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    From regulations to technology, the healthcare landscape is rapidly changing, and integrators must stay up to date to find and keep the business.
    Access Control

    SD&I Cover Focus (Dec. 2015): Healthcare Security

    Paul Rothman
    Dec. 14, 2015
    From regulations to technology, the healthcare landscape is rapidly changing, and integrators must stay up to date to find and keep the business
    The opening in March 2015 of the new Mercy Hospital Joplin marked an important milestone in the recovery of a community that was devastated by a powerful tornado in 2011.
    Video Surveillance

    Large-Scale Healthcare Systems Integration

    Paul Strohm
    Dec. 14, 2015
    Integrator C&C Group shares strategies, best practices and successes from its recent Mercy Hospital project
    Photo: iStock
    A rapidly evolving healthcare access control market means integrators must change with the times
    Access Control

    Trends in Healthcare Access Control

    Scott Lindley
    Dec. 14, 2015
    A rapidly evolving market means integrators must change with the times
    Trends in ID cards and authentication for healthcare professionals
    Identification Solutions

    Healthcare: Badging Innovations

    Sheila L. Stromberg
    Dec. 14, 2015
    Trends in ID cards and authentication for healthcare professionals
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    More content from December 2015

    Guardian Protection Services has provided holiday gifts to the Allegheny Valley School (AVS) for the past 18 years.
    Integrators

    Security Gives Back in 2015

    Paul Rothman
    Dec. 14, 2015
    Honoring the charitable community efforts performed by security services firms
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    Video Surveillance

    Big Book - Winter 2015

    Dec. 14, 2015
    The Security Industry's Product Guide
    Security technology can help protect a farm's expensive equipment and valuable livestock.
    Video Surveillance

    Emerging Markets: From Cattle to Deere

    Curt Harler
    Dec. 14, 2015
    Security technology can help protect a farm's valuable livestock and expensive equipment
    Photo: iStock
    Analytics has transformed VMS from a viewing device into a proactive data management tool.
    Video Management Software/VMS

    Solving Video's Searchability Problem

    Jeff Karnes
    Dec. 14, 2015
    Analytics has transformed VMS from a viewing device into a proactive data management tool
    Network video door stations combine an IP camera with an intercom into a single unit so security personnel can both see and talk to visitors at a gate or door anywhere around the perimeter or interior of a facility.
    Video Intercoms

    IP Creates a New Synergy in Door Security

    Karl Hill
    Dec. 14, 2015
    The integration trifecta: video, intercom and remote entry control
    Fire alarm notification devices have come full circle with the re-introduction of low-frequency sounders into residential installs.
    Ray Coulombe is Founder and Managing Director of SecuritySpecifiers and the CONSULT Technical Security Symposium. Email him at ray@SecuritySpecifiers.com, or contact him through LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/raycoulombe or follow him on Twitter: @RayCoulombe.
    Integrators

    Tech Trends: Megatrend Watch

    Ray Coulombe
    Dec. 14, 2015
    How cyber security, big data, apps, IoT and others will cause future disruption to the industry
    Eric Pritchard is a Philadelphia Lawyer who spends his workday making the world safe for electronic security providers. He can be reached at eric.pritchard@fisherbroyles.com. This column does not constitute legal advice; contact an attorney with questions.
    Integrators

    Legal Watch: Medical Marijuana

    Eric Pritchard
    Dec. 14, 2015
    In the 23 states that allow it, security service providers are faced with difficult employee decisions
    Paul Rothman is Editor in Chief of Security Dealer & Integrator (SD&I) magazine (www.secdealer.com). Connect with him on Linkedin at http://bit.ly/PaulRothmanSDI.
    Integrators

    Editor's Note: The Crisis Management Challenge

    Paul Rothman
    Dec. 14, 2015
    Paris once again reminds us that businesses — both your own and your customers’ — need to be prepared for anything
    Kim Garcia is Director of Marketing for PSA Security Network. To request more info about PSA, visit www.securityinfowatch.com/10214742.
    Integrators

    Insider Intelligence: Build a Well-Rounded Team

    Kim Garcia
    Dec. 14, 2015
    Three tips to creating a group of employees that works well together
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    People Power: Independent Contractor Classification

    Claudia St. John, SPHR
    Dec. 14, 2015
    Dept. of Labor's new standard has a major impact on every company that uses them
    Members of the Phoenix Fire and Police Department who helped save two lives in an extreme flood rescue were honored by Marek Robinson (far left), President of Honeywell Authorized Dealer Programs.
    Integrators

    Honeywell dealers "Connect" at annual event

    Dec. 14, 2015
    Company celebrated 25th year of its Authorized Dealer Program at Oct. event in Arizona
    (Photo courtesy Hikvision)
    The Security Industry Association announced this week that it will award the 2015 George R. Lippert Memorial Award to industry icon Frank De Fina posthumously.
    Security Executives

    De Fina, Coulombe commended at SIA Honors Night

    Staff Reports
    Dec. 14, 2015
    Security Industry Association hands out 2015 Lippert and Hauhn Awards
    FLIR Systems announced on Monday that is acquired DVTEL for approximately $92 million in cash.
    Video Surveillance

    FLIR buys DVTEL for $92M

    Joel Griffin
    Dec. 1, 2015
    Acquisition to enable company to become an end-to-end solution provider
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    (Photo courtesy Joel Griffin)
    The sign outside the front entrance of Hikvision's headquarters in Hangzhou, China.
    Video Surveillance

    Intense focus on R&D sets Hikvision apart

    Joel Griffin
    Nov. 18, 2015
    An inside look at one of the leading video surveillance companies in the world
    (Image courtesy bigstockphoto.com/pichetw)
    According to the results of a survey conducted by Capital One at the recently held Honeywell CONNECT conference, 68 percent of security system professionals polled said they expect to complete at least one acquisition in the next year and 16 percent said they expect at least three acquisitions.
    Integrators

    Dealers, integrators bullish on industry M&A activity

    Joel Griffin
    Nov. 13, 2015
    Nearly two-thirds of security channel expect to make at least 1 acquisition in the next year
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    Integrators

    Stanley Security acquires SentryNet

    Nov. 13, 2015
    Company to continue to operate independently
    Photo: Steve Lasky
    James Chong, president of Vidsys, accepted the Grand Platinum award for the top security project at the Secured Cities Conference. Project Manager Julie Stroup of the City of Houston Mayor’s Office of Public Safety and Homeland Security, looks on.
    Security Executives

    Out-of-the-box solutions highlight 2015 Security Innovation Award winners

    Steve Lasky
    Nov. 4, 2015
    Houston area UASI district brought together multiple partners to deploy a new technology called datacasting and win top project award