning to provide physical security to the stadiums. Here’s a peek at a slice of that work.
Maggie McFadden Shein
Maggie Shein
November 1, 2018

The World Cup is one of the biggest international sporting events. Almost half of the world’s population tuned in to watch the month-long 2010 World Cup in South Africa, according to FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association).


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