The DirectIP surveillance platform from IDIS was awarded highest honors at the first Korea High-Tech Safety Industry Product & Technology Awards, in recognition of DirectIP’s contributions to solving the difficult problems, compatibility challenges and connectivity issues facing the network surveillance market.
Citizens Bank announced it is leading a new $75 million senior secured credit facility for Williamstown, N.J.-based Lydia Security Monitoring Inc. (Lydia), the parent company to COPS Monitoring, an independently owned provider of nationwide wholesale alarm monitoring and dealer services.
Johnson Controls and Tyco entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Johnson Controls, a global multi-industrial company, will combine with Tyco, a global fire and security provider, and will together provide building products and technology, integrated solutions and energy storage.
The Electronic Systems Professional Alliance (ESPA) has named Jeff Gardner as its first executive director. He takes this position after nine years on staff at CEDIA, directing both technical training and industry certification.
CEDIA is pleased to announce that Ron Fleming has been promoted to the position of vice president, business development. In this role Fleming will be responsible for taking the successful programs and initiatives he cultivated as the senior director of sales and new business development and scaling them for the global market.
The Security Industry Association (SIA) announced that Janet Fenner, director of marketing North America for Samsung Techwin America, has been appointed to the position of chair, SIA marketing committee.
CEDIA has announced the 2016 volunteer board of directors. The board has three new directors: John Clancy, Ken Erdmann and Greg Margolis, and two re-elected directors: Michael Pope and Joe Whitaker. Additionally, the CEDIA board chose to appoint a new director, Jeremy Sweet, who will join the CEDIA board of directors for a one-year term to fill a vacated appointed position.
