Over the last several years, ESA collaborated with a connected technology working group composed of limited energy companies and trade associations. One of the issues we monitored over the last year was a proposed ordinance in the City of Houston,...
2020 MORRIS F WEINSTOCK WINNER: Chris Mosley If Chris Mosley seemed a little distracted as he gave his acceptance speech for the 2021 Weinstock Award, it wasn’t because he wasn’t thrilled and humbled to receive the award. It was because he had...
We are about to hire a brand-new position here at ESA and I am working with the team to plan the training/on-boarding process for the new hire. What I am being reminded of is: writing about training is a lot easier than doing it! When it’s...
Here are highlights of legislative activity that could impact the electronic security and life safety industry. Federal Legislative Summary – October 2021 Congress finally passed bi-partisan infrastructure bill, the “Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act” (H.R. 3684) last week and...
ESA submitted a letter to Chairman Jack Reed (D-RI) and Ranking Member Jim Inhofe (R-OK) of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) last week after we learned some amendments in the House-passed version (H.R. 4350) of the National Defense Authorization...
Snap One, a provider of smart living products, services and software to professional integrators, has announced several significant improvements and upgrades to its OvrC platform, demonstrating its commitment to offer partners a reliable, secure and robust remote management and monitoring...
In an online survey conducted in June 2021 by the automation company, Zapier, 1,000 US office workers from small and medium-sized businesses were questioned about their biggest productivity blockers. Rather than meetings or procrastinating tasks being the biggest barrier to...
The integration of artificial intelligence and machine learning into license plate/vehicle recognition systems delivers faster and more accurate results. Traditional optical character recognition software that supports many license plate recognition systems is designed to compare video captures of license...
“I touch the future. I teach.” -- Christa McAuliffe The Instructor of the Year award was dedicated by ESA in 2011 as a deserving tribute to Paul F. Baran for his commitment to the electronic security and life safety...
“That’s the way we’ve always done it” is a commonly heard phrase at many security businesses. Some would say that if a process isn’t broken, you shouldn’t fix it. However, what happens if the process is broken but you just...