A new resource is SDM’s BirdDog Career Center, to help you find your next visionary. Planning for this month’s cover story about game changers got me thinking about what a game changer means to me and how I’ve experienced them both personally and professionally. In my adult life, having children and becoming a mother was the most obvious game changer… all previous priorities seem trivial compared to being responsible for a young person’s life.
The once crisp line between the black and white of security dealer and systems integrator is definitely more blurry, and the question begs to be asked — Is there even a line anymore?
Did anyone know that the folks at systems integrator Convergint Technologies wrote their own lyrics and choreographed a dance routine to Janet Jackson’s “Rhythm Nation”?
The security industry is ready and able to put growth on the books in 2011, but dealers must take command of conditions and lead their own way.
I like the change of seasons that living in Illinois offers, but it’s this time of year — late February (the time of this writing) and early March — that makes me wish the season would change more quickly.
Illinois alarm dealers, supported by the IESA, are battling government entities that want to take over their subscriber accounts.
Illinois is home to some tough characters, many of whom are under the spotlight as government office holders. A term sometimes used to describe these folks is “pit bulls.”
Here’s to a prosperous 2011 for all of SDM’s readers. Let’s look at some of the near-term growth opportunities.Is the security industry turning the corner on the recession? That’s what
When we do a photo shoot for the SDM Dealer of the Year cover, I always eagerly await the proofs from the photographer. The photos taken are a vivid snapshot
It doesn’t matter what scale you operate on; what matters is that you can provide ‘sustainable value’ to those customers you serve.Writing about this year’s Systems Integrator of the Year
What kinds of novel applications for video surveillance do you spy on the horizon?When is a video surveillance camera not a video surveillance camera? The answer is probably, “never.” From machine-vision
It is rare and wonderful when a new infrastructure platform unites with applications to create a truly dynamic technology solution that provides significant leverage to both the cost/benefit equation of
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