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LONDON—The market share of the top 15 security equipment and services companies will continue to grow through 2020, according to latest IHS Markit Physical Security Equipment and Services Report, released this week.
The combined equipment and services market was estimated to be $123.67 billion in 2015, with the equipment market forecast to grow at a CAGR of 8.5 percent to 2020, and the services market forecast to grow at a CAGR 4.5 percent to 2020, according to Oliver Philippou, IHS Markit senior analyst.
"The market share of the top 15 security equipment and services companies accounted for 21.4 percent of the equipment and services market in 2014, growing to 23.1 percent in 2015," Philippou told Security Systems News, a trend that he expects to continue in 2016 with all of the consolidation that is taking place.
"It is important to note that this market share estimate does not include mergers and acquisitions that have taken place in 2016, such as the merger of Tyco with Johnson Controls, the acquisition of Diebold's North American electronics security business by Securitas, the acquisition of ADT by Apollo Global Management and merger with Protection 1 and ASG Security," he explained. "These three deals will further expand the market share of the top 15 security companies."
IHS estimates that in 2015 Tyco International was the largest supplier to the equipment and services market, comprising 3.8 percent of the market, followed by ADT at 2.9 percent, and the biggest mover, Hikvision at 2.5 percent.
But it is not just large-scale acquisitions that are concentrating supply. "Chinese firms like Hikvision and Dahua Technology have continued to grow much faster than the market average, not only in their domestic market but internationally, too," said Philippou. "Part of their success has been down to offering products at lower prices than their competitors."
The report also found that integrators are increasingly leveraging single-vendor solutions to reduce installation costs and focus on the more profitable service and maintenance contracts.
"The market share data of the solutions providers has increased more than the 'best of breed' vendors—this was the initial trigger to investigate this," noted Philippou. "When speaking with integrators we found that the mid- to low end market has seen an increase in the use of solutions providers, [which] allows integrators to get better deals on equipment that is supposed to be easier to install as integration is not as difficult."
Editor's note: For this IHS report, the equipment market consists of video surveillance, access control, intruder alarms, entrance control, consumer video surveillance, mobile video surveillance and body-worn cameras, and enterprise storage, while the services market consists of access control as a service (ACaaS), video surveillance as a service (VSaaS), remote monitoring services, and security systems integration.
HAGERSTOWN, Md.—Dynamark announced in late September a new funding program for its alarm dealers, allowing dealers to get loans for their accounts.
Hank Groff, senior VP of sales and business development for Dynamark, told Security Systems News that the funding program is a new approach for the company. "It really is fulfilling a demand by security companies across the country of providing a financial solution for them to continue to be independent and working with a central station that provides them financial solutions," he said.
The program will have two options, Groff explained. The first is its Account Loan Program, where a dealer will get a loan for each account they bring online. The second is the Credit Line Program, allowing dealers access to a line of credit.
"The first option is best utilized for someone who is either a start up, and doesn't have the reoccurring monthly revenue, or who has been a long-time security dealer, selling their paper through a funding program," Groff said.
Dynamark is partnering with two financial institutions to provide the funding, Groff said.
Alongside this option, the company will also continue to buy accounts directly from dealers, it said in the announcement.
The option to sell accounts to Dynamark benefits dealers in the program, according to Groff. "The benefit is, if down the road they ever choose to sell any of these accounts, because they're already with us … they can present the portfolio to us or any percentage [of their portfolio], we can look at it—we already know that it's being monitored with us—and we can make an easy transaction."
Before joining the program, dealers can get a consultation from one of Dynamark's regional managers, without any commitment, the company said.
As the headline suggests, much of the focus here at SSN lately is on the cloud, specifically our second annual Cloud+ conference, which is in Austin, Texas, at the Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort and Spa, Nov. 29-30. This year's conference program is designed to provide answers to many of the questions that manufacturers, integrators and end users have when thinking about going to a cloud-based or cloud-hosted solution.
During my time at ASIS 2016 last week, and speaking with attendees, I found that many who have already ventured into the cloud are seeing positive outcomes, while many more are thinking about and/or looking into how they can leverage the cloud to better serve customers. One take-away from the show and these conversations: Cloud-based technology is transforming the security industry.
In terms of adoption, the public sector is embracing the cloud in a big way. A new study that came out this week reveals that 82 percent of public sector cloud adopters say their agency or institution will increase spending on cloud computing in 2017, including 85 percent federal, 81 percent higher education and 76 percent state and local, according to a new report, Destination Cloud: The Federal and SLED Cloud Journey, by MeriTalk, a public-private partnership focused on improving the outcomes of government IT.
The five-year outlook is even more interesting, with plans to nearly double cloud use from 35 percent up to 60 percent, the study found.
Public sector cloud adopters are stepping on the gas, according to the report, from police stations and state colleges to our nation's capital. Today, 55 percent of cloud adopters are evaluating cloud solutions as part of their overall IT strategy and the remaining 45 percent are evaluating cloud solutions for a limited number of specific applications.
Early cloud adopters report that cost saving is a key cloud driver—65 percent of federal, 67 percent of state and local, and 59 percent of higher education. In addition, respondents say they now look to cloud options first when considering new investments—65 percent federal, 56 percent state and local, and 63 percent higher education.
Those investments have huge returns, according to the report. Public sector cloud adopters see improvements in productivity, customer services, and cost savings by moving applications to the cloud.
This is why Cloud+ is such an essential conference, as it provides the perfect forum for mapping out a strategy and plan moving forward into this great new technological frontier that we call the cloud.
Security professionals from around the world converged on the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Sept. 12-15, for ASIS International's 62nd Annual Seminar and Exhibits conference. ASIS International, which has more than 35,000 members and 34 councils, provided an ideal setting for learning, networking and exploring the latest and greatest products on the show floor.
"Registered attendance for the event exceeded 22,000, representing roughly a 10 percent increase compared to 2015," Peggy O'Connor, communications manager for ASIS International, told Security Systems News via email. "In addition, more than 80 percent of our exhibitors have already signed up for 2017 in Dallas."
At the opening general session, ASIS President David C. Davis spoke about the importance of the inaugural Security Week, which was held in conjunction with the conference, noting that Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer "thanked him" for organizing it, particularly in the wake of the most recent tragic shootings in Orlando.
ASIS International's new executive vice president and CEO Peter O'Neil addressed attendees at the opening session as well, telling the packed reception hall that he is "awed by the dedication and commitment" to the industry by ASIS members. He also spoke about a "new strategic plan," and promised to look at all aspects of the organization in an effort to make improvements, be more efficient and a better resource for members.
ASIS International also highlighted the three security certifications that are available for members, including PSP, CPP and PSI certifications. Several members who recently achieved one, two and all three of these designations were brought on stage to be honored for helping to continue to drive the industry forward.
One of the highlights outside the classroom and exhibit hall was keynote speaker Ted Koppel, whose bestselling book Lights Out has garnered a lot of attention for raising awareness of the possible threat of a cyber attack on our nation's three power grids. He noted that a cyber attack on just one grid alone would leave tens of millions of people without power for months, telling the riveted audience, "I researched this book for a year and a half, and as best as I can determine, there is no plan," he said. The government, including major cities like Manhattan, do not have a viable plan in place to provide the kind of support—most notably food, water and sanitary conditions—that would be required in the wake of such an incident, he explained.
Koppel pointed out that countries like Russia and China are already able to hack into our power grid, but because of so many common interests these countries have with the U.S., it is unlikely that they would attempt such an attack. But, he said that it is just a matter of time before a country like Syria or an organization such as ISIS has that same capability, but the difference is, they will "not hesitate to act on it," he said.
He also shared a funny story of trying to make it through two airports without any identification after he had lost his wallet. Koppel said that many of the TSA agents recognized him immediately, but that wasn't enough, so he asked them to Google his name, at which point several images with his name and bio popped up. "Isn't this enough proof of my identity?" Koppel said, in that iconic dry wit and delivery that we have all come to associate with great journalism. He got through security, but his eventual point was, the government won't make the kind of investment needed to provide for such a cyber disaster but is willing to pour billions into creating and maintaining the TSA, which he pointed out, when it has been tested, has an astonishing "95 percent failure rate," said Koppel
In addition, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson and FBI director James Comey spoke during the conference, emphasizing the need for the public sector to work more closely with the private sector to help secure the security of this nation.
On the show floor, attendees had an opportunity to see demos and check out for themselves all of the new technology available, including the next evolution of cameras; VMS with a wide range of analytic capabilities; mobile access/remote credentialing, verification and controlling; cybersecurity; robots; drones; K9s; and a ton more.
Another overriding theme on the show floor was interoperability, and many exhibitors highlighted their many recent integration successes with other manufacturers, enabling them to offer integrators and end users the options and solutions they are asking for.
The following is a summation of SSN editor Paul Ragusa's three days on the trade show floor.
Day One
Milestone Systems, a provider of VMS solutions, highlighted its many integrations. Milestone's manager of PR & communications Courtney Dillon Pederson said that Milestone's "seamless open platform" includes "hundreds of partners, from storage to video analytics to RF spotter." The company also offers a system-hardening guide for customers.
Jonathan Lewit, the new chair of ONVIF's Communication Committee and director of Technology Leadership for Pelco, spoke about the final release of ONVIF's Profile Q, which provides "easy set-up and installation for integrators and end users," he said. He also talked about ONVIF's work with the IEC and the soon to be released Profile A for access control.
DMP showcased products that include new features for end users, new tools for dealers, more wireless devices, and a focus on panel and video communications. DMP also announced that The Company Store, which allows the dealer into the DIY market, will go live this month. The Company Store was unveiled at ISC West in April and is for dealers that want to participate in the new millennial marketplace, without having to invest millions in back-end fulfillment
Feenics director of sales Brian Matthews said the company's integration with Allegion allows customers to "leverage both the security and convenience of the Schlage wireless locks while harnessing the power of an open, cloud-based security platform." Keep by Feenics is a cloud-based access control and ID management platform based on industry standard hardware.
Joseph Granitto, Morse Watchman's director of technology solutions, demoed the company's wide range of asset protection products, including AssetWatcher, which uses RFID technology to provide secure lockers for asset protection. The company's KeyWatcher technology is "10 times as fast with 10 times the memory," said Granitto.
Hikvision showcased its video surveillance solutions and services for the enterprise market. To compete in the enterprise space, Bob Germain, Hikvision director of product management said, "you have to have a broad product range, and solutions that are tailored to vertical markets like education, retail and critical infrastructure." He said that the company "works with integrators to meet their needs and their customers' needs."
Allied Universal CEO Steve Jones said the combination of its security professionals with its new "Machines as a Service" robots helped to ensure a safe and secure environment at this year's conference. "It is a great example of us integrating technology and our manguarding force," said Ty Richmond, president, national accounts and integrated security systems for Allied Universal.
Sharad Shekhar, CEO, Pelco; SVP Schneider Electric, said the security camera and surveillance company will have "a new line of cameras out before the end of the year." Shekhar said the company is developing SMEs across all of its cross-functional vertical teams, in addition to its advanced technology engineering team, which are all driving "innovation withing product development," he said.
Global surveillance company IDIS showcased the next generation of its Total Solution offerings, including the most powerful and feature-rich 4K NVR brought to market by IDIS to date; the IDIS Smart UX Controls; and the IDIS Solution Suite, a "powerful VMS among the industry's most functional and flexible," said Benjamin Bryant, public relations consultant for IDIS. Additionally, IDIS partner and homeland security solutions specialist Edge360 exhibited its Rapidly Redeployable Mobile Surveillance Solution in the IDIS Technology Partners section.
Jim Hoffpauir, president of Zenitel USA, said his company is trying to "change the paradigm when it comes to intelligible audio," which he said is "achievable." He spoke about innovations around intelligible voice communication and criteria users can evaluate when making security decisions for their organization. Zenitel has created a scorecard to help understand and tailor each solution to each user's need.
Matthew Ladd, president and COO of the Protection Bureau, spoke about Security-Net, which is made up of 21 systems integration companies all working together to fulfill the needs of a vast network of national accounts. Established in 1993, Security-Net maintains approximately 60 regional offices and 1,400 dedicated professionals.
Princeton Identity, formerly SRI Identity, highlighted its iris biometric technology now being used with Samsung products. Mark Clifton, CEO of Princeton Identity, said the entire biometrics line of business from SRI is now part of Princeton Identity, which will help the company focus on completing its next generation of products. Clifton said by "getting the cost out of iris technology," there will be "wider adoption."
Andres Caballero, vice president and general manager, Honeywell Building Solutions, discussed how "we are helping organizations use their buildings as business drivers with integrated technologies and new technology innovations." These include technologies that improve building insight and control, improve end user engagement, from occupants to building managers, and empower end users to be more active participants in their environments. Keith Jentoft, Integration Team, Honeywell Security and Fire, spoke about the benefits of Honeywell's purchase of his video verification company Videofied (RSI Video Technologies).
Rochelle Thompson, senior director of global marketing for Quantum Secure by HID, said the company's physical identity and access management platform "automates the process" for all aspects of management, "lowering the risk posture of the organization." Quantum Secure's SAFE Software Suite solution is designed for managing identities and provisioning access in any physical security infrastructure.
Quantum Corp. VP of intelligence, surveillance and security, Wayne Arvidson said that when it comes to storage, "there is a new set of dynamics" with all of the info and data coming from cameras today. Storage solutions today are much more "scalable and configurable out of the gate," he said, and the industry continues to see an evolution in capacity with lower cost.
Day Two
Wes Moore, FLIR's director of marketing, security, highlighted the integration of its thermal security cameras with VMS, and how integrations such as this help FLIR provide a "total end-to-end solution," he said. The open VMS platform makes it easy to integrate, with thousands of cameras already integrated.
Galaxy Control Systems executive vice president Rick Caruthers highlighted the company's reinforced customer-first focus including new partners and integrations to provide cloud-based, real-time managed access and monitoring. Integrations with Bold Technologies, Dynamark and Advanced Access Security are "driving cost-effective hosted access control solutions," he said, "which are getting a lot of traction."
Altronix, a designer and manufacturer of low voltage electronics for the video surveillance, security, fire, access control and automation markets, premiered some new products including the eBridge 8-Port EoC Receiver with Integral PoE+ Switch, as well as the NetWay4EWP Managed PoE+ Hardened Switch with 1GB Fiber Uplink for long distance applications. The "expanding eBridge with LINQ technology creates RMR for companies," said Kirby Han, art director.
OnSSI VP, sales & marketing, Ken LaMarca highlighted some of the company's latest enhancements to its Ocularis VMS, which now provides "even greater stability, more robust security, new integrations and innovative features," he said. The Ocularis platform also features new technology partnerships and new products from existing partners, enabling the company "to offer additional features and capabilities beyond typical VMS applications," he said.
Moti Shabtai, president, Qognify, formerly NICE Security, provided an overview of its Suspect Search, real time video analytics software that helps users locate and track specific people, expediting forensic video searches. He said Qognify's new operational intelligence module for Situator helps organizations "better leverage the masses of data flowing into their control centers," by monitoring large volumes of data and detecting deviations in leading indicators, which are often precursors to incidents and unfolding events.
Dean Drako, Eagle Eye Networks president and CEO, highlighted the company's new Cloud Video Replication, which delivers cloud video backup for legacy DVR, NVR and video managementsystems. He said that organizations can "extend the capabilities of their existing video surveillance system" to include an off-site or long term copy of their video. On the Brivo side, Brivo's CEO Steve Van Till said the company's Partner Portal, which is in preview mode, is a "great tool for dealers," and is getting a good response so far.
Kevin Wine, Verint's VP of marketing for video and situation intelligence solutions, provided a glimpse into the company's analytics capabilities, which includes a "deep-rooted suite of analytics that allows users to gain crucial insight," from the data that is mined, captured and processed. This provides a "big picture" that includes actionable intelligence for enterprise-level threat protection and situation intelligence solutions, he said.
Pivot3's Brandon Reich, senior director of surveillance solutions, said the company is "solving the data storage problem" within video surveillance. He said that the goal is to bridge the gap between physical security and IT for integrators. This past year the company introduced Edge Protect, which takes "enterprise-class solutions and makes them available to small- to medium-sized businesses as well," he said.
Ross McKey, director of products for Lenel, which is part of the UTC family, spoke about the launch of the company's mobile credentialing solution, which is a virtual credential that provides a "safer extra factor of authentication," he said. McKey said he sees "an explosion in the mobile credentialing market" over the next few years, providing "security on demand, anywhere you are."
Fredrik Nilsson, VP, Americas, Axis Communications, unveiled the first joint venture between Axis and Canon, a high-end product where "professional photography meets video surveillance," he said. It was announced prior to ASIS that Axis will assume responsibility for the marketing and sales of Canon's entire network video product portfolio in North America starting Oct. 1, which shows "Canon's strong commitment to build a long-term presence for Axis in the market," said Nilsson.
Tom Cook, VP of sales, North America for Hanwha Techwin, said that the camera company was featuring "46 new products to show our strength," he said. "We are doubling down on product development, and we are one of the few who design our own processors and chips." He highlighted the company's Q Series, a quality line with 24 models that are "competitively priced," as well as the company's P Series, which is the premium line featuring 10 models.
The Protection 1 exhibit marked the company's first appearance with ADT since the announcement of their integration in May 2016. Protection 1 has expanded its footprint with ADT and showcased Cyber Security, eSuite2.0, Network Managed Services and Remote Video Services. "We're bringing together the breadth of ADT's footprint with Protection 1's excellent customer service and state-of-the-art solutions to provide the ultimate protection for our customers," said Bob Dale, senior vice president, national account sales, Protection 1.
Andrew Elvish, VP, marketing and product management for Genetec, an open-platform software provider for large enterprise locations, said the company is launching Mission Control, which allows users to "take the alarm, qualify it, and then take meaningful action," he said. The company also highlighted Stratocast, a unique service that records video in the cloud, eliminating the need for any on-premises servers, which is ideal for small-scale operations, he said.
Stephen Carney, TycoSP senior director, video and integrations solutions, highlighted the company's "purely open network" that has allowed the it to provide a comprehensive network of integrated products to offer the best solutions. The solutions include the Complete Security Solution, an integrated package of video surveillance, intrusion, and access control that allows small- to mid-sized business customers to access and manage video, intrusion and access control from one, single interface. Also on display were identity and biometric authentication solutions from Innometriks.
Oncam's Jumbi Edulbehram, regional president, Americas, provided an overview of the increasing capabilities of the company's 360-degree fish-eye cameras. The cameras are "omni-directional, providing one solution to cover a large space," he said, and now feature cloud capability. With the cloud service, "it provides the ability to access and manage your entire system on any device," he said. A suite of analytics is coming soon.
Day Three
Mitchell Kane, president, Vanderbilt Industries, said that the company is focused on "strategic expansion through integration." The company recently acquired Access Control Technology (ACT), a Dublin-based company that designs and manufactures enterprise level and cloud-based access control and video management solutions. ACT365 is a cloud-hosted system that provides value to the end user as well as possible RMR for integrators.
March Networks, a global provider of intelligent IP video solutions, unveiled a new Security Audit tool to help systems integrators evaluate and improve the security of their video installation configurations. Daniel Cremins, global product management leader for March Networks, said the GURU Security Audit provides technicians with "a very quick and convenient way of assessing the security of the configuration by running through a checklist and offering fixes for possible errors." The company's new ME4 Series IP Cameras capture critical detail in all lighting without straining network and storage resources.
TycoIS VP & general manager Joseph Oliveri highlighted the company's product innovations, including its technology center in Tel Aviv, Israel. "We are always looking for new concepts and new technologies that we can bring to market or champion to help our customers," said Oliveri. TycoIS announced prior to the show that it will partner with EyeLock LLC, a company that specializes in iris-based identity authentication solutions, to offer iris identity authentication technology to its customers.
Allegion showcased its Schlage LE Series wireless lock for mortise doors and other innovative products. Benjamin Hopkins, product manager, commercial electronic locks, said the LE Series features ENGAGE technology, which is designed to affordably extend electronic access control deeper into the building. Allegion also worked with Feenics to provide a new offering that will integrate the Schlage NDE Series wireless locks with ENGAGE Technology and the Keep by Feenics cloud-hosted access control and security management platform.
Bryan Sanderford, national sales manager, Dortronics Systems, showcased the company's recently released 4800 Series Smart Interlock Controllers that can be "user configured in the field," he said, to accommodate up to five doors with ample flexibility for various input/output configurations. Dortronics also showcased its lineup of handicap accessible push button switches.
AMAG Technology, a provider security management systems, highlighted its Symmetry system, which provides a scalable enterprise platform that integrates with the facilities and IT systems to deliver command and control for access control and video surveillance, including capabilities for audit readiness and advanced reporting. AMAG's Symmetry Blue is a new Bluetooth reader that delivers a highly secure, convenient and intuitive alternative to open doors. The reader combines Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) with card reading capabilities to deliver integrated access control for Symmetry customers, according to Kim Rahfaldt, public relations manager.
HID director of global public relations and corporate communications, Anthony Petrucci, said, "the next frontier for the company is mobile," including compliance in a mobile environment and ensuring safe corporate networks. The company's solutions and services address the specific needs of government, healthcare, corporate/enterprise, financial and education markets, including mobility solutions that "transform the user experience by making it possible to confidently connect and use more applications on-the-go," said Petrucci.
Assa Abloy's senior product manager, Benjamin Williams, outlined the many steps the company is taking to "provide more sustainable features, and minimize its carbon footprint," he said. With a multitude of both wired and wireless lock options available, he said the company is working with integrators to show the savings that can be achieved through its sustainable products, including ease of installation and a reduction in power usage for users.
Arteco, a global provider of event-driven intelligent video management solutions, continues to "experience significant adoption of its Video Event Management Solutions (VEMS)" in target markets, such as education, critical infrastructure and commercial, according to Steve Birkmeier, VP, sales and business development. He said that customers including USS Iowa and Lexus of Lakeway have experienced streamlined integration, shortened tactical response times, and better visitor and customer service through the incorporation of the company's event-based intelligence solutions.
Arecont Vision VP of marketing Jeff N. Whitney, highlighted the company's new products, including its new cameras, which are "made in America," and feature auto-focus and are "easy to install and use," he said. With everything developed and engineered in-house, Whitney said that the company strives to "stay at the forefront, leading the way in megapixel technology," he said.
Kyle Gordon, VP campus solutions, Stanley Security, spoke about making the most of access control data. He said that feedback from customers indicates that they are looking for smarter ways "to leverage the data" that they are amassing. Gordon said that analytics can help integrators use that "big data to their advantage," including creating risk profiles and improving overall operational efficiencies.
Securitas Electronic Security, formerly Diebold Security, introduced a strategic brand transition that will leverage the global brand recognition and reputation of Securitas while integrating the seven-decade legacy and unparalleled security expertise of Diebold Security. "We are excited and proud to introduce the new face of unparalleled security through Securitas Electronic Security," said Felix Gonzales, senior vice president, strategy and business development, Securitas ES.
ARLINGTON, Mass.—American Alarm and Communications recently acquired Electralarm Security Systems, adding on 500 accounts. The deal brings American Alarm to about 25,000 accounts total, Lou Sampson, the company's CFO, told Security Systems News.
"We were in discussions for about three or four months earlier in 2016. The discussions began when Paul D'Amato Sr. [Electralarm's founder] reached out to us (through his broker)," Sampson said via email. "Paul had known of American Alarm for years, and our family, and he knew of our business reputation and our commitment to quality service, which was very important for him."
Electralarm's account base was pretty evenly divided between residential and commercial, Sampson said, but "slightly weighted towards residential." American Alarm's account base also has a slight lean toward residential in terms of number of accounts, he said. "But in terms of scale of systems, our commercial portfolio is larger, and it is growing significantly."
Paul "Chip" D'Amato, Electralarm's lead technician, will join American alarm in a similar capacity, American Alarm said.
Integrating Electralarm's account base into American's has been "seamless," according to Sampson. "One of the most important parts of the successful transition has been Chip D'Amato's efforts. He hasn't missed a beat. He's still working with the Electralarm customers, to help with the transition," Sampson added.
The deal is the 27th acquisition American Alarm has completed, Sampson pointed out, and most of those purchases have been in the past 12 to 15 years. "We are always prepared to work with other companies and respond quickly when opportunities arise," he said.
Electralarm was based in Abington, Mass., approximately 20 miles south of Boston. The company handled its own monitoring, which will now be done through American Alarm's UL-listed, CSAA Five Diamond central station.
At CSAA's upcoming annual meeting—to be held on Marco Island, Fla., Oct. 22 through 26—there will be a panel devoted to cybersecurity, which the association announced more about this week.
I spoke with Jay Hauhn, CSAA's executive director, recently about the meeting as well as other focuses for the association.
Hauhn said that the annual meeting's cybersecurity panel was going to approach the subject in a new way, looking to focus on what companies should do about cybersecurity.
"We are not going to repeat what has been done ad-nauseum and have someone stand at the front of the room and scare everyone about cyber threats," Hauhn told SSN. "We are going to focus on something actionable. We are having experts talk about how to put a cyber protection program together."
The panel, entitled "Cyber Security is a Business Risk (Not Just an IT Risk)," will include Justin Bailey, AvantGuard's COO, Todd Neilson, president for Secuvant Security, Sascha Kylau, VP of central station solutions and service at Onetel, and Steve Butkovich, CPI Security Systems' chief technology officer.
CSAA is going to be looking at cloud based central station automation platforms in a similar way at the meeting, Hauhn said. The panel will not only approach the features of the cloud, but what businesses' cost savings could be and how they can get started with a cloud based platform.
Currently, the association has an early bird rate for the meeting, which ends this Friday, Sept. 9.
CSAA is also keeping an eye on other emerging technological issues. Hauhn mentioned that the industry is changing, and standards are needed for newer technologies; CSAA recently put out the call for SMEs to assist with new technology standards.
"Monitoring life safety events in the traditional central station model remains our core business. That will not change. However, new innovative applications and services are being offered by our members. Best practices need to be created, that outline the actions monitoring centers take in this expanding environment," said Hauhn.
"For example, when a service that monitors an asset in motion requires a dispatch of police or EMS, we have to be able to accommodate the asset traversing municipalities," he said.
It has been about a month since I used this space to talk about the rising need for cybersecurity, a topic that is increasingly popping up in conversations within the physical security space.
Just this week, a report on the Cyber Security Market from global research firm MarketsandMarkets shows that the cybersecurity market is estimated to grow from $122.45 billion in 2016 to $202.36 billion by 2021, at a CAGR of 10.6 percent. North America is expected to hold the largest share of the cybersecurity market in 2016 due to the technological advancements and early adoption of cybersecurity in the region, the report found.
The major forces driving the cybersecurity market, the study found, are the rise in security breaches targeting enterprises and need for stringent compliance and regulatory requirements, as well as the growing security needs of Internet of Things (IoT) and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trends and increased deployment of web & cloud-based business applications.
This rise in cybersecurity breaches is the reason why Surveillance Systems Incorporated, a Rocklin, Calif.-based security integration company, recently launched a new cybersecurity division, SSI Threat Protect.
In my conversation with SSI president Todd Flowers, he shared with me an ironic, yet poignant story about an inexpensive drone he had ordered that arrived on day one of the Threat Protect division launch. Flowers said drones are a part of the physical security space he is excited about, and thought it would be cool to use the drones for prizes—"a fun little thing to do for some customers," he said.
"The first day I launched our new cyber division, this drone shows up, and I plug it in—the interface is super easy and it is on Wi-Fi—but it won't work," Flowers explained. "So I get my IT guy over and he pulls up the network and turns off our firewall to see what is going on. Now this thing is just supposed to work internally on Wi-Fi and does not require the Internet, but when he turns off the firewall, this thing starts transmitting packets of data to Japan and Korea. The drone was trying to transmit internal information from our servers, and basically opened up a pipeline of critical information to servers in Japan and China."
Although this scary situation was remedied immediately, it exemplifies what Flowers said he sees happening within the next five years: "The physical side of what we do and the cyber side of security will converge," he said.
Are you ready for it?
In a recent SSN News Poll readers said that DIY offerings can add new streams of revenue to a traditional security business and open a company up to new customers. A couple of those respondents specifically pointed to the DragonFly offering from Honeywell, which pairs DIY installed equipment with professional monitoring.
Earlier this year, Bart Didden of USA Central Station started a new venture, Security Dealer Network, or SDN, to help dealers offer the DragonFly product with professional monitoring from USA Central.
This week, SDN announced that its heard some positive feedback from dealers.
"As a professional security dealer and installer, I've been concerned about the quick growth of DIY security products. The DragonFly Security System gives me the chance to get a piece of that business, along with the confidence that my customers are getting the quality of products that I would want to represent my name," Kimberly Rescigno, director of sales and marketing for Security Specialists in Stamford, Conn., said in a prepared statement.
"This program gives us the ability to offer a tried and true product with a high performance rating as a DIY product. There is absolutely no risk for us to participate. And the upside—a new source of profits that could be substantial," Patty Terada, president of Alarm & Access Control Technologies, Inc., located in West Linn, Ore., said in the announcement.
Joseph V. Bonafede, president of Technocality Inc. of Hamilton, N.J., said in a prepared statement. "Anyone on the front lines who is selling and installing security systems knows that DIY video and security products have become a main source of competition. As the old saying goes, 'If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.' That's exactly what SDN allows dealers to do with its unique do-it-yourself video surveillance products and central station monitoring offering.
SSN spoke with Didden in Las Vegas at this year's ISC West to hear about some of the initial responses to SDN and the DragonFly offering. Click here to watch the ssnTVnews interview.
With all of the technology available today, the world we live is becoming much smaller.
And it is also becoming a much more connected world, where systems and technologies are talking with each other, and more and more products are working with each other, all in an effort to provide the most cutting-edge and user-friendly experience for customers.
One look no further than what is going on in the residential space, with the emergence of the smart home, and smart everything, for that matter—thermostats, lights, doorbells, refrigerators—you name it.
Just this week alone, there have been a number of big announcements from major players in the smart home world, from Amazon, Google, Apple, Coldwell Banker, and even Facebook.
This week Amazon Echo announced that it now works with Sonos, the popular speaker manufacturer, so homeowners can tell Alexa to play something from their Spotify account, for example, using their voice alone. And Amazon continues to partner with companies to bring voice control to the smart home world.
And as Google prepares to launch Google Home to compete with Amazon Echo, it was announced this week that engineers responsible for the Nest Labs platform will move to Google to work on smart home projects for the company.
Also this week, Coldwell Banker announced that it is now promoting smart home staging kits that include August, Nest and Lutron products, all in an effort to be at the forefront of this smart home movement. This announcement from Coldwell Banker comes on the heels of Apple announcing that it is working with homebuilders—Brookfield Residential, KP, and Lennar—to support Apple's HomeKit in new properties.
As if that is not enough smart home news for one week, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced at a Facebook internal Q&A session in Rome, that he has been working on a project using AI software solutions from the engineers at Facebook to build a Smart House solution in his own home that he hopes to be able to show publicly in the next month.
While more and more companies enter the smart home space and become connected, so to speak, we are entering into an era of interoperability, where making everything work seamlessly together will become a necessity rather than a luxury, and an industry where partnering with others to maximize the customer experience will become the norm rather than the exception.
In the past couple of weeks, Monitronics has announced new benefits for active members of AARP and AAA, offering benefits both to members signing up for services with Monitronics as well as members who are current customers.
"These partnerships are set up uniquely utilizing various co-marketing strategies to make their respective member aware of the value and benefits that Monitronics can provide," Frank Guido, Monitronics' CMO, told Security Systems News in an email interview.
"These initiatives were started many months ago, but has been a strategic focus to fuel growth opportunities with high quality, well recognized partners," Guido said. "We are targeting channels that are synergistic to our business and the potential partner's business. We are selectively targeting similarly partnerships that provide win-win-win opportunities for customers first, our partner and Monitronics.
The company announced its partnership with AAA on Aug. 23, which named Monitronics as "the AAA-branded provider for professionally installed residential security monitoring in the organization's Ohio valley and Mid-Atlantic regions, which covers 11 states, including OH, KY, KS, IN, VA, WV, MD, DE, CT, PA, NJ, plus Washington DC."
"AAA Alliance is a large regional club for AAA with a member base of over 5.5 [million] members. These members also have excellent attributes and are similar to our base," Guido said.
Brian St. Leger, managing director, discount partnerships and business for AAA Club Alliance, said in a prepared statement, "We are excited to partner with Monitronics to provide a valuable service at an exclusive discounted rate to our members.
"We know our members are active, traveling and out enjoying the world and this will help bring them peace of mind while they're away from their home," St. Leger said in the announcement.
AAA members signing up with the company will get discounts on a specialized AAA package, while members who are already customers will be offered discounts on additional equipment.
AARP members who sign up with Monitronics will receive equipment and free activation "as well as $5 off their monthly monitoring fee," the company said in an Aug. 11 announcement. Existing customers who are also AARP members will be offered discounts when they add on equipment in the future.
"AARP has a 38M member base and is highly respected brand. Their member base has many positive attributes and similarities to our customer base," Guido said. "Monitronics felt that it could provide AARP members with the best value proposition and service for security and automation. This was affirmed by AARP in the selection of Monitronics in their extensive RFP process."
How much overlap exists between these organizations' memberships and Monitronics' current customer base? "While there may be some overlap, these organization are vast and provide different avenues to reach new subscribers," Guido said.
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BEST SURVIVOR OF THE SEASON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Who would have thought that Chris and Eliza are probably going to make up half of the Final Four.
INTERROGATION Matthew and Jenna arrived at the final, and most important, Tribal Council, to face the seven members of the Jury: Dave, Deena, Alex, Christy, Heidi, Butch and Rob. The Jury members would seek answers to help them decide which of the Two deserved their vote for SOLE SURVIVOR. Tension set in as the two remaining Survivors prepared to argue their case before a line of questioning that would most likely be tough and uncomfortable. The proceedings began with opening statements from Jenna and Matthew. Jenna took the subtle approach, choosing to be brief and simple by stating that the Jury members knew who she was. Matthew claimed he was dedicated to the tribe and that he was a very serious competitor who played the game honorably, with integrity. Butch Lockley was the first Jury member to ask a question. He addressed his question to both Survivors: did they lie or deceive any of their tribemates during the game? Jenna immediately claimed that she, indeed, had lied to Deena, but only because she felt Deena had betrayed the alliance she had with Jenna and several other tribe members. Matthew volunteered that he had lied to Jury member Alex in order to save himself. Rob Cesternino pointedly asked the pair why they felt the person sitting next to them didn't deserve to be in the Final Two, and that their answers would determine his vote. Matthew asserted that Jenna simply hadn't contributed as much at camp as he had and that she had "expressed a desire to give up during the game." Jenna's retort was pointed as well, as she shot back, "I don't think Matthew has been playing the game." She added that "he doesn't need the money, he doesn't care about the people here, and I just don't feel this is a big deal for him. It's just another adventure on his list of things to do." Alex Bell came out in full force as he stated with great emotion that he didn't want to hear the two words honesty and integrity anymore. "Those two words have no meaning to me anymore," he claimed. To answer Alex's question about regrets, Matthew explained his naivety at the beginning of the game, and how earlier missteps had almost cost him the game. Heidi Strobel was next to throw out a question. Her simple, tough question was whether they felt that there was someone else more deserving of being in their position. Both Matthew and Jenna answered the same name: "Rob." Upon hearing his name, an emotional Rob turned away, clearly affected by the turn of events that had brought him to the Jury, rather than to the enviable position in which Jenna and Matthew now found themselves. "Without Rob, and what I would call his tutelage, there's no way I would be here today. I would have been wiped out a long time ago," Matthew calmly explained. Deena Bennett let it be known to Matthew that she was offended by the fact that he had claimed "may the best man win" at an earlier Tribal Council, which she called as offensive as it was chauvinistic. Matthew apologized if he had, indeed, made the comment. Christy Smith was the next Jury member to confront the Final Two. She asked what their reactions were when they first learned that she was deaf. Matthew claimed he thought she had a "funky accent." Christy then told Jenna that she could not believe that Jenna had made a comment earlier that she, Jenna, was handicapped because she was beautiful. Christy demanded an explanation. Jenna balked, claiming she didn't remember making the comment. Christy pointedly retorted, "You DID use the word 'handicapped.'" "So, basically, from day one until now you've had a handicap because you're beautiful?" Christy demanded. Jenna explained that she only meant that she would be judged because of her looks, and apologized if Christy had been offended. The last question, from Dave, was which influential leader each Survivor sought to emulate in the game. Matthew answered Colin Powell. Jenna chose not a leader, but rather her mother because of "her fight and strength." Finally, the questions were finished, and each Survivor gave final comments. Matthew revealed that he had, indeed, not played with complete integrity. He had lied along the way, but that's part of the game, and he doesn't belong on a pedestal. Jenna then expressed her pride in the fact that she had really come through in the end when she needed to save herself. Finally, the time had arrived, and each of the seven Jury members walked for the last time to vote. Jeff then explained that the votes would not be revealed until later. With votes in hand, Jeff stepped off onto a jet-ski awaiting him by the river's edge. Thousands of miles away, Jeff Probst arrived in New York City with the votes. He came before Jenna, Matthew and the assembled Jury to reveal the votes. One by one they were revealed to the tense Survivors. Amazement set in as the vote count named Jenna the winner by an overwhelming 6 to 1 majority. Having been practically counted out by her tribemates in the game's final days, Jenna has mustered every fiber of her being to win two crucial Immunity Challenges against what seemed overwhelming opposition. The desperate bid to stay in the game proved worthy as Jenna Morasca, the 21-year-old swimsuit model from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has outwitted, outlasted and out played all the rest to win the $1,000,000 prize and the title of SOLE SURVIVOR. REUNION After the votes had been revealed, host Jeff Probst sat down with all 16 Survivors to talk about their time in the Amazon, as well as about the Jury's logic behind their votes. Jeff immediately addressed the issue of the landslide vote, asking Christy what swayed her vote toward Jenna after having vowed to make sure she wouldn't win. Christy responded, "She outwit, outlasted and outplayed me. I was with Jenna since day one, and I met Matt in the middle. She made it all the way, so I thought, 'Hey, why not give her the opportunity to win one million dollars?'" On his own strategy, Matthew revealed, "I needed people to dismiss me. They really needed to think I was either absolutely naive or absolutely insane. And that was the only way I was going to deflect their attention, because I felt that physically I was a threat from day one, and I was dodging an awful lot of bullets. And I felt, like, hey, you know, this was working, and it might get me further in the game, and it did. It was a great vehicle." Rob revealed that in the interim of the game, "I do have a girlfriend; that's the good news. The bad news is that she doesn't believe a word I say." When asked whether a choice between Rob and Jenna would have changed their votes, several Jury members affirmed that a different pairing in the Final Two may have led to a vote against Jenna rather than for her. Jenna claimed that had Rob been in the Final Two with her, "he would have kicked my butt." She went on to explain that the experience in the Amazon had a major impact on her and that, "I feel like I'm a better person because it." A worthy statement from a Survivor who had claimed the widest margin of victory in any season of SURVIVOR.
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Oh my! The best I can do is corner by corner! But I did take 4 huge black trash bags full of old clothes to the charity shop last week - and threw out some more stuff. It's heavy sledding!
Thread: Are You a Hoarder?
I have a habit of going through my mother's huge standing cupboard- it's something I have done for as long as I can remember -from a child till now. She makes me laugh because she'll say ... " don't open it - everything will fall out! " Of course I do ..and yes, everything does fall out- my mother has probably kept everything since 1960 ! So...where do my hoarding tendencies come from I wonder.............
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Petty small minded people have no place in my life.
Oh my! The best I can do is corner by corner! But I did take 4 huge black trash bags full of old clothes to the charity shop last week - and threw out some more stuff. It's heavy sledding!
Someone once suggested throwing/giving away 10 things per day, if you need to declutter. I've started doing this.
You can always get rid of more than 10 things, of course.
Reine, that's great! 4 bags is an excellent start, so keep up the momentum! I sorted through my wardrobe and gave away one bag of clothes last week, and this is a reminder for me to go back and finish the job.
30 Roses, thanks for the tip! The past few days I've taken to wandering into "the office" after dinner. (It's the Black Hole in our home, just sucks everything in.) I started tossing up to five things, and I noticed a difference. I'll have to keep doing this and increase it to 10. The challenge for me is keep up the routine. I read that if you can maintain a new habit for 30 days, it can become a routine that you keep for a lifetime. Here's to de-cluttering success!
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I finally started cleaning out the garage this past weekend, I took three HUGE boxes full of junk to the thrift store. I'm afraid it is only the tip of the proverbial iceberg though, I can barely walk around in there let alone park a car. Well, ya gotta start somewhere, right?
At least I have been able to keep my home clutter free....prolly cuz I threw most of it out into the garage!
ive thankfully been a cheapish hoarder. i have an obsession personality for sure, im very much aware of it. i collect EVERYTHING, but at some point i reach an apex, and from there i move on to my next obsession. for the longest time it was CDs, im a HUGE music fan. then last fall/winter i got a new obsession: fragrances! luckily, alot of my stuff has been pretty cheap (around half my stuff is $10 or less). my most expensive is actually A*Men for $60. i told myself i was going to stop after i get John Varvatos, but i discovered Marshalls and TJ Maxx (thank god theyre discount stores!) i ended up buying a few things there, nothing TOO expensive thankfully. i ended up buying Le Male 1.3oz for 35$ at Walmart later on, a complete blind buy that i couldnt be happier with. after that i was determined to stop...HAH! i still wanted A*Men so bad so i ended up buying it. i think my obsession has finally reached its peak as i now own the few couple of high quality scents that i'd been wanting all along.
thats what my cure is for obsessions: i let it run its course and eventually it dies. i start slowly, it ends up manifesting full force, i go to clearance, used, etc. (half my CDs are used, most of my fragrances have been on sale) then i just end up moving on
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"Diego: Why did you do that? you could've died trying to rescue me.
Manfred: That's what you do in a herd: you look out for each other. " (Ice Age)
Hmm. Nope, not a hoarder, a collector. A discriminating collector, mind. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
(And I'm totally with those who are frantic, suffering from reformulation angst)
But seriously, two things will help. Reine, are you listening, hon?
1) Clear Your Clutter With Feng Shui by Karen Kingston. Changed my life.
2) www.storyofstuff.com. But only when you're feeling up to it.
Listen, we are all going to die. Lets think of hoarding perfume to the likes of leaving it for friends and loved ones. You can include exact bottles in your will to those you wish to enrich with your perfume. When I die, I'm going to leave this earth satisfied that my daughter gets all my perfumes. She better wear them and take care of them from sunlight or I'll come back to haunt her!
(seems like vintage L'origan was made just for me)
Has anyone taken the Myers Briggs Type Inventory profile? I spent a weekend retreat doing this and discovered that I'm an "Intuitive" while my husband is a "Sensory". Intuitives love new possibilities and are always thinking of the next big idea, the next great experience, the next creative project. Sensories tend to stick to the present and what's happening now, and to be attentive to details in the present moment.
I'd guess that many of us hoarders - yes, I put my hand up to that! - are Intuitives. We're looking for the Next Big Scent, the next HG, the perfect scent at the end of the trail! So we love to get more and more samples, more and more new possibilities. And it's hard to let go of those we already have, because they might come in handy one day, we might one day want to wear that rather weird fragrance we got a month ago, one day we might be in the mood for .... you get the point!
But if it's not costing more than money - and if you can afford it - where's the harm? My perfume drawer and closet space have been invaded, but by good things, not useless horrors, so I'm OK with buying and hoarding.
Redrose- I have taken the Myers Briggs Profile- INFJ is what I am . What you said feels quite true.
Petty small minded people have no place in my life.
Well, snap! I too am an INFJ! Also an Enneagram Number 4, if you've ever done that - most INFJ's are in this category, so you may well be a no. 4 too. The Romantic Artist is one designation, living by emotion and intuition, and I feel sure that this would apply to many of us perfume lovers. You only have to read some of the beautiful descriptions by reviewers to know this! Not that scientists and thinkers need be left behind, just that they approach things from a more logical angle and probably wouldn't hoard. My husband is so well organized he actually knows where all his paperwork is at any given time. I have to keep my perfume drawer off limits as otherwise he would probably organize that too. Both our daughers are hoarders!
Hmmm... it's very interesting Redrose ! I betcha I am a 4 with the Enneagram numbers - I will take the test one of these days as I'm curious. My husband is the complete opposite- he's all 100 % a scientist and organised like your husband . He thinks I am very funny with all my perfumes . He knows when I am dreaming of perfume or off in Cloud La La Land when I am listening to music. *LOL*
Petty small minded people have no place in my life.
I am also an INFJ! We are like 1% of the population or some crazy small number like that. But it doesn't surprise me to find many on BN.
I have a little over 100 bottles. I would like to take that down to 15 or 20. But every time i try to figure out which ones i would keep, its way lmore than 20. And then of course, i have those "ones" that i will never wear. So, do i have a problem? NO. I have 2 or 3 problems.
I like to stock fragrances that i doubt to find them another time.
I've always been a collector. Often, the enthusiasm leads to obsession and sometimes to hoarding. But plants die, sculpture gets covered in dust, and eventually you have to drink all that wine or it goes bad
Oh yes, there's coins and stamps and books and a whole lot more... and they're all interesting while you're learning about them, searching for them, and compling lists of them.
However, there are a few things about collecting fragrance that I particularly enjoy:
1. There is a huge, but not endless variety. There's a lot of places you can find them for sale, both new and used.
2. You can sniff them alone, or wear them outside. You can share them with friends, or make new combinations.
3. The bottles are compact, easy to store, and often very beautiful. The juice is not easily spoiled.
4. Many are inexpensive, especially secondhand. Even if you are poor or cheap, there's plenty to find and buy.
Of course, there's a lot more that I could say... but I won't obsess
I am an irrepressible hoarder. I just like to learn about something to the enth degree and then need all the equipment for that. Then I have the intention to make a marvellous business out of it..... nearly finish, then I find a new interest and do it with that too.... and so it goes on...
Art stuff, sewing stuff, books, wines, jams, perfumes and more perfumes.... there is no end. We shall drown in stuff. I'm then so busy doing the new thing, I haven't got the time to sort the last interests out, so then it gets in a jumble... and that goes on...
My poor children when I peg it.... The only thing is they will never be short of money if they can be bothered to sell it all, but they are so badly trained by me, they will have too much clutter of their own. At least I can't gather any more things when I'm underground.... oh yes I can.... I shall collect worms.
I did just get help tidying out over 30 jars of older jams out of the cupboard.... now if that was possible, breakfast can bring new hope after all.... just got to get rid of the empty jars first ... but... they may be useful for paint jars or new jams or tinctures.... there is very little hope for me ever to be tidy and minimalist ....
however messy... I am very creative....and my children... they won't remember me for tidying up and dusting, but they will for all the arty things I do with them... and we're never short of what to make anything with... I have everything!
With almost half the size of my collection comprising of backups, I am guilty of 'hoarding'. I beg for forgiveness.
Yup! Since oakmoss has taken such a hit with the new regs, I buy & hoard anything that I can find on the internet that has lots & lots of oakmoss. Otherwise, if I tire of a scent and still have a partial bottle, I give it away to someone I feel will appreciate it.
"Hoarders: Buried Alive."), but bad enough to when I go to her house, I WANT TO CLEAN!
And it's always, "No! Keep that!" "But, Mom, it doesn't even fit you anymore." "Maybe you can have it!" "I don't want it!" "Maybe your children will want it!" And at that point, I'd give up, because one could go for *generations* with that argument.
I too am a hoarder, and it's irritating. Every now and then I do a purge.
Even perfumes. I guess that's why I love Basenotes so much. Y'see, I once sent a sample to my godsister of a perfume I adore, and she called it "L'eau de Homeless." That's our running gag now for "Do not send me any more perfume!" I love her.
Anyway, I can't count on giving any of my treasured perfumes to family if I were to pass away. So I only keep the ones I truly love. And I find that if I only "like" them, Basenotes allows me to find someone I know "loves" them. So it's not as if they're going somewhere unloved.
"Embrace those things which give you pleasure, after all, there is so much mediocrity to endure elsewhere." -- Inselaffe
Aiona, I'm going through my file cabinets now and decluttering paper (it's amazing what's in there-- exactly why do I still have expired PT licenses, juror summonses and old car insurance certificates from the early 2000s?)
The problem is we bring in new "stuff" (any stuff--perfume, clothes, paper, whatever!) without getting rid of any of the old stuff. So of course it just grows.
This is tricky. It's one thing to throw out expired documents when new ones come in the mail, but not likely that we will get rid of beloved perfumes just because we gain a new love. (We don't get rid of our first child when we have a second one!)
I'm trying to hold things with a lighter hand-- share more, and recognize when something I once loved is no longer providing enough pleasure to justify its presence in my home. We have a ton of books, but even those are being thinned down. As for perfumes, decanting for others to try a perfume is one way to reduce what we have without losing the perfume entirely.
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I'm so glad I stumbled across this thread. Like many of you, I enter into a hobby and get obsessed with wanting to master the subject matter. I used to spend a fortune on books. Finally ran out of shelf space, realized I was unlikely to read most of them more than once because there's always another book that's just been released that I want to read right now, and so I relearned my childhood lesson about using library system. In my 20's I went through a record/cd collecting phase but ultimately stopped because I ran out of space and was neglecting records previously purchased because I wanted to listen to the new hot release. So much was being released it was impossible to keep up! I now use a subscription to Napster to fulfill that particular lemming. My shelves are rapidly filling up with perfume now and I feel guilty about neglecting some of the decants I bought a year ago in favor of new ones that have just arrived. The number of new releases is staggering AND I got bitten by the vintage bug, which is a great big black hole in terms of money. The majority of my collection are decants, which long ago outgrew the drawer I had them in but I have too many bottles and too many samples as well. The only backups I have are of a limited number of vintage scents because formulations/years can make them smell quite different from each other. Trying to set up multiple swaps in which I swap away several items for one that I really want. I've also been reaching out to newbies and offering them generous samples from my stash hoping that I can reduce while helping them with their perfume education in a way that doesn't cost them money. I spent a small fortune on samples when I initially got bit by the niche perfume bug. Really appreciate Mr. Bon Vivant's post. I had forgotten about the Fly Lady website and just bookmarked it. Living with clutter stresses me out but taming it is physically overwhelming on most days. Good to get some advice/support on how to do it in small bites.
Thanks to everyone who posted on this thread, because it's really helped me! Especially Aiona, and the suggestion to keep only the perfumes we truly love, not just like. My collection has been growing exponentially, basically through trying to find the "ideal" rose scent, which I now realize does not exist - just a series of really excellent scents many of which are truly lovely and which fit different moods, weather, etc. But I have a problem with reformulations - it's so frustrating when something you love and have counted on always being able to get hold of just disappears, even when the replacement has the same name! So where do I draw the line with buying backups? Surely it makes sense these days, when even Chanel No 5 is so different from the original? So I'm going through my collection, just keeping the ones I truly love, and giving away the likeable also-rans. I don't want my kids to have that problem after I'm gone! And neither of them really likes florals anyway!
Fragonard Grasse Rose.... the most beautiful of all roses. You need just one more to add to the hoard.
Well, no--it's a luxury, I don't really need any of it. But it's a small joy for me, and I indulge when I can!
If you feel you have too much or that your collection is out-of-control, then the anxiety outstrips the joy. That's no way to live! I guess it's something we each have to work out for ourselves and our own comfort level.
I had a nice time gifting excess beauty/perfume/bath & body items recently to a friend who hasn't treated herself to such luxuries lately. I also gave a load of these items to an occupational therapist who ran a daily grooming group at a psychiatric ward in my city.
Growing up, I had four very girly older sisters, so things got used up much more quickly---and were often purloined from one another-- when they were teenaged and I was a little girl.
Accumulating and gifting is like breathing in/breathing out. I try to just enjoy things while I can and share when I can.
I've been lurking for some time and it's probably telling that the first post I make is to this thread! My interests tend to be come obsessions. They'll last for a while and fade. I'll tend to purge at some point then feel real regret about some items.
But my three constant interests that have been obsessions at some point, and still occupy my time is handbags, reading and finding my "favorite" scent.
I have been through stained glass, soapmaking, crochet, embroidery, jewelry making (I do still indulge in this once in a blue moon)... it goes on and on.
Just when I thought I had the perfect scent for me, my body chemistry seemed to change and it smelled like cat urine! Still couldn't part with it until very recently. Gave it to a cousin of mine who loved it and it smelled on her the way it used to smell on me!
So now, I'm back to square one looking for my ideal. I'm sure that doesn't exist and will keep me interested for some time to come. The closest I've found at this point - and I do love it as it works beautifully on me - is Coco. For now
Nice to meet you all!
Hello fellow fragrance addicts and hoarders.
The first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem, but I definitely don't want therapy or a cure.
I'm a fragrance addict. It started when I was a little girl of 4 years old when my mother would put drops of Estee Lauder's Youth Dew perfume oil in my bath water. Yes... it was the devilish DEW that started my fascination with perfumes. Later as a teen I would have gifts of perfume for birthdays, holidays which only served to reinforce my fragrance addiction as an adult.
Even now my shoe addiction comes second to my fragrance addiction.
The list of perfumes in my wardrobe is only a fraction of the perfumes I own, tried, sampled, tested, owned, over the years. There are some I can't add because they are not in the fragrance directory.
I only buy perfumes I like, I definitely don't buy or wear a fragrance that's the most popular and I avoid the perfume pushers in department stores because I know more about the scents I like to wear than they do.
I also have a skin allergy to some fragrances, but when that happens... like a true addict - the burn, although bothersome doesn't discourage me at all, I wear it anyhow. Je Reviens by Worth is one of those fragrances, one spray gives me a reaction like a poison ivy rash - but... like the true addict I am - I forced the entire bottle on my chemistry.
I buy fragrances often. I am also addicted to collecting scented candles. Fragrance really rules a lot of my life.
Today I'm wearing "Life Threads - Emerald" by La Prairie. I'm noticing a recent trend in my preferences as I've been buying lily based florals...
And because I'm an addict - I have no idea why.
So many fragrances...So little time"
I just recently gave away A TON of baby clothes I didn't need anymore. I could only do that because my mother isn't here. Back when she was helping me take care of baby, I told her I was going to give away some baby clothes, and she goes, "No! SAVE THEM!" But they don't fit anymore, I explained. "They're still good!"
I understand a little bit of her mentality. They're cute. They're of sentimental value. BUT I DON'T NEED THEM. And I am running out of space for the clothes we are using NOW.
I watched another episode of a hoarding show last week, and what struck me was what the "therapist" said, "You need to stop living in the future." Enjoy the now. And all that kind of stuff. I understand, if one had come from a time when things were scarce, and money was tight, it was imperative to hold on to things that one might need.
But, example, I used to keep a big bucket of scraps to someday make a quilt. Well. . . there was a time when I actually tried to quilt a small pillow. Granted, I chose a really difficult design for me -- one of those Q-bert block-like designs. COULD NOT FINISH IT. It was damn hard! And time was limited. That project is somewhere hidden in piles of stuff that I've moved from my other house 3000 miles away. Even if I found it, I *KNOW* I am not going to finish it.
And neither will I finish using any of my other quilt scraps.
I looked into Free Cycle a while back, but even saving up to make a Free Cycle exchange takes up time and space -- both hot commodities for me right now.
Anyway, I love that quote, unregistered.
"Embrace those things which give you pleasure, after all, there is so much mediocrity to endure elsewhere." -- Inselaffe
I mean my liking a perfume is basically the kiss of death for its continuation for some reason. I am now hoarding, for lack of a better term, NR Musc oil for her, because I adore it and I am blowing through bottles of it (it is rather subtle). Half the world is anosmic to it, I think. So there's my rational, anyway...
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I got this recipe from Diana's Desserts.
She is all about desserts. I have tried her recipes and they are good. I haven't yet tried this one but I plan to. I am hoping to make this with my daughters who are 10 yrs old. yes they are tiwns. I love them very much. They are my BFFs. We plan to make these for their school friends.
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I am big fan of Pioneer Woman. She left LA for the life on a ranch. She lives there with her husband, kids, relatives and extended family of horses as well as other farm animals. And she cooks. Actually she was on "Throwdown with Bobby Flay" Thanksgiving episode.
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So I thought of starting this 20 days of Chrsimas. I got this idea from my favorite time of the year "25 days of Christmas" on ABC family. So I thought why not have a cookie for every day till Christmas. I am running little late as I missed out on 5 days already. Now I have only 20 days to Christmas left.
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Some politicians are saying that the latest unemployment report is good news, but it's not. It shows us that this country is still in crisis. It shows us that the government needs to act quickly and aggressively to create jobs, and to restore the lost earning power of the average American who has a job.
Mos of all it shows us that millions of struggling people are still invisible in the Nation's Capitol.
This week the Occupy movement is holding a series of "Take Back the Capitol" events in Washington. Let's hope it shines some light on the country's unemployed, under-employed, and under-earning millions. Until now, they've been pretty much invisible in that town.
The Invisible Americans are all around you. They're in your state, in your community, maybe in your family. Maybe they're your kids, just out of college. Maybe they're your fifty-something uncles and aunts, your grandparents, your grandchildren. They're right there in the jobs report, for anyone with the eyes – and the willingness – to find them.
Invisible: Millions of the long-term unemployed.
While some celebrated an unemployment rate of "only" 8.6 percent, half that change was explained by the fact that 315,000 people dropped out of the labor force. Job creation barely kept pace with the entry of new people into the workforce.
Those 315,000 people join the 5.7 million people officially classified as long-term unemployed. That number is at historically high levels, representing nearly half (43 percent) of all the jobless people in this country.
It's not that they don't want jobs. Most of them have fallen into despair. Even worse, what they may have fallen into is realism. Unless we use the power of government to do something, some of them will never work again. They're falling out of the "normal" economy and into a new reality of persistent joblessness and, for some, eventual poverty.
Invisible: Segregation on the unemployment line.
The official jobless rate for white people is 7.6 percent, versus 15.5 percent for African Americans and 11.4 percent for Hispanics.
And those are only the official numbers. The figures are much higher if you count the long-term unemployed, the under-employed, and "discouraged" workers.
In a nation that prides itself on being the land of opportunity, we're denying entire groups of people the chance for a better life.
Invisible: The jobless generation.
There's a silent epidemic of youth unemployment. Official teenaged unemployment is 23.7 percent, and the real rate is much higher. Recent college graduates face historically high jobless rates – along with historically high student debt.
Studies show that young people who begin their work lives un- or under-employed face an entire lifetime of lower income. By failing to act, we're betraying our own children and throwing away an entire generation of young people.
Invisible: The under-employed.
There's a silent epidemic of under-employment. There are 8.5 million people who want to work full-time but can only get part time work. in that category. That figure dropped slightly, but we don't know how much of the drop was due to people finding full-time work or being laid off altogether.
And remember, underemployed people aren't just making less money. In most cases they're also going without health insurance or other benefits. They're struggling on the margins of working America, barely surviving and never knowing how much money the'll earn from one week to the next.
Invisible: The vanishing public servant.
While Washington politicians drone on about "budget cuts," there's not much discussion of the fact that many of those cuts increase unemployment – at the Federal, state, and local levels. Government jobs have been dwindling since 2008, and the shrinkage is continuing a time when we need more of them.
Teachers, police officers, highway toll takers, postal workers – you name it, they're losing their jobs. And the only debate in Washington seems to be, How many more of them can we make unemployed?
Invisible: The drowning middle class.
Average hourly earnings for all nonfarm employees decreased last month by 1 percent. Average hourly earnings increased by only 1.8 percen over the last year, while the cost of living (measured by the Consumer Price Index) increased 3.5 percent.
Once again average Americans have fallen behind in earnings and has seen their standard of living decline. Meanwhile, incomes continue to skyrocket for the wealthiest Americans. Income inequality is the worst it's been since the Great Depression.
Welcome to the New Gilded Age.
Political Blindness
This week we heard almost nothing in Washington about direct action to address these crises. The Democrats' "payroll tax holiday" would provide urgently needed ongoing relief for the battered middle class, and would also have a mild job-creating effect. But it would do so in an inefficient way, and also needlessly and recklessly endangers Social Security.
Republicans have no solution at all – just more of the same policies that caused these problems in the first place.
Our neighbors deserve better than this. We deserve better than this. Change starts with a simple statement we can make to those around us, and they can make to us: You're not invisible. I see you.
People in Washington over-complicate the debate by tinkering at the margins: tax-break this, incentive that. Those things will have some effect, but there's a simpler and better way to fix the joblessness problem: Put people to work. At a time when this country needs trillions of dollar in infrastructure repair, government should hire people and get on with it.
George W. Bush had no problem doing that a few years ago. He signed a bill spending more than a quarter of a trillion dollars on infrastructure spending while the Republican Speaker of the House bragged about creating. But Republicans would apparently rather prolong the suffering so they can defeat Obama and the Democrats in 2012.
As for the Obama Democrats, either they don't understand the problem or they don't think it's politically smart to propose fixing it. I suspect it's the latter – and they're dead wrong. The President's jobs bill had some useful ideas. But the President went small on the fixes and, in his typical fashion, couldn't resist pushing useless conservative "job creation" ideas along with the good ones.
We need a massive jobs program now to fix our crumbling bridges, highways, railroads, dams, and public buildings. We need to fix wage stagnation by going back to the policies that built the middle class, beginning with stronger collective bargaining rights for working people. Unions were one of the engines of post-World War II prosperity, and the war on unions needs to stop.
We also need higher taxes for the wealthy, tax advantages for companies that hire, and higher taxes for those who make money by gambling, trading other people's debts, or hedging against the success of the American economy. We need to downsize the financial sector, which is capturing too much corporate profit and squeezing out job-creating businesses.
And we need to rebuild the firewall between banking and speculating, so we can end too-big-to-fail and the boom-and-bust cycle that keeps crashing the economy.
Vision Test
Some political party, maybe one that has had a reputation for defending the middle class, ought to say something this: We know what's going on out there. We understand the problem. Here's how we would fix it. We're going to introduce these measures in the House and Senate wherever and whenever we can, so you can see who's fighting for the Invisible Americans, and who's fighting against them.
But no party appears willing to do that, at least not without the presence of a non-partisan movement that forces it to act.
Someday historians will review this country's history to find those times when our people and our leaders responded to a crisis with vision and courage. They'll see the millions of Americans who rose to the occasion during the War of Independence, the Civil War, World War II, and the Great Depression.
But will they see us, or will we have become … invisible?
Our political leaders need to be pressured – a lot – which is why the Occupy events in Washington are so important. We need to build and maintain a movement for real change, a movement that sees the invisible ones among us, a movement that sees each of us and makes us visible, a movement that fights unrelentingly for a better society.
Hope to "see" you soon – on the barricades.


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October 14, 2013
Seahawks 20, Titans 13
5 comments:
- Zandra said...
It was great to see you this weekend Johnnie!
I have to say I think you as a girl is right where you are supposed to be. You are happier than I've ever seen you and as your friend that is really all I want for you.
I'm glad your Seahawks experience was top notch as well. You deserve nothing but the best!
- October 14, 2013 at 2:51 PM
- Steve M said...
I've never looked forward to someone's photos and tweets as yours.
We follow each other on Twitter but we don't know each other but I want to say I'm really proud of you and I wish you the best in your journey.
I think it's amazing that you have such an accepting family and friends.
Go luck. Your welcome for the Pats picking off the Saints and go Sox!
Steve Michaels
- October 14, 2013 at 7:01 PM
- DKSB said...
Thank you SO much! That means a lot to me... Also, GO SOX! :)
- October 14, 2013 at 7:21 PM
- AIsaac07 said...
Hi Johnnie. Great blog post and it sounds like you had a great weekend that was no doubt made better by your experience going the weekend as your authentic self. I think it is amazing the way your are constantly pushing yourself to reach beyond what is comfortable.
I am also so very pleased that for the most part the people who matter to you most have been so supportive and understanding toward you. While I know that their support means a lot to you but in a way, it is good to read about people treating you well. While I am sure some people out there have some stupid views on this, it is good to read about some of the better people out there. Your decision to share your journey will no doubt help others who might be struggling with stepping out.
Just wanted you to know that I think that aspect is every bit as important as your own journey.
Keep sharing and my best as you move forward in your transformation.
My best,
- October 15, 2013 at 12:22 AM
- neurocell said...
I'm happy for you.
Gary Larsen spoke at my ex-brother-in-laws graduation from WSU. His advice boiled down to be true to yourself, follow your heart, and take the hard road over the easy one, you'll be happier in the end. From your smile, I can tell that you've followed his advice.
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First published in France in 1961 as La Revolution et la guerre d'Espagne,this book explains the major issues of the Spanish Civil War in a remarkably clear and comprehensive fashion. The authors focus on the internal affairs of the Republic and the Anarchist collective experiments in particular. For further description, the book is best served by its critics:
"The Broue-Temime work is the best general interpretation available concerning both the revolution of 1936 and the war. It is especially valuable for analysis of the CNT, the POUM, and the anarchists in both the industrial and rural areas of Catalonia. It contains rich chapters on the first days of the war in the large cities and on the May, 1937, struggle in the streets of Barcelona."
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