Derek Rice

In addition to lower purchase costs, thermal cameras are becoming easier to install and more maintenance-free.

Applications Heat up for Thermal Imaging Cameras

January 1, 2015

Lower costs, improved functionality and creative thinking can mean increased profits for integrators when they resell thermal imaging.

The raw image captured by an overhead 360-degree camera can provide detailed video of multiple locations, often allowing a single camera to replace multiple traditional cameras

Popping the Hood on 180- & 360-Degree Cameras

Derek Rice

December 1, 2014

The benefits offered by 180- and 360-degree cameras are numerous, starting with the potential to reduce camera counts. The technologies cameras employ to capture and process images are the main factors to consider.

Ethernet over coax (EoC) technologies provide a means for technicians to use existing legacy coax cable in IP video systems

Video Transmission & Power Management 101

Understanding and knowing how to evaluate the various technologies and products ensures the performance and reliability of video surveillance systems

Derek Rice

November 9, 2014

No matter how great a video surveillance camera may be, if it has no power source — primary and/or backup — or can’t send images to the head end for viewing and archiving, it is no more useful for security than a painting hanging on the wall. This is why transmission and power solutions are crucial to providing the highest possible level of video security.

Easing Up IP Installations

While IP camera installation isn’t as simple as integrators would like, manufacturers are hearing their wishes and working to make them come true.

Derek Rice

April 24, 2014

IP cameras have proven valuable to end users, who get the benefit of high resolution and a number of other features. For installers, they’ve also been valuable, as more and more end users either want new IP camera installations or want to migrate their existing analog cameras to IP and take advantage of the benefits.

Resolution Products Helps Keep Devices on the Wall and Out of Landfills

Derek Rice

April 23, 2014

Wireless translators from Resolution Products, Hudson, Wis., are contributing in a big way to keeping “millions of alarm panel sensors” in the field rather than in a landfill somewhere, says Josh Hauser, the company’s director of sales.

Tyco Unveils Expanded Global Center of Excellence

Derek Rice

April 22, 2014

While Birmingham, Ala., may not seem like the first choice of location for a state-of-the-art center to support security installations worldwide, that’s exactly where Boca Raton, Fla.-based Tyco has found the skilled talent it needs to ensure the success of its Global Center of Excellence (GCoE), says Mark VanDover, president of Tyco Integrated Security.

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The Emergence of 4K at ISC West

Derek Rice

April 8, 2014

It seemed that the biggest buzzword to come out of last week’s ISC West was 4K — just as it was the biggest buzzword to come out of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in 2012.

Making Sense of the Security Industry’s Busiest 3 Days

Derek Rice

March 27, 2014

It’s hard to believe this, but ISC West begins in less than a week. After weeks and months of planning, scheduling, coordination and other details — some minor, some very, very major — the security industry will gather in Las Vegas for three days that will leave heads pumped full of so much information that you may start to understand how an IT network responds when it’s overloaded with uncompressed video data.

Culture of Accountability & Communication Key to Protection 1’s Employee Retention

Derek Rice

March 13, 2014

When CEO Tim Whall and GTCR turned Chicago-based Protection 1 back into a private company, they had a couple of goals: to leverage its existing national footprint and build up all its channels, specifically national accounts.