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Security Dealer & Integrator

Security Dealer & Integrator magazine is the leading voice for security resellers and the related security service community, covering business intelligence and technology solutions that effectively mitigate a wide variety of security risks faced by commercial, industrial, government and residential resellers.

February 2012
In This Issue

Cover Story

Education Market Focus: A+: Making the Grade with Product and Services

by Curt Harler

Emergency communications on campus
Education Market Focus: Access Control -- Students Speak Out

by Deborah L. O'Mara

Student perspectives on access control and security at Saint Michael's...
Education Market Focus: Saint Michael's Gets Student Nod for Multi-Card Control

by Deborah L. O'Mara

Saint Michael's does away with keys in move to electronic access control

Exclusive

ESX: Back to Nashville Armed with Technology

by Deborah L. O'Mara

This June, the ESX show heads back to Nashville, and technology is high...
THE INTEGRATION COMMUNITY Don’t Join, Just Benefit

by Diana Hanna

You don't have to be a member to benefit from PSA Security Network

Features

Not Your Typical S.O.S.

by Natalia Kosk

Municipalities witness increased adoption of non-emergency and emergency...
Fire Alarm Upgrades: Reasons for Renovation

by Robert Gomersall

Business and technology trends driving fire alarm upgrades
Redefining Convergence 'Systematics'

by Salvatore D'Agostino

Logical and physical access control convergence discussions refocus on...

Editor's Notebook

Go Forward AND MOVE FAST!

by Deborah L. O'Mara

Move fast in growing your company; embrace technology

Columns

LEGAL WATCH M&A Roundup: Contracts Keen to Future Buys and Sells

by Eric Pritchard

good contracts can help buys and sells by companies
The Business of Security is the Business

by Phil Aronson

Why integrators must focus on their customers' business need, not just...
Sage Conversations: What does a Next-Generation Integrator Look Like to a Next-Generation Security Executive?

by Ron Worman

An interview with Mike Howard, CSO of Microsoft
THE INTEGRATION COMMUNITY Don’t Join, Just Benefit

by Diana Hanna

You don't have to be a member to benefit from PSA Security Network
Video/Networking: Generic vs. Application-Specific Surveillance Solutions

by Simrat Dhindsa

What's the difference between generic and application specific...
Cards and Readers, Step Aside

by Dave Adams

Consolidating physical and logical access control onto a single credential
FIRE & LIFE SAFETY Laser-Tag Operators Burned by RTU Duct Detectors

by Greg Kessinger, SET, CFPS

codes and duct detectors explored in a Q&A

Department

Security Watch: Electronic Security Association: Future-Ready

by Deborah L. O'Mara

The Electronic Security Association is ready to help dealers and...
Product Showcase: Emergency Communications

by Natalia Kosk

Mass notification solutions and emergency communication systems on for...
Product Watch

by Staff Reports

New security products featured in the February 2012 issue of Security...
Security Watch: Trend Shows Embracing of New Technologies and Services

by Deborah L. O'Mara

The ESA Annual Megatrends Research Report indicates dealers and integrators...

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