As the electronic security sector converges with IT security, traditional security systems integrators are coming under pressure to redefine their business models. By not acting now, a traditional SI may see their addressable market share snapped up by aggressive IT entrants who absorb the most profitable projects and customers, leaving security SIs to fight over lower-margin work such as the installation of fire and intrusion detection. Clearly, security SIs that want to survive in a future dominated by IT and IP security technologies will have to adapt and change. This memo focuses on one of the possible strategies that security SIs could adopt – that of becoming a total solution provider for outsourced electronic security services.