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Networking
Ask the Expert: What should I take into account when deploying network cameras outdoors?
Thursday, 25 February 2010
In today’s IP world, deploying indoor network cameras has become relatively straightforward. Sure, there are many different factors to consider, but new ease-of-installation designs have...
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IT IQ vs security IQ
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
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,...
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Ask the Expert: Strategies to ensure high network uptime
Friday, 09 October 2009
You may have implemented a high-quality network video solution suited to your client’s application needs. But remember, your system is only as reliable as its weakest link, so consider how you can...
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Those predictions are coming home to roost
Tuesday, 07 July 2009
A report from IMS Research in the U.K. says IT managers are involved in 60 per cent of decisions to purchase IP-based physical security products.
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Home Automation
Clarify Advanced Mobile Phone System deadline with clients
Thursday, 13 March 2008
So you alerted your clients of the impending cellular network changes and proactively got on them to change their transmitters. Our good friends at Rogers decided to pull the plug before the Feb. 18,...
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CCTV
Ask the Expert: What are the options for adding more storage to a CCTV system?
Monday, 15 March 2010
Customers’ needs are always changing. After the initial CCTV system installation, the customer may decide to add more cameras, record video at a higher quality or retain video for a longer...
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Security Surveillance Systems: Not just for security anymore
Monday, 15 March 2010
IP video surveillance has brought forth lots of new options for integrators to offer their clients enhanced security, such as distributed video monitoring, the improved image quality of megapixel/HD...
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Stay connected to us in 2010
Tuesday, 02 February 2010
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...
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Ask the Expert: Four Factors to Consider When Selecting a Megapixel camera
Tuesday, 02 February 2010
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...
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IT Security
Twitter.com/SecurityEd wants to hear from you
Thursday, 07 May 2009
Shortly after the swine flu virus hit the headlines I received a helpful tip sheet from a company that advises organizations on pandemic planning. One of the suggestions was to initiate “social...
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Monitoring
How to boost RMR: Video will grow profits
Tuesday, 05 January 2010
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...
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A new day for CANASA
Thursday, 10 September 2009
Since August 17th I have had the privilege to serve and represent the security industry in Canada as the new executive director of CANASA. It is with great pride that I take this assignment not only...
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A different kind of job market
Friday, 06 March 2009
We’re two months into 2009 and the economic outlook on the security industry seems to change day-to-day, especially as companies approached Q4 results.
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Tackling the myths presented by false alarms
Tuesday, 14 October 2008
Ever since the first electronic alarm system was invented by Augustus Pope in Boston in 1850, there have been false alarm signals.
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Access Control
Ask the Expert: How Can I improve revenue with an access control installation?
Wednesday, 17 February 2010
When customers come looking for a way to control access to their facility, they may be thinking only of access cards or key fobs, readers, and software that lets them set time schedules and...
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Evolving trends in access control
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
Obviously everyone in the industry is talking about the latest trends in CCTV technology, such as the transition from analogue to IP, Power over Ethernet (PoE) connectivity and the shift to...
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Ask the Expert: Is there a door component that addresses security and life-safety?
Wednesday, 29 October 2008
Sports fans like to engage in hypothetical discussion that asks if a team were started anew, who would be the ideal player to build around? A list of qualifications is usually referenced in the...
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Letter to the Editor:
Tuesday, 29 July 2008
A recent Ask the Expert article entitled "Is it really an IP-at-the-door future?" painted an incomplete and inaccurate picture of Edge products and their applications.  Let me...
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