Johnson Controls, a global provider of smart, healthy and sustainable buildings and architect of the OpenBlue digital platforms, announced eight additions to its popular Tyco Illustra Flex camera series.

StoneLock, a designer and manufacturer of contactless and privacy-hardened biometric solutions, announced the official integration of the StoneLock GO biometric reader with Tyco Software House from Johnson Controls Access Control, together providing contactless security and event management technologies.

This integration allows for the secure storage and over-air provisioning of access credentials to an end user’s smartphone to be used in lieu of a traditional access card. 

Johnson Controls has introduced the latest generation of its Tyco American Dynamics victor/ VideoEdge solution, which introduces powerful features such as Intelligent Person Search, Area Occupancy, new Event Management hub, 64-bit client and NVR Network Interface Card bonding for increased bandwidth.

Industry veteran Jay Hauhn has been named the new executive director of CSAA International, Vienna, Virginia. Hauhn will assume his new role, which is the lead staff position of the association, on April 6, 2015. 

Tyco, Boca Raton, Fla., announced it has acquired substantially all of the assets of Commercial Wireless Systems International (CWSI), Sunrise, Fla., a provider of wireless fire alarm and detection technology.

On November 21, chief technology officer and vice president of industry relations for Tyco Integrated Security (TycoIS), the well-respected industry luminary Jay Hauhn, retired after working for ADT and later TycoIS for 38 years. While he is not calling it a “retirement,” Hauhn, the current president of the Central Station Alarm Association, and former Security Industry Association board chairman, spoke to SDM about his nearly three decades of service to the industry and his future plans. He also shared insights into the coming years, as the security industry enters 2015.

 Tyco SimplexGrinnell received the Internet of Things (IoT) Innovator of the Year Award for 2014 from Axeda Corporation. The award recognizes the company for excellence in leveraging advanced Internet-connected technology to deliver smart eService fire alarm solutions that improve service delivery and provide significant value to customers.