Many hotel designers have chafed at the notion of planning around locking mechanisms on hotel room doors, which might lend a more commercial, not residential, feel to the industry.

When a surveillance field is interrupted by privacy masks or a target passes behind a stationary object, surveillance cameras might not be able to predict that target’s next move and lose track of it.

During power failures, it is still necessary to keep certain functions operating. In these cases, having back-up batteries on hand is imperative.

Help physical guards react faster and smarter to incidents during their patrols by turning them into walking surveillance systems with cell phones.

In a sterile environment such as a hospital or lab, it’s not enough just to post signs for workers to wash their hands.

Security officers no longer have to be tied to a desk and a wall of monitors when they can view digital surveillance footage on their iPhone or Android while patrolling a facility.

Training dispatch or monitoring personnel to use multiple systems throughout an organization can waste time, energy and money, but by using an integrated security management system you can consolidate your video surveillance, access control, enterprise IT, fire and intrusion alarms, elevator controls and building management under one view.

When regulations require you to test for CO (carbon monoxide) and fire, it can be difficult to keep wiring and costs low.

For more creative and casual venues, the typical doorbell just doesn’t make the cut.