Francis X. Taylor, vice president and chief security officer for the General Electric Co. (GE), will provide the keynote address for the 2009 Electronic Security Expo (ESX) on the morning of Wednesday, June 24 at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore. His topic is “Local Solutions for Global Security Threats.”
The Electronic Security Expo (ESX) will feature a new, cutting-edge half-day education program, entitled the ESX Next Generation Monitoring Boot Camp, on Monday, June 22 from 1-5 p.m. at the Baltimore Convention Center.
We all need training from time to time. It's often in the best interest of the company and the client. Training is the life blood that ensures that your company's product or service remains the industry standard.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Jun 15, 2009
Silent Knight by Honeywell recently announced the kick-off of a new series of one-on-one Lunch-N-Learns geared to the fire alarm educational needs of specification writers and electrical contractors.
Honeywell Power Products has created a new library of materials to assist specifiers, dealers and distributors in the application of power supplies for video, intrusion, access control and fire alarm installations. An all-new applications guide, product catalog and resource CD are now available free-of-charge.
Arecont Vision, producer of IP-based megapixel camera technology, has launched its Channel Partner Certification Program with the goal of instructing and certifying system integrators, distributors, architects and engineers in the development of megapixel video surveillance solutions.
IndigoVision, a manufacturer of complete IP Video security solutions, has appointed Ivo Drent as Senior Vice President for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
For many businesses wanting to transition from analog to digital networks, the numbers seem daunting. Although they want to migrate to an IP video solution, can they afford to do so?
- By Rich Anderson
- Jun 05, 2009
A properly designed video system, powered by megapixel camera technology, provides the coverage and image quality to do what a video surveillance system is supposed to do: prevent and prosecute crime.
GE Security Inc., a business of GE Enterprise Solutions recently announced its EST3-Sixty Mass Notification/Emergency Communications (MNEC) solution, which provides new levels of protection and communications access to people in educational, military, industrial, commercial and other facilities of any size. EST3-Sixty is the world’s first MNEC system to achieve the Underwriters Laboratories (UL) new mass notification standard.
With the rising integration of IT with physical security, certifications have become increasingly necessary for security integrators. There are a variety of certifications available— from both professional organizations and manufacturers—that should help an end user select an integrator.
- By Skip Sampson
- Jun 03, 2009
ADT Security has won the contract to provide the access control and video surveillance security systems to the new terminal 3 in Indira Gandhi International Airport, slated to open in March 2010.
Samsung Techwin America announced Tuesday that it has signed an agreement with White Radio for the distribution of the Samsung Techwin CCTV product line in Canada.
IndigoVision’s complete IP security system is providing an advanced wireless surveillance solution for San Borja, Peru, which was deployed as part of the recent APEC summit. San Borja is primarily a middle-class district of the country’s capital, Lima, covering an area of 4 square miles and with a population of more than 100,000. The system was installed in advance of the annual meeting of the 21 members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), which met in Lima in November.
Fluidmesh Networks, a provider of wireless video- surveillance systems based on mesh networking technology, is pleased to announce its partnership with JVC.
The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) has enhanced security in three of its largest parking lots with the addition of video surveillance systems from ADT Security Services. The installation includes cameras, transmitted via a wireless mesh system, which monitor a 600-space remote parking lot about a quarter-mile from the university’s main campus.
Tyco Fire Suppression & Building Products (TFSBP) partnered with the Capital District Habitat for Humanity last fall and donated a Rapid Response Home Fire Sprinkler System to “The Ted Abriel House,” a home that received its namesake from an Albany-area (New York) fallen firefighter.
PSA Security Network, an electronic security cooperative, today announced that PSA stockholders elected Mike Kobelin, director of sales for Aronson Security Group (ASG), as chairman of the board and Mark Olive, owner of Eales Electronics, as vice chairman, both for two-year terms. The elections were held during the recent shareholder meeting during the 2009 PSA-TEC in St. Charles, IL.
The monitoring of fire alarm communications via phone lines, one primary line and one secondary line for backup, has been the industry standard since the mid-1980s. Although telecommunications technologies have improved significantly with the evolution of the Internet, the quality of fire alarm communications has steadily declined in recent years.
- By Nick Martello
- May 26, 2009
Micro Key Solutions, a provider of software solutions for the security alarm industry, honored Fidel Gonzalez, owner and president of Laredo Alarm in Laredo, Texas, with this year’s certificate of appreciation.