Down-to-earth security at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
STEVEN T. KUNTZ
Research and development for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is performed by Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), an operating division...
Distribution center replaces shoe leather with technology
CAROLYN FOCHT
Huge. Mammoth. Immense. That's the size of the Distribution Fulfillment Services Inc. (DFS) distribution center in Columbus, Ohio, and it's the size of...
The key to remote access at Manitoba Telecom
CHALMERS F. CARR
A hardware token protects corporate data and allows users to access the company's computer systems from basically anywhere.Like telecommunications providers...
A hardware token protects corporate data and allows users to access the company's computer systems from basically anywhere.
CHALMERS F. CARR
Like telecommunications providers all over the world, Canada's Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. (MTS) is facing increased competition due to deregulation...
One-of-a-kind biometric identifiers are finding many security applications.
KATE DOHERTY
Biometric technology has reached the lives of everyday people, who may use it when collecting a welfare check, getting a driver's license, or entering...
Is access control a good investment
BONNIE MICHELMAN, CPP, CHPA
Security managers must demonstrate the advantages of access control systems-whether they be locks, card reader systems or voice imaging-by showing and...
Getting integrated security down to a science at Perkin-Elmer
DON GARBERA
Using existing company infrastructure, the security communications system is on-line at all times, allowing instant transmission of an alarm condition.At...
Always open; always closed
RAY BERNARD
Some advantages of security revolving doors.Keypad and reader access control systems are widely used. So are revolving doors. Both are well known and...
Nokia facility calls for tight security
Telecommunications giant Nokia is in one of the world's most competitive industries, making it a possible target for industrial espionage.Employees arriving...
Making the Connection
MICHAEL FICKES
Beyond cables and cameras, true system integration involves communication between integrator and user to identify what's needed. Only then is it possible...
Maximum access control combines three types of identification
G.F. BRYANT JR.
How to achieve the best access control available for a single point of entry, regardless of cost.Q Without respect to cost, what is the most secure access...
Toronto Skydome
By JAMES WHITTALL
SkyDome is Toronto's premier event facility. The 67,000-seat stadium is home to the Argonauts (Canadian Football League), the Raptors (National Basketball...
Telecom New Zealand
By AMANDA McVITTY
The latest restructuring of the telecommunications behemoth has provided the chance to establish one security operation based on a Cardax system from...
The Baltimore Gas & Electric Company
>By Staff
The Baltimore Gas and Electric security system has to cover 29 facilities and have the ability to expand during periods of growthThe task of controlling...
AAA National Headquarters
By Staff
We needed to be more careful. When you need to replace your antiquated, manual security procedures with a more technologically sophisticated system, how...
St. Lukes Hospital
By KATE DOHERTY
In the late 1800s, Bethlehem, Pa., helped fuel the American industrial revolution with its factories and mills. The city's St. Luke's Hospital, built...
Large guard force supplements security equipment at financial world leaderBY By DON GARBERA
New York City, like other metropolitan areas, is not without its problems. Purse snatchings, muggings, burglaries and even murders are daily occurrences...
After evaluating existing systems, the company made a change.
By WILLIAM A. LEE
In 1996, AirTouch Cellular, Dublin, Ohio, brought Rick Roberts on board as safety and security manager in an effort to solidify its security program and...
Hospital Security
By KATE DOHERTY
When patients enter LaPorte Hospital, they are asked only one question: How may we help you today? Their fingerprints tell everything else, says Carolyn...
Integrating existing equipment with new technology creates state-of-the-art
By JANIE JARVIS
The Mellon Bank Center is a 54-floor building in Philadelphia that houses about 40 office tenants. Although the access control computer system installed...
Programmable cards help telecom company monitor building entry
By Don Garbera
More than 100 buildings have been put on-line at tele-communications provider NYNEX. Future plans are to put all 2,200 sites on-line. NYNEX, a major telephone...
Trans Financial banks on versatile technology
By MICHAEL FICKES
Integrating a hodgepodge of security systems to protect 54 bank branches requires diverse networking and management capabilities Greg Bolden likens his...
Hardware solutions for workplace violence
By BONNIE S. MICHELMAN
Workplace violence has reached epidemic proportions. It goes beyond the occasional frustrated postal worker who takes his violent revenge. It is a pervasive...
Mercy Hospital system stops loitering, vandals
Software-based wireless system integrates with a paging system at California site Roaming transients - stealing valuables and bothering patients - were...
