ADT announced it will acquire Devcon Security for $148.5 million in cash, with an expected closing date later this month.

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It is with great excitement that we introduce SDM’s new Contributing Technology Writer, Roy Pollack, to you. Roy will be writing the monthly 5-Minute Tech Quiz. If you have your January 2011 issue handy, please turn to page 65 to take Roy’s first quiz on monitoring technology.