MOBOTIX, a provider of high-resolution, network-based security solutions, announced that it has expanded its distribution agreement with Tri-Ed / Northern Video, an independent wholesale distributor of security and low voltage products. The strategic partnership allows Tri-Ed / Northern Video to distribute the full-line of MOBOTIX IP-based security solutions in its Canadian branch offices, while continuing to deliver MOBOTIX technologies through its robust U.S.-based network.
ADS Security (ADS), Nashville, Tenn., promoted Christine Mudrak to central station manager. Previously central station quality control supervisor, Mudrak is now responsible for hiring, scheduling and training all central station employees, as well as overseeing the education of new ADS employees on central station procedures and policies. She will continue to supervise quality control in the central station and act as liaison between the central station and the company’s 14 branches. Mudrak was the first recipient of the CSAA Central Station Excellence Awards Operator of the Year award in 2006.
Agilence Inc., Camden, N.J., a provider of point-of-service (POS) video auditing™ solutions, purchased the assets of video analytics company Vidient Systems Inc. Agilence plans to modify and extend the technology and combine it with its Hawkeye™ platform to offer new applications and benefits for the transportation and retail industries.
VidSys collaborated with the United States Park Police (USPP) on a technology trial to protect the hundreds of thousands of people from around the country during the annual Fourth of July celebration in Washington, D.C.
The Electronic Security Association (ESA) reported that on June 30, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) introduced S. 1319, ESA’s federal background check legislation.
iControl Networks Inc, Palo Alto, Calif., a provider of broadband home management, and Visonic Ltd., Tel-Aviv, Israel, a developer and manufacturer of wireless home security and safety systems and components, have partnered to integrate Visonic security peripherals into the iControl OpenHome™ software platform.
System Sensor, St. Charles, Ill., announced the remaining dates and locations for its 2011 Seminar series, Codes & CEUs. This seminar provides up-to-the-minute NFPA code reviews, design information, application suggestions and tools for fire and notification system designs. Codes & CEUs is provided at no cost to qualified attendees and CEU credits are also available. The seminar is ideal for fire protection professionals, including engineers, fire officials, end users, school district facility planners, university campus fire and safety personnel, fire system designers and technicians.
For the past several years, stakeholders have shown interest in how the various standards and specification developing organizations within the electronic physical security industry relate to each other. Recently, SIA Standards has attempted to address this issue by reaching out to other groups and discussing ways in which we can harmonize our efforts to deliver an outcome that is beneficial to the industry as a whole.
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