This spring has been a heartbreaking year with so many fatal tornadoes. I grew up in the Midwest, so tornado warnings and hunkering down in the basement during tornado season are something I grew up with. 

On March 11, 2011, a 9.0 magnitude quake hit northeastern Japan, triggering a tsunami with 10-meter-high waves that reached all the way to the U.S. West Coast. 

While flying home from ISC West, I picked up American Airlines’ (AA) American Way magazine from the seatback pocket in front of me on the plane and started flipping through it.

Two documents were released by the United States government in February with an impact on the access control market. 

Over the past 50 years that Linear LLC, Carlsbad, Calif., has been in business, many technologies have come and gone.

When approaching room 502 of the Sands Convention Center for ISC West’s State of the Industry presentation, there was a noticeable sprinkling of yellow scarf- or tie-attired ISC West personnel throughout the registration level calling out directions one could follow to the State of the Market. 

There’s so much happening in the video surveillance market in 2011. From A (analytics) to Z (zettabytes), continued advancement in key areas means the best video has to offer just keeps getting better. 

In the security industry you’ll see the occasional police report regarding a break-in or a 911 call, but you don’t often see a 911 call discussing a rampaging llama or kids not sharing the play ground equipment (Really? 911? Seriously?). In the business of security, the relationship between law enforcement and the security company is critical

While getting ready for Security, SDM and smartHOME magazines’ virtual tradeshow, iSecurity, on March 2, 2011, the question occurred to me: When was the first virtual tradeshow?