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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.