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PULLMAN WIRE, HITTING THE SHELVES NOW. The wire we’ve all been waiting for. PULLMAN wire. It’s UL Listed, Certified, Pure Copper or Copper Clad Steel, and best of ALL, cost competitive with all other brands of wire.
We love it. It’s hitting the shelves now. Call our stores for quotes on your favorite wire.
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ARM YOURSELF – UNV SYSTEMS OVERVIEW – COMING YOUR WAY.
Arlenco will be hosting Arm Yourself Training sessions over the next month. We’ll be featuring the cost-effective and technically superior CCTV Systems.
Continue reading “ARM YOURSELF – UNV Systems Overview – Each of our locations”SUPPLY CHAIN UPDATE – MARCH 14th. We’re regularly asked what the status is for the various products we carry. Things are definitely improving. The truth is, as we know you’re well aware: that nobody can predict what lead times are these days. However, we can estimate lead times based on current delivery times. Check out what we’ve come up with.
Continue reading “Supply Chain Update – March 14th”We absolutely ARE able to get product, despite what you may hear in the news. Here are some of the manufacturers who have been absolutely KILLING it with their fulfillment despite having some shipping challenges of their own.
Continue reading “October 2021 – Armyourself Product Availability Update”
UNV Cameras, and the UH.265 advantage. We’ve been talking about UNV and their custom H.265, Ultra-H.265. We’re not going to get all nerdy up in here, so we’ll just leave it at this: it’s cool, way cool.
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Lately our industry has been inundated with news and misleading information regarding network security, and the ‘FACT’ that IP cameras aren’t secure. Article after article has claimed that all of our surveillance systems are compromised with secret ‘back-doors.’
Continue reading “It’s easy to secure your CCTV Network”Do I deny that these ‘back-doors’ exist? Not necessarily. But any professional who has installed surveillance systems since the early 90’s can say, “I know how to secure those systems.”
Over the course of 2021, we’ll be launching a series of useful trainings for technology relating to our industry and leading products available at Arlenco Distribution. Subscribe (by entering your email to the right) to our mailing list to get notified of new updates. In this video Cameron talks briefly about what’s to come.
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SimpliSafe, Ring, and all of the DIY systems are severely lacking [to say the least] when it comes to REAL and complete solutions for security, automation, and surveillance. Sure, they integrate relatively seamlessly with the ever growing Amazon-supporting brands, but they fall short in so many ways. That said, the offering can actually do damage to an industry with over a century in history and development.
Continue reading “Arm Yourself Episode 12 – Napco’s answer to Ring and SimpliSafe”Podcast: Play in new window | Download
The two challenges we’re addressing relate to the Fire Alarm industry, and the Commercial Burg industries. In this episode we’ll talk a little about how other manufacturers have struggled getting products to us. We’ll also talk about price increases from some of the more prominent manufacturers in our industry.
Continue reading “Arm Yourself Episode 11 – Pricing and Availability – Commercial Fire and Commercial Security. Napco GEMC and Firewolf”Podcast: Play in new window | Download
We’ve been away for a while, but trust us, it’ll be worth it! We’ve been busy developing ORBIT v.4. You may have noticed that we added some features to the site, but most of what we’ve been up to lives under the hood.
Continue reading “Arm Yourself – Episode 8 – We’ve been busy”Podcast: Play in new window | Download