The IDIS intelligent video wall station, designed as a simple plug-in for the cost and license-free IDIS Center VMS, brings the benefits of video wall services to a wider market, including smaller and mid-sized customers.

Monitoring professionals discuss the benefits of different central station software options.

Advice from the frontline on how to balance data collection, human interpretation, and customer expectations

SDM Managing Editor Courtney Wolfe introduces the special video monitoring issue.

First, allow me to say I am honored to be chair of the Alarm Industry Communications Committee (AICC). We typically meet four times a year in Washington, D.C. For years I have resisted having AICC go online, even in a hybrid form.

Last summer, we were already a few months into a pandemic-induced lockdown. Businesses everywhere were closing their doors, employees were working from home, and, luckily, most security professionals were considered to be ‘essential.’

Everything online in the industry, from white papers to webinars.

The challenge that Allstate faced in entering this competitive space was how to effectively manage video signal traffic, known to cause much more frequent false and nuisance alarms, without disrupting the quality of service the company has always prided itself in providing to traditional monitoring customers.  

Pro-Vigil, a provider of remote video monitoring, management and crime deterrence solutions, announced its Social Distancing AI Suite, which enables retailers, manufacturers, schools and other organizations to restore stakeholder trust in the safety of their work environments.