Ackerman Security reported it doubled in size between 2007 and 2012, with $2 million in recurring monthly revenue, largely under the leadership of newly appointed president, Jim Callahan.
It may be time to rewire the contractor/project business model with services that include recurring monthly revenue (RMR) beyond monitored security and equipment maintenance and service.
After two years of bouncing around a bottom, remodeling activity is expected to pick up later this year, according to the Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity (LIRA) released by the Remodeling Futures Program at the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, Cambridge, Ma.. Why?
Alarm Capital Alliance (ACA), a nationwide security company ranked No. 11 in the SDM 100, partnered with Norwest Venture Partners (NVP), a global investment firm with $3.7 billion in capital under management.
New York-based DGA Security Systems recently announced the selection of Braveheart Sales Performance Ltd. to provide innovative sales team development services and growth planning for its commercial sales team.
Back in 1974, when gas was 55 cents a gallon and a worker’s average annual income was about $10,900, his father, Charles, founded the company with a focus on the then solid service business in office intercoms and master antennas. Over those growing pain years and with myriad changes and advances in communications technologies, the business — then consisting of about two handfuls of employees — was critically challenged.
Pittsburgh-based Vector Security Inc. today announced the completion of a new credit facility valued at $225 million, which includes $75 million in new financing, to help fuel the company’s future growth.
The security industry is ready and able to put growth on the books in 2011, but dealers must take command of conditions and lead their own way.
I like the change of seasons that living in Illinois offers, but it’s this time of year — late February (the time of this writing) and early March — that makes me wish the season would change more quickly.
Just two days before the announcement that Ascent Media Corporation acquired Monitronics International Inc., Frost & Sullivan recognized Monitronics with the 2010 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Company of the Year. Based on its recent analysis of the alarm monitoring residential security market
Wireless is ideal for remote locations such as the Usibelli Coal Mine in Healy, Alaska, where a wired infrastructure would be cost-prohibitive.The use of wireless technologies in security systems is