Sonitrol Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, a provider of verified electronic security for homes, schools and businesses, announced its dealers’ association’s newly elected officers at the Sonitrol National Dealers Association (SNDA) Annual Convention and Awards Banquet.
The 2014 SDM 100 ranks U.S. companies that provide electronic security systems and services to both residential and non-residential customers. This ranking is based on information provided to or, in few cases, estimated by SDM. Ranked companies were asked to submit an audited or reviewed financial statement, or a copy of their income tax return.
The acquisition of Protectron will significantly strengthen ADT’s Canadian operations and create a combined security industry leader in Canada, differentiated by its ability to reach consumers and provide them with better service and more choice across a variety of traditional security and automation technologies.
While there’s usually nothing out of the ordinary about a grand opening of an ADI branch, that’s definitely not the case for its La Vista, Neb., location, which will officially open on May 1.
Serving the greater Omaha market, the new branch is the 100th for Melville, N.Y.-based ADI, which itself is a significant milestone. But more importantly, it marks a new direction of sorts for the company as the first of what CEO Michael Flink says is a different style of branch for the distributor called ADI Express
Cloud-based services, integration with the hot video market, IT- and legacy-friendly options and more are expected to give integrators reason to celebrate in the 2014 access control market.
Someone once suggested that to get an invitation to a party you really wanted to attend you should offer to contribute something to the party. If the video market’s predicted strong year in 2014 is the kind of “party” access control is hoping to attend, then the market has tapped into that principle, contributing a strong argument for security systems that integrate both video and access control.
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Dealers can purchase the devices directly from Nationwide Digital, and the dealers themselves come up with a pricing structure that suits their company. Nationwide Digital plans to start offering marketing and sales materials for dealers targeted to the end user very soon.
UCC currently serves 209,000 customer accounts through its relationships with more than 500 dealers across the United States.
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“It took a total of three years, including one to implement and troubleshoot the system so it ran smoothly once we went live,” said UCC’s CEO, Don Munford. “The extra time we put into making sure we have the right system in place is a service we always provide with pride to our dealers.”
The defendant alarm company had a clause in its contract giving “either party” the right to have “an action or dispute” resolved by binding arbitration before an arbitrator instead of a judge in court. The plaintiff filed an action in small claims court for damages for breach of contract, breach of warranty and fraud. The defendant alarm company made a motion to dismiss the action and to compel arbitration.
The days of trading RMR rooted in wired platforms and associated equipment are over. Significant premiums may be offered by sellers for current technology platforms and to companies that focus on the evolution of their technology offerings.
The life safety industries have been fortunate over the last 20 years in that monitoring services associated with recurring monthly revenues (RMR) have been reliant on hardwired systems whose signals were transported to monitoring centers via the telephone landlines.
The access control card is the common thread to all of building integration, and the reason security systems integrators can be involved with energy management and gain expertise in these systems and applications.
Expanding your service offering to include commercial energy management is no small undertaking. While it may seem the two industries are very similar, with inputs, outputs, control points and data gathering, that is where the similarities end.