The Partnership for Priority Verified Alarm Response (PPVAR) will host a session on Emerging Technologies: The Effect on Verification & Priority Police Response panel discussion at ISC West.
Lucas Boselli succeeds Thanasis Molokotos as president of the Americas division and executive vice president – head of Americas for ASSA ABLOY effective April 2.
Bold Technologies, a provider of alarm monitoring and PSIM software, launched its new learning and training platform, BoldU. BoldU was introduced to customers in mid-February and officially kicked off on March 1.
The Security Industry Alarm Coalition (SIAC) is joining with the Georgia Electronic Life Safety & System Association (GELSSA) to fight an ordinance from Sandy Springs, Georgia, that would fine alarm companies instead of the end-user when systems generate a false alarm and could suspend law enforcement response to all customers of a dealer with a single unpaid fine.
RS2 Technologies LLC, a provider of access control systems, appointed Jeff Bransfield as national sales manager. Bransfield currently serves as the company’s West Central regional sales manager and will transition into his new position between now and July 1. Bransfield assumes the position currently held by RS2 co-founder Gary Staley.
Johnson Controls has announced that it has acquired Smartvue, an IoT and video provider which empowers cloud video surveillance and IoT video services.
Viakoo, a provider of automated verification of physical security system performance, released a new white paper on the topic of hardening physical security systems against cyber attacks.
Mike Carli, president of Allegiant Fire Protection, said, “When we learned of the future divestiture (of certain assets of Valley Fire Protection Services), we saw an opportunity to use our expertise and build an outstanding company doing what we know best — fire alarms and life safety inspections.”
Right off the bat, TEC 2018, the annual conference presented by PSA which was held for the first time this year in downtown Denver, March 12-16, set the tone for the event with a galvanizing keynote speech by motivational speaker Glenn Bill. Bill had attendees stand and shout, “I’m alive! I’m alert! And I feel great!”