If your customers still have emergency phones running on landlines, a conversation is coming. Carriers are retiring those lines faster than most building owners expect, and the notices are already going out. For dealers who install, service, or monitor for...
By Merlin Guilbeau, CEO of ESA Spend enough time in the electronic security and life safety industry, and you'll hear the same conversations over and over. "Business is strong." "Margins are getting tighter." "It's impossible to find good technicians." "Cloud...
BY Scott R. Elkins, Executive Chairman, Zeus Fire and Security, ESA Board of Directors and ESA Industry Research Center Advisory Council Good research begins with good questions. For the electronic security industry, those questions can't be developed in a boardroom...
Each year, the Sara E. Jackson Award recognizes an ESA volunteer who has demonstrated exceptional leadership, dedication, and service to the electronic security and life safety industry. At ESX 2026, Michael Barnes was honored with ESA’s Sara E. Jackson Award,...
Each year, the Morris F. Weinstock Person of the Year Award recognizes individuals whose leadership, service, and dedication have made a lasting impact on the electronic security and life safety industry. At ESX 2026, George De Marco was honored as...
Each year, the ESA Youth Scholarship Program recognizes the children of first responders who demonstrate academic achievement, leadership, and a commitment to serving their communities. At ESX 2026, Cardin Ia was named ESA’s first-place national finalist and awarded a $30,000...
The Electronic Security Association (ESA), the nation's largest trade organization representing the electronic life safety and security industry, today announced the formation of the ESA Industry Research Center Advisory Council, a distinguished group of industry leaders who will help guide...
BY: Michael Barnes, founding partner of Barnes Associates & ESA Treasurer The electronic security and life safety industry has never been more important, or more difficult to predict. Across the industry, integrators, monitoring providers, manufacturers, and service organizations are navigating...
Artificial intelligence is no longer a future concept for the electronic security and life safety industry. It is already reshaping how companies operate, compete, and grow. The challenge is no longer whether to adopt AI, but how to apply it...
Why identity, software, and operational intelligence are redefining the opportunity. By Jake Voll, Associate Director of ESA and CEO of SS&Si For years, access control has been viewed through a familiar lens: keep the wrong people out, let the right people in,...