With 2020 upon us, looking back at 2019 can tell us which topics were most important to our customers. So, here’s the list of the top 5 topics for 2019.

#5 – How Physical Security Options at the Entrance Enhance Safety for Your Facility

#4 – Avigilon End-of-Life and Upgrade Announcement

#3 – School Security – A Closer Look at Securing Entrances

#2 – 4 Ways Video Analytics is used to Increase Manufacturing Operational Efficiencies

#1 – Facility Commander® Wnx (FCWnx) End of Life Migration Strategy

Trends

Aside from keeping their systems up to date and operating optimally, our customers have a focus on school security, building entrance control, and how video analytics can streamline operations.

Look for topics like house of worship security and city center safety to join the list of topics in 2020.

#5 How Physical Security Options at the Entrance Enhance Safety for Your Facility

In this popular post from 2019, we looked at physical and electronic solutions that may be implemented to secure entrances to a building. Solutions we discussed in this post included turnstiles, revolving doors, vestibules, intrusion detection systems, and access control for doors and offices. Read more about this topic here >>

#4 Avigilon End-of-Life and Upgrade Announcement

One of the most popular security solutions is the Avigilon portfolio of hardware and software. Keeping this core solution up to date is critical to maintaining an optimal solution. In this post, we introduced the migration strategy of Control Center 7.2. Read more about this topic here >>

#3 School Security – A Closer Look at Securing Entrances

Unfortunately, the topic of school security continues to be top of mind for our customers. Unfortunately, we may see house of worship security join the level of school security in 2020. The information in this post applies to schools of all types, however, a different approach may be required for facilities that are historically unlocked, openly welcoming the public.

For schools, securing the entrances has become accepted as the requirement and responsibility to protect students and faculty is outweighing the convenience of open doors. Read more about this topic here >>

#2  4 Ways Video Analytics is used to Increase Manufacturing Operational Efficiencies

Video analytics technology has evolved to be a smart tool, providing organizations of all sizes and types an improved and reliable resource to create a safer and more efficient workplace, school, or facility. Video analytic technologies have improved significantly. Because of the quality of the improvements, video surveillance cameras are now multi-purpose and work to the benefit of security teams as well as human resources, business operations, and other integral departments. Read more about this topic here >>

#1 Facility Commander® Wnx (FCWnx) End of Life Migration Strategy

Leading the topic list for 2019 was the upgrade migration path for access control solution, Facility Commander® Wnx. Access control systems are the core and fundamental level of security for most businesses. Employee and visitor access to specific areas within a facility is controlled by the system. And for the most part, the system runs smoothly, allowing authorized personnel to come and go with ease. Until they can’t. Read more here to keep your FCWnx system running smooth >>

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