Convergence is Collaboration

While booking a flight online I realized a conflict with a family engagement, so I Skyped a text message to my wife. “I need your input when you have the bandwidth.”

Boy, I have to get away from my computer. The computer infuses every aspect of my life, even the language I use.  I manage tasks and events in Outlook, record voice notes on my T-Mobile MDA PDA synchronized with my PC. I Skype people all over the world in place of those old-fashioned phone calls. I take digital photos of the Danube and MMS them to my kids. Even my seven year old son pings me with an IP phone while I’m cabbing through Boston for a high tech conference.

The security industry is undergoing this same infusion of technology. The $150 bn physical security industry is discovering computers, software and networking, while its customers are discover new value from faster and easier collaboration and better overall security.

Cool.