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Practicing Proper Backup Power: Tips, Best Practices & More

6.28.21 – SSI –  Bob Dolph  While it is important to have adequate backup power for all systems, it is especially important for life-safety systems such as fire alarms. An important area for all best practicing techs to understand is applying proper battery...

How the Security Industry Is Coping With Supply Chain Calamity

Video surveillance manufacturers are battling the strain of microchip shortages. (Image: stock.adobe.com/Gorodenkoff) 6.23.21 – SSI – Rodney Bosch  Executives from security dealer, integration and manufacturing companies discuss how the global chip shortage is...

How to hire the next generation of leaders

6.28.21 – Fast Company – BY SEAN FAHEY Smart succession planning is a necessary business strategy that starts with hiring the right people. How to hire the next generation of leaders. Millennials already make up a majority of the workforce—and Gen Z is...

ADT Settles Trademark Dispute With Ring Over Blue Octagon Mark

6.28.21 -BOCA RATON, Fla. As a result of the settlement, Ring will release a new version of its Outdoor Siren product and discontinue the marketing and sale of the current design. ADT announces it has settled a lawsuit against Ring over alleged trademark infringement...

Congress Reintroduces Ban on Facial Recognition Technology

Facial recognition system identifying people on city street 6.23.21 -CEPro Not only will the new legislation ban the use of facial recognition technology, it will also block funding for state or local governments that use biometric surveillance or facial recognition...

FCC Ups the Ante to Ban Chinese Surveillance Gear, Other Products

6.21.21 – SSI – WASHINGTON, D.C. Hikvision and Dahua, along with three other Chinese manufacturers, were targeted in a rulemaking order the FCC adopted in a 4-0 vote. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved a plan that would further limit...