April's cover story features “State of the Market 2020: Access Control” We also explore "Is AI Video Ready for Its Close-Up?". And "COVID-19 Is Forcing Employers to Embrace Workplace Flexibility".
The access control market in 2019 and 2020 can best be described as strong, but in flux — with changing architectures, changing customer expectations and demands, and changing security integrator roles.
A continuing strong economy, end user desires to do more with their access control systems and increasing interest in new technologies, integrations and models all led to a positive outlook in 2019 and a general feeling of optimism for 2020, with a few notes of caution.
The sheer amount of video and other data generated by security and non-security devices today is massive, and its growth is seemingly exponential — with more and more created every day.
More customers are using access control, and doing more with it, than ever before — and the industry has advances in access control software to thank for that.
With news of COVID-19 sweeping the nation and the world, many organizations have sent their employees home to work remotely to help prevent the spread of the illness. Leaders who previously weren’t comfortable with allowing flexibility in hours and location of work have been forced into these arrangements out of sheer necessity.
In the continuing chronicle of assisting my 92-year old mother and smoothing out her stay-in-place lifestyle, I try to visit her at least once every 10 days or so.
Atlanta Public Schools (APS) is an enormous school system, as are the challenges that Director of Security Operations Ralph Velez is tasked to manage. As one of the largest school districts in the state of Georgia, APS serves approximately 52,000 students across 87 schools.
A case filed in the United States Court for the District of Kansas was notable not for the decision of dismissal rendered because the matter was not timely filed, but because of the court’s consideration of the allegations.
Hanwha Techwin America’s latest multi-sensor cameras feature motorized varifocal lenses for precise control of focal length, angle of view and zoom for each direction.
The K-1900-712L-IP vandal resistant VoIP SIP panel phone is equipped with a short 12-inch armored handset cable to reduce the risk of users harming themselves, their surroundings, or the phone itself.
The Tyco HD Encoder by Johnson Controls allows high definition and standard definition analog cameras to function within an evolving IP infrastructure.
The new AutoVu SharpZ3 goes beyond traditional license plate identification and brings new levels of insight in vehicle analytics, situational awareness, and accuracy, according to the company.
Napco’s iSecure complete cellular alarm system is designed to help security pros to be more competitive, adding more residential accounts and new RMR, while offering the professional-grade security systems and remote smart app notification alerts consumers want.