By Scott Goldfine

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SSI Publisher Reaches 50-Year Milestone

June 7, 2011

Fifty years ago this month in Chicago, as one amazing run was coming to a close, the Windy City witnessed the beginning of another. It was in June 1961 that “Mr. Cub” Ernie Banks saw his 717 consecutive-games-played streak end. At just about the same time, a young man with a great idea and relentless entrepreneurial spirit began to establish a publishing legacy that’s still thriving today.

Pharmacies Need Your Security Prescription

June 3, 2011

A new report filed by CNN indicates the nation's pharmacies are subject of widespread rising thefts and robberies. This story got me fired up thinking about the solutions the security industry could offer these businesses and the associated opportunities for installing contractors and monitoring providers.

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Electronic Security 2.0 Has Arrived

May 5, 2011

Let's face it, electronic security has not always been the most technologically progressive industry. But that mentality and resistance to change has made perfect sense ...

Positive Outlook Among Security’s Strengths

April 4, 2011

I have observed an interesting dichotomy in the personality traits of most security professionals, one that I too identify with. While typically exhibiting the serious demeanor and guarded skepticism one might expect in a business revolving around safety and security, a great deal of those who own and operate installing companies are also good-humored and optimistic ...

Cloud Brightens Integrator Outlook

April 4, 2011

Cloud-based, or hosted, services are among several newer technologies leading security integrators out of the recession. SSI’s seventh annual Systems Integration Study shows renewed optimism amid rising returns paced by leading-edge offerings such as managed access control and high definition video. However, the data also details some lingering stagnation ...

Retail Intrusion Market Roars Back, New Research Shows

March 30, 2011

SSI's upcoming April issue includes the results of our 2011 Systems Integrator Study. While the expansive report spans eight pages and includes 42 graphs detailing company, access control and video surveillance trends, there was still lots more great data gathered that did not make it in ...

Industry Braces for Effects of Japan Catastrophe

March 22, 2011

In the aftermath of the earthquake/tsunami disaster that has devastated Japan SSI has busily attempted to get a handle on what the specific impacts might be on the electronic security industry. It will inevitably adversely affect some of the products and technology that ordinarily originates in Japan, as well as some of the basic operational needs and subsequent supply/demand costs of North American-based businesses ...

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Installers Shell Out $25K a Month for Products

March 14, 2011

For the first time the Security Spending Survey reveals how much installing companies are paying each month for equipment — overall as well as by specific product categories. Top buyer listings are presented along with purchasing patterns associated with different business characteristics ...

Bud Wulforst

March 7, 2011

SSI Hall of Fame 2011

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Ivan Scharer

March 7, 2011

SSI Hall of Fame 2011

Security Speaking Is Talk of the Industry

March 7, 2011

Peer-to-peer communication continues to be one of the most powerful and influential means for businesspeople to exchange information. It's one of the reasons social media has taken hold ...

William (Bill) Polk

March 7, 2011

SSI Hall of Fame: 2011

Jay Hauhn

March 7, 2011

SSI Hall of Fame: 2011

Steve Doyle

March 7, 2011

SSI Hall of Fame: 2011

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$25B IP Video Market Predicted at Milestone Event Keynote

March 7, 2011

Milestone, a leading developer of open platform software for managing IP network-based video surveillance, hosted the 6th annual Milestone Integration Platform Symposium (MIPS) in San Antonio March 2-4. More than 150 attendees were joined by in excess of 80 Milestone representatives and those from the many hardware and software providers the company partners with to deliver comprehensive and advanced video solutions ...

5 Earn Hall of Fame Honors

March 4, 2011

A peacemaker with AHJs, a champion of technologies and standards, a wizard of finance, a builder of the industry’s finest dealer program and a trade association luminary are elected into SSI’s Hall of Fame for lifetime achievement. Find out how they toppled challenges and maximized opportunity to excel where most fail ...

Keeping Up With Changing Products/Services, Needs and Expectations

March 2, 2011

In Part 2 to the "ComTec Transfers Its Telecom/IT Success Into Security " Under Surveillance blog, ComTec Systems CEO Mike Vertolli elaborates on effective service and maintenance practices. Here, he discusses how he is extending what he learned in telecommunications and IT fields into security and the great opportunities he sees ...

Tackling Takeover, Equipment and Weather Challenges

February 23, 2011

The February issue of SECURITY SALES & INTEGRATION includes the feature article "Service With a Recurring Revenue Smile," which addresses how to successfully incorporate service and maintenance agreements into an installing company's portfolio. One of the sources cited in the piece was Matthew Ladd, president of Exton, Pa.-based The Protection Bureau.

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VITEK Exec Sees HDcctv Availability, Pricing, Penetration Rising

February 16, 2011

Having been introduced to the security industry little more than a year ago, awareness remains relatively low and understanding even lower about HDcctv. Developed from technology pioneered for broadcast television, HDcctv is transmitted uncompressed and without being encapsulated in TCP/IP since data is sent over coax. The result is a system in which a camera can be plugged into a receiving device and video can be displayed without latency. As a point-to-point system, HDcctv was designed to be a

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ComTec Transfers Its Telecom/IT Success Into Security

February 9, 2011

The February issue of SECURITY SALES & INTEGRATION includes the feature article "Service With a Recurring Revenue Smile," which addresses how to successfully incorporate service and maintenance agreements into an installing company's portfolio. One of the sources cited in the piece was Mike Vertolli, CEO of Vineland, N.J.-based ComTec Systems.

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