CDW LLC, Vernon Hills, Ill., a provider of technology products and services to business, government, education and healthcare, announced the results of its first Cloud Computing Tracking Poll, an assessment of current and future cloud computing use in business, government, healthcare and education based on a survey of 1,200 IT professionals familiar with their organization’s use of, or plans for, cloud computing. Twenty-eight percent of U.S. organizations are using cloud computing today, CDW found, with most reporting (73 percent) that their first step into the cloud was implementation of a single cloud application.
Up until the fourth quarter of last year, Devcon Security, Hollywood, Fla. operated nine branches, seven of them in Florida and two in New York. Fast forward to the end of June, and the company has built out its regional business into a nationwide platform with 52 branches and more than 900 employees.
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.
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