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The latest news, trends and developments in various sectors of the security industry.

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How to Strengthen Your Business With Software

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Laura Stepanek
April 10, 2023

Here’s how some of the security industry’s most well-known software companies are continuing to match the needs of security integrators and dealers.


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5 Trends Reshaping End User Security Needs

April 7, 2023

HID, a trusted identity and physical security solutions provider, recently unveiled the results of its first “State of the Security Industry Report,”.


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ESCC Teaches an Old Building New Tricks

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Laura Mazzuca Toops
April 3, 2023

When NYC developer Macklowe Properties undertook the city’s largest-ever office-to-residential conversion, its time-tested relationship with ESCC made the integrator a natural fit for the project, which won the 2023 SDM Project of the Year Award.  


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Tech Helps Make Fire-Related Services a Hot Niche for Integrators

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Laura Mazzuca Toops
March 27, 2023

Fire-related services, a traditional market segment ruled by code, still provides plenty of opportunities for integrators to help end users update and enhance their systems — which translates to increased RMR and customer loyalty.


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Facing the Future With Biometrics

More businesses are becoming aware of biometrics for identification and access control — and security professionals who help educate them will reap the benefits.
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Laura Mazzuca Toops
March 20, 2023

More businesses are becoming aware of biometrics for identification and access control — and security professionals who help educate them will reap the benefits..


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5 Tips to Choose the Right VMS for Enterprises

Anna Boudinot
March 13, 2023

Industry professionals from the integration and manufacturing communities help explain top considerations when choosing a VMS for your end customer. 


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2 Big Trends to Watch in Access Control

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Karyn Hodgson
March 8, 2023

According to the recently released 2023 Top Security Trends Report from Brivo, there are two leading access control outcomes desired by the respondents to the sixth annual report: experience and convenience. 


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Supply Chain Chaos Begins to Ease Off

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Rodney Bosch
March 6, 2023

Supply chain conditions are expected to improve in 2023. And while pandemic-era disruption has ushered in positive changes to their businesses, executives say they will focus on resiliency as conditions remain fragile.


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March 1, 2023

There’s no doubt that recurring revenue models can offer value to anyone’s business—providing predictable cash flow, financial stability and sustainable profit margins.


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Gunshot Detection: A Life Safety Product for Integrators to Resell

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Laura Stepanek
February 27, 2023

When it comes to gunshot detection, no two technologies are alike. What most have in common, however, is their effortless fit within a security integrator’s life-safety product portfolio and business model.


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‘Solutions’ Are the Focus of Revamped Chicago Axis Experience Center

On Oct. 9 Axis Communications held a grand reopening of its Axis Experience Center (AEC) in Chicago, which was expanded and revamped to focus on solutions that go beyond just network video to also include network access control and network audio systems, and how they all integrate with products from Axis’ technology partners. Highlights of the AEC are the new Solutions Lab where visitors can get hands on with technologies from Axis and its partners and the new Security Operations Center that emulates the platform used by the city of Chicago’s Office of Emergency Management, which monitors more than 30,000 cameras.

View the champagne toast and ceremonial ribbon cut here. 

Posted: October 15, 2019

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