To be the Chairman of the Board for ESA requires a tremendous amount of dedication, commitment, and sacrifice. On behalf of all ESA members and staff, I would like to acknowledge and thank Jamie Vos for serving ESA as Chairman...

SPONSORED CONTENT Over 116 million network cameras were shipped in the professional surveillance market last year, with the capability to generate almost 9 petabytes of video each and every day. [1] As video demand and the use of AI increases, these numbers continue...

My goodness, how time flies. As we are approaching the final few months of my tenure as Chairman of ESA, it is a good time for some reflection. One of the questions I get is “Why did you do it?”....

Now that we have “dispensed” (as quoted by Fed Chair Powell) with the word “transitory” as an adjective to inflation, we must look forward to higher costs for goods and services for the foreseeable future. Many legislative efforts this year...

Here are highlights of legislative activity that could impact the electronic security and life safety industry from March.   Federal Legislative Summary – March 2022 A federal “right to repair” bill was filed on March 14, 2022 that would create...

A federal bill was filed on March 14, 2022 that could alter the contracts and practices of electronic security and life safety companies across the country, if passed. S. 3830 is titled the “Fair Repair Act” and was filed with...

Rochester, NY’s Doyle Security was founded in 1919 and has been committed to community security services ever since. Today, they focus on access control, video surveillance, fire, and intrusion with a reach across multiple industries. Todd Julien, Director of Sales,...

In November 2021, the ESA Bylaws were amended to create a Leadership Identification and Nomination Committee (Nominating Committee), which is charged to identify and nominate members of the Board through a rigorous process of recruitment, evaluation, mentoring, education, and orientation....

On March 22, 2022, professionals in the electronic security and life safety industry gathered at the Desert Pines Golf Club for the 2022 FAST Golf Classic (formerly the AIREF Golf Classic) – an annual golf outing that supports initiatives to grow...

If you watch or listen to the news on occasion, you already know some of the highlights – job openings are at an all-time high (10.9 million in December 20211). At the same time, there are over 2.8 million fewer...