//

SDM // February 2021 // Volume 51, No. 2

//

Image courtesy Sage Integration

COVER STory

Exclusive

State of the Market: Video Surveillance

Innovation in video solutions accelerated in 2020, and the future of the market may look even brighter than it did before the pandemic.

Todays unified systems are less complex to install and maintain, allowing the integrator to be able to install on-site quickly, and the user to simply and intuitively use a variety of analytics to parse data.

Some video management systems can be integrated with central station software so the central station receives alerts when cameras are not working.

A fire technician replaces a typical smoke detector in a nursing home hallway.

//

Fire Alarm Control Panels

New technologies in fire alarm control panels are becoming more popular among life safety professionals. Find out what they are and how they benefit fire protection companies, security integrators and alarm dealers.

Features

Network Health Monitoring

Network health monitoring, with its emphasis on detecting and addressing network-related problems, can provide a better end user experience and increase RMR.

Unified Solutions

Experts weigh in on what security integrators need to know to plan, execute and maintain a unified security platform for their customers.

Departments

// Insider News & Business

Vivint reaches a $3.2 settlement; SIA and ASIS comment on D.C. events; and more news you might have missed.

// Technology @ Work

Learn how a gated community solved its entry limitations with help from Smart Entry Systems.

// Technology Skills & Solutions

Openpath launches digital badging platform; Feenics unveils CloudForce Alliance Partner Program; and Anixter launches Ready. Set. Connect. with Axis and Corning.

// Products & Services

The “Editor’s Choice” and more new products and solutions as described by manufacturers.

// Digital Shuffle

Check out these videos, websites, blogs, apps and all things digital for security professionals.

Columns

// Editor's Angle

// Marketing Madmen

// Security & The Law

// Integration Spotlight

// 5 Minute Tech Quiz

// Security Networkings

COVID-19: One Year Later
Smart Home Solutions
Readers & Credentials
Artificial Intelligence

loops7/E+ via Getty Images

This Month on SDMmag.com

SUBMIT YOUR COMPANY FOR THE SDM 100 & TSI Report

It’s that time of year where SDM prepares for the SDM 100 and Top Systems Integrators reports, published in our May and July issues, respectively. The SDM 100 Report ranks U.S. companies by recurring monthly revenues from the sale, installation, service and monitoring of electronic security systems — such as intrusion and fire alarm, access control, video surveillance, and related low-voltage systems — to residential and non-residential customers. The Top Systems Integrators Report ranks, by total annual revenue, the largest U.S. firms that contract electronic security projects for commercial, industrial, institutional, government, and other non-residential markets. The 2021 applications for both are due March 1. Click here to fill out a new survey. If you were ranked in 2020 there will also be a pre-populated form link emailed to you. Any questions can be directed to Editor Karyn Hodgson at Hodgsonk@bnpmedia.com.

//

SDM (ISSN: Digital 1934-0605) is published 13 times annually, monthly, by BNP Media II, L.L.C., 2401 W. Big Beaver Rd., Suite 700, Troy, MI 48084-3333. Telephone: (248) 362-3700, Fax: (248) 362-0317. Copyright 2021, by BNP Media II, L.L.C. All rights reserved. The contents of this publication may not be reproduced in whole or in part without the consent of the publisher. The publisher is not responsible for product claims and representations. Change of address: Send old address label along with new address to SDM, P.O. Box 2146, Skokie, IL 60076. Email: sdm@omeda.com For subscription information or service, please contact Customer Service at: Phone: (800) 952-6643 Fax: (847) 763-9538.

FEBRUARY 2021 // www.sdmmag.com

CONTENTS

//

//