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Security Partners named industry veteran Randy Hall as the organization’s new president.

Recently, ADT LLC, a provider of security and automation solutions for homes and businesses and ranked No. 1 on the SDM 100, celebrated one of its LifeSaver events in Fresno, Calif., where ADT customer Katie Anderson shared a powerful story of survival.
 

Camcloud has written a blogpost describing an upcoming demo planned for ESX. Camcloud says in the post that the VSaaS solution “revolutionizes how Hanwha Techwin cameras can be configured for the cloud,” allowing end users and dealers to deploy cloud cameras from the Camcloud mobile app and ensuring that all Hanwha Techwin cameras are auto-discovered on the network.

Per Mar Security Services, a provider of total security solutions for residential and commercial clients and ranked No. 26 on the SDM 100, honored CEO Michael Duffy for his 50 years of full-time employment at Per Mar Security Services. 
 

A federal appeals court ruled on June 5 that Rothschild Connected Devices Innovations LLC (RCDI) must pay legal fees to security dealer ADS, ranked No. 20 on the SDM 100 and SDM’s 2014 Dealer of the Year, overturning an eastern Texas district court decision that had sided with RCDI in a patent infringement case. 

An article on Slate.com said that police in South Wales have been the first in the UK to use automatic facial recognition (AFR) technology to identify and arrest a suspect on May 31.

GTCR, a leading private equity firm, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire GreatCall, Inc. 

The Partnership for Priority Verified Alarm Response (PPVAR) announced the following industry leaders will be volunteering for committees crucial to the growth of the organization and the future of priority response.

Clare Controls announced its partnership with security buying group SS&Si to deliver Clare’s Smart, Secure, and Simple platform to SS&Si’s members. 

Per Mar Security Services, a provider of total security solutions for residential and commercial clients based in Davenport, Iowa, was named the 2016 Salient Regional Dealer of the Year for the Midwest Region. This award recognizes the top dealer in the Midwest Region who sells more than $500,000 in equipment. Per Mar was also named a Diamond Level Dealer with Salient for selling over $500,000 in equipment. Only a few Salient dealers reach Diamond Level Dealer status, the company reported in a press release.