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Alarm Financial Services Inc. (AFS) provided a senior debt facility to Sentinel Security Solutions of Grover Beach, Calif. Sentinel will use the $750,000 credit facility to consolidate existing debt under more favorable terms, as well as to provide capital to meet the growth demands of the company. The credit facility includes both term loan and revolving line of credit components with increased borrowing ability as Sentinel’s business grows.

Safe and Sound Schools, a national school safety non-profit, released its State of School Safety Report 2019, in collaboration with Boston University College of Communication.

Defendify, an all-in-one SaaS-delivered cyber security platform developer, announced it has raised $1.6 million in pre-seed funding led by private investors with participation from Maine Technology Institute (MTI) and early stage cyber security industry investor 3dot6 Ventures. 

Banner Solutions, a national wholesaler of security opening hardware products, announced the acquisition of Berg Wholesale, an Oregon-based distributor of door and bath hardware.

More and more, there is a massive spotlight on the security industry and its ability to prevent tragedies from happening at large sporting venues.

The 2019 CEDIA Size and Scope of the Residential Technology Systems Market survey is now open for participation from home technology companies in the U.S. and Canada. Results will feed a report that will detail trends and provide an in-depth picture of the home technology industry.

CEDIA announced the educational conference lineup for this year's CEDIA Expo show. There will be over 125 classes, 50 percent of them brand new and covering 17 different areas of expertise. CEDIA Expo will be held September 10-14 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver.

Annual gains in homeowner spending on improvements are expected to moderate across more than half of the nation’s largest metropolitan areas in 2019, according to new projections released by the Remodeling Futures Program at the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. 

Dearborn Public Schools in Detroit could add new security upgrades, such as security cameras, to its buildings if voters approve a $245 million bond issue, according to a news report. 

The Vistacom team is celebrating its 65th year in business in 2019. Originally named the Daveland Company, Vistacom was founded in Allentown, Penn. in 1954 with a staff of six people, led by founder Jack Ferlino.