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Like any technology, embedded analytics can come with its own set of challenges. For Mark Ring, director of Integration Services, Xentry Systems Integration, Miamisburg, Ohio, the challenges are not selling or promoting analytics but the simple everyday logistics of nature and the different areas to be monitored.

For years, the most common integration method has been for one manufacturer to get another’s application programming interface (API) or software development kit (SDK) and make the two systems talk.

TRI-ED announced its Technology Roadshow is coming to Texas this Fall. Dealers and integrators will want to mark their calendars and attend these free,one-day training events: September 3rd at the Holiday Inn Austin Midtown and October 7th at the Hilton North Houston. 

United Central Control Inc. (UCC), a San Antonio-based company purchased the wholesale monitored accounts of Red Hawk Monitoring LLC, formerly Counterforce USA, and now a wholly owned subsidiary of Red Hawk Fire & Security LLC, out of Houston.

Central Security Group (CSG) announced today that Richard Ginsburg, former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Protection 1 and Guardian International, has been named CEO and a member of its board of directors effective immediately.

Canon U.S.A. Inc. announced Canon Europe has signed an agreement to acquire Denmark-based Milestone Systems A/S, a provider of open platform video management software, via its subsidiary Canon Europa N.V. The new combination will create a formidable player in the fast growing network video surveillance market by combining the strengths of Canon’s innovative imaging technology with Milestone’s video management software expertise.

Today, RMR comprises 58 percent of the company’s revenue, and it strives to grow RMR by approximately 10 percent every year.

Integrators who execute security projects in sporting venues now have an award for the work they do — the Golden Eagle Award.

In both cases, buyers’ and sellers’ interests are best served when they each have professional consultants, brokers and attorneys that are very familiar with these industries.

Which suppliers do the largest security dealers use? This SDM 100 brand-usage report lists the top 14 manufacturers and top 9 distributors that earn the business of the largest security companies in the installation and monitoring channel.