2017 was a very interesting year within the security industry. Although the overall economy seems to be in a stable and growing state, security spending seems to have become more “thought-out” and strategic as opposed to some of the impulsive spending on the latest pieces of technology to hit the marketplace. Many end users and integrators are thinking more long-term and some of the biggest concerns have been scalability and interoperability.
Unified management platforms
One of the strongest trends have leaned closer towards unified management platforms that provide interoperability between video surveillance, access control, fire & burglar, and mass communication systems. The ability to scale to systems that provide a fully integrated security picture has impacted many decisions on purchasing security projects, even when doing so in stages.
As the Internet of Things (IoT) is becoming more and more understood and...
