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Security Products and Systems

 
PoE May Equal “Big Mo” for Contractors
by
Joe Salimando
| November 2004
| under
  • Systems

How about this: Under IEEE Standard 803.2af, power can be run via datacomm cable. It's called “Power over Ethernet” (PoE). For many electrical contractors, PoE could turn out to be the greatest development in world history. But wait: Maybe it's not all that remarkable.

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Lighting Retrofits Make the Upgrade
by
Debbie McClung
| November 2004
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  • Your Business

Advances in lighting technology have produced a variety of new retrofitting methods and components that are transforming existing high-volume facilities and transportation infrastructure. By their very nature, retrofits are designed to enhance performance and provide significant energy savings.

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Hospitality Is a Changing Market
by
John Fulmer
| October 2004
| under
  • Safety

Hospitality and gaming are markets well worth watching for security and life-safety systems installers and industry professionals. Hotel owners and security departments, faced with ever-increasing security demands, need to know what developments—some of them amazing—are being made in this sector.

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A Lock on Hotel Security
by
Curt Harler
| October 2004
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  • Systems

The next generation of hotel security and lock systems will depend on two features—ease of access for the guest and ease of control for the hotel. As a result, there are some subtle shifts in the market that will change how electrical contractors do business.

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Public Safety & Private Enterprise
October 2004
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  • Safety

To catch a thief means new wireless technology and other mobile computing. Police work is tough. And the officers can be pretty tough on their equipment, especially the delicate computer and video systems that help them in their daily rounds.

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Hotel Security Insights
by
Ed Lawrence
| October 2004
| under
  • Your Business

Managers and owners have specific needs As a result of numerous lawsuits filed against hotel and resort owners in the 1980s through the 1990s, the industry appears to be one step ahead of many others in the development of systems and procedures designed to protect guests and their personal property

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Casino Fire Protection–Not a Roll of the Dice!
October 2004
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  • Systems

Two decades ago, the disastrous fire at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas focused the world’s attention on the need for improved fire safety in casinos and hotels. The fire occurred on Nov.

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Intrusion Detection for Secure Networks
by
Jennifer Leah Stong-Michas
| October 2004
| under
  • Systems

On the scene to protect vital data for hotels, casinos and more Intrusion detection systems (IDS) are some of the new kids on the secured-computing block. While these network-based systems are on the rise, they are still misunderstood and not used nearly enough.

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One-Stop Shop A Hit
October 2004
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  • Your Business

Dynalectric says ‘play ball’ at Omni San Diego Hotel WHEN JOHN MOORE’S planned development of the Omni San Diego Hotel, it was fairly personal.

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Control Systems
by
Thomas E. Glavinich
| October 2004
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  • Systems

Getting the most out of your system An important characteristic of an intelligent building is its ability to sense ambient conditions and react to them.

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Do You Feel Lucky?
October 2004
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  • Your Business

Casinos and hotels must keep the power flowing Any industry that depends on electricity to generate revenue knows that the quality of the electrical supply isn’t always what is needed to keep the revenue stream flowing.

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Verizon Building Stands Tall After Attack
by
John Fulmer
| September 2004
| under
  • Safety

Michael Mazzeo remembers it was a beautiful morning. On Sept.

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Access Control Wizardry
by
Deborah L. O'Mara
| September 2004
| under
  • Systems

Smarts and flexibility reign in this product genre Just when you thought access control had hit its peak, there’s more innovation to report. Access control is not just for physical security anymore, even though that too has seen its share of technological advances.

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Security & Simplicity
by
Deborah L. O'Mara
| September 2004
| under
  • Residential

Think that security is the end-all in residential systems? That mindset will get you nowhere today in the home systems market, and most companies know that. Security may be part of a residential system design, but even more importantly homeowners want convenience.

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Integration Infatuation
by
Deborah L. O'Mara
| September 2004
| under
  • Systems

Stop thinking burglar and fire alarms and start thinking computer-based integrated building solutions No matter what you call it—low voltage, voice/data/video or security—it’s a discipline that almost always is coupled with other technologies, facilities management and computer functions in a turnk

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The Public PQ
August 2004
| under
  • Your Business

Public transportaion is more vulnerable than you might think Power quality and the problems that arise when the quality of the supply doesn’t match the requirements of the equipment are most often thought of in terms of the resulting loss of productivity in commercial applications such as data cent

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As Security Concerns Grow, Business Follows
by
Curt Harler
| August 2004
| under
  • Your Business

Pro-Tec Design and Premier Electrical demonstrate success in the field of security In 1966, a Chicago-based electrical contractor landed a job working on the main runway at the Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP) International Airport.

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Cameras in the Classroom
August 2004
| under
  • Systems

School security is changing as fast as it is growing, and electrical contractors who don’t educate themselves in the latest digital video recording and imaging equipment stand likely to lose out on a lucrative market.

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Lloyd Electric Connects the Nation’s Airports
August 2004
| under
  • Systems

When Boeing Integrated Defense Systems was awarded the mammoth project of providing all the nation’s airports with baggage explosives screening equipment by the end of 2002, it sought partners in small and minority enterprises.

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Security for the Masses
by
John Fulmer
| August 2004
| under
  • Systems

For many people, a trip to the airport is the most potent reminder of terror in our new age of heightened security. We wait in long lines to be X-rayed and metal-detected. We see guards everywhere, often accompanied by dogs.

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