Where IT Security and Physical Security Converge

October 2009

  • Security Unleashed: Wireless mesh technology provides Mission residents peace of mind.
  • Revolutionizing Fire Protection: Emerging technologies will bring building automation systems together.
  • History Protects Itself: IP surveillance helps safeguard Ohio city, portable cameras help crown control.


Features

Revolutionizing Fire Protection

By Ralph Jensen

The revolution in building automation has many facets. Hold it in the palm of your hand, and each facet sparkles like a ruby. The geometric shape includes critical roles of access control, video, fire protection and mass notification, and the underlying symmetry might be whether or not security and fire systems should share the same network.


History Protects Itself

By Fredrik Wallberg

Native Americans -- including Hopewell, Adenas, Delaware, Shawnee and Wyandot -- were the first inhabitants of the countryside that was to become Dublin, Ohio. It was originally part of 2,000 acres of land given to Lt. James Holt by the government as payment for service in the Revolutionary War


Security Unleashed

By Carla Saavedra

For bird enthusiasts, Mission, Texas, is a prime vacation spot. Located in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, the city of 50,000 is the home of the World Birding Center, where more than 500 species of birds go to recharge before heading south for the winter.


Departments

Prepared for the Worst

By Ralph Jensen

All hospitals, regardless of specialties or locations, share the same worries when it comes to security. Their mission is to ensure the safety, well being and security of patients and employees. Security is paramount.


Megapixel and H.264: Made for Each Other?

By Steven Titch

Individually, megapixel and H.264 are significant, but when brought together, they may add up to more than the sum of their parts. Indeed, they may go together as well as John Coltrane and a tenor sax.


H.264: Facts and Fiction

By Michael Korkin

It seems everyone in the security industry is talking about the H.264 compression standard for digital video, which produces high-quality video using less bandwidth than commonly used JPEG compression.