Recognizing the need to reduce requests for police response to baseless alarm activations, Glen Mowrey of the Security Industry Alarm Coalition (SIAC) appeared before the Connecticut Police Chiefs Association (CPCA) to discuss initiatives begun by several states to manage and reduce the number of false burglar alarm activations. CPCA then tasked their Private Security Committee to develop an overall approach to alarm management and to create the model ordinance.
Avigilon recently announced that it has signed KLM Marketing as its newest manufacturer’s representative to expand market opportunities for the company’s high-definition and megapixel video surveillance systems in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region.
Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies recently announced a new, free Web-based course that covers the basics of the role door closers play in controlling the door.
AMAG Technology, a manufacturer of security management systems for the commercial and government markets, has been awarded ISO 14001 certification, the only environmental standard recognized worldwide.
Security is the best-known application of video surveillance, but by no means the only one. Transportation systems and retail are both promising markets for video surveillance, where its uses extend to legal liability prevention, customer behavior analysis and store design.
Hirsch Electronics, a supplier of physical access control systems, has signed an exclusive global distribution agreement with SCM Microsystems, a supplier of smart card readers for secure authentication, to provide SCM’s Physical Access Control Terminals (PACT) series physical access readers to the open market.
Dotworkz, a provider of network-based video surveillance products, announced recently that it has signed an agreement with Moonblink Communications, a value added distributor of wireless broadband solutions
IdentiSys Inc., North America’s largest sales and service integrator of identification, tracking and security products, recently announced the acquisition of CardSmart Systems Inc., located in Lisle, Ill., a western suburb of Chicago.
Securitas Security Services USA Inc. (Securitas USA) recently announced that it has received a Special Recognition Award from ASIS International at the 2008 ASIS International Seminar in Atlanta.
Frost & Sullivan recently announced that it will begin collaborating with Avigilon on an upcoming project to develop a content-based curriculum for the video surveillance industry.
The home monitoring market is set to undergo major transformation as a result of robust consumer interest and the emergence of new technologies offering digitally networked services and enhanced functionality compared with traditional systems.
Tri-Ed, with the support of its vendor partners, is going to bat for underprivileged kids. And now dealers and integrators can too. On Thursday, October 2 from 5-7:30 p.m., every Tri-Ed branch in the eastern United States will host a charity event in support of the Pitch in for Baseball charity.
The National Training Center recently announced the National Training Conference 2009, which is scheduled for Feb. 2-3, 2009, in Las Vegas.
The evolution of video surveillance systems to IP-based systems will be application-, budget- and choice-based.
- By George Wojtan
- Sep 01, 2008
The National Burglar & Fire Alarm Association and the Central Station Alarm Association have joined forces to launch the Security Industry Recruiting Center, providing an online source for matching qualified job seekers with security industry employers.
NAPCO Security Systems Inc. recently announced the acquisition of Marks USA. The purchase price for the business and substantially all of the assets was $25 million and the assumption of current liabilities.
Alarm.com, a provider of digital wireless and Web-enabled security technology for residential and small business customers, recently announced the AirFX Remote Toolkit -- a Web-based tool that lets security dealers program security system settings and troubleshoot many customer issues remotely, without the need for a truck roll.
The Security Industry Association (SIA) recently released American National Standard ANSI/SIA OSIPS-01:2008 SIA Open, Systems Integration and Performance Standards -- Framework, the foundation for all of SIA’s Open Systems Integration and Performance Standards (OSIPS) family of standards.
Envysion Inc., a Managed Video as a Service (MVaaS) provider, recently announced it has launched the Envysion Partner Program, which delivers a new recurring revenue stream for partners with a differentiated Web-based managed video service.
ioimage recently announced that it has signed an agreement with e-Convergence Solutions, a specialized distributor of presence, security and convergence technologies, to distribute ioimage products to data networking VARs in North America.