As schools and districts rush to “reopen” during the pandemic, one immediate goal is to equip classrooms with audio and wireless microphones for the teachers so students in class or attending remotely can clearly hear lessons. Some schools are even installing basic wireless microphone systems, portable audio systems, and soundbars. However, these residential-grade systems are […]
Cisco has announced new solutions designed to help customers mange their smart building environments and help organizations bring employees back to the office safely and effective, including new features to its smart cameras, a new IoT integration and more. In a blog post outlining Cisco’s smart building offerings, the company said managing multiple systems from […]
Banks are quickly adopting sophisticated surveillance systems and artificial intelligence to better monitor employees and customers.
The Florida Department of Education (DOE) has selected AT&T’s instant emergency notification and coordinated emergency response solution to protect its schools. The system securely shares live video and directly connects school communications, including radio, with responding public safety agencies so they can better understand the situation, coordinate action and quickly resolve the incident, according to the company. […]
Pelion, the connected IoT device service provider and subsidiary of Arm, jointly announced a partnership with Johnson Controls. This partnership “will accelerate innovation in connectivity, security and intelligence at the edge for Johnson Controls OpenBlue technology,” the joint announcement says. “This partnership combines Johnson Controls deep domain expertise in healthy buildings with Pelion’s device and […]
It’s not surprising that higher education has been experiencing financial challenges during the pandemic, but this is only further evidence for the value of campus safety technologies. They will play a role in helping students and faculty feel more comfortable on campus, so it is valuable to examine which solutions have been adopted at education […]
As the below site assessment photos prove, there are no shortage of alarmingly-common school safety issues. Many school districts hire security consultants to do walkthroughs of their campuses to look for security risks. These assessments often consist of two parts: the physical assessment of each school to identify security measures and building systems unique to each building, and an assessment […]
What happens when a specific piece of technology at your office dies? In our new Replacing Office Technology series, we’re answering common questions from IT departments about how to replace the smaller technology systems that tend to need replacing more often than others. Today’s focus is on replacing office security cameras. Important factors to consider […]
Leaders at corporate spaces say physical security solutions are more important due to the coronavirus. Brivo, a Cloud-based access control and smart apartment automation company, has released its 2021 Smart Security Trends Report. The survey, fielded from November 2020 to January 2021 of more than 500 U.S.-based physical security and facility management professionals, explored the […]
While access control is typically seen as an “in-place” technology — solutions like smart locks and face ID tend to stay in one place — Intel’s RealSense ID is a mobile facial recognition system which works with a building’s existing access control solutions. RealSense ID features active depth sensing, system on a chip, and an […]
FREE Downloadable resources from TechDecisions provide timely insight into the issues that IT, A/V, and Security end-users, managers, and decision makers are facing in commercial, corporate, education, institutional, and other vertical markets
View all Guides
Get your latest project featured on TechDecisions Project of the Week. Submit your work once and it will be eligible for all upcoming weeks.
Enter Today!