To many people, the name ADT is synonymous with residential security — much like Coke and soda (or pop if you’re from the Midwest). The company, however, has a $2 billion a year commercial security unit, which is proactively building cutting-edge solutions for business and government customers.
OnSSI, Pearl River, N.Y., announced that its video management platform, Ocularis, passed compatibility testing with iRa C3 from Lextech Lab, Lisle, Ill.
IntercomsOnline.com, Nashville, released a new whitepaper on its website designed to help security system and access control dealers make more sales in applications where long-range wireless voice communication and remote entry point opening are needed.
When the chief security officer for a busy metro transit authority thought it all through, he knew that the nerve center for his system needed a complete overhaul.
Winsted Corp., Minneapolis, a manufacturer of stock, customized and custom console solutions, announced the immediate availability of its new 2011/2012 catalog.
Virtually every wired camera, access control reader, intercom or other device we install for our clients requires some kind of power for the unit to operate. The powering of devices is always a concern for technicians and, as has been common in our industry for the past century, different vendors will use different methods to power their devices.
Effectively notifying the public of a situation today will test the integrator’s knowledge of the vast array of possibilities.
The ability to communicate with the public when an emergency occurs is critical. Each new incident that occurs on site or elsewhere highlights the issues, deficiencies and problems that can occur if people can’t be informed in time that there is a shooter on a campus, or a bomb entering a military site.
How would you define wireless access control? Is it wireless at the reader, wireless at the panel, or both? Systems integrators use different types of wireless technology to get a perfect fit.
I fly out of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in Los Angeles whenever I’m headed to industry events, and right now I’m in the middle of getting my travel arrangements together for ISC West. Because my home airport is LAX, it caught my attention to see press reports and video talking about LAX using the Situator from NICEin LAX's ARRC. ARCC?
Las Vegas sets the bar on use of security video and storage. The new CityCenter property boasts more than 3,700 cameras that demand vast storage and quick image retrieval. In today’s