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You’ve heard the pitch before: if you migrate video surveillance and other security measures to the cloud, you can reduce administrative costs and boost your business’s efficiency in multiple ways. Still, the cloud – for all of its uses – largely remains a nebulous...

For property managers, vulnerabilities are par for the course when it comes to tenant turnover. It’s unfortunate, but it’s the name of the game. Evictions and/or similar high-emotion scenarios up the ante even further. Implementing quality access control and...

Tenants. Guests. Vendors. Vandals. Prospects. Rent. Late rent. Ongoing maintenance. Emergencies. Emergency maintenance. And so on and so on. The last thing you need to worry about as a property manager is whether your security systems are firing on all cylinders....

It’s not a vacation if you’re persistently preoccupied with what your team is doing, who has access to your buildings, and whether or not your facility is really, truly secured when you are miles and miles away. But integrated, intuitive security systems can assuage...

Security vendors overcharging for access control solutions continues to be a real concern for the property management industry. Achieving quality property management access control doesn’t have to – and shouldn’t – be this way. Here’s a fact: you can lower your...

Workspaces have been forever changed. (Thanks, pandemic.) Regardless, commercial properties remain a mainstay on the American and global landscape, and as restrictions continue to ease – many are taking huge strides in returning to business as usual. After a year and...

Whether you’re a property manager, a small business owner, or the facilitator of a commercial or industrial complex, keeping your eye trained on your assets, your employees, and your bottom line simultaneously is a 24-hour a day job. Imagine. Wouldn’t it be nice to…...

Property Managers must be many things to many people – and places. Tenants, tradesmen, and vendors rely on you to be a quick thinker who can remain calm during a crisis, and adaptable at all times. The buildings and properties you oversee demand a conscientious...

As a property manager, you have multiple buildings to oversee, and even more residents who rely on your quick judgment, and quicker response time. And yet the problem remains – you can’t be everywhere at once. Or can you? While cloud video surveillance for property...

Business owners: does this scenario sound at all familiar? You recently had to let one of your managers go, for one reason or another. In the process, you realized that there are far too many duplicate perimeter keys making the rounds at your workspace, which could...

Managing a multi-location business is not easy. Between different zip codes, different layouts, and different hardware, keeping everything running not just smoothly, but productively can be like ice-skating uphill. But there is a simple, straightforward, and easily...

Managed security solutions can be a godsend. They provide peace of mind for business owners and facility managers, who can keep their companies safe and secure without ever lifting a finger. Still, it bears repeating – before signing on the dotted line with a security...

Sad but true. So many of the big security providers view their clients as nothing more than a number. A means to an end to balance the books. Support for their security measures is virtually non-existent. And quality – well, the less said the better. It’s been a long...

Legacy security systems are often referred to as “traditional,” which is a nice way of saying “old,” “outdated,” “costly,” and occasionally even “dangerous.” When referring to “legacy” tools of any kind in any industry – people often cite pagers and/or beepers. Once a...