Were you there? If you were in Charlotte, NC, last week, you may have joined Altec Systems at the ESX (Electronic Security Expo.)  We had the opportunity to participate in a panel discussion hosted by Security Dealer & Integration Magazine’s editor, Deborah L. O’Mara, along with two other fine security panelists (L-R…Chistopher Wetzel of Intertech Security & Stephen Washburn of Convergint Technologies) on the topic of “Migrating to IP Technology.”  Here’s a few thoughts on this topic… Where are you in the Analog-to-IP migration discussion? Do you find it at all confusing to muddle through the voluminous recent information on migrating your own analog world to the newer IP-based world?  Are you asking “why do it?  Do I need it?  Should […]

In today’s current economic times, more and more business are experiencing losses due to theft.  Businesses that tend to store inventory outside are seeing greater losses of product. Traditionally, these businesses would have a couple options; either installing traditional burglar alarm devices that have been modified for outdoor use, or deploying a security guard to watch the premises during non-business hours. Typically, these solutions were either unreliable or expensive. False alarms can cost your bottom-line Businesses installing exterior security systems are finding the false alarm rate to be high.  These systems are susceptible to false alarms due to weather, animals and other exterior events. Additionally, the monitoring center receiving the alarms has no way of verifying that it was an actual […]