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SDM EXCLUSIVE // State of the Market: Access Controls

Access Control Is Opening Doors to More Than Security

Once relegated to simple locks and card reader panels, access control is assuming a starring role in overall business operations and security integrators are capitalizing on this trend.

Laura Mazzuca Toops

April 1, 2022

Once relegated to simple locks and card reader panels, access control is assuming a starring role in overall business operations.

What’s Hot in Residential Interactive

10 innovations that can add pizzazz to your interactive services for residential users.

Joan Engebretson

March 25, 2022

Ten innovations that can add pizzazz to your interactive services for residential users.

ACCESS CONTROL

Plugging the Security Gaps in Access Control Systems

Technological advances designed to improve access control can also invite cyber breaches. Here’s how integrators and manufacturers are teaming up to safeguard their customers.

Laura Mazzuca Toops

March 18, 2022

Technological advances designed to improve access control can also invite cyber breaches. Here’s how integrators and manufacturers are teaming up to safeguard their customers.

Why Airspace Security is a Good Opportunity for Integrators

Like the airspace it protects, counter-drone solutions are a big-sky opportunity for security integrators to expand the scope of security services they currently offer further into the perimeter.

Laura Stepanek

March 11, 2022

Like the airspace it protects, counter-drone solutions are a big-sky opportunity for security integrators to expand the scope of security services they currently offer further into the perimeter.

Security Services

Revving Up Recurring Monthly Revenue (RMR)

Security integrators that grow their recurring monthly revenue can stabilize income, improve customer relationships, and increase business valuation. What’s not to love?

Laura Mazzuca Toops

March 4, 2022

More integrators are growing their recurring monthly revenue (RMR) business, and the trend is a win for both them and their customers.

Video Surveillance

Deconstructing AI for VMS

Security experts weigh in on the past, present and future of artificial intelligence in video management systems.

Anna Boudinot

February 25, 2022

Security experts weigh in on the past, present and future of artificial intelligence in video management systems.

Fire Alarms

A New Age for Fire Detection Systems

February 17, 2022

Usually overshadowed by other industry technologies despite being the most necessary, fire alarms are gaining new capabilities that ensure overall building safety.

Integrators Key in on Electronic Locks & Door Hardware

Security integrators discuss their role in the electronic locks and door hardware market, from the factors impacting growth, to best practices on the job, to lessons learned the hard way.

Laura Stepanek

February 11, 2022

Security integrators discuss their role in the electronic locks and door hardware market, from the factors impacting growth, to best practices on the job, to lessons learned the hard way.

SDM EXCLUSIVE

State of the Market: Video Surveillance

In spite of some major drawbacks, the market for video surveillance grew significantly from 2020 to 2021, and observers expect more of the same in 2022 and beyond.

Laura Mazzuca Toops

February 4, 2022

Supply chain issues, hiring challenges and ongoing COVID-19 concerns may have shaped 2021, but none of these were able to put a damper on the steady growth of demand for video surveillance products and services.

Central Station Software Gets More Sophisticated

Joan Engebretson

January 28, 2022

Central station software gets more sophisticated every year. We talked to central stations and central station software vendors about what’s new in this area. Here are the top developments we identified.