Recently I had the pleasure of returning in person to one of my favorite conferences, PSA TEC. Consisting of owners and members of the largest integrator consortium in the world, it is a great place to really hear what is on the minds of systems integrators.

 It’s summer again, and all the plants and flowers are blooming. But in the security industry something else is blooming, too: technology. If you attended ISC West a couple of months ago you may have noticed a few dominant trends, including 5G, cloud, wireless and touchless readers, and much more.

Maybe it’s the Annapolitan in me, but when I looked through all the comments from this year’s SDM 100 (link to article) companies detailing the challenges they had faced in 2021 — and predict to continue facing in 2022 — my mind went immediately to an image of rough seas.

Every year around this time I see a meme go around social media about the weather. Unless you live somewhere that is perpetually warm, you have likely seen it.

How the famous Marine motto can be applied to the security industry.

The video surveillance market grew significantly from 2020 to 2021.

SDM and the 2021 Dealer of the Year share an anniversary.

When it comes to cannabis security the opportunities for security integrators — not to mention the puns — are plentiful. 

This year’s SDM Systems Integrator of the Year has to be knowledgeable about more types of technology than most typical security integrators.