VIVOTEK expanded its global after-sales service network and warranty policy on a superior range of its network cameras. The company’s after-sales services include extensive technical support and product repair and replacement within the warranty period. VIVOTEK has cooperated with several professional return merchandise authorization (RMA) centers and valued global distributors, enabling them to provide VIVOTEK’s high standards of technical authorization, the company described.
Security Partners, Lancaster, Pa., will add its fourth North American location in Las Vegas. Security Partners purchased the facility because of its strategic location, and the favorable environment for conducting business nationally, the company stated.
Select Security, Lancaster, Pa., expanded into Kentucky with the acquisition of three local companies. Over the past several months, Select Security has welcomed the employees and several thousand customers from Comstar Systems in Bowling Green, AAA Systems in Elizabethtown, and Bardstown Alarm in Bardstown.
ADI, Melville, N.Y., announced Rob Aarnes was named president of ADI North America. Aarnes will be responsible for leading all ADI business operations across the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. He will continue to report to Michael Flink, who was recently named president of ADI Global.
Results of SDM’s Industry Forecast Study, coupled with an outlook from leading dealers and integrators, offers positive assurance for the security industry’s 2015 performance: 13.9 percent growth. It will be driven by a higher level of services being offered to consumers and businesses.
A burglary occurred every 16.4 seconds in the United States in 2013. This and more information about property crime was released last week by The Federal Bureau of Investigation in Crime in the United States, 2013. The report shows that the estimated number of property crimes decreased 4.1 percent.
United Systems, Denver, acquired Absolute Fire & Safety, Littleton, Colo., and created a new specialized division, United Systems Fire & Safety. The new division, founded on October 1, will deliver specialized fire and safety services to commercial businesses throughout Colorado.
The belief in the purple cow is simply means to be different. In doing so your company’s brand will stand out from your competitors, and our thought for the month is why not try a fresh new approach with your marketing message.
For us, we learned a valuable lesson, which is to provide our clients with a complete follow-through system when it comes to going after an request for proposal (RFP), pitching a large account or just helping them stand out from the competition by having the guts to be unique and stand out.