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SIA Announces Winners of 2018 New Product Showcase at ISC West

April 17, 2018

The Security Industry Association announced winners of the SIA New Product Showcase Awards Program. Winners were recognized on stage at ISC West 2018, North America’s largest security tradeshow, and IPConfigure took top honors as Best in Show.

Sigma Designs Ships 100 Millionth Z-Wave Chipset Module

April 17, 2018

Sigma Designs, a provider of intelligent system-on-chip (SoC) solutions for connected smart home IoT, announced a cumulative lifetime 100 million Z-Wave modules have shipped into the smart home market. Sigma Designs announced that the recipient of the 100 millionth module was the smart home service provider and long-time customer of Sigma Designs, Vivint Smart Home.

IDIS Focuses on Partner- and End User-Driven Innovation at ISC West

April 16, 2018

IDIS returned to ISC West in Las Vegas for the company’s first U.S. tradeshow appearance following the conclusion of the company’s year-long 20th Anniversary celebration, “Two Decades of Innovation,” with plans to highlight the IDIS technological offerings set to define the start of its next 20 years of innovation.

How to Make a GREEN Impression

In our annual green report, SDM profiles security companies reducing their carbon footprints and working toward creating a cleaner environment.

April 6, 2018

Security dealers and integrators use a lot of paper: invoices, work orders, requests for proposals (RFPs), schedules, plans and revisions. Not only can that result in hundreds of thousands of printed pages each year, but paper can get misplaced. Focusing on paper reduction can reduce a company’s municipal solid waste (MSW) and increase efficiency.

Test Your Security Industry Knowledge

May I Have Your Attention, Please?

April 2, 2018

Columnist Roy Pollack challenges professionals to test their knowledge in the latest 5 Minute Tech quiz.

Companies You Should Know: MedixSafe

April 2, 2018

If there’s one thing you should know about access control, it’s that Memphis-based MedixSafe brings to market a “key” component that no access control system should be without — a key cabinet.

Security Technologies Changing the Industry

Keep your eyes on the technologies that the government and high-end users of security are using, because those technologies very often find their way into the private sector of the commercial security marketplace.

March 1, 2018

Some industry professionals are talking about extreme changes coming to security, not just gradual shifts.

(Life) Safety First: Know the Code

Roy Pollack

March 1, 2018

Columnist Roy Pollack challenges professionals to test their knowledge in the latest 5 Minute Tech quiz.

UL Opens Lab, Research Leads to Smarter Smoke Detectors, New Standards

Tim A. Scally

February 8, 2018

UL released new requirements to smoke alarm standards. These standards now include criteria that address smoke characteristics between a fast-moving and smoldering fire, and the flammability of materials in modern household products. As well, the organization celebrated the grand opening of its new, state-of-the-art Smoke Detection Test Laboratory in Northbrook, Ill., on February 8.

Motorola Solutions to Acquire Avigilon

February 2, 2018

Motorola Solutions entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Avigilon in an all-cash transaction that will enhance Motorola Solutions’ portfolio of mission-critical communications technologies.