Surveillance projects vary widely in scale, and many commercial environments need only a straightforward, dependable system for recording and reviewing video. For smaller installations, enterprise-grade servers can introduce more capacity,...

A security solution can perform perfectly on a data sheet and still fall short when it's installed in an actual facility.

Existing cabling may be older than expected. Cable distances may exceed standard design limits. Electrical interference,...

Why real-world demonstrations matter when designing perimeter intrusion detection systems (PIDS) for critical, high-security facilities.

A perimeter intrusion detection system can serve as the first layer of detection around some of the most...

Chesapeake & Midlantic Marketing is pleased to announce the addition of NOW MICRO

For systems integrators and solution providers, this addition creates an important new resource for sourcing the servers, workstations, storage platforms, and...

Gallagher Group CEO Kahl Betham explains how an entrepreneurial approach to innovation helped transform a New Zealand agricultural invention into a global technology business serving enterprise and high-security environments. 

The Gallagher...

DINION 7100s is a high performance, enclosure ready box camera built for complex sites where reliability, clarity, and flexibility matter most.

Security and transportation teams often face the same challenge: they need reliable video in places...

In many network deployments, especially for ITS (traffic), city roadside, or security systems, the headend or field closet becomes crowded long before the system is finished growing. Cameras, intercoms, access control devices, switches, media...

A security system is only useful when it is available. Cameras, access control servers, VMS headend and storage, workstations, network switches, decoders, intercoms, and other critical devices all depend on clean, reliable power. When power drops,...

In many security, communications, and intelligent transportation projects, the most difficult part of the job is not the camera, intercom, switch, or edge device itself. It is getting reliable network connectivity and power to the device location.

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Camera installations in the field are rarely one-size-fits-all. A design may look simple on paper, but once the system reaches a pole, exterior wall, parking area, campus roadway, or perimeter location, the real installation details begin to...