LATEST ISSUE |
 The February issue of PSi examines what the future holds for the alarm signalling market. We also explain how employers should manage health and safety by assessing the risks to their workers. There is also a look ahead to see what 2012 will have in store for the security industry. Read now... |
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| Sales: Sold Short? The global economic downturn of recent years has had a massive impact on installers. Budgets have been slashed and jobs have been lost and despite signs of a slight recovery, things will probably never go back to how they were. This is putting installers ... |
| CCTV: Rapid Deployment Recent advances in surveillance and communications technology mean that rapidly deployable CCTV is increasingly finding favour with security providers and their customers as an extremely cost effective and flexible option ... |
| Access Control: Who’s the Daddy? At the heart of a fully integrated security solution there sits the access control system. But how important should the access control system’s role be within such a setup, asks Tony Meredith In a fully integrated system something has to take cont... |
INTERVIEWS |
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In my opinion... Ian Moore PSI talks to Ian Moore, managing director of Elmdene International about tackling the problem of graffiti, riding out the recession and standards bodies stifling innovation in the security industry. On graffiti and the Merlin detector... |
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In my opinion… Barry Shakespeare Heading up one of the UK’s largest security distribution companies is not for the feint-hearted but with a wealth of experience garnered from the IT industry Barry Shakespeare is the just man for the job, as Tony Meredith discovers... ... |
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In my opinion… Sebastian Herrera Sebastian Herrera is Managing Director of Pyronix. He has over 20 years of experience in the electronic security industry, and is currently leading the company forward during its 25th anniversary year. ... |
COMMENT |
| Got a brand new combine harvester? Back in the day, it was not unknown for people to leave their houses, cars etc unlocked. Today, however, the thought of leaving anything unsecured or alarmed seems almost like a figment of an over active imagination. To some extent ... |
| The true cost of security The budget for security at London 2012 is £2bn and rising. Despite this, it seems that we might not be safe if we venture into the capital to attend the Olympic games. According to Defence Secretary Philip Hammond there is even the chance that ground-to-... |
| Sleeping on the job... again! There will always be long – and very often, heated – debates about the choice between manned guarding and electronic alternatives. Indeed, going deeper, the issue could be described as computer versus human. If you can think back to the days of Deep... |
