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Canvassing the International Builders Show (IBS) usually is like drinking water from a fire hose. Fortunately, this year’s version was easier to ingest. Unlike the last time IBS was in Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center, the 2011 Expo consumed just the West Hall.

At first, I did not notice the all-access design of the NextGen Experience house. But then I spotted Waldemar Alameda, a 39-year-old father of two. He was using a walker to navigate

In the middle of the day-to-day business of security, it is possible to overlook the “feel good” side of security — and that there are little boys and girls growing

Blame it on the recession. Concerns over water quality seem to drop from the public’s radar for much of 2009 and 2010. True, pros who work in this area still

Mace Central Station and its employees brought Christmas cheer to many children in southern California this year. The central station employees spent the year saving money by recycling soda cans. Many employees also made personal

Through Mosaic, the Protection Bureau donated bags of nutritious food for 100 children in South Africa in place of Christmas toys.  Every day, members of the security industry work

I’ve been thinking a lot about engineers lately and concluded they must be alien beings. For reasons I do not understand, God sent these advanced life forms to earth

It’s not very often that you see a commercial access control system detailed on network television, but that’s what the American public will see when they watch the reality show

Sitting in the board meeting on Thursday for the California Alarm Association (CAA) Winter Convention held in San Francisco, Dec. 9-11, 2010, there was a lot going on. There’s always business

Jerry Marks, founder of Beachwood Security and a 25-plus year security industry pioneer, passed away on September 3, 2010, his son, Michael Marks, told SDM. In 1973 a fire engulfed