Valor Fire Safety Secures Investment From Maxim Ventures
Valor Fire Safety LLC closed a strategic investment from Maxim Ventures, the venture arm for semiconductor company Maxim Integrated Products Inc., San Jose, Calif.
View ArticleDynamark Offers Funding Program For Alarm Dealers
Dynamark Security Centers partnered with a financial institution in the alarm industry to offer an account-based loan program to independent alarm dealers.
View ArticleBosch Launches Remote Connect Cloud Service for Intrusion Control Panels
Bosch Security Systems Inc. provided dealers and integrators in North America cloud-based connectivity to its B and G Series intrusion control panels for remote programming and end-user app connectivity.
View ArticleSTI Releases New Home Intrusion Alarm
As I approach my 40th year in the electronic security business, sometimes I reflect on things I was involved with that didn’t work out so well.
View ArticleDeceptive Sales Practices Highlights on Inside Edition
An investigative piece aired September 6 on Inside Edition highlighting deceptive door-knocking sales practices in the security industry.
View ArticleAmerican Alarm & Jeopardy! Team Up for Security Trivia
American Alarm, along with Boston’s local news station, WBZ Channel 4, teamed up with Jeopardy! to provide security trivia for their viewers.
View ArticleHoneywell Expands Lyric Security and Home Control Platform
Honeywell, a global provider of connected homes, announced a new addition to its Lyric Security and Home Control platform that allows consumers to control their home security and automation systems on...
View ArticleHikvision Canada Launches Localized Website
Hikvision Canada Inc., a Canadian provider of CCTV and IP video surveillance products, launched the new Hikvision Canada website.
View ArticleTurbine Video Station Passes Terrier Test
Vingtor Stentofon puts its turbine video station to the test in this video in which two dogs (a Danish Swedish farm dog and a Jack Russell terrier) snooze in a room with a TCIV-3 turbine.
View ArticleBurtel Acquires Solid State Systems
Burtel Security & Fire Systems, a locally owned security company in the metropolitan Washington D.C. and Baltimore areas, acquired Solid State Systems on September 29, 2016.
View ArticleConnect ONE Interface Accessible Through Bosch Cloud Service
Bosch Security Systems Inc. announced cloud-based connectivity to its B and G series intrusion control panels for remote programming and end-user app connectivity.
View Article‘Engaged to Wait’ Or ‘Waiting to Engage’ Determines Overtime
In Michigan, a group of plaintiffs filed an action against the defendant security company claiming that the security company violated the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) by failing to...
View ArticleDesigning Commercial Alarms With an Eye on the Future
The world of commercial alarms is changing, or rather has changed. With moves almost exclusively to cellular and IP communications, security dealers are tasked with determining what type of security...
View ArticleCommercial Intrusion Alarm Systems
Columnist Roy Pollack challenges professionals to test their knowledge in the latest 5 Minute Tech quiz.
View ArticleDigi Security Systems Offers Full Design, Installation & Support Services for...
Digi Security Systems, a provider of integrated electronic security systems, announces that it now offers full installation and support services for new and additions to existing fire alarm systems....
View ArticleSentry Security Solutions Secures Additional Funding
Sentry Security Solutions, Burleson, Texas, a business and residential security provider, recently secured a multi-million dollar loan commitment with RMR Capital Group.
View ArticleSecurity Company Honors Boy With Autism
EPS Security, based in Grand Rapids, Mich., honored a local Muskegon, Mich., boy with autism by making him an honorary alarm technician and giving him grand tour of their facility.
View ArticleLimited Liability Protects Alarm Company From Uninsured Customer Claim
A recent case in New York again tested the importance of the limitation of liability provision in an alarm contract.
View ArticleSonitrol Reaches Record Number of Criminal Apprehensions
Sonitrol, a unit of Stanley Black & Decker’s Security division with headquarters in Indianapolis, reported it reached a new milestone by assisting with 175,000 documented criminal apprehensions...
View ArticleADT Announces New Home Security and Automation Integration With Amazon Alexa
ADT LLC, a provider of security and automation solutions for homes and businesses, welcomed Amazon Echo and Echo Dot products to its Pulse ecosystem, ADT’s remote home security monitoring system that...
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