Convergint Technologies, a service-based systems integrator, announced the acquisition of Dakota Security Systems, a security integration company based in Sioux Falls, S.D., with offices in Arizona, New Jersey and throughout the upper Midwest.
A new Parks Associates report finds smart home offerings have helped revitalize the residential security industry, as the number of households with monitored security rose more than 15 percent in the past two calendar years.
If you haven’t heard of BOLIN Technology, you soon will. BOLIN is a relatively new kid on the U.S. block, but they’ve been in the industry for years, designing and manufacturing high-performance industrial and professional grade integrated PTZ cameras.
When all was said and done, ISC East 2015, sponsored by the Security Industry Association (SIA), announced an 8 percent increase in attendance and a sold-out showroom floor with more than 210 exhibitors (claiming more than 50 of them as new); 18 SIA Education@ISC education classes on topics relevant to the security industry such as wearable cameras, campus security and smart home; and a large Featured Product Showcase at the Javits Center in New York. According to Senior Vice President of ISC Events Ed Several, the show floor was 3,000 sq. ft. bigger than last year’s show.
ONVIF, the global standardization initiative for IP-based physical security products, hosted its annual membership meeting and elections in late October, providing an update to members on ONVIF activities and accomplishments over the past year.
American Integrated Security Group (AISG), a full-service security systems integrator, opened a new office in Brooklyn Heights, a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio.
Criticom Monitoring Services (CMS), a wholesale alarm monitoring company, went live with ASAP in Richmond, Va., on October 21. “Awareness of ASAP’s very real benefits to PSAPs is spreading,” said Jay Hauhn, executive director of the Central Station Alarm Association (CSAA).
Security dealers who participated in SDM’s 2016 Forecast Study believe their stiffest competition in 2016 will come from do-it-yourself security providers.
Security dealers who participated in SDM’s 2016 Forecast Study believe their stiffest competition in 2016 will come from do-it-yourself security providers.
CEDIA has announced the 2016 volunteer board of directors. The board has three new directors: John Clancy, Ken Erdmann and Greg Margolis, and two re-elected directors: Michael Pope and Joe Whitaker. Additionally, the CEDIA board chose to appoint a new director, Jeremy Sweet, who will join the CEDIA board of directors for a one-year term to fill a vacated appointed position.
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