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When POTS Lines Disappear, Will Security Be Able to Communicate?

Technology certainly has changed our lives.

January 14, 2014

Technology certainly has changed our lives. I remember family car trips in the 1960s when we had three kids fighting in the back seat while my father insisted that we make 350 miles between bathroom stops.

Cellular Enables a New Breed of PERS Offerings

Forced communication changes to cellular — stemming from POTS’ elimination — along with the mobile capabilities it is enabling is producing a new breed of PERS offerings.

Heather Klotz-Young

January 14, 2014

Formally stated, Newton’s third law is: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. There are several “actions” generating change within today’s personal emergency response (PERS) offerings, all coming together in new offerings that are more responsive and capable than ever.

Homeowners Could Benefit From New Breed of Security-Insurance Partnerships

Derek Rice

January 9, 2014

For years, security companies have used the long-standing practice of insurers offering discounts to homeowners who install security systems as a selling point.

Mace Partners With Videofied

Mace Central Station, Cleveland, Ohio, announced a new partnership program with Videofied.

December 13, 2013

Mace Central Station, Cleveland, Ohio, announced a new partnership program with Videofied. Mace CS is offering Videofied Indoor monitoring for the basic monitoring rate on new indoor accounts.

City Put Out of Fire Business: Part 2

In this two-part series, Les Gold expertly breaks down a major case for the fire alarm industry

Lessing E. Gold

December 13, 2013

In this two-part series, Les Gold expertly breaks down a major case for the fire alarm industry involving the Lisle-Woodridge Fire Protection District. Part one, in the November issue, analyzed the illegal actions of the district and subsequent injunctions while part two breaks down the resulting modified permanent injunction

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Officially Opened Habitec Security’s New Headquarters

December 5, 2013

Habitec Security moved its corporate headquarters on Oct. 18, 2013. The new location at 1545 Timberwolf, Holland, Ohio 43528 includes a larger space to accommodate the company’s growing employee base and allows it to continue to monitor its 17,000 customers from a state of the art U.L. monitoring center.

Bold Joins PPVAR

ISC East 2013

November 21, 2013

Bold Technologies, Colorado Springs, Colo., joined the Partnership for Priority Video Alarm Response (PPVAR) as a bronze associate member.

COPS Monitoring Concludes Fall Dealer Meeting Tour - Nearly 200 Attend

ISC East 2013

November 20, 2013

COPS Monitoring, Williamstown, N.J., a nationwide provider of wholesale alarm monitoring services, wrapped up its tour of dealer meetings at its six central stations located in N.J., Fla., Ariz., Tenn., Texas, and Md.

Advance in Monitoring Services Through Central Station Software That is Smarter Than Ever

Advances have been made in central station scripting, phone systems, reporting and more. New functionality also supports innovative service offerings.

Joan Engebretson

November 14, 2013

Central station automation software is becoming increasingly sophisticated, often adding functionality similar to what has been pioneered in other industries. For example, scripting capability built into new central station software prompts operators to ask the right questions in much the same way that “wizard”

Defining Video Verification’s Future

Security, law enforcement, and insurance stakeholders discuss why video verification is critical to the industry’s future — and how it can bring all the different groups together.

November 14, 2013

Any form of verification of an alarm is good. When it is possible to determine accurately if an alarm is a real intrusion or event, as opposed to a false alarm, the effectiveness of a security system skyrockets, arrests occur, property is protected and the alarm industry’s relationships with law enforcement and insurance are strengthened.