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Access Control
Extreme access control measures: How far would you go?
RFID technology is nothing new. Proximity and smart cards have small RFID...

Healthcare
Ensuring safety and efficiency: The role of Visitor Management Systems in Emergency Departments
Note: This post was updated on January 2025 with new information on Visitor...

Access Control
Access control with smartphones using NFC
A technology called Near Field Communication (NFC), may hint at the future of...

Video Solutions
Growth within the video surveillance and enterprise systems markets
In 2017, the global market for enterprise and IP storage used for video...

Integrated Systems
Technology increasing safe driving
This week I received a nice letter from State Farm explaining to me how I could...

Access Control
Does Your Company Use Identification Badges?
Many schools require students, teachers, and staff to wear identification...

Access Control
U.S. Demand for Security Products, Systems to reach nearly $20B in 2016
Source: Securityinfowatch.com - Feb 15, 2013

Visitor Management
NYPD Testing Its First Gun-Detecting Body Scanner | Security Management
The NYPD is conducting a test for a new device that will help officers detect...

Access Control
Be prepared with Security 101's SiteGuard 101
Key Management can be a daunting task, especially if you are using regular...

Video Solutions
Loss Prevention Technology Helps Reduce Theft by $2.6B in 2011
According to the National Retail Security Survey (NRSS), retailers lost $34.5...

Video Solutions
Report: IP video sales to outdo analog in 2013
According to a new report from IMS Research, global sales of IP video products...

Trends
SSI's 8th Annual Integrator Study Highlights
Security Systems Integrator 8th Annual Integrator study entails both positives...

Video Solutions
Mobile apps bring sizzle to surveillance
Managers getting woken up in the middle of the night & driving to their stores...

Video Solutions
Video analytics market to be worth $600 million in 2015
According to a recent report from IMS Research, the need for chargeable,...

Access Control
Signs Indicate Challenging Road Ahead for Electronic Security Industry
The electronic security industry had it's fair share of economic hardships in...

Video Solutions
Who’s Hosting Video Services? | 2011-09-13 | SDM Magazine
It's becoming common for third-party central stations to host managed services...

Access Control
Tackling Electrified Locks | 2011-08-15 | SDM Magazine
Integrators and dealers used to stick with what they knew when it came to...