Author: Bob Mesnik

How IP Camera Systems are Used

Corporations, Education, and Health Organizations Use IP Camera Systems

IP Camera System Applications
IP Camera System Applications

Corporations, health organizations, and educational organizations use IP camera Systems for various purposes, primarily to enhance security, improve operational efficiency, and ensure compliance with regulations.

Why do you need a surveillance system? What are your objectives? This article reviews how organizations use surveillance systems and provides suggestions for defining your goals.

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Comparison of the Latest Door Readers

The Pros and Cons of Mobile and Biometric Door Readers

Biometric and Mobile Door Readers
Biometric and Mobile Door Readers

Over the past few years, significant advancements have been made in access control system security. The first door readers used a keypad that allowed the user to enter their ID number. Later, door readers used proximity cards that provided better security, but cards could be lost or given to others. The latest door readers offer much better protection and are easier to use. They read mobile credentials embedded in a person’s smartphone or biometric readers that identify a person’s identifying characteristics. Card credentials are not required.

This article compares the newest door readers used in Access Control Systems.

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Weighing the Impact of Security Breaches

Comparing Security Breaches to the Cost of Physical Security Equipment

Weighing the Benefits of Security Equipment
Weighing the Benefits of Security Equipment

Security and safety are important issues in all organizations. Schools, hospitals, and businesses are affected not only by equipment loss and damage but also by possible injuries and stress caused by criminal intrusion. Physical security technology such as door access control, IP Camera Systems, Intercoms, and Paging Systems can prevent intrusions.

This article compares the cost of adding physical security to the impact of security breaches.

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Specialized IP Cameras

Specialized Cameras are Designed for Unique Applications

Specialized IP Cameras
Specialized IP Cameras

Some applications require an IP camera that is different from a standard surveillance camera. Do you want to see inside a blast furnace? We have a camera for that. Do you want to view a target over two miles away or maybe use a camera where there are combustible gases? We can do that as well.

This article is designed to inform and guide you in choosing the best IP camera for each unique application.

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Benefits of IP Paging Systems

Paging and Intercoms over IP Provide Significant Benefits

IP Paging Concept
IP Paging Concept

IP paging systems, which use Internet Protocol (IP) networks for communication, offer several significant benefits over traditional paging systems. These advantages span various aspects, including functionality, scalability, and cost-effectiveness. Here are the key benefits of IP paging systems:

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Technical Jokes and Cartoons – 116

Cartoon Echo Valley

The Workplace, A Teaching Moment

A crow was sitting in a tree whistling a tune… A small rabbit saw the crow, and asked him, “Can I also sit like you and do nothing all day long?”
The crow answered “Sure, why not.”
So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the crow, and rested. Suddenly, a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit and ate it.

Moral of the story:
To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be sitting very, very high up.

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Access Control in an Apartment House

How to Protect Apartment Houses

Access Control for Apartment Houses
Access Control for Apartment Houses

Access control is used in apartment houses to regulate who can enter the building, specific areas such as parking, and each apartment. The addition of the latest access control systems makes it easy to enhance safety and is easy to install.

This article describes how door access can control the entry of residents and visitors.

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