Caution: IP Ahead

Caution: IP Ahead

Card access readers, intelligent boards, alarms, electronic locks, cameras, digital video recorders, and other security devices come in IP versions. If you own analog equipment with a few years of effective life left, you can buy converters that will enable your security data to travel over the network. The benefits are many ... but those who adopted IP physical security early may, in some cases, be feeling buyer’s remorse. Read more about why it might pay to wait ... >>

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