Samsung is aiming to simplify branding and improve relationships with its security customers through an internal reshuffle and renewed partner ... >> Read more
Until recently, Osgoode Properties’ security system was a mish-mash of security software and systems with no central management or integration on a meaningful ... >> Read more
If the phrase “cautiously optimistic” had a face, it might look like Alastair Hayfield. Hayfield, video surveillance and CGA Group research manager for U.K.-based IMS Research, isn’t predicting great things for 2010 “but certainly towards the latter half — it will be a better year than ... >> Read more
Tyco International Inc. announced this week its acquisition of Irving, Tex.-based Broadview Security for about US$2 billion, but one Canadian competitor believes the deal will eliminate a major competitor and create more opportunities for smaller security ... >> Read more
For many of you, the focus of last year was probably all about the economy — keeping things steady as the recession took us for a roller coaster ride. For some, it meant staying lean and making tough choices to stay in business. For others, like some Canadian branches of multi-national manufacturers who surprised their companies and actually grew last year while their U.S.-counterparts floundered, 2009 was a banner year that has now set the bar for ... >> Read more
Using megapixel technology for security applications is a compelling reason to move away from analog cameras. Of course, you may own a 5-megapixel or higher digital camera at home, but getting this many pixels to run over an Ethernet network in a network camera at a high frame rate requires a lot of processing power, bandwidth and storage.
So be careful to match the appropriate resolution for your application. Luckily, determining your requirements is linear and easy to figure out once you know your ... >> Read more
Pretty much everyone in the security industry can agree that the definition of a ‘hybrid’ is a DVR that can simultaneous record analogue and IP cameras. For smaller legacy installations, a hybrid DVR can be a good migration path to IP, as analogue cameras can be preserved and newer IP camera technology, such as HD and megapixel cameras, can be ... >> Read more
Clearly the single most significant influence on the industry this past year had been the economy.
It, along with legislation, and standards will continue to reshape the customer, so in turn it will change what we provide and how we do business. ... >> Read more
For a couple of years now, IT companies have been sniffing around the security industry looking to see if the market is ready for them yet. The first couple of years I attended Securing New Ground, IBM and Cisco were the hot topics of conversation.
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