SDM chatted with exhibitors on the GSX 2021 show floor at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. GSX 2020 was held as a virtual event due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. GSX 2021 was held as a hybrid event from Sept. 27-29. 

Dave Engebretson explains the benefits of online security training when in-person instruction is not possible.

The pandemic increased the demand for cloud video surveillance given the need for remote access to footage, presenting a further opportunity to earn RMR.

Motorola Solutions, in partnership with a team of independent researchers led by Dr. Chris Brauer at Goldsmiths, University of London, has conducted a research study that discovers how the pandemic has changed expectations for safety, technology adoption and innovation.

The agreement commercializes Airthings’ business solution through more than 500 Edwards channel partners in the fire and security segment. 

The global video surveillance market revenues are set to reach $24 billion by the end of 2021, according to Omdia’s latest Video Surveillance and Analytics Intelligence Database.

The June/July 2021 Security Market Index (SMI) shows that the security industry’s outlook is on the rise this summer, with a SMI of 67, up from 54 in April/May.

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.’

After more than a year without in-person events, PSA TEC 2021 was hosted as a hybrid event last week, May 3-6, with around 200 people coming to the Sheraton in downtown Denver, Colo., and more tuning in online.

If there is one word that could describe 2020, both in life and for the top 100 security dealers, it is unpredictable. Following several years of growth — and a very strong 2019 — SDM 100 companies found themselves on slippery ground beginning in March 2020 with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.