It’s not that Cloudy for Physical Security Professionals
It seems that every trade magazine and software company is trying to talk you into moving to the Cloud. They are all painting this picture of total tranquility with “life in the cloud”. Personally, I just don’t think Security is ready to make the jump into the Cloud with something as storage intense as video […]
Read MoreWhat do today’s video management tools and vacuums have in common?
No, this is not a trick question. There are two types of vacuums being sold today those that you have to push around the house for 30 minutes a day and those that you program to find the dirt for you when you are not at home allowing you to quickly and efficiently inspect the […]
Read MoreAlarm Company, You’re Fired!
Alarm Company, You’re Fired! No matter if you like or dislike Donald Trump, you have to give him credit for being able to make tons of money off of the simple phrase “You’re Fired” with his past TV show, the Apprentice. Why was it so popular? Well, because when someone was not doing their best, […]
Read MoreMade in America and Owned by Americans
So many of us are proud Americans, but how many of us go the extra step and buy American products and services whenever possible? With the state of manufacturing gone global, it is tougher and tougher to purely buy American, but when we can, that’s what NAVCO does. I think it is patriotic to give […]
Read MoreWhat is Quality really?
What is Quality really? Quality is such an overused term with so many meanings, yet it truly needs to be defined when looking for a security integration partner to rely upon. Wikipedia, the global keeper of “collective knowledge” defines quality in business as “a perceptual, conditional, and somewhat subjective attribute and may be understood differently by […]
Read MoreHD and Cloud Needs to Be Part of Your 5 Year Plan
In business, we seem to focus on 1 and 5 year plans. Anything further out than 5 years is something worth dreaming about, but not worth strategically planning and budgeting for. As we help our customers build their 5 year technology plans on how to use electronics to help them run their businesses better, we […]
Read MoreTag lines that have meaning
NAVCO’s tag line over the years has been “Securing your Future”. We picked this so that we could better communicate what a relationship with NAVCO means. To our customers it means that we will go the extra step to make sure that we are looking out for the best interest of both the company and […]
Read MoreThe U.S. White House and Security
Recently, I toured the White House, when a friend was on the Secret Service presidential detail. He made a thoughtful remark about security, “Cameras and alarms are merely the “remoting” of a trained professional’s eyes and ears that allow their own intelligence to reach further. If the person operating the technology is not using it […]
Read More“Peta Cloud” talk at the next Board meeting
Our typical customer is managing multiple sites and multiple systems, usually with 50-5000 locations spread out across the country, all with recording devices with 2+ Terabyte hard drives in them. So…..next time you are invited to the Board of Directors or Shareholders meeting and you are asked what your plan is to move everything “to […]
Read MorePick a vendor that delivers peace of mind, not embarrassment
Ever been embarrassed in front of your boss when an incident happens and your systems didn’t work as they were supposed to? The fact of the matter is that these embarrassments can now be completely avoided with the selection of the right technology and the right service vendor to back them up. In the old […]
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