Wireless has always been a complex technology and many security integrators have taken it into account only when everything else failed. Interferences, antenna alignment, line of sight and lightning are some of the issues that you have to face when deploying a wireless system. 

Read this month's Tech Briefs for news on the latest with Optex Inc., DVTel Inc. and Videotec.

A decade has passed since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. In the 10 years that followed, security measures and protocols were elevated to a level never before seen in the history of the United States. 

Mass Notification Systems (MNS) have emerged as a significant source of revenue for the world’s leading suppliers of fire and security equipment. 

The National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA) 2011 NFPA Conference & Expo, presented by ROC-NFPA LLC, is less than two months away. 

Since Norbert Basler founded the company in 1988, Basler Vision Technologies set the bar high on innovation in various markets and continually rose to that challenge. 

Tri-Ed / Northern Video Distribution, Woodbury, N.Y., an independent security distributor, welcomed LogicMark, LCC, Fairfax Station, Va., as a new vendor partner. 

The Security Industry Association (SIA) announced 11 course dates across the United States and Canada for its Certified Security Project Manager (CSPM) program.

Honeywell, Louisville, Ky., announced that a core group of its Vindicator® security solutions was successfully tested for compliance with security requirements by the Department of Defense Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP). 

On May 10 and 11, 2011 in Indianapolis, Ind., NTS instructors will be teaching the service, repair, testing, inspection and preventative maintenance aspects of today's electronic security systems.