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GEORGE KARANIKOLAOU
National Product Manager,
Madison Technologies
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One of the biggest challenges is back
to base security systems using fixed
wiring connected to the public
telephone system, which needs to comply
with the requirements of S-008 and S-009
and may need an ACMA licensed installer.
External components of the security system
need more robust cabling than is normally
used for internal applications, so this needs to
be considered fully, and they are often
custom-built products. Finally, increasing
labour costs means that installers are often
looking for products that aid and reduce
installation time.
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As a result, we strive to develop
quality products that are easy to
install, are reliable, and that perform
at or above the standards so that security
system failure is limited or even eliminated,
thereby reducing call-backs, rework, cost
and risk. Of course, we also keep an eye on
trends and technology in the market and
develop products to meet these trends.
We are always keen to investigate custom
solutions.
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We have our own local design team,
that has over 35 years’ experience in
design and manufacture. We design
all our custom products locally and share
information on a need-to-know basis only.
Our team audits our manufacturing sites
on a regular basis. These audits cover all
aspects of our interaction including material
and product quality, manufacturing
processes and security of information.
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As labour rates continue to increase,
ease of use and installation become
more and more important, so
balancing effectiveness with ease of
installation is critical. We also see custom
cabling solutions, including custom cable
constructions as being more important as
time goes on.
MAHMOUD KEBBI
Category Manager
Commercial & Emergency
Lighting, Legrand Australia
GAVIN MCCLELLAND
Digital Buildings Offer
Manager, Schneider Electric
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The key trends impacting buildings
of today and tomorrow are all around
new physical and cybersecurity
vulnerabilities. These include the increase of
digitisation – connected devices in buildings
will triple by 2021, meaning opportunities
for cyber threats increase, too. Forty three
percent of the global workforce will be
mobile by 2022, meaning remote access and
sensitive information offsite will increase.
Fortunately, many are only too aware of this
– 34% of security managers of Fortune 1000
companies expect an increase in security
budgets over the next three to five years.
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We focus our product development
on two main areas. Firstly, protecting
facility assets and occupants, which
includes workplace violence prevention/
response, property crime, employee theft and
crisis management and response. Secondly,
reinforcing cybersecurity – preventing
unauthorised access to the server room and
high-security areas, maintaining surveillance
logs on the IT infrastructure, IT login, and
secured printing using common credentials.
3
At Schneider we follow best-in-class
physical and cyber security standards
throughout the lifecycle of our
products, from ideation right through to end
of life. This includes utilising our industry-
leading Security Expert access control and
security platform, as well as industry
cybersecurity frameworks.
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I see the leading development being
around the evolution of IoT through
the utilisation of traditional security
data into the IT space, which enables better
use of the data for business outcomes
through apps, analytics and services.
There’ll be more advanced integrations,
offering improved capabilities across
building assets and services through IoT
platforms, while the evolution to security
managed services will impact the lifecycle
of security assets, providing the flexibility
to scale up and scale down with security
requirements to suit business needs
over time.
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As the demand for smart buildings
increases exponentially, the trend has
been to install emergency lighting
systems that are reliable, easy to use and
accessible remotely, and allow for emergency
lighting tests via smart devices. These were
considerations we took into account when
developing our Galaxy Connected emergency
lighting solution.
Emergency lighting requires testing every
six months and we wanted to simplify this
process. Galaxy has been designed to easily
integrate into smart buildings. The software
is visual and can be accessed from any smart
device. We also see the market shifting to
wireless technology, which is why Galaxy is a
fully wireless system.
2
When we begin product
development, we conduct extensive
market research in the form of
interviews and market surveys. The results
concluded that our customers were looking
for a system that is easy to design and
install, that provided flexibility and can be
adapted to any type of building, is far easier
to use, and is smart device enabled with
remote connectivity.
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During our customer interviews, we
ensure that we have non-disclosure
agreements in place. During the
development phase we do file many patents
and trademarks to further protect our
innovative product developments. We are
also a member of the LoRa Alliance – a
technology specifically developed for many
IoT connected devices. LoRa has three layers
of encryption in each emergency light to
ensure the technology is as secure as
possible. As a business, we take product
security seriously and explore the latest
innovations in this space.
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Emergency lighting will become
more integrated into smart buildings
and be able to communicate back to a
building management system. Emergency
lighting will continue to be important in
moving people quickly and safely; however,
the biggest change will be in evacuation
times, the ease of use and visibility.
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