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INTEGRATOR OF THE YEAR 2016:

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HOULE ELECTRIC The B.C.-based company helps the Port of Vancouver manage a massive rehabilitation project

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New look for AlarmForce 2016-09-14 CEO Graham Badun brings in new products, dealer program p. 6

Analytics on the brain Should software be making so many security decisions? p. 22

Nothing to fear from the Cloud How to combat the Top 5 biggest phobias p. 26

Q&A with Thread Group’s new president Grant Erickson on home automation, integration and where the car fits in p. 30

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Cover Story 18 Integrator of

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Houle Electric effectively combines video, access control, intercoms, digital signage and more in an award-winning project for the Port of Vancouver

By Neil Sutton

Departments 4 Editor’s Letter 6 Line Card

• AlarmForce CEO charts new course • Avigilon drops equipment prices • Axis to market Canon products • IHS: Access control market expansion

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Columns 12 Lessons Learned

Features 22 Digital thinking

The line between humans and machines is beginning to blur as software takes an increasingly important role in security systems

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Appreciating automation By Victor Harding

14 CANASA Update Why CANASA? By Ellery Demedash

17 Camera Corner

Distributor differentiators By Colin Bodbyl

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EDITOR’S LETTER

By Neil Sutton Your Partner in Securing Canada

The value of integration There’s a lot more to customer satisfaction than great technology

hile I was down in Orlando recently for the annual ASIS International conference, I had an engaging discussion with Bill Maginas, president of Tyco Integrated Fire and Security. Maginas, who is new to the organization, told me matter-of-factly that some customers aren’t necessarily ready for (or even interested in) integration. Admittedly, this isn’t something you hear a lot from integrators, but I appreciated his candour, and more to the point, he’s right. Maginas joined Tyco a few short months ago after a 17-year stint with Honeywell. He comes to Tyco when it is undergoing significant change now that its merger with new parent Johnson Controls has been finalized — at least in the sense that the deal has closed. Bringing two organizations of that size together is no easy task. With JCI and Tyco essentially under the same roof, synergies become immediately apparent — JCI with its expertise in building systems, Tyco with its legacy in fire and security. What if you can tie all those systems together? Is the customer always going to jump in with both feet? Probably not. The real issue, Maginas said, is you have to show the value of integration. It’s not that customers reject the idea of integration. Demonstrate to the customer that you can save them money and then you’ve got their attention — whether its on energy bills, insurance costs, or ideally both. Those customers who may not have been interested in integration at the beginning of the conversation will be the ones asking the questions by the end of it.

I actually have no doubt that JCI and Tyco will be quite successful when they address the market with truly integrated solutions. Tying building systems together is not a new idea, but companies with that kind of critical mass might help push the envelope on what’s possible. It’s always appropriate to talk about integration in SP&T News, but especially so in this issue where we celebrate the accomplishments of Houle Electric. The company was named Integrator of the Year for 2016 by our panel of judges based on a project they completed for client the Port of Vancouver. When judges deliberate, they often talk about “true integration.” It’s almost become a mantra. It’s the ability to arrive at a solution that meets the customer’s needs in a way that harnesses technology to its fullest capacity. It’s not an easy thing to do and often requires some ingenuity and flexibility on the job site in order to overcome potential obstacles. Ultimately, it’s about satisfying the customer and solving their problems and we congratulate Houle’s team for all their hard work. Both Houle Electric and Tyco IFS are sizeable providers with huge resources, but you don’t have to be a large integrator to prove the value of integration. At all levels, from building automation to home automation, there has to be a reason to install new technology. Explain to the customer why a security solution will make their life easier, and present it at a fair and reasonable price and they’re much more likely to listen to what you have to say.

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AlarmForce CEO charts new course

hanks to a successful (and persistent) advertising campaign, AlarmForce Industries may be one of the bestknown security brands in Canada, but Graham Badun says the company can do a lot more to leverage the power of its name. Badun took over as CEO about a year and a half ago, drawn to the company by its clear market potential. “Being Canadian, I was aware of the brand, but I didn’t know much about the business or industry itself,” says Badun, who was a top executive in the real estate services market before joining AlarmForce. “I began to sniff around and it just struck me as a really interesting opportunity — great brand awareness, and an interesting business. “It looked like an interesting opportunity to get in there, to see if you could rebuild aspects of it, take advantage of the great assets that it has and see where it could get to. It was actually quite an intriguing opportunity,” he adds. Based on AlarmForce’s own consumer research, approximately 90 per cent of Canadians are at least aware of the brand, but Badun says there is still a knowledge gap. “We came up with this saying internally: We’re well known but we’re not known well,” explains Badun. “We also know there’s some people who don’t buy the way that we sell. So how do we reach those customers?” he says.

New products and services A recent major change is the adoption of a dealer program. AlarmForce recently explored the dealer model with a pilot program involving six dealers — two of which are based in the Maritimes and already known to the company, since they participated in a franchise operation the company tried out two decades ago but since mothballed. Badun says this is just the beginning and more dealers will be added to the program over time. AlarmForce has retained the services of industry veteran and former CANASA president Frank Pietrobono who helped design the program. Badun expects the company’s well-established direct-to-consumer model will continue to account for the majority of AlarmForce’s overall business for the foreseeable future. However, “as we grow that business and get more comfortable

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he says. “There’s a couple of markets in particular that are very expensive for us to acquire customers in.” The company will refocus its efforts on its strongest market, Canada, and has refreshed its marketing approach, including a new advertising jingle and logo in partnership with Torontobased advertising agency McCann, as well as an updated website.

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around it, I will be happy to recommend to the board that we allocate more dollars to grow that business as we get better and smarter about it.” Another major change, announced early September, is the adoption of third-party products. The company has consistently manufactured and sold its own products, including alarm panels, but Badun says he believes there is room for another approach. As such, the company will now make available to its end users products from 2GIG and Alarm.com — all still monitored by AlarmForce. “I just felt that was best left to people who’s sole business was the development of those products,” says Badun. “What we’re really good at is the distribution and servicing of those products.” AlarmForce will continue to maintain and upgrade its own panels for years to come, says Badun, as the company makes the slow but steady transition to a third-party model.

Canadian focus AlarmForce will continue to rely on some of its greatest strengths, adds Badun — marketing and advertising. But it will be more selective about where it targets its services. Badun acknowledges some of its U.S. territories have under-performed. “I’ve been pretty candid about this in my letter to shareholders and in my annual report,”

Badun recognizes that the alarm and home security industries are changing and have seen an influx of new participants and potential revenue models in the last two to three years — particularly the emergence of solutions provided by cablecos and telcos, as well as the growing popularity of DIY and retail-based, direct to consumer solutions. “It’s interesting. I don’t think the whole story’s been written yet,” says Badun. He says AlarmForce agents receive occasional inquiries about DIY-based products, but overall their presence hasn’t had much of an impact on the AlarmForce business. Professional installation and monitoring is a strong differentiator, he says. The company’s installation team received high marks from customers who responded to research questions, “particularly the time [installers] spent explaining the system and teaching them how to use it. It’s clearly one of the more valuable parts from our customers’ point of view.” That said, Badun says he sees the value of a hybrid model, with on-demand professional monitoring determined by the end user. “We’re quite intrigued by this space and I think we’re going to keep watching it,” he says. “We want [customers] to consider us and we want to offer products that offer that sort of flexibility.” Badun also sees growth potential in the PERS market and the company is readying a plan for later this year to capitalize on that growth. PERS currently accounts for approximately nine per cent of its business but “it’s got some potential to grow far beyond where it is today.” More changes may be coming from the Canadian stalwart in the alarm market. Badun says he recognizes the value of the brand and is eager to capitalize on it. “I think one of the most valuable assets of AlarmForce,” he says, “is AlarmForce.” — Neil Sutton

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South East Water provides water and recycled water services to more than 1.7 million people in a region covering 3,640 square kilometres from Port Melbourne to Portsea. The organization manages 259 sewage pump stations, nine recycled water pump stations, eight water recycling plants, and one storm water treatment plant — assets worth more than $3 billion. Using Milestone’s platform along with Axis Communications network cameras, South East Water can monitor its assets. The cameras allow for coverage of facilities including offices, drainage systems and underground sewage. “Our most important criterion in choosing a new system was that it be an open platform,” said Andrew Forster-Knight, Group Manager of Intelligent Systems at South East Water.

Calendar Florida city installs cameras after zombie festival attack

Fort Myers, Fla., is using a wireless connectivity solution from Siklu for a citywide surveillance system. Siklu radios are being used to connect 4K and high definition PTZ cameras from Axis Communications and a VMS from IPVideo Corp. The cameras have been placed strategically throughout the city to help monitor traffic, both pedestrian and vehicular. The city decided to install the surveillance system following a shooting that occurred during a zombie-themed arts and music festival held in October 2015. The system was installed by Bayshore, N.Y. integrator A+ Technology & Security Solutions in only three weeks to meet the city’s deadline for its New Year’s Eve celebrations last year. Siklu’s multi-gigabit, 60GHz radios were selected for the install due to their ability to provide high bandwidth and ERPS redundancy to provide for 24x7 coverage.

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operated by the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, is using Tyco’s victor VMS, Illustra IP cameras and VideoEdge NVRs. Brick, N.J.-based integrator North American Video (NAV), which specializes in gaming installs, is assisting with the project. Utilizing the system, Fond-du-Lac’s surveillance operators can identify potential security issues. The operators are also using American Dynamics’ 2089 matrix keyboards to search through video history as well as across multiple recorders simultaneously during security investigations. NAV is in the process of adding more cameras to the system and plans to integrate the casino’s access control system with victor in the future.

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Monitronics has added two new directors of marketing: Renee Mallonee, who will focus on public relations, branding and dealer marketing; and Mike Bek, who will focus on digital marketing and analytics. TOA Canada’s Derek Hunter has been promoted to product support manager for the manufacturer of commercial

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audio and intercom products. Following the resignation of Eric Fullerton as CEO, Vicon Industries, the company’s CFO John Badke has been appointed interim CEO. FST Biometrics board member Avi Naor has made an investment in the company and has been appointed chairman of the board.

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Avigilon drops equipment prices

ancouver-based Avigilon says a price reduction on some of its equipment helped it achieve record revenue during its second quarter. The company recently announced Q2 revenue of $85.7 million, up 17 per cent over the same quarter last year ($73 million). “We’ve increased revenue for the 34th consecutive quarter on a year over year basis, captured additional market share and continued to invest for growth,” said Alexander Fernandes, Avigilon president and CEO, in a statement. “To expand our addressable market, we reduced prices on our H3 camera line and select NVRs and achieved record

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overall unit sales and revenue. This adjustment also increased cash flow from operations and benefited gross profit dollars at the expense of gross margin as a percentage of revenue. Over time, we expect gross margin to increase due to greater economies of scale, and growing revenues from patent licensing and video analytics.” Avigilon announced a slight increase in its gross profit for Q2 this year ($43 million versus $42.3 million in 2015). The company also said it spent significantly more in R&D. Gross R&D expenses were $8.4 million in Q2 2016 — 43 per cent more than it spent it the same period in 2015 ($5.9 million).

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Axis to market Canon products

xis Communications has taken the lead on marketing Canon network video products in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The two companies combined in April 2015 when Canon agreed to acquire the Swedish security products company for US$2.8 billion. Up until now, there was little to report post-acquisition, with both companies maintaining their operations at arm’s length, but this new announcement signals Fredrik Nilsson, a major change in how Axis Communications Canon surveillance products will be sold in North America. Until recently, Canon had relied on manufacturer’s representative firms in North America, explains Fredrik Nilsson, vice-president, Americas, Axis, but those duties will now fall to Axis employees. The company has retrained 300 staff (a combination of tech support, marketing and sales) on the Canon portfolio, in order to bring those products to market here. Additionally, Axis’s established

distribution and channel partners in Canada and the U.S. will have access to the entire Canon portfolio. “If you’re a Canon reseller and integrator, you’re more than welcome to join the Axis partner program. We have outreach to all of them,” explains Nilsson. The go-to-market strategy may have been revised but there are no immediate changes on the horizon as far as R&D or branding is concerned, says Nilsson. As such, there is some overlap in the Axis and Canon portfolios, and it will be up to Axis staff to explain the best product fit for the customer base. However, he adds, Canon does have some specialized products in the PTZ and low-light categories that would have some appeal to certain verticals. “We have to help the customer to choose the right product. The good thing is they all support ONVIF,” he says. Over the long-term, there will be more coordination between Canon and Axis product development, says Nilsson. “That will come, step by step.” — Neil Sutton

IHS: access control market expansion

HS Markit states the total installed base of access control readers, panels, credentials and electronic locks is expected to reach 2.3 billion this year up from 1.8 billion in 2012. “About 95 per cent of the installed base in 2016 was credentials, which is not surprising due to the requirement that each user have a card or pass,” says Alexander Derricott, IHS Markit analyst in a research note. While panels account for the smallest proportion of hardware (less than one per cent), they comprise 32 per cent of revenue in 2016. Readers are more numerous due to the requirement that they be at each entry point. This year, electronic locks have surpassed readers in terms of hardware. IHS estimates that electronic locks make up 16.7 per cent of the installed base, edging out readers slightly at 16.6 per cent. “The growth of electronic locks, especially in the residential and utilities sector, will continue its upward trend,” says Derricott.

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LESSONS LEARNED

By Victor Harding

Appreciating automation How one Toronto area alarm company is able to handle 2,000-plus accounts using smarter systems

y experience is that most “pure” alarm companies (where the object of the business is primarily installing and monitoring alarm systems) do not make much money along the way — despite paying their owners’ below market salaries — even if they have more than 1,000 accounts.

“One characteristic that most alarm companies display today relative to other industries is the number of tasks that are still done manually.” This is an ongoing problem and pushes the owner into diversifying into other parts of the industry (e.g. cameras and access control). Some sell their accounts as a result. One big reason for this lack of profitability is the low selling price of the alarm systems being installed as compared to 25 years ago. As these low installation prices are not likely to change, companies have to look at other options to make money. It is perhaps not a coincidence that one other characteristic that most alarm companies display today relative to other industries is the number of tasks that are still done manually. Think about how many manual tasks there are: setting up the account in the station and then the billing system separately, handling key-holder and station updates, the billing function or sending out insurance certificates. It takes manpower to do all these tasks. In my travels I have found one

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alarm company that sees the automation of manual tasks as a key step towards being more efficient and eventually making more money. The company is A & J Security, owned and run by Andy Chow and located in Markham, Ont. Andy is a computer science graduate who has applied his knowledge of computers to the running of his alarm company. Specifically he has written a special software program to automate as much as possible. His reasoning is, if done properly, this software eliminates labour, ensures that tasks are actually done (and done more accurately) and at the same time keeps the customer informed of all changes to their account. The bonus is that this same software will make A & J much more valuable when it comes time to sell. Let’s look at the highlights of this company so you can see what automation can do: 2,400 alarm accounts with cellular and interactive, 100 per cent on signed contracts, 100 per cent on PAP billing, 100 per cent on call forward lines, 100 per cent uploadable/downloadable, average monitoring rate of $30/account/month, all on the same brand of equipment, an annual attrition rate of less than four per cent, 20 new install per month. This is certainly a buyer’s dream but not totally unique. But what is really noteworthy is the business is manned by one salesman, four technicians (one dedicated to service), one inside customer service person who helps with IT. Andy and his wife (parttime) look after all administrative and financial issues. When you are in the office you would not know they are managing 2,400 accounts. Very few service calls. No paper. Calm and order. Andy tells me once a quotation for a new system had been created, almost everything after that happens with a push of a button. Secondly

he thinks his system could handle another 5,000 accounts without much more manpower. All new business is input into the system starting with a quotation which is emailed to the client for approval along with the monitoring contract. When the quotation is approved, it is converted into a work order by pushing a button and given to the technician. After installation, the work order, adjusted on site if necessary, is converted to an invoice and the account is set up in both the station and the company’s software system automatically. Insurance certificates are created automatically and emailed to the customer. All accounts have an email address. Monthly PAP billings have invoices that are emailed to customers. The system automatically catches expired credit cards and NSF billings and emails customers. Any changes to the monitored accounts for key-holder or zone changes are made in A & J’s software and automatically sent to the station. There are checks and balances all the way through the system. No account gets installed without an approved quotation and signed monitoring contract. All changes to a customer accounts are emailed

back to the customer. There are automatic price checks on all new installations and service calls — even on monitoring rates. Signals for testing the system are sent to A & J and from there to the station. There is one good check that happens from the automation that I have not seen anywhere else. There is an automatic check between the number of accounts being billed and the actual accounts on the monthly monitoring station bill. This ensures that A & J’s accounts all get billed and that the station cancels accounts in a timely manner — two big problems today. I could go on. Automation does other things for A & J. It ensures many of the important tasks do get done, it is super quick, it helps eliminate human mistakes, is very helpful if you want to get reports on the business and if used properly makes communication with the customer easy. Every change to a customer’s accounts is communicated by email to the customer. I think automation is one very good way to produce a profitable and very saleable alarm company. Victor Harding is the principal of Harding Security Services (victor@hardingsecurity.ca).

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CANASA UPDATE

By Ellery Demedash

Why CANASA? There is value in joining a security association with so many touchpoints

am frequently asked, Why CANASA? Given this opportunity, I thought I would answer. After retiring from the military, I joined a private investigation firm and cut my teeth in the industry installing covert cameras. After two years, I moved into a position with an integration company that was a CANASA member. A couple of years later, I moved on and started my own business focused on the three pillars in the industry: intrusion, access and cameras. I joined CANASA in June 2010. After just one meeting, I approached the Manitoba Chapter president about getting involved and volunteering. I believed then, and still do today, that CANASA is a conduit to rectifying problems within the industry such as lack of trade recognition, lack of standards and deceptive sales practices. Things happened quickly and I was vice-

president of the Manitoba Chapter by September. From there, I attended my first National Board meeting in Toronto. All of this in my first few months. With no previous experience and knowing no one attending, I jumped in with both feet. From the beginning, I was asking questions and creating discussions. By the end of the meeting I was being asked to join committees, and was well on my way to many new friendships that are still with me today. CANASA has allowed me as a small, sole proprietor to meet with the industry’s who’s who from one side of the country to the other. CANASA has also allowed me greater insight into the industry from all sides. It has been a lot of work as well. From Chapter meetings and events to serving on committees, the National Board and now the Executive. People often ask me why I do it, because “it’s unpaid

and thankless.” But I believe this is our industry — it is what we make it. CANASA is not a magic bullet. Joining won’t suddenly allow you to crush the competition or to learn some inside trade secrets. It will allow you to make contacts with the right people and it will allow you to help effect change and to grow. The average business person can get stuck on the day to day grind, focused more on the next sale or the next install and I get that. For me, it is not only about improving my business, but bettering the industry. CANASA allows me to do both. Life is short, and like all things in life, we get out what we put into it. I encourage you all to join CANASA and get involved and I hope to see you at our events. Ellery Demedash is a Member of the CANASA National Board of Directors (www.canasa.org).

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Distributor differentiators There are many lessons distributors could take from the consumer world to increase their appeal

hile camera manufacturers are facing increased pressure to drop their prices in order to remain competitive, distributors are caught in the middle, struggling to maintain good margins on those same products. Distributors could arguably be the most underappreciated members of the security industry. Often referred to as box pushers, they struggle to differentiate themselves from their competition. The reality is, distributors can offer significant benefits to integrators and can differentiate themselves while adding value through simple processes. Much like consumer retail, distributors will price match their competition. It is not uncommon for a distributor to ask the integrator what they are paying for products and then offer a slightly cheaper price to get the business. This business model works well for consumers, since they are usually only purchasing a product once and have no loyalty to any particular supplier. In B2B however, price matching as a distributor is not effective. Smaller integrators may shop around for product, but medium and large integrators cannot afford to negotiate pricing on every item when they purchase hundreds of items per day. To win enterprise accounts, distributors need to lead with their best price. One model distributors should copy from B2C retailers is to make the buying process simple. Too many distributors have complicated websites that don’t allow customers to search for and purchase the items they need. Making a purchase through a distributor’s website should be as easy as buying something on Amazon. Integrators should be able to make purchases through desktop and mobile devices. Ideally, distributors would provide

“The market is primed for the first aggressive distributor to make a disruptive play.” integrators with a mobile app for quick price quotes and emergency purchases. Along the same topic as easy purchasing, integrators should never have to request pricing. Too many high value or special order items do not have a listed price on distributors websites and instead have a button to “request pricing.” It is understandable in some cases that a price may need to be adjusted based on quantity or availability, but a base price should always be available with an option to request special pricing. For integrators quoting hundreds of projects each month it’s not feasible to get updated pricing every day. Even if an integrator can lock in pricing with a distributor for 30 days, many sales take a lot longer than 30 days to close, leaving the integrator at serious risk of underpricing equipment. One of the biggest drivers of price fluctuations in the video surveillance market is the U.S. exchange rate. Many distributors adjust pricing daily based on the current rate, but integrators cannot easily quote a project when distributor prices are changing daily. Distributors have to factor for a certain shift in the dollar and stabilize their prices to integrators so they change no more than every three months. Part of the incredible success of companies like Amazon and Costco can be credited to their return policies. Both companies will gladly refund almost any purchase within a 30-day period. Costco has been known to accept returns on broken products that the manufacturers have refused to warranty even years after they were purchased. Very few distributors offer anything close to this kind of service. Integrators are

left to deal with manufacturer repair processes, which are all different and painstakingly slow. Any distributor that is able to relieve this pain for integrators and handle the repair and return process on behalf of the integrator while offering over the counter exchanges would win over large integrators very quickly. No distributor has successfully achieved the structure and processes required to be the best in the market. Far too many distributors are still cutting margins and trying

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All aboard A team effort helps Houle Electric complete an ambitious project for Port of Vancouver, earning the company recognition as Integrator of the Year 2016 By Neil Sutton

o coin a phase, there are no small security projects. Every install requires careful plannin.g, invariably comes with unforeseen obstacles and challenges, and more often than not, learning opportunities. Vancouver, B.C.-based Houle Electric experienced all these elements and more in what can only be described as a very large project: the Southshore Corridor Rehabilitation Project for Port Metro Vancouver (now known as Port of Vancouver). The facility planned to reconstruct the roadway from Canada Place to the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge (a 12 km stretch), in the process rebuilding the entrances that are used by freight vehicles on a high-frequency basis. Houleâ€™s part in this major reconstruction included all of the access and vehicle control, lane management, monitoring, digital signage and security (identity management and surveillance solutions), as well as additional electrical work.

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For the successful completion of this project, SP&T News editorial advisory board awarded Houle Electric the 2016 Integrator of the Year award, sponsored by Anixter Canada. Judges were impressed by Houle’s ability to manage a high degree of technological complexity, as well effectively balance relationships with subcontractors, consultants, partners, and ultimately the client. In a project as demonstrably large as Port of Vancouver, security is essential but only one of several major elements. Houle went to tender with a team of subcontractors to handle work that included civil engineering (Columbia Bitulithic) and vehicle loops to handle traffic management (Cobra Electric). Chubb Edwards was also included to verify some of the access control work (since the company installed the original systems), and cabinetry was provided by Valid Manufacturing. The latter was particularly tricky, since the cabinets were custom-built to accommodate a variety of access control, digital message display, intercom and surveillance equipment needed at gated vehicle entry points. The whole project also required stringent health and safety oversight, given the environment and client involved. Houle worked closely with PBX Engineering and AECOM, consultants hired by the Port to write project specifications. As the successful bidder on the Port’s tender, Houle’s immediate job was to ensure familiarity and co-operation between all the stakeholders. “We came up with the schedule and plan of attack,” says Radu Manor, senior project manager for Houle. The work was divided into six zones. The Port, which handles thousands of vehicles a day, certainly couldn’t shut down operations for any length of time, so a schedule was devised that would allow it to continue business under optimal conditions. The port’s tenants — cargo, freight and shipping companies such as DP World — also had to be accommodated in order to allow them to pursue their busy schedules as freely as possible. “There were a lot of prerequisites to have the proper plan in place,” says Liliana Andjic, division manager, security systems, for Houle. “They had specific requirements that we need to comply with. We had to work out our health and safety plan to reflect those compliances. Sometimes our interpretation might be different… It could go for a revision and they would make the adjustments, and then we finally came to a living document that was enforced all the way through the length of the project.”

sure vehicle coverage. Each cabinet also included a Sick ultrasound sensor to detect the presence of a vehicle. If a vehicle is inactive for a period of time, the sensor will go into alarm and notify an operator in the Port’s command centre. Each level of the cabinet houses two Axis cameras: one to focus on the driver’s face and another the driver can show his/her driver’s licence to (if they don’t have the appropriate access control card already). The camera footage is recorded on Pelco Digital Sentry NVRs and managed by FLIR’s Cameleon software platform. The footage is sent back to the command centre.

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Custom-made cabinets house security equipment that can accommodate any size of vehicle

internal security and operations departments, the work could proceed on a lane-by-lane basis. The old entrances had to be demolished but not before temporary zones with security kiosks and gates were erected in order to ensure business continuity. A major goal of the project was to improve traffic flow on an ongoing basis. Lane design would help to accomplish this, along with much faster gates, supplied by Magnetic Control, that react in seconds. Traffic loops (cable systems installed underground) measure traffic flow, indicating how many vehicles are on the road, where, and how quickly they are moving. All these systems are connected to GE PLCs (programmable logic controllers). In terms of the major security elements, the aforementioned custom cabinets were built to house Commend intercom systems at two different heights, depending on the size of the vehicle (truck or car). Cameras and HID Global card readers were also installed at both heights to en-

Probably the biggest issue in a project of this scope was managing the timing of everything, says Manor. It became a juggling act in order to accommodate the port’s busy schedule. Work often had to be performed piecemeal, says Manor: half a day here or an hour or two there, or perhaps overnight, in order that the transport vehicles could continue to access the Port while the project was underway. “There was a tight schedule,” says Manor. “I had my cabinets coming. I had everything lined up… on the concrete islands. If the concrete is not ready, I cannot put my cabinets down.” Much of the work was performed during winter months, bringing challenges of operating in cold-weather conditions. Canadian winters bring with them challenges most of us are all too familiar with, but in Manor’s case, the cold wasn’t kind to the fresh concrete. “The concrete is not curing as fast as you want,” says Manor. In an effort to speed up the process, Manor made a visit to Canadian Tire and purchased some heat blankets. The concrete responded appropriately and solidified to the point where the work could continue and Manor could install the project-essential cabinets. Along with the cold came the infamous B.C. rain, which didn’t help. The nature of the work also required installers to be near large trucks in motion — a daunting task at times.

Six zones The work was essentially broken down into six zones — one for each of the main access gates and Canada Place. For each zone, a plan was developed in consultation with a traffic management engineer. “I took him aside and I showed him what it is, and I explained to him what we have to do, and then he came up with the traffic management plan,” explains Manor. Each plan was delivered to the port, and once approved by their

New digital signage communicates with drivers accessing the Port’s facility

Working with partners In terms of dividing all the work, Houle worked effectively with each of its subcontract partners. Columbia Bitulithic, the civil contractor, was responsible for the excavation, paving and concrete. Cobra Electric cut the traffic loops and buried them, then Houle installed the gates (and associated equipment) and configured them. Houle was also responsible for the demolition of the old electrical system (some of the components were salvaged and returned). Houle’s data division ran the fibre backbone required for the project, as well as fibre to each cabinet. The company’s electrical division installed lighting posts, provided power for the new cabinets, and also installed the structural elements required for a digital messaging system, which could be managed by the control centre. Houle’s security team installed about 14 large digital signs ranging from 3x7 ft to 2ft x 20ft so messages may be displayed to drivers.

Learning on the job There were numerous lessons learned during the project (in addition to the extraordinary properties of Canadian Tire’s heating blankets). Andjic says they were pushing the limits of the system — essentially creating new ways for the equipment to be used and integrating it on a totally different level. There was no pre-existing integration between some of the platforms, so that had to be created. “We walked the bleeding

With thanks A large team of Houle Electric employees worked on the Port of Vancouver project to make it a success. The following people are among the major contributors. Liliana Andjic, Security Div. Manager Gabriel Ana, Director of Technology Radu Manor, Security and Lead PM Carl Sell, Security Foreman Wess Lambright, Security Specialist Rodd Christiansen, Security Foreman Kyle Feldman, Security Technician Rodd Friesen, Security Programmer Scott Palmer, Security Programmer

edge of the technology,” she says. A particularly successful project element, says Manor, was the way in which the cabinets were constructed. Two mock-up cabinets were built ahead of time to ensure that the equipment all fit. As a result of the work done in Port of Vancouver, Houle was able to apply that knowledge directly to a subsequent project with similar requirements, albeit on a smaller scale, at B.C.’s Delta Port. Houle has actually developed a pre-fabrication facility for this type of project

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work, so cabinets can be configured off-site, reducing workload and time-on-site. Vancouver was a huge learning curve, says Andjic, and in every way a team effort (see sidebar for a list of contributors). “There are a lot of discovery meetings, there are a lot of questions, there is a lot of collaboration with all the stakeholders. I think we learned to bring people from all walks of life and different stakeholders with a common interest and through collaboration, find a better way of doing things,” she says.

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SPLIT DECISIONS Analytics are making more and more security-based choices. Drawing the line between machine and human intelligence has become an increasingly complex issue By Treena Hein

oftware is playing an increasing role in many of our decisions. From suggesting we check our car’s tire inflation level to autocorrecting our text messages, the line is shifting between letting software influence our decisions and letting it make decisions for us. This phenomenon is also found within the security industry. Analytics — powerful software able to automate or semi-automate surveillance and response tasks and decisions — are becoming more prevalent, and for good reason. Chandra Rangan, vice president of marketing at Hewlett Packard Enterprise Security Products, spells out the need for analytics by comparing security settings today with those from 10 years ago. He likens security back

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then to protecting a castle, focusing on a single target with defences surrounding it. Now, he says, it’s so much more complex, with moving targets, huge amounts of data coming in from many sources, new operations technology, use of the Cloud and more. “A decade ago, it was a hundred events per second on a network and now it’s hundreds of thousands of events per second,” he explains. “Some organizations are looking at millions. When that kind of increase happens, the way you look at things has to fundamentally change.” Although demand for analytics is strong because of its potential to enable security providers to make sense of large and continual amounts of data, its use right now is uneven. “Cybersecurity uses quite a lot of analytics — think spam filters, monitoring of credit card usage patterns, etc. — but

analytics for physical security (monitoring and analyzing video surveillance footage, for example) lags far behind,” notes Dr. Parthipan Siva, a computer vision developer at Waterloo, Ont.based security software firm Aimetis, which was recently acquired by Senstar.

Uses and limitations Whether analytics are being used for physical security or cybersecurity, it’s all about providing quicker, but still accurate, identification of specific parameters or unusual behaviour. In the physical world, analytics might be employed in a search for a particular person’s face or to identify unusual crowd movements. In the digital world, analytics might be used to flag unusual login activity. Rangan identifies three broad tasks that the security industry wants analytics to provide. “Customers are looking to analytics to eliminate data, to reduce false positives,” he notes. “Also, customers want better baselining. Analytics establish baselines automatically, identifying different patterns from historic patterns.” Lastly, analytics are in demand for automating response decisions. “How much can my analytics tell me about something, and what can be done with a high degree of confidence?” Rangan asks. “How do I speed up my response and empower my security force to make better higher-level decisions?” The first two, screening data and creating baselines, are very inter-related. Imagine, Rangan says, 10 different possible security incidents, and the need to make sure events within those 10 are real. “The only way I can figure out what is real,” he explains, “is through a baseline.” So, analytics, notes Katherine Brink, industry analyst with the Freedonia Group, is about analyzing both individual security events and identifying trends or patterns, the latter helping a company provide better overall security to all its clients. “Trends might be there for many reasons and those have to be analyzed, but analytics is a way for security companies to analyze situations in more detail,” explains Brink. For example, she

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notes that IP cameras now have software integrated within them, with more options than ever before that can be used to analyze an image.

Trust in the software As we all know, computer decision-making is not yet perfect, and in the security industry, the stakes involved are very high.

“A decade ago, it was a hundred events per second on a network and now it’s hundreds of thousands.” — Chandra Rangan, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Security Products “If you have two or three security guards and a bank of screens, it’s so easy to miss a detail, so automation helps with that,” Brink notes. “You want to reduce human error, but analytics have only recently increased to being feasible to use and have a long way to go. There are false alarms and a tendency for the analytics to notice too much and not narrow things down enough. So there’s a back and forth going on right now.” Alarms are another physical security arena where analytics are being used, but again Brink says an accuracy balance has yet to be struck. “Alarms are far more automated, but there have been so many false alarms, and again it’s a back and forth,” she explains. “There’s more automation but human checks are still needed where appropriate, and it’s not cost effective if you have to do too many checks. Yes, analytics lowers the labour needs for surveillance, but you don’t want labour costs to be higher because of so many false alarms.” Siva notes that “for some environments, even when properly configured, the rate of false alarms due to lighting or severe weather conditions can be high. This results in the need for human verification of individual alarms to filter

out false alarms…[so] it’s essential for users to carefully evaluate the accuracy of any analytics they want to invest in.” Another roadblock to analytics accuracy is systems integration. “Most video analytics systems require intricate configuration for each camera in your security system for proper functionality,” Siva notes. “For larger infrastructures with hundreds or thousands of cameras, this becomes a heavy burden for system integrators.” This is especially true if the analytics and video management system are not from the same tech provider. Outside of video surveillance and alarms, Siva points to automatic licence plate recognition as another area where analytics can help provide more efficient security. He believes that as prices drop for cameras and computational power grows, analytics will be used in many more access control scenarios, such as parking lot gates that automatically open when an authorized licence plate is recognized. Facial recognition systems are yet another area. Siva notes that “Deep Learning” by computers has demonstrated success in many different fields in the last few years, including his field of expertise, computer vision (where algorithms are applied for interpretation of visual data). “Multiple industries are currently focused on machine learning systems and there’s a strong shift towards building and using toolboxes to bring machine learning to a level where any software developer can use it,” he notes. “This shift will allow the video analytics industry to grow faster. However, to make use of these new technologies, we will need specialized parallel hardware, such as graphical processing units (GPU), as part of the camera or as part of the security system server installations.”

Rate of adoption As with other technologies, the use of analytics will grow as it becomes more precise and affordable. “It will become prevalent in a fair number of security products in the near future,” predicts Brink, “but the industry adoption may not be as fast outside of high security areas.”

However, precision and cost aside, Brink identifies an important factor that may speed the adoption of analytics in security. “It’s the ‘big data’ scenario,” she says. “Most companies know they have to invest in security to help prevent shrink and loss, but that doesn’t make you any money. But analytics can help you with your security and to make money.” Take retail, for example. “If you have cameras throughout your retail store, that’s a security purpose, but with analytics you can see trends and patterns over time, understand traffic flow,” Brink notes. “It helps with organizing merchandise and changing traffic flow and with marketing. But it takes investment to find out how much it can be useful.” Rangan agrees. “Analytics can do many other things than security,” he says. “It can help customers identify vast amounts of data so they can meet regulations for example. But most customers are not running analytics beyond security. One in 10 is trying out something.” Rangan foresees analytics being used to monitor power grids (failure rates, the difference between operational failure and a security incident) and in manufacturing settings as well. Siva adds that the capacity of video analytics to track individuals and vehicles can also be used by facility managers for planning purposes. The software can provide things like general activity patterns, identification of which areas of a facility are used most, and calculations of the number of people moving through certain entrances, for example. Within security, Rangan sees adoption being first among firms with staffs of at least 20 people with a reasonably secure operations centre. He believes there will be a very heavy focus on cybersecurity analytics in retail and healthcare to head off threats like hacking. There is 10 times the activity in selling health care records compared attempted theft of credit card data, Rangan notes, and large healthcare networks now need more than firewalls and anti-virus programs — they need to be able to monitor large amounts of data for anomalies, which is exactly what analytics provides.

Outlook The speed at which analytics ends up being adopted remains to be seen, but one thing’s for certain,

“You want to reduce human error, but analytics have only recently increased to being feasible to use and have a long way to go.” — Katherine Brink, Freedonia Group according to experts. “There will always be human verification needed for the foreseeable future within the security realm,” says Brink, “but this will become faster and more efficient with analytics.” Rangan agrees. “We don’t see, from a practical perspective, security technicians or other

types of technicians being replaced by software, but analytics and machine learning will be used to free up and empower human beings.” Siva’s view is similar. He believes that autonomous software decision-making is unrealistic because it demands 100 per cent accuracy. “Imagine a spam filter that

automatically deletes every email it believes is spam, rather than placing them in a spam folder for you to recover it,” he says. “Similarly, [imagine] an automatic licence plate recognition system where you cannot enter a facility because your licence plate is unrecognized is not realistic. There must always be a human failover. The goal of the analytics system should be to minimize the number of times human failover is needed.” Treena Hein is a freelance writer based in Pembroke, Ont.

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he stage is set. Cloud computing continues to rise in deployments, with users citing economic advantages, speed, agility, flexibility, elasticity and ongoing innovation. We’re entering the realm of “everything as a service” and that includes physical security provided by Cloud-hosted security management systems (SMS). Systems integrators who can successfully adopt and offer Cloud-hosted security and access control solutions will find themselves well-positioned for the future — with the ability to deliver a wide range of managed and remote services to vertical market customers — while boosting the overall value of their company in the process with sustainable recurring monthly revenue (RMR). Research by Gartner predicts a substantial shift in information technology spending from traditional hardware and software to Cloud computing over the next five years, with that transfer set to total $1 trillion, according to the firm’s July

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“The challenge lies in understanding the technology and what it can do, then conveying those benefits to the customer.” 2016 findings. The Cloud has been used for nearly a decade or more in banking and financial processes but one of the biggest objections still hindering full adoption may be an ongoing concern of data security and integrity. As such, there’s a necessary education process for both systems integrators and the end user customer to understand why Cloud-hosting is inherently safe, being “purpose built” for physical security communications and data exchange. What fears are most commonly voiced

by customers and prospects when it comes to Cloud-hosted SMS? Do you know how to address objections by potential clients? Here are the top five fears you may hear from prospects and the information you need to know to dispel lingering doubts.

Cloud’s data may be 1. The easily compromised

Nothing is further than the truth. In fact, the Cloud is actually safer than non-hosted environments and its software programs have been specifically engineered for safe data transmissions for the physical security environment. Using the Cloud for access control and physical security management actually equates to heightened cyber and threat protection as opposed to traditional legacy, on-premises server systems. With Cloud-hosted systems, a multi-layered design brings together data security and data access with added safeguards. A security management system designed from the ground up as a

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Cloud-based product begins first and foremost with software security. Hosted systems can follow what Microsoft refers to as SD3+C: Secure by Design, Secure by Default and Secure in Deployment in Communications. In addition, encryption further protects the transmission of data between the client and the Cloud-based server using modern Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and is something by default that most Cloud-based solutions provide. SSL is a standard security technology for establishing an encrypted link between a server and a client. SSL encryption, 2048 bit, secures the data connection as opposed to easily hacked Open SSL protocols. In addition, the most secure Cloud-hosted access control systems also utilize IP Client. Systems with IP Client use outbound ports at the user’s site instead of inbound ports, which greatly reduces the risk of security breaches and data compromise. With IP Client, the IT staff does not have to enable any inbound network ports or set up port forwarding. This helps keep the network secure and lowers the management workload on IT. Finally, some hardware providers enable Transport Layer Security (TLS) encryption which allows the server and client to authenticate each other and to negotiate an encryption algorithm and cryptographic keys before data is exchanged. In Cloud hosting, manufacturers auto-negotiate the TLS encryption with the controller boards as they initiate contact with the server.

make 2. Passwords Cloud-hosting vulnerable

That’s definitely true — when it comes to non-hosted solutions. Passwords can be guessed, recycled or written down and all these factors could compromise the security of an access control system. However, secure, Cloud-hosted solutions don’t use default user names and passwords. Instead each hosted system is issued a unique password and can also provide additional security with two-factor authentication which can be attached to the log-in credentials of any user for an added layer of security. With two-factor authentication user accounts are linked with a second source of verification, i.e. Google authenticator, which generates a code based on a timer or counter. Users must provide this code upon entering their user name and password, which means a perpetrator would need three things in order to access the system: user name, password and access to open the device which generates the two-factor authentication code.

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Quite the contrary: once it’s set up, no additional work has to be done. A SaaS access control solution can automatically eliminate the threat of the user losing data due to negligence or being too busy to regularly backup the database. An SMS hosted in the Cloud provides regular, automatic upgrades, daily database backups and full re-

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dundancy, eliminating the risk of having all data stored on site. A reliable product will also provide multi-layered redundancy, meaning that multiple “write” transactions are provided. If the primary database goes down that data would exist at another location and brought back online. A second layer would be point-in-time recovery. This allows the user to restore or recover data or a particular setting from a time in the past, including history reports and recent access control transactions. If the user accidentally deletes records it only takes a quick tech support call to revert the system back to a time point before the error happened.

Cloud hosted systems 4. don’t readily scale and can’t integrate legacy components The Cloud actually provides greater flexibility and scalability of applications, and that equates to better business agility. These solutions offer a more convenient route for both small-to-medium businesses as well as enterprise customers who don’t have to go through the complexity of designing and deploying an on-premises server system. With off-site hosting, there are no servers or appliances necessary at the customer site. This saves time and money and allows customers to future proof themselves from obsolete technology. In addition, Cloud-based SMS systems offer nearly infinite scalability, from smaller systems to large national/enterprise accounts. Cloud-hosted access control is in most cases a platform that can grow to an infinite number of access points, limited only by the controller’s hardware specifications. Finally, with legacy equipment and Cloud-hosted solutions, the user isn’t forced into a total rip and replace. Cloud-hosted access control systems are most often hardware agnostic and can be configured for communication with many legacy devices already on site.

users will balk at 5. End the price tag

Cloud-hosted solutions actually offer a lower total cost of ownership over the life of the solution. Most users don’t consider the true cost of

an on-premises system which includes servers, racks, power and cooling costs, labour hours by the IT staff, operating system updates, firewall configurations, necessary VMware, etc. All these little nuances add up big. In addition, with offsite Cloud hosting customers don’t need a dedicated IT person to administer programs and configure operating systems, databases and applications. These expenses and ongoing maintenance are alleviated as they are handled by data centres in the Cloud. Users also have access to all software functionality housed in the Cloud and can select the portions they want to manage, such as badge creation and decommissioning of access control permissions. They have choices: the option of having the systems integrator manage the solution, or, administer the system themselves with their choice of connected device, including desktop, laptop, tablet or smartphone. Integrators get the bonus of managed services, which allows them to perform maintenance and service remotely, which equals lower costs for users as opposed to paying for a service call or onsite visit. And, as a tiered solution, customers can expand without costly jumps from entry level to enterprise solutions. Finally, users will be attracted to the possibility of being able to budget effectively with Cloud-hosted services, which move physical security from a large initial capital outlay or capital expense to an operating expense which can be planned and budgeted for easily. Today’s systems integration is all about delivering service. And there’s no better way to deliver service in a highly flexible and scalable environment than Cloud-hosting. Cloud hosting for physical security and access control management is a sophisticated, yet user-friendly solution that provides tangible benefits to both systems integrators and end users. The challenge lies in understanding the technology and what it can do and conveying benefits to the customer. Brian Matthews is director of sales at Feenics (www. feenics.com), an Ottawa-based security company offering Cloud-based software and services.

Managed Services with the Cloud

ot only is the customer future-ready with Cloud hosted SMS, but the integrator gets a big boost with the ability to offer a wide range of managed services, which equal RMR. Some RMR possibilities include: • remote testing and maintenance; • system resets; • scheduling; • lockdown; • SMS alarm and alert notifications;

• and management of databases and approved users. Because the Cloud is “always on” and “always accessible,” systems integrators can easily manage their customers’ sites from any location with an Internet connection. Systems integrators are in a great position to take advantage of Cloud hosting, once they learn its nuances, embrace the concept and are armed with facts to effectively dispel any objections by the prospect or customer. — Brian Matthews

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ppointed earlier this year, Grant Erickson is the president of standards body, the Thread Group and the principal software engineer of Nest Labs, one of Thread’s founding members. As such, he’s in a good position to gauge the state of IoT in the home. Thread’s board of directors includes not only Google-owned Nest, but ARM, Samsung Electronics, Silicon Labs, Yale, Tyco and Qualcomm, as well as more than 200 other members. SP&T News spoke to Erickson recently about Thread’s development, “plug and play” versus professional installation, and whether or not a car might qualify as a home-networked technology. SP&T News: Where are you now with the development of Thread? Grant Erickson: The Thread 1.0 specification was released last year. Members are currently free to develop against that. There is in fact within the group a Thread 1.0 beta certification program. From a practical standpoint, it’s best to think of Thread 1.0 as a developer preview release. We are currently working on the Thread 1.1 specification, which really promises to be the version of the specification that we think most companies and product developers will really want to go to market against. SP&T: What is the key market for Thread products? GE: In terms of marketplace reach, the core focus of the Thread Group really continues to be focused on that marketplace that we targeted when the Thread Group was launched: the consumer in the home. But Thread as a technology is really general enough

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where it has brought applicability to a lot of different markets. From that perspective, you’ll notice our recent liaison announcement with the Connected Lighting Alliance in which Thread is really being pulled into the lighting control space. It’s a very natural extension and application of Thread. The other alliance we’ve recently announced, which I think underscores and reinforces that home consumer space — the ZigBee Alliance. They’re really focused on bringing their market-leading ZigBee application layer and running it on top of Thread. SP&T: Do you think the industry is doing a good job of communicating how this is all coming together? GE: I think we’re probably still in the early enough days where there’s a lot of improvement on that front. I think there’s innovation happening right now and there are so many different opportunities for specifiers and installers alike that they’re probably gravitating towards some familiar brands or just trying some different things and seeing what works. SP&T: Is the Internet of Things overhyped, or is there some real promise for the technology? GE: I think the term itself is pretty amorphous and encompasses a broad class of activities and endeavours in the marketplace. I think, to some extent, you have a camp that looks at the Internet of Things and really emphasizes the Internet as being very important in that description. That means actually connecting devices, using Internet protocols, to the Internet. Certainly activities like Thread or Wi-Fi or Ethernet — products that are using those technologies — fall into that camp. I think there’s another camp that looks at Internet of Things as, one way or another, using some technology by several

hops or bridges, to get my devices accessible or controllable from the Internet. To that extent, things like Z-Wave or legacy ZigBee stacks or SIGFOX [a French IoT company founded in 2009] and some other protocols certainly fall into that camp as well. I think ultimately somebody might describe the grand vision of every device on the Internet can communicate with every other device on the Internet — I think that’s a nice, simplistic utopia to think about, but a lot of the questions around security and interoperability and access control come into play. It might not be the case that one particular organization wants all of their devices to be accessible by another organization’s devices.

talking about products in the home.

SP&T: How simplistic does it have to be for the consumer to have a good grasp on what they’re doing? GE: I think it really does have to be plug and play. There are a number of different brands in the market, both historically and presently, that are really focused and endeavour towards that super-easy experience: take it out of the box, a few easy steps and you’re up and running. Certainly, from a core technology perspective, Thread — and looking at the most user-facing aspect of Thread technology — is the out-of-box and commissioning experience.

SP&T: The board is quite diverse. Could, for example, a car company join Thread? GE: Absolutely. There really are no barriers to entry to becoming a Thread member. We don’t know that we’ve really thought too deeply about what kind of use cases Thread could have in an automotive environment, but certainly to the extent that a car parked in a garage at home wants to have some type of interface into the home — maybe it’s car charging, maybe its telemetry reported back to the car manufacturer — that manufacturer may choose to put a Thread radio in their car and have different connectivity paths into the home when that car is parked in the garage.

SP&T: Where does the professional installer fit in? GE: I think there will be a marketplace for the professionally-installed products, and there’s certainly no reason that those also couldn’t be Thread. Those products may not need to be professionally installed … but I think there will always be a certain class of user that wants that reassurance that there is a professional organization standing behind the installation. But ease of use will always to be paramount as we’re

SP&T: How much of your role at Nest informs what you bring to the Thread Group? GE: Thread Group is comprised of a diverse board of 12 sponsor companies and another 230 some contributor companies. Within that board, there really is a diverse range. I think the experience and the perspective that Nest brings to the table is really the consumer space, that consumer experience, that ease of use, that design-centricity. I think a lot of that has certainly informed how Thread looks as a technology and standard today. But, again, all the other Thread members bring their own perspective that shapes and has a reflection on Thread.

SP&T: There are already home-based networked technologies out there that will sense when the car is a km away and start adjusting the home accordingly. GE: If you look at a company like Nest, Nest already has an integration with Mercedes-Benz, for example, to do exactly that. When a Mercedes gets within a certain distance from the home, the thermostat will turn on for heating or cooling.

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ASSA ABLOY Door Security Solutions Canada 160 Four Valley Dr. Vaughan, ON L4K 4T9 Tel: 905-738-2466 Fax: 905-738-2478 Email: sales@assaabloycanadadss.ca Web: www.assaabloydss.ca ASSA ABLOY, the global leader in door opening solutions, offers solid and reliable access control, mechanical and electromechanical hardware from industry-leading brands. Our advanced range of access control components

B L Security Locksmith & Design Ltd. 636 Richmond St., W. Toronto, ON M6J 1C3 Tel: 416-504-8861 Toll-Free: 866-504-8861 Fax: 416-504-1018 Web: www.sldsecurity.ca

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Canadian Security Magazine 222 Edward St. Aurora, ON L4G 1W6 Tel: 905-727-0077 Fax: 905-727-0017 Email: jdyer@annexweb.com Web: www.canadiansecuritymag.com For more than 30 years Canadian Security magazine has been the voice of the security industry in Canada. It is the leading publication in Canada for corporate security directors and life safety managers.

Chubb Edwards 5201 Explorer Dr. Mississauga, ON L4W 4H1 Tel: 905-629-2600 Email: marketing@chubbedwards.com Web: www.chubbedwards.com Chubb Edwards is a leading provider of total solutions for fire, security and lifestyle requirements of businesses and residences across Canada. Our solutions address system design, project management, installation, remote and interactive services, monitoring, platinum on-site maintenance service and continuing customer care.

Camden Door Controls 5502 Timberlea Blvd. Mississauga, ON L4W 2T7 Tel: 905-366-3377 Web: www.camdencontrols.com

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Code Blue Corp. 259 Hedcor St. Holland, MI 49423 Tel: 800-205-7186 Fax: 616-392-8391

Commissionaires 100 Gloucester St., Ste. 201 Ottawa, ON K2P 0A4 Tel: 613-688-0715 Fax: 613-688-0719 Web: www.commissionaires.ca Connectivitywerx 250 Shields Crt., #21 Markham, ON L3R 9W7 Tel: 416-222-0617 Contretron Inc. 6440 Notre Dame St., W. Montréal, QC H4C 1V4 Tel: 514-933-5752 Fax: 514-933-4128

dbell - a video doorbell company 7-2857 Sherwood Heights Dr. Oakville, ON L6J 7J9 Tel: 416-477-2154 Fax: 416-477-6856 Web: www.dbell.ca

DoorKing Inc. 120 S. Glasgow Ave. Inglewood, CA 90301 Tel: 310-645-0023 Fax: 310-641-1585 Web: www.doorking.com

ELK Products Inc. 3266 US Hwy 70 Connelly Springs, NC 28612 Tel: 800-797-9355 Fax: 828-397-4415 Email: sales@elkproducts.com Web: www.elkproducts.com ELK is a leading designer and manufacturer of customized security,

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Feenics Inc. 2130 Saint Laurent Blvd., Ste. 301 Ottawa, ON K1G 1A9 Tel: 613-520-2455 Web: www.feenics.com

Fire Monitoring Of Canada Inc. 235 Martindale Rd. St. Catharines, ON L2W 1A5 Tel: 905-688-0600 Fax: 905-688-0733 Web: fire-monitoring.com

Fitch Security Integration Inc. 14 Meteor Dr. Toronto, ON M9W 1A4 Tel: 416-235-1818 Fax: 416-235-1226 Web: www.fitch.ca

G4S Secure Solutions Canada Ltd. 703 Evans Dr., Ste. 103 Toronto, ON M9C 5E9 Tel: 888-717-4447 Fax: 416 621-4353 Email: Solutions@ca.g4s.com Web: www.g4s.ca G4S is a leading provider of security solutions in Canada. G4S offers a unique combination of risk assessments, security technology services, security personnel, and cash management solutions. G4S employs thousands of Canadians and operates in offices across the country.

Genetec Inc. 2280 Boulevard Alfred Nobel St-Laurent, QC H4S 2A4 Tel: 514-332-4000 Email: info@genetec.com Web: www.genetec.com Genetec Inc. develops open-platform software, hardware and cloud-based services for the physical security and public safety industry. Its flagship product, Security Center, unifies IP-based video surveillance, access control and automatic license plate recognition (ALPR) into one platform. A global innovator since 1997, Genetec Inc. is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Graybar Canada 3600 Joseph Howe Drive Halifax, NS B3K 5M7 Tel: 902-457-8730 Web: www.graybarcanada.com Graybar Canada, an employee-owned company, is a wholesale distributor for thousands of items from leading manufacturers of electrical and communications and data products. With available inventory of best-in-class products, Graybar Canada’s highly trained Security Specialists have the technical expertise to assist in product solution and system design.

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iView Systems 2060 Winston Park Dr. Oakville, ON L6H 5R7 Tel: 905-829-2500 Email: info@iviewsystems.com Web: www.iviewsystems.com iView Systems, global leaders in security software reporting solutions, helps organizations strengthen security measures by mitigating risk and liability through analysis and reporting of evidence, activities or events; providing a complete audit trail for accountability, compliance and enforcement. Solutions include: Incident Reporting; Case Management; Mobile and Compliance Reporting, Visitor Management.

J.C. Gury Company 530 Jamie Ave. La Habra, CA 90631 Tel: 800-903-3385 Fax: 714-738-6998 Web: www.jcgury.com

Habtech - True Security Integration 6360 Vipond Dr. Mississauga, ON L5T 1A1 Tel: 905-612-8259 Hall Telecommunications Supply Ltd. 5477 Ontario 6 Guelph, ON N1H 6J2 Tel: 519-822-5420 Hikvision Canada 4485 Rue Dobrin Montréal, QC H4R 2L8 Tel: 866-200-6690 Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. 233 Midland Ave. Midland, ON L4R 3K1 Tel: 705-526-9311 Fax: 705-527-4530

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Kaba Electronic Access Control 901 Burns St., E. Whitby, ON L1N 0E6 Tel: 905-430-7226 Fax: 905-430-7275 Email: sales@keyscan.ca Web: www.keyscan.ca Keyscan and Kaba join forces to form Kaba Electronic Access Control (EAC). Together, Kaba’s leading electronic and wireless locks plus the Keyscan access control system will lead the industry with more advanced features and functionality. Kaba EAC offers you more, end-to-end, electronic access control solutions from a single, reliable source. KELCOM Radio Solutions 161 North Rivermede Rd., # 3-4 Vaughan, ON L4K 3N6 Tel: 905-761-6070 Fax: 905-761-6055

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Keri Systems Inc. 2305 Bering Dr. San Jose, CA 95131 Tel: 408-435-8400 Fax: 408-577-1792 Web: www.kerisys.com

KingsGuard Security Inc. 180 Northfield Dr., W., Ste. 4 Waterloo, ON N2L 5A6 Tel: 905-251-4759 Web: www.kingsguard.ca

Mitsubishi Electric Sales Canada Inc. 4299 14th Avenue Markham, ON L3R 0J2 Tel: 905-475-7728 Fax: 905-475-7958 Web: www.mitsubishielectric.ca Mitsubishi Electric is one of the world’s largest manufacturers, providing reliable display solutions with superb performance and high quality display of data, graphics & video from multiple simultaneous information sources in 24x7x365 applications, aiding collaborative decision-making, enhanced operator performance and response in mission-critical command, control, dispatch, security & surveillance environments.

Morse Watchmans 2 Morse Rd. Oxford, CT 06478 Tel: 203-264-4949 Web: www.morsewatchmans.com

On-Net Surveillance Systems Inc. (OnSSI) One Blue Hill Plaza, 7th Floor, PO Box 1555 Pearl River, NY 10965 Tel: 204-771-6136 Fax: 845-732-7999

Paladin Security Vancouver 3001 Wayburne Dr. Burnaby, BC V5G 4W3 Tel: 604-677-8700 Web: paladinsecurity.com/contact/ paladin-security-vancouver Established in 1976, Paladin has grown into the largest privately-owned, fullservice security company in Canada. As one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies, Paladin is committed to its culture and people. By integrating professionally trained Security Officers with state-of-the-art technology, we provide customized programs that exceed our clients’ unique security needs.

Panasonic Canada Inc. 5770 Ambler Drive Mississauga, ON L4W 2T3 Tel: 905-624-5010 Web: www.panasonic.com

RBH Access Technologies Inc. 2 Automatic Rd. Brampton, ON L6S 6K8 Tel: 905-790-1515 Fax: 905-790-3680 Web: www.rbh-access.com

OHM Security Ltd. 6535 Millcreek Dr., Unit #4 Mississauga, ON L5N 2M2 Tel: 905-812-9636 Fax: 905-812-2850 Web: www.ohmsecurity.com

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Securitas 265 Yorkland Blvd. Toronto, ON M2J 1S5 Tel: 416-774-2500 Web: www.securitas.ca

Security Response Ctr 506 Christina St., N. Sarnia, ON N7T 5W4 Tel: 800-333-7721 Fax: 800-688-7721 Web: securityresponse.ca

SecurTek - A SaskTel Company 70 1st Avenue N. Yorkton, SK S3N 1J6 Tel: 877-777-7590 Fax: 306-782-5255 Email: dealer.relations@securtek.sk.ca Web: www.securtek.com SecurTek is a monitoring company that uses a highly skilled workforce and long term partnerships with independent security companies to delivery security and management services to our customers in select Canadian markets. Contact us to learn more about the services we have to offer and how you can benefit from joining our Dealer Program! Smart Vision Direct Inc. 7755 Warden Ave., Unit 1, Markham, ON L3R 0N3 Tel: 905-946-8998 Fax: 905-946-8992 SNCA Consultants Inc. 1457 Daventry Crt. Mississauga, ON L5N 7Z1 Tel: 905-956-3345

Sony 115 Gordon Baker Rd. Toronto, ON M2H 3R6 Tel: 416-499-1414 Email: psg@sony.ca Web: www.sonybiz.ca

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Stanley Security Solutions 2495 Meadowpine Blvd. Mississauga, ON L5N 6C3 Tel: 289-290-7100 Web: www.stanleysecuritysolutions.com

TOA Canada Corporation 6150 Kennedy Rd., Unit 3 Mississauga, ON L5T 2J4 Tel: 800-263-7639 Fax: 800-463-3569 Web: www.TOAcanada.com Trend Micro Canada 40 Hines Rd., Ste. 200 Ottawa, ON K2K 2M5 Tel: 613-599-4505

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W Ward Off Burglars Inc. (WOBI) 14-9000 Keele St. Concord, ON L4K-0B3 Tel: 416-855-4739 Fax: 416-221-3118

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Product Section ACCESS CONTROL Biometrics

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Cards/Card Access/Card Readers

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Door Panels

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Egress Devices

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Electronic Access Control

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Iris Recognition Anixter Canada Inc.

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Software

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Locksets

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Magnetic Strikes

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Request to Exit

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Telephone Entry Control

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Video ID Equipment

ALARMS Alarm Company/Dealer

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Annunciators

a.p.i. Alarm Inc. Camden Door Controls Chubb Edwards City Locksmith ELK Products Inc. Fitch Security Integration Inc. SecurTek - A SaskTel Company Stanley Security Solutions

Arm/Disarm Stations

a.p.i. Alarm Inc. Chubb Edwards City Locksmith ELK Products Inc. Fire Monitoring Of Canada Inc. Fitch Security Integration Inc. Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. OHM Security Ltd. SecurTek - A SaskTel Company Stanley Security Solutions

Batteries/Power Supplies

a.p.i. Alarm Inc. ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. Chubb Edwards City Locksmith ELK Products Inc. Fitch Security Integration Inc. Graybar Canada Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. KELCOM Radio Solutions OHM Security Ltd. SecurTek - A SaskTel Company Stanley Security Solutions

Bells/Sirens

ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. Chubb Edwards City Locksmith dbell - a video doorbell company ELK Products Inc. Fire Monitoring Of Canada Inc. Fitch Security Integration Inc. Hall Telecommunications Supply Ltd. Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. SecurTek - A SaskTel Company Stanley Security Solutions

Burglar Alarms

a.p.i. Alarm Inc. ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. Chubb Edwards City Locksmith ELK Products Inc. Fire Monitoring Of Canada Inc. Fitch Security Integration Inc. Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. OHM Security Ltd. Paladin Security Vancouver SecurTek - A SaskTel Company Stanley Security Solutions

Controls/Control Panels/Control Communicators a.p.i. Alarm Inc. ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. Chubb Edwards City Locksmith ELK Products Inc.

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Fire Monitoring Of Canada Inc. Fitch Security Integration Inc. G4S Secure Solutions Canada Ltd. Graybar Canada Habtech - True Security Integration Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. KELCOM Radio Solutions OHM Security Ltd. Paladin Security Vancouver SecurTek - A SaskTel Company Stanley Security Solutions

Sounding Devices

a.p.i. Alarm Inc. ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. Chubb Edwards City Locksmith Code Blue Corp. ELK Products Inc. Fire Monitoring Of Canada Inc. Fitch Security Integration Inc. Hall Telecommunications Supply Ltd. Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. SecurTek - A SaskTel Company Stanley Security Solutions

Temperature Alarms

a.p.i. Alarm Inc. ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. Chubb Edwards City Locksmith ELK Products Inc. Fire Monitoring Of Canada Inc. Fitch Security Integration Inc. Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. OHM Security Ltd. Securitas SecurTek - A SaskTel Company Stanley Security Solutions

Wireless Alarm Equipment a.p.i. Alarm Inc. ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. Chubb Edwards City Locksmith ELK Products Inc. Fire Monitoring Of Canada Inc. Fitch Security Integration Inc. Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. OHM Security Ltd. SecurTek - A SaskTel Company Stanley Security Solutions

DETECTION CONTROLS / DEVICES Actuating Devices

ADI Global Distribution Chubb Edwards City Locksmith Fitch Security Integration Inc. Stanley Security Solutions

Door Control/Panic Hardware a.p.i. Alarm Inc. ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. Chubb Edwards City Locksmith Fitch Security Integration Inc. Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. OHM Security Ltd. SecurTek - A SaskTel Company Stanley Security Solutions

Evacuation Systems

ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. Chubb Edwards City Locksmith Fitch Security Integration Inc. Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc.

Fire Detectors

a.p.i. Alarm Inc. ADI Global Distribution Chubb Edwards City Locksmith Fitch Security Integration Inc. Graybar Canada Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. Tyco Integrated Fire & Security

Gas Detectors

a.p.i. Alarm Inc. ADI Global Distribution Chubb Edwards City Locksmith Fitch Security Integration Inc. Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. Tyco Integrated Fire & Security

Indicators, Audible/AV

DEALER / DISTRIBUTOR SERVICES

ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. Chubb Edwards City Locksmith Fitch Security Integration Inc. Graybar Canada Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. Paladin Security Vancouver

Decals & Signs

Metal Detectors

ELK Products Inc. Hall Telecommunications Supply Ltd. J.C. Gury Company

Marketing

Graybar Canada SP&T News Magazine

Professional Services ADI Global Distribution Contretron Inc. Graybar Canada

ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. City Locksmith Fitch Security Integration Inc.

Smoke Detectors

a.p.i. Alarm Inc. ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. Chubb Edwards City Locksmith ELK Products Inc. Fitch Security Integration Inc. Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc.

Sprinkler System Supervision a.p.i. Alarm Inc. ADI Global Distribution Chubb Edwards City Locksmith Fire Monitoring Of Canada Inc. Fitch Security Integration Inc. Tyco Integrated Fire & Security

Testing Devices & Accessories ADI Global Distribution Chubb Edwards City Locksmith Contretron Inc. Fitch Security Integration Inc. Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc.

ENTRY / EXIT SCREENING SYSTEMS Electronic Article Surveillance Anixter Canada Inc. City Locksmith RBH Access Technologies Inc. Tyco Integrated Fire & Security

Explosive Detection

City Locksmith

Inventory Control Systems

City Locksmith KELCOM Radio Solutions Xnnovation Automated Asset and Key Control Systems

Optical Turnstiles

Anixter Canada Inc. Boon Edam City Locksmith Fitch Security Integration Inc.

Shoplifting Control Products

City Locksmith

FIRE & LIFE SAFETY CO Detectors

a.p.i. Alarm Inc. ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. Chubb Edwards City Locksmith Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. SecurTek - A SaskTel Company Smart Vision Direct Inc. Tyco Integrated Fire & Security Vipond Inc - First for Fire, Life Safety & Security

Control Panels

a.p.i. Alarm Inc. ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. ASSA ABLOY Door Security Solutions Canada Chubb Edwards City Locksmith ELK Products Inc. Graybar Canada Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. Paladin Security Vancouver SecurTek - A SaskTel Company Smart Vision Direct Inc. Tyco Integrated Fire & Security Vipond Inc. - First for Fire, Life Safety & Security

Product Section

Enclosures

Anixter Canada Inc. Chubb Edwards City Locksmith Code Blue Corp. ELK Products Inc. Graybar Canada Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. Smart Vision Direct Inc. Vipond Inc - First for Fire, Life Safety & Security

Mass Notification

ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. Chubb Edwards City Locksmith Code Blue Corp. Fire Monitoring Of Canada Inc. KELCOM Radio Solutions Smart Vision Direct Inc. TOA Canada Corporation Tyco Integrated Fire & Security Vipond Inc. - First for Fire, Life Safety & Security

Notification Devices

ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. Chubb Edwards City Locksmith Code Blue Corp. ELK Products Inc. Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. KELCOM Radio Solutions Smart Vision Direct Inc. TOA Canada Corporation Tyco Integrated Fire & Security Vipond Inc. - First for Fire, Life Safety & Security

Power Supplies

Indoor/Outdoor Systems

Testers

ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. Chubb Edwards City Locksmith Smart Vision Direct Inc. Tyco Integrated Fire & Security Vipond Inc. - First for Fire, Life Safety & Security

ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. City Locksmith dbell - a video doorbell company DoorKing, Inc. Fire Monitoring Of Canada Inc. Hall Telecommunications Supply Ltd. Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. KELCOM Radio Solutions

Market Research

GUARD SERVICES

Lighting & Low Voltage

ADI Global Distribution BICSI International Foundation for Protection Officers

Guard Response

a.p.i. Alarm Inc. Allied Universal G4S Secure Solutions Canada Ltd. KingsGuard Security Inc. Paladin Security Vancouver Securitas

Guard Tour

a.p.i. Alarm Inc. Allied Universal G4S Secure Solutions Canada Ltd. Habtech - True Security Integration KingsGuard Security Inc. Morse Watchmans Securitas

HOME AUTOMATION Central Vacuum

ADI Global Distribution

ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. ASSA ABLOY Door Security Solutions Canada Chubb Edwards City Locksmith ELK Products Inc. Graybar Canada Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. SecurTek - A SaskTel Company Smart Vision Direct Inc. Vipond Inc. - First for Fire, Life Safety & Security

Communication Equipment

Pull Stations

Environmental and Energy Systems

a.p.i. Alarm Inc. ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. Chubb Edwards City Locksmith Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. Smart Vision Direct Inc. Tyco Integrated Fire & Security Vipond Inc. - First for Fire, Life Safety & Security

Smoke Detectors a.p.i. Alarm Inc. ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. Chubb Edwards City Locksmith

INDUSTRY RESOURCES

ELK Products Inc. Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. SecurTek - A SaskTel Company Smart Vision Direct Inc. Tyco Integrated Fire & Security Vipond Inc. - First for Fire, Life Safety & Security

ADI Global Distribution City Locksmith dbell - a video doorbell company ELK Products Inc. Graybar Canada Hall Telecommunications Supply Ltd. KELCOM Radio Solutions

Custom Installed Sound & Video Systems City Locksmith Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc.

Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc.

Home Controls

ADI Global Distribution ELK Products Inc. Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc.

Home Theatre

ADI Global Distribution City Locksmith Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc.

HVAC Controls

ADI Global Distribution Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc.

ADI Global Distribution City Locksmith Graybar Canada Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. Paladin Security Vancouver

Intercoms/Paging Devices

ADI Global Distribution Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc.

Network/Integration Products ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. City Locksmith Hall Telecommunications Supply Ltd. Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc.

Wire & Cable

Associations

BICSI Graybar Canada International Foundation for Protection Officers Canadian Security Magazine Sécurité Québec SP&T News Magazine

Staffing and Recruitment Graybar Canada Paladin Security Vancouver

Testing & Accreditation

Training Materials/Services ADI Global Distribution BICSI Graybar Canada International Foundation for Protection Officers

ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. City Locksmith Graybar Canada Hall Telecommunications Supply Ltd. Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. Paladin Security Vancouver

Anti-Virus

ID SYSTEMS AND SUPPLIES

SNCA Consultants Inc. Trend Micro Canada

Employee/Visitor Badges

Cloud Computing

ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. Chubb Edwards Fitch Security Integration Inc. G4S Secure Solutions Canada Ltd. Graybar Canada iView Systems RBH Access Technologies Inc. Stanley Security Solutions

High Security ID Equipment

IT SECURITY Trend Micro Canada

Application Security

Anixter Canada Inc.

Data Recovery

Smart Vision Direct Inc

Database Security SNCA Consultants Inc.

E-mail Security Trend Micro Canada

Anixter Canada Inc. Chubb Edwards Fitch Security Integration Inc. G4S Secure Solutions Canada Ltd.. Stanley Security Solutions

End Point Security

Instant Photo ID Equipment

Internet Security

Anixter Canada Inc. Fitch Security Integration Inc. RBH Access Technologies Inc.

Smart Cards

ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. Chubb Edwards City Locksmith Fitch Security Integration Inc. G4S Secure Solutions Canada Ltd.

Trend Micro Canada

Identity Management SNCA Consultants Inc. SNCA Consultants Inc.

Intrusion Detection & Prevention Systems Anixter Canada Inc. SNCA Consultants Inc. Trend Micro Canada

Managed Services

Tyco Integrated Fire & Security

Mobile Security

Paladin Security Vancouver Trend Micro Canada

Product Section

Network Security

SNCA Consultants Inc.

Fitch Security Integration Inc. Hall Telecommunications Supply Ltd. Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. Stanley Security Solutions Tyco Integrated Fire & Security

Racks & Cabinets

High Security Locks

SNCA Consultants Inc.

Penetration Testing

Anixter Canada Inc. Smart Vision Direct Inc.

Remote Access

dbell - a video doorbell company Paladin Security Vancouver Smart Vision Direct Inc Tyco Integrated Fire & Security

Security Information Management Paladin Security Vancouver SNCA Consultants Inc.

ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. ASSA ABLOY Door Security Solutions Canada B L Security Locksmith & Design Ltd. City Locksmith G4S Secure Solutions Canada Ltd. Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. Stanley Security Solutions Tyco Integrated Fire & Security Ward Off Burglars Inc. (WOBI)

Key Control Systems

SNCA Consultants Inc.

ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. ASSA ABLOY Door Security Solutions Canada B L Security Locksmith & Design Ltd. City Locksmith G4S Secure Solutions Canada Ltd. Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. Morse Watchmans Paladin Security Vancouver Stanley Security Solutions Weiser Lock Xnnovation Automated Asset and Key Control Systems

Wireless Security

Keyed Locks and Padlocks

Storage

Anixter Canada Inc. Panasonic Canada Inc.

Virtualization

Trend Micro Canada

VoIP Security

Graybar Canada KELCOM Radio Solutions

Web Site Security

Graybar Canada Smart Vision Direct Inc.

LOCKS / SAFES / DOOR HARDWARE Combination Locks

City Locksmith Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. Stanley Security Solutions

Computer Locks

City Locksmith Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. Morse Watchmans

Door Hardware

Electromagnetic Locks

ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. ASSA ABLOY Door Security Solutions Canada Camden Door Controls City Locksmith DoorKing Inc. Fire Monitoring Of Canada Inc.

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Anixter Canada Inc. ASSA ABLOY Door Security Solutions Canada B L Security Locksmith & Design Ltd. City Locksmith Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. Stanley Security Solutions

Keyless Locks

ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. ASSA ABLOY Door Security Solutions Canada City Locksmith Fitch Security Integration Inc. G4S Secure Solutions Canada Ltd. Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. Stanley Security Solutions

Safes and Vaults

Anixter Canada Inc. City Locksmith Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. Xnnovation Automated Asset and Key Control Systems

MISCELLANEOUS Cloud Computing Anixter Canada Inc. Feenics Inc

Fog Security

Hall Telecommunications Supply Ltd.

Installation Tools ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc.

Contretron Inc. ELK Products Inc. Hall Telecommunications Supply Ltd.

Security Product Distributor

Mitsubishi Electric Sales Canada Inc. Paladin Security Vancouver Securitas Stanley Security Solutions

ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. City Locksmith Contretron Inc. Graybar Canada Hall Telecommunications Supply Ltd. Smart Vision Direct Inc Stanley Security Solutions Xnnovation Automated Asset and Key Control Systems

OUTDOOR PERIMETER PROTECTION

Security Systems Integrator

Gate Operators

Allied Universal Chubb Edwards City Locksmith Fitch Security Integration Inc. Habtech - True Security Integration Paladin Security Vancouver Securitas Stanley Security Solutions Xnnovation Automated Asset and Key Control Systems

MONITORING EQUIPMENT / SYSTEMS / SERVICES Alarm Monitoring Software

ADI Global Distribution Allied Universal City Locksmith Fire Monitoring Of Canada Inc. G4S Secure Solutions Canada Ltd. Genetec Inc. Habtech - True Security Integration Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. Paladin Security Vancouver RBH Access Technologies Inc. Securitas Sony Stanley Security Solutions Vipond Inc. - First for Fire, Life Safety & Security

Central Station Equipment

ADI Global Distribution City Locksmith Habtech - True Security Integration

Central Station Monitoring Services

a.p.i. Alarm Inc. ADI Global Distribution Allied Universal Armstrong’s National Alarm Monitoring City Locksmith Fire Monitoring Of Canada Inc. G4S Secure Solutions Canada Ltd. Habtech - True Security Integration Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. Securitas Security Response Ctr SecurTek - A SaskTel Company Stanley Security Solutions Tyco Integrated Fire & Security

Command & Control

City Locksmith Genetec Inc. Habtech - True Security Integration

Fences

Anixter Canada Inc. City Locksmith Fitch Security Integration Inc. SecurTek - A SaskTel Company Tyco Integrated Fire & Security Ward Off Burglars Inc. (WOBI) City Locksmith DoorKing Inc. SecurTek - A SaskTel Company Tyco Integrated Fire & Security

Outdoor Intrusion Sensors ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. City Locksmith Securitas SecurTek - A SaskTel Company Stanley Security Solutions

Perimeter Barriers/Deterrents Anixter Canada Inc. City Locksmith DoorKing Inc. Fitch Security Integration Inc. Paladin Security Vancouver SecurTek - A SaskTel Company Tyco Integrated Fire & Security

Security Doors

Anixter Canada Inc. Boon Edam City Locksmith G4S Secure Solutions Canada Ltd. SecurTek - A SaskTel Company Stanley Security Solutions

Security Lighting

ADI Global Distribution City Locksmith SecurTek - A SaskTel Company Tyco Integrated Fire & Security

Turnstiles

Anixter Canada Inc. Boon Edam City Locksmith Fitch Security Integration Inc. Stanley Security Solutions Tyco Integrated Fire & Security

PROCEDURAL SECURITY Asset Protection

Anixter Canada Inc. B L Security Locksmith & Design Ltd. Fitch Security Integration Inc. G4S Secure Solutions Canada Ltd. iView Systems Securitas SecurTek - A SaskTel Company

Background Checks Commissionaires

Product Section

Paladin Security Vancouver Securitas

Business Continuity

iView Systems Paladin Security Vancouver Securitas SNCA Consultants Inc.

Compliance

iView Systems Paladin Security Vancouver Securitas SNCA Consultants Inc.

Crisis Management

iView Systems Paladin Security Vancouver Securitas

Policy Management

iView Systems Paladin Security Vancouver SNCA Consultants Inc.

Privacy

Paladin Security Vancouver

Records Management iView Systems

Risk Analysis

Fitch Security Integration Inc. G4S Secure Solutions Canada Ltd. iView Systems Paladin Security Vancouver Securitas

Anixter Canada Inc. Fitch Security Integration Inc.

Risk Management G4S Secure Solutions Canada Ltd. iView Systems Paladin Security Vancouver SNCA Consultants Inc.

Disaster Recovery

Security Audits

Data Back Up / Storage

Paladin Security Vancouver SNCA Consultants Inc. iView Systems Paladin Security Vancouver Securitas

Commissionaires Fitch Security Integration Inc. G4S Secure Solutions Canada Ltd. iView Systems Paladin Security Vancouver Securitas SNCA Consultants Inc.

Executive Protection

Security Consultant

Employee Monitoring

G4S Secure Solutions Canada Ltd. Paladin Security Vancouver Securitas

Fraud

iView Systems Paladin Security Vancouver

Incident Management

G4S Secure Solutions Canada Ltd. Genetec Inc. iView Systems Paladin Security Vancouver Securitas

Investigations

Commissionaires Genetec Inc. iView Systems Paladin Security Vancouver Securitas

Loss Prevention

B L Security Locksmith & Design Ltd. Commissionaires Fitch Security Integration Inc. G4S Secure Solutions Canada Ltd. Genetec Inc. iView Systems KingsGuard Security Inc. Paladin Security Vancouver Securitas

Pandemic Planning

B L Security Locksmith & Design Ltd. Commissionaires Contretron Inc. G4S Secure Solutions Canada Ltd. Paladin Security Vancouver Securitas SNCA Consultants Inc. Ward Off Burglars Inc. (WOBI) Xnnovation Automated Asset and Key Control Systems

Security Training & Education Commissionaires Graybar Canada Paladin Security Vancouver Securitas

Travel Security / Safety Securitas

Vulnerability & Risk Assessment Commissionaires Fitch Security Integration Inc. G4S Secure Solutions Canada Ltd. iView Systems Paladin Security Vancouver Securitas SNCA Consultants Inc.

Workplace Violence

iView Systems Paladin Security Vancouver

Paladin Security Vancouver

PUBLIC SECURITY & SAFETY

Penetration Testing

Anti-Terrorist

Securitas SNCA Consultants Inc.

Habtech - True Security Integration Hall Telecommunications Supply Ltd.

Communications

Code Blue Corp. Fire Monitoring Of Canada Inc. Habtech - True Security Integration Hall Telecommunications Supply Ltd. iView Systems KELCOM Radio Solutions On-Net Surveillance Systems Inc. (OnSSI) Stanley Security Solutions

Detection

Contretron Inc. Fire Monitoring Of Canada Inc. Graybar Canada Habtech - True Security Integration Hall Telecommunications Supply Ltd. iView Systems Securitas Stanley Security Solutions

Perimeter & Barrier Protection Anixter Canada Inc. Fire Monitoring Of Canada Inc. Habtech - True Security Integration Hall Telecommunications Supply Ltd. Securitas Stanley Security Solutions Tyco Integrated Fire & Security

Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. SecurTek - A SaskTel Company Stanley Security Solutions

PIR Sensors

ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. ELK Products Inc. Fitch Security Integration Inc. Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. SecurTek - A SaskTel Company Stanley Security Solutions

Proximity Sensors

ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. Chubb Edwards Fitch Security Integration Inc. G4S Secure Solutions Canada Ltd. Graybar Canada Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. SecurTek - A SaskTel Company Stanley Security Solutions

Screen Sensors

Fitch Security Integration Inc. Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. SecurTek - A SaskTel Company

Port & Cargo

Vehicle Detection

Habtech - True Security Integration Hall Telecommunications Supply Ltd. Securitas

Anixter Canada Inc. Fitch Security Integration Inc. Stanley Security Solutions

SENSORS

SOUND / COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT

Contacts/Switches

ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. Chubb Edwards ELK Products Inc. Fitch Security Integration Inc. Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. SecurTek - A SaskTel Company Stanley Security Solutions

Loudspeakers

Dual Technology Sensors

Music-Intercom Systems

ADI Global Distribution Chubb Edwards Fitch Security Integration Inc. Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. SecurTek - A SaskTel Company Stanley Security Solutions

ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. City Locksmith Fire Monitoring Of Canada Inc. Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. TOA Canada Corporation

Flood Alarms

Public Address Systems

ADI Global Distribution Chubb Edwards Fitch Security Integration Inc. Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. SecurTek - A SaskTel Company

Glass Protection

ADI Global Distribution Chubb Edwards ELK Products Inc. Fitch Security Integration Inc. Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. SecurTek - A SaskTel Company

Light Control Motion Sensors ADI Global Distribution Chubb Edwards ELK Products Inc. Graybar Canada

ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. City Locksmith Code Blue Corp. Fitch Security Integration Inc. Hall Telecommunications Supply Ltd. TOA Canada Corporation

ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. City Locksmith Code Blue Corp. Fire Monitoring Of Canada Inc. Fitch Security Integration Inc. Hall Telecommunications Supply Ltd. KELCOM Radio Solutions TOA Canada Corporation

Racks & Cabinets

ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. City Locksmith Fire Monitoring Of Canada Inc. Fitch Security Integration Inc. Graybar Canada Hall Telecommunications Supply Ltd. Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc.

Product Section

Radio Communication Equipment ADI Global Distribution City Locksmith Graybar Canada KELCOM Radio Solutions

Telephone Systems & Accessories

ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. City Locksmith Code Blue Corp. Graybar Canada Hall Telecommunications Supply Ltd.

SPECIAL PURPOSE PROTECTION Covert Surveillance Equipment Anixter Canada Inc. Camden Door Controls City Locksmith Fitch Security Integration Inc. Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. KELCOM Radio Solutions Securitas Stanley Security Solutions

Medical Alert Systems

a.p.i. Alarm Inc. Anixter Canada Inc. City Locksmith Fitch Security Integration Inc. Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. SecurTek - A SaskTel Company Stanley Security Solutions

Panic Buttons

a.p.i. Alarm Inc. ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. Chubb Edwards City Locksmith ELK Products Inc. Fitch Security Integration Inc. Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. Securitas SecurTek - A SaskTel Company Stanley Security Solutions

Personal Protection Devices City Locksmith Fitch Security Integration Inc. Securitas SecurTek - A SaskTel Company

Power Supply

ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. City Locksmith Fitch Security Integration Inc. Graybar Canada Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. Smart Vision Direct Inc Stanley Security Solutions

Security Windows

City Locksmith Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc.

Surge Protectors

ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. City Locksmith

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ELK Products Inc. Graybar Canada Hall Telecommunications Supply Ltd. Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc.

VIDEO SURVEILLANCE

Chubb Edwards City Locksmith Fitch Security Integration Inc. G4S Secure Solutions Canada Ltd. Hall Telecommunications Supply Ltd. Hikvision Canada Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. OHM Security Ltd. Panasonic Canada Inc. Smart Vision Direct Inc. Sony Stanley Security Solutions Tyco Integrated Fire & Security

Consoles

IP Video Surveillance/Solutions

Window Bars

City Locksmith Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc.

Window Film City Locksmith

ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. Fitch Security Integration Inc. G4S Secure Solutions Canada Ltd. KELCOM Radio Solutions OHM Security Ltd. Smart Vision Direct Inc. Stanley Security Solutions Tyco Integrated Fire & Security

Data Storage

a.p.i. Alarm Inc. ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. City Locksmith Fitch Security Integration Inc. G4S Secure Solutions Canada Ltd. Graybar Canada OHM Security Ltd. Paladin Security Vancouver Panasonic Canada Inc. Smart Vision Direct Inc. Stanley Security Solutions Tyco Integrated Fire & Security

Data Transmission

ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. Fitch Security Integration Inc. G4S Secure Solutions Canada Ltd. OHM Security Ltd. Paladin Security Vancouver Smart Vision Direct Inc. Stanley Security Solutions

Digital Recorders

a.p.i. Alarm Inc. ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. Chubb Edwards City Locksmith Fitch Security Integration Inc. G4S Secure Solutions Canada Ltd. Graybar Canada Hall Telecommunications Supply Ltd. Hikvision Canada Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. KELCOM Radio Solutions OHM Security Ltd. Paladin Security Vancouver Panasonic Canada Inc. Smart Vision Direct Inc. Stanley Security Solutions Tyco Integrated Fire & Security

Housings, Enclosures, Mounting Equipment ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc.

Anixter Canada Inc. Chubb Edwards Fitch Security Integration Inc. Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. OHM Security Ltd. Smart Vision Direct Inc. Stanley Security Solutions Tyco Integrated Fire & Security

Pan/Tilt Mechanisms

ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. Chubb Edwards City Locksmith Fitch Security Integration Inc. G4S Secure Solutions Canada Ltd. Graybar Canada Hall Telecommunications Supply Ltd. Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. OHM Security Ltd. Securitas Smart Vision Direct Inc. Sony Stanley Security Solutions Tyco Integrated Fire & Security

a.p.i. Alarm Inc. ADI Global Distribution Allied Universal Anixter Canada Inc. Chubb Edwards City Locksmith Fire Monitoring Of Canada Inc. Fitch Security Integration Inc. G4S Secure Solutions Canada Ltd. Genetec Inc. Graybar Canada Hall Telecommunications Supply Ltd. Hikvision Canada Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. OHM Security Ltd. On-Net Surveillance Systems Inc. (OnSSI) Paladin Security Vancouver Panasonic Canada Inc. Securitas Smart Vision Direct Inc. Sony Stanley Security Solutions Tyco Integrated Fire & Security

Chubb Edwards City Locksmith Fitch Security Integration Inc. G4S Secure Solutions Canada Ltd. Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. OHM Security Ltd. Panasonic Canada Inc. Securitas Smart Vision Direct Inc. Stanley Security Solutions Tyco Integrated Fire & Security

Lenses

Software

ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. Chubb Edwards City Locksmith Fitch Security Integration Inc. Graybar Canada Hall Telecommunications Supply Ltd. Hikvision Canada OHM Security Ltd. Panasonic Canada Inc. Securitas Smart Vision Direct Inc. Stanley Security Solutions Tyco Integrated Fire & Security

Monitors

ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. Chubb Edwards City Locksmith Fitch Security Integration Inc. G4S Secure Solutions Canada Ltd. Graybar Canada Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. OHM Security Ltd. Paladin Security Vancouver Panasonic Canada Inc. Securitas Smart Vision Direct Inc. Stanley Security Solutions Tyco Integrated Fire & Security

Multiplexers

ADI Global Distribution

Repair and Maintenance

ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. Chubb Edwards Fitch Security Integration Inc. G4S Secure Solutions Canada Ltd. Genetec Inc. Graybar Canada OHM Security Ltd. Paladin Security Vancouver Panasonic Canada Inc. Smart Vision Direct Inc. Stanley Security Solutions Tyco Integrated Fire & Security

Switchers

ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. Chubb Edwards Fitch Security Integration Inc. OHM Security Ltd. Smart Vision Direct Inc. Stanley Security Solutions Tyco Integrated Fire & Security

Thermal Cameras

ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. City Locksmith Fitch Security Integration Inc. G4S Secure Solutions Canada Ltd. Graybar Canada Hall Telecommunications Supply Ltd. OHM Security Ltd. Securitas

Product Section

Smart Vision Direct Inc. Stanley Security Solutions Tyco Integrated Fire & Security

Time-Lapse Recorders

ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. City Locksmith Fitch Security Integration Inc. Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. OHM Security Ltd. Smart Vision Direct Inc. Stanley Security Solutions Tyco Integrated Fire & Security

Video Management Systems (VMS)

ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. Chubb Edwards Fitch Security Integration Inc. G4S Secure Solutions Canada Ltd. Genetec Inc. Graybar Canada Hall Telecommunications Supply Ltd. Hikvision Canada Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. OHM Security Ltd. On-Net Surveillance Systems Inc. (OnSSI) Panasonic Canada Inc. Securitas Smart Vision Direct Inc. Stanley Security Solutions Tyco Integrated Fire & Security

Video Motion Detectors

ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. Chubb Edwards City Locksmith dbell - a video doorbell company Fitch Security Integration Inc. G4S Secure Solutions Canada Ltd. Graybar Canada Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc.

OHM Security Ltd. Paladin Security Vancouver Securitas Smart Vision Direct Inc. Stanley Security Solutions Tyco Integrated Fire & Security

WIRE & CABLE Coaxial Cable

ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. Graybar Canada Hall Telecommunications Supply Ltd. Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. Smart Vision Direct Inc.

Fibre Optic

Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. Paladin Security Vancouver

Wire & Cable Testers

ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. City Locksmith Contretron Inc. Graybar Canada Hall Telecommunications Supply Ltd. Smart Vision Direct Inc.

Wire Assemblies

ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. City Locksmith Hall Telecommunications Supply Ltd. Paladin Security Vancouver

Allied Universal Anixter Canada Inc. Fire Monitoring Of Canada Inc. Fitch Security Integration Inc. G4S Secure Solutions Canada Ltd. Graybar Canada Habtech - True Security Integration Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. OHM Security Ltd. Paladin Security Vancouver Securitas Smart Vision Direct Inc Stanley Security Solutions Tyco Integrated Fire & Security

Wireless Communication Equipment

ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. Fitch Security Integration Inc. Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. KELCOM Radio Solutions Paladin Security Vancouver Smart Vision Direct Inc. Stanley Security Solutions

ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. Code Blue Corp. dbell - a video doorbell company Fitch Security Integration Inc. Graybar Canada Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. KELCOM Radio Solutions Paladin Security Vancouver Securitas Smart Vision Direct Inc. Stanley Security Solutions TOA Canada Corporation

ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. City Locksmith Graybar Canada Hall Telecommunications Supply Ltd. Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. Smart Vision Direct Inc.

Multiplexers

Wireless Controls

Structured Wiring

ADI Global Distribution Fitch Security Integration Inc. KELCOM Radio Solutions

ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. Connectivitywerx Graybar Canada Hall Telecommunications Supply Ltd.

Plenum Cable

ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. Hall Telecommunications Supply Ltd. Smart Vision Direct Inc

Speaker Wire

ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. Connectivitywerx ELK Products Inc. Hall Telecommunications Supply Ltd.

WIRELESS Digital Communication

Anixter Canada Inc. Fitch Security Integration Inc. KELCOM Radio Solutions Smart Vision Direct Inc. Stanley Security Solutions

Radio Telemetry

Remote Monitoring

ADI Global Distribution Anixter Canada Inc. Camden Door Controls DoorKing Inc. Fitch Security Integration Inc. G4S Secure Solutions Canada Ltd.. Graybar Canada Huronia Alarm & Fire Security Inc. KELCOM Radio Solutions Paladin Security Vancouver RBH Access Technologies Inc. Stanley Security Solutions

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G-Core, Geutebruck’s video engine, is coming out with a new release in the second half of the year. The associated performance increase of HighSpeed MOS also helps to improve ease of use further. Searches for movements in the defined image field are appreciably more efficient with the new G-Core release. There are also improvements to the camera range: 4K and fisheye cameras in the Geutebruck E3 series can be operated in secure HTTPS mode using encryption.

The IRS1304 PTZ IP Camera is able to capture 1080p HD video in near total darkness without the need for external IR illuminators. Its adaptive IR illumination technology automatically increases light intensity when the camera is zoomed in, while decreasing it when it is zoomed out. Because the IR LED system is fully integrated into camera operations, it will illuminate the PTZ field of view, whether panning right or left, or zooming in or out. The LEDs adjust automatically up to a maximum of 150 meters to enable large areas to be monitored.

Modular camera Vicon Industries

The latest cameras from Vicon provide wide scene coverage and highly accurate object detection with increased resolution. The new IQeye 9 Series has increased processing power to effectively run analytics and VMS applications at the edge. With on-camera storage and true day/night capability, these cameras are available in H.264 with up to 5MP resolution, and provide high quality megapixel images. Proprietary IQzip technology compresses bandwidth thereby allowing additional storage capacity. ONVIF and PSIA compliant, the series works with all leading NVRs and VMS providers.

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IP camera range

Pelco by Schneider Electric The Sarix Enhanced Next Generation Camera Range includes features such as 130dB WDR and 60 ips that make it applicable for a variety of applications, including oil and gas, gaming, airports and seaports, and Safe City environments. Sarix with SureVision 3.0 delivers the best possible image resolution in difficult lighting conditions.The complete line of solutions is designed with reliability and fault tolerance.

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Network camera series Axis Communications

The most widely deployed dedicated lone worker emergency response communicator device in the world.

AXIS Q36 Network Camera Series offers image quality with half inch sensors and high performance image processing. The series’ remote pan/ tilt/roll/zoom capability reduces installation time and allows for efficient readjustment. The new fixed domes are suited for city surveillance, transportation, government and critical infrastructure. The AXIS Q3615-VE and AXIS Q3617-VE feature half inch sensors offering image quality and support remote PTRZ for quick installation. AXIS Q3615-VE offers HDTV 1080p video at frame rates up to 30 fps with WDR enabled and up to 60 fps with WDR disabled.

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2MP PTZ camera

Dahua Technology USA

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With a 12x optical zoom, this compact, 2MP high-resolution PTZ camera provides 30fps@1080p and 60fps@720p. Embedded with an IR cut filter for varying lighting conditions and wide dynamic range (WDR) technology (120dB) to capture important details in scenes with both bright and dark areas, the camera provides images at any time of day. The new Pro Series PTZ offerings provide a choice of either an indoor, in-ceiling (DHSD42AC212TN-HN-(I) model suitable for suspended ceilings or a surface mount model designed for installation on hard ceilings.

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Expanded camera line

Version 5.5 of Security Center, the company’s open architecture, unified IP security platform combines access control, video surveillance, ALPR, and communications. Security Center 5.5 offers a new disaster recovery mode, enhanced levels of authentication and encryption, augmented video archiving and export management capabilities, and new choices of supported access control hardware. Version 5.5 gives administrators greater control and protection of their security infrastructure.

The H4 platform has expanded with the addition of the H4 SL camera line. The H4 SL provides image quality with a modular design. Available in bullet and dome formats, the H4 SL comes with multiple mounting options. The newest member of the H4 platform is also video analytics-ready. The H4 SL harnesses patented Avigilon High Definition Stream Management (HDSM) technology to efficiently manage video data. It also leverages Avigilon idle scene mode technology.

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IP camera series Honeywell

The company has added several devices to its line of equIP series cameras and announced the newest version of its MAXPRO network video recorder (NVR). The company also recently launched a line of HDZ cameras that provide high image quality in low-light applications in vandal-resistant camera housing. The equIP and HDZ cameras and MAXPRO NVRs integrate with Honeywell and third-party ONVIF S products.

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The MegaVideo Flex IP camera series offers a security solution for installations that require a flexible and compact design. It is suitable for inconspicuous surveillance applications or for use in equipment such as in ATMs (automated teller machines) and other tight spaces while delivering megapixel (MP) high definition video. The indoor/outdoor camera series features a choice of 1.2MP, 1080p, 3MP, and 5MP resolution models. MegaVideo Flex is a true day/night camera. NightView technology in the 1.2MP model ensures coverage in areas where little light is present.

The SecureGuard Streamer Mobile App gives users the ability to turn their iPhone into an IP Camera. Currently available for iOS and soon for Android, users can download the SecureGuard Streamer Mobile App today and stream live video from their smartphone while recording to a SecureGuard Server or the SecureGuard All-In-One Software on their PC for real-time video surveillance. Working in 3G/4G and WiFi for complete coverage, SecureGuard Streamer allows users to never be without recording capabilities. This new app provides a solution for first responders, security guards, and other on-the-go scenarios.

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Flexible camera system Arecont Vision

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Smart card interoperability Farpointe Data

HD LPR imaging system 4Sight Imaging

Veracity V2 will include new high-definition (HD) features for licence plate colour and country recognition to enable highly accurate monitoring and management of real-time data in scenarios ranging from counter terrorism and international law enforcement to commercial parking and private security. New features in Veracity V2 include vehicle colour; licence plate colour; country of registration; identity of the state, region or province; and direction of travel.

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Access control manufacturers, distributors and integrators can add the option of having the Open Supervised Device Protocol (OSDP) to their Farpointe smart card readers. OSDP lets Farpointe smart card readers interface with control panels or other security management systems, fostering interoperability among security devices. OSDP helps ensure that numerous manufacturers’ products will work with each other and interoperability can be achieved regardless of their system architecture.

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Contactless biometrics reader Tyco Security Products

The Safran MorphoAccess SIGMA Series access control high speed biometric and card reader features the MorphoWave Tower. Using this technology, C•CURE 9000 Security and Event Management platforms are now able to deliver contactless access control. MA SIGMA Series readers feature a colour touchscreen and buzzer for advanced interactivity, and can be used with any electronic device that has Web access.

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60GHz radio Siklu

Operating in the 60GHz band, the new EtherHaul-500 V-band radio is characterized by licence-free spectrum, minimal reflections and narrow beam-width that enable dense link deployment. This makes solutions operating in 60GHz suitable for upgrading 5GHz networks, where spectrum is increasingly scarce. The 60GHz band also provides predictable performance, as it experiences no beam interference. This is an advantage for mission critical environments, such as transmitting data from HD/4K video surveillance cameras and other safe city sensors.

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Integration platform Arteco

Arteco Open Connector is an integration platform that streamlines interoperability between systems, devices and different types of applications, from video security, access control, intrusion and fire detection to building automation, traffic control and parking management. Open Connector gives partners the ability to integrate these systems and allows users to customize and scale every aspect of the interface, making it adaptable to every kind of installation. Using standard protocols to third-party partners, Open Connector provides intuitive, fast integration.

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Protective cabinets STI

STI Protective Cabinets with air conditioning (STI-7550AC or STI7560AC) allows sensitive electronic equipment to be located in high temperature areas of a building. The AC unit permits devices to be installed in areas suffering from damaging high temperatures, dirty locations or experience high humidity, while also protecting against vandalism. The STI enclosures eliminate the expense of air conditioning an entire warehouse or constructing a climate controlled room for switches, routers, DVRs, control panels, etc. Cabinets are self-contained and allow for optimal central location of the protected equipment.

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