Security integrators recognize the customer benefits of autonomous security technologies like security robots, surveillance drones and drone detection systems. But they admit the hurdles to sales are high.
Security integrators recognize the customer benefits of autonomous security technologies like security robots, surveillance drones, and drone detection systems. But they admit the hurdles to sales are high.
A fire alarm system is a crucial part of a building’s overall fire protection and life safety strategy. The main is a crucial part of a building’s overall fire protection and life safety strategy.
By adapting their sales models, vendor relationships and pricing, the 2023 SDM Top Systems Integrators performed exceptionally well in spite of significant obstacles.
By adapting their sales models, vendor relationships and pricing, the 2023 SDM Top Systems Integrators performed exceptionally well in spite of significant obstacles.
Recent improvements in megapixel cameras include sensor size, low-light performance, noise reduction and other capabilities like built-in artificial intelligence (AI).
Which manufacturers and distributors do the largest security dealers use? This SDM 100 brand-usage report details the top providers that earned their business in 2022.
A range of factors, from technology advancements to rising life safety awareness, are expanding opportunities for fire alarm dealers to increase market share and, notably, recurring revenue.
The access control sector is viewed with much optimism due to increasing adoption of new technologies and integration with other security systems, among other factors fueling rising growth.
According to SDM’s 2023 Industry Forecast, more than 1 in 2 (56 percent) security professionals expect revenue from access control systems (on-premise and cloud-based) to increase in 2023, marking a healthy 10-point jump from the previous year.
The convergence of technology and an aging population seems to make personal emergency response systems (PERS) a perfect fit for integrators to grow RMR. But use cases go far beyond the elderly.
The convergence of technology and an aging population seems to make personal emergency response systems (PERS) a perfect fit for integrators to grow RMR. But use cases go far beyond the elderly.
Over the past year, more customers, security manufacturers and integrators have gotten serious about cybersecurity risk within their video surveillance systems and are working with their IT departments to crack down on vulnerabilities.
Workplace changes wrought by the COVID-19 crisis and a never-ending barrage of new threats are causing more organizations and their IT departments to get serious about cybersecurity — and security manufacturers are responding with tighter standards and secure practices for their video surveillance devices and systems.