Rodney Bosch

Almost half of all survey respondents initiated an improved cybersecurity strategy in 2022. Security integrators’ key role in cyber resiliency is also starkly evident.

Alarm.com CEO Steve Trundle said the company will battle Vivint in the courts after Vivint said it would no longer pony up patent royalty fees.

A shortage of cybersecurity resources in the marketplace, rising compliance requirements and increasing cybersecurity budgets are just some of the factors why security integrators are well positioned to expand their service offerings.

Residential businesses outside of the U.S. and Canada are not part of the planned divestiture.

ONVIF reinstated the companies’ full memberships after the U.S. government adjusted terms of technology sanctions first established in 2019.

Although the industry remains subject to supply chain disruption, a precarious labor shortage and other headwinds, multiple growth factors are creating a lot of overall positivity across the fire alarm systems marketplace. 

SDM Senior Editor Rodney Bosch spent the better part of two days on the show floor at GSX 2022. Check out a gallery of images with featured products and other scenes.  

In a post pandemic world, businesses and organizations off all types are reinventing themselves to adopt hybrid or work-from-home policies in order to sustain company culture as well as viability in the marketplace.

Spectrum Brands and ASSA ABLOY said they are committed to completing the transaction and are confident that they will prevail in litigation.

Industry watchers foreshadow much bigger things ahead in the realm of IoT penetration into the smart home following the big ADT-State Farm partnership.