Articles - Vertical Markets

The Roy and Patricia Disney Family Cancer Center in Burbank, Calif., features integrated security and building automation systems (BAS) designed to enhance the patient experience and ensure efficient facility operations.

Interconnecting security systems with other building and facility controls is being enabled by interoperable platforms as well as various other market drivers. The entry to market can be steep, yet integrators of all sizes with the right stuff can carve out a niche of their own in this emerging discipline.

A local systems integrator is called in to overhaul a video surveillance system at an upscale shopping center in New Jersey. Electing to utilize the facility’s legacy equipment, the integrator provided networking appliances to build a dedicated gigabit copper/fiber network infrastructure for the interior and exterior of the facility.

A Southern California school district seeks to overcome a DVR-based analog surveillance system and its poor video streaming and playback, and contend with unwanted guests gaining access to its campuses. Find out how Culver City students are becoming safer thanks to a new and integrated IP video and access control solution.

During ISC West, Mission 500 will award Monitronics Central Station Monitoring Director Mary Jensby with 2012 Humanitarian Award.

Technology and consumer interest have advanced to bring about real opportunities for security contractors that offer home automation and entertainment products and services. Get up to speed on in-demand offerings with surefire tips to please customers.

Brand-new Resorts World Casino located in New York City is equipped with a state-of-the-art 1,500-channel IP HD video surveillance system. The project’s team tells how they put together one of America’s most advanced systems incorporating a fiber backbone and POS integration.

Technological advances and heightened consumer interest in saving both costs and the environment are creating new opportunities in energy management. Learn how to maximize sales and RMR associated with this emerging market as an adjunct to traditional security offerings.

The federal government has agreed to establish a public safety broadband network for emergency first responders and provide funding for next-generation 911 technologies.

Increasingly, electronics consumers expect much more than quality devices; they desire a quality experience. That trend is supported by consumer research conducted by IBM, which found that with the proliferation of connected devices and increased network accessibility, consumers are demanding high performance and enhanced, integrated device experiences.

G4S Secure Solutions USA has announced Bernard Scaglione as director of Healthcare Vertical Markets.

Funding for government projects has slowed but that is only a temporary hiccup in a security market with unlimited potential for skilled and savvy integrators. Experts in video surveillance, access control, biometrics and physical barriers lay out the tools for success.

The welfare of patients, medical personnel and staff are a top priority for any hospital but perhaps even more so where it concerns the brave and honorable men and women who have served and sacrificed to keep America free. Multiple VA hospital case studies show how advanced fire/life-safety systems are providing safe haven for veterans. 

In this column, Peter Giacalone explains why remote services are so important to the well-being of alarm businesses.

ASIS Int'l has appointed Eduard J. Emde, CPP, as president of the organization. Emde, a native of the Netherlands, is the first non-U.S. practitioner to serve as president of ASIS.

Increased broadband penetration is serving to compel Internet service providers (ISPs) to modify their market strategy. Many ISPs are looking to value-added services to retain customers and serve as platforms for future revenue growth.

Home control and automation technology provider Channel Vision has hired Adam Levin as Southeast regional account executive.

California Gov. Jerry Brown named Jon Sargent and Matthew Westphal to the Alarm Company Operator Disciplinary Review Committee (DRC), part of the Department of Consumer Affairs.

Mobile connectivity is breeding a world of consumers who expect full access and control of anything they want wherever they want it. High expectations, yes — but also high growth and profits for security systems/services providers that meet the demand.

Installing security contractors are well positioned to adopt solar photovoltaic (PV) panels into their portfolios and take advantage of increasing opportunities to utilize “green” power alternatives. These solutions are ideal for projects that require a power supply for off-grid, remotely-installed equipment.