Affiliated Monitoring will be managing central station monitoring for customers of Red Hawk Fire & Security U.S., a provider of fire, life safety and security services.

MONI, a subsidiary of Ascent Capital Group Inc., won a Gold MarCom Award for outstanding achievement by creative professionals for its recent rebranding. MONI is the new name of Monitronics International.

In 2016 SentryNet transformed from a traditional wholesale central station service to value-driven partner for security dealers, the company reported.

Can you believe it?

With the proliferation of networked video, a host of new uses for this technology will emerge.

Michelle Lindus, central station manager at Vivint Inc.’s headquarters in Provo, Utah, is the winner of CSAA’s 2016 Central Station Excellence Award for Manager of the Year.

It’s a decision that every security dealer has made or is in the process of making: What is the best option for monitoring?

Is the DACT, or “dialer” as we know it, it in its death throes or is there to be new life for it?

At some point in time virtually all dealers are faced with the question: “Who will monitor my accounts?”

CSAA celebrated its 65th anniversary in 2015 with renewed emphasis on further improving its value to members.