Yesterday ACRE announced that it would be acquiring the Texas-based Open Options, a 20-year-old access control company that has been a Mercury Security partner since 1997. Its first acquisition since 2016, this move strengthens ACRE’s access control business and expands its product portfolio that already includes brands such as ComNet and ATC.
Arecont Vision Costar, a provider of network-based video surveillance solutions, announced that COM-TECH Systems Inc. has joined as a new Authorized Manufacturer’s Representative for the U.S. Southeast region.
Tech startup TrackTik Software Inc., developer of a security workforce management solution for the security guard space, has been awarded a 2018 SaaS Award by San Diego-based APPEALIE.
Duane Paulson, Dan Quigley, David Kaplan and Avi Rosenthal have launched CE/IoT Partners LLC, a full-service consulting partnership. The industry veterans came together to launch the company as a go-to resource for manufacturers in the AV and security markets looking to venture into the connected home space that do not know where to start.
SplashData’s eighth annual list of Worst Passwords of the Year is here, and after evaluating more than 5 million passwords leaked on the Internet, the company found that computer users continue using the same predictable, easily guessable passwords.
The Illinois Security Professionals Association (ISPA) held its 57th annual awards gala on Dec. 4 to recognize 41 security professionals who exceeded the standard of excellence in their careers and professional positions during 2018.
Lowell Manufacturing Company, a U.S. manufacturer of professional A/V products since 1947, announces new representation for commercial A/V and/ or security accounts in the eastern U.S. — Lienau A/V Associates in the mid-Atlantic region, HWPCO in the southeast and C.L. Pugh & Associates for inland areas including Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan and West Virginia.
Princeton Identity Inc., a provider of biometric security systems, announced that Alabama’s Auburn University has updated and expanded the biometric identity system it uses to secure areas within its athletic facilities. Princeton Identity’s new IDS software and Access200 iris readers allow student athletes, coaches and other affiliated team members enrolled in the system to unlock the doors to team locker rooms by glancing at small reader panels mounted outside each entrance.
WeSuite, a software manufacturer of sales management tools for technology sales and service providers, announced today that its president, Tracy Larson, has written a free educational booklet that provides actionable steps that sales professionals within security and technology organizations can take to create more powerful and winning proposals.
