Sometimes the best practices for greater sales are the ones you are not doing. And why would you omit a marketing practice that will make you more money?

Today, you are inundated with digital tools and tactics to market your business, such as Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube and more. With the increase in popularity of these tools, many ask us if email marketing still has value for their security business.

When I started out in the security industry, I had the good fortune of being hired and subsequently mentored by SDM’s chief editor at the time, Susan Whitehurst.

AMAG Technology, a G4S company, hosted a fundraiser for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital at its 20th annual Security Engineering Symposium this past weekend in San Diego, California. 

Control4, the smart home brand for SnapAV, today announced the Control4 dealers and distributors awarded for exemplary project work, business growth and commitment to their customers at its annual dealer party at Integrated Systems Europe 2020.

Today, Nortek Security & Control, a global provider of wireless security, home automation, access control and health and wellness technology, sent an email to its customers notifying them of possible supply chain delays related to the Coronavirus. 

ACRE, a global provider of security and communication networking systems, added two key industry people to the ACRE management roster.

AcceleRISE 2020 will be held July 29-31 at the Omni Austin Hotel Downtown in Austin, Texas.

Through this agreement, ScanSource broadens its base of video surveillance, access control and intrusion prevention products and solutions, while enabling partners to purchase Honeywell’s commercial security solutions directly through ScanSource. 

Today’s video management systems (VMSs) have powerful capabilities, including the ability to manage video systems installed at multiple locations, to use heat mapping to count people in an area and keep track of how long they stay there and to use analytics and audio to detect left objects, weapons and even bullying behaviors.