ADT Acquires Video Alarm Verification Company I-View Now
ADT, a smart home security provider serving residential and business customers ranked No. 1 on the SDM 100, has taken another step to enhance its owned and operated professional monitoring services by...
View ArticleNJESA Celebrates 50th Anniversary With Gala Honoring Its Pioneers
The New Jersey Electronic Security Association (NJESA) celebrated the 50th anniversary of its founding with a gala dinner on Oct. 5 at Caesars Palace in Atlantic City. The association paid tribute to...
View ArticleTMA Reopens Alarm Confirmation, Verification and Notification Standard for...
The Monitoring Association (TMA) will reopen a review of the TMA CS-V-O1 standard, Alarm Confirmation, Verification and Notification Procedures. This standard defines methods by which false...
View ArticleTelguard Launches New High-End Power Supply & Power Protection Series
Visit Atlanta-based Telguard, a provider of security, life safety and communications, at ISC East in booth 113 to learn about their two new power product lines which support residential and commercial...
View ArticleShiver Security Expands With the Acquisition of Four Companies
Shiver Security Systems and Sonitrol of Southwest Ohio, a commercial and residential security company based in Dayton and Cincinnati, acquired four new companies servicing Southwest Ohio: 995 Security,...
View ArticleThe Monitoring Association Celebrates 70th Anniversary
What began as a collective effort on the part of eight forward-thinking security industry leaders on a cold night in 1949 has grown and evolved over seven decades to become The Monitoring Association...
View ArticleKirk MacDowell Selected as New SIAC Board Chairman
Kirk MacDowell, an executive with a 39-year career in the electronic security industry, has been selected as the new chairman of the board for the Security Industry Alarm Coalition (SIAC). SIAC is the...
View ArticleADT Acquires Its Largest Independent Dealer: Defenders
ADT Inc. just announced that it acquired Defenders, its largest independent dealer and only authorized premier provider, for a purchase price of approximately $381 million (based on ADT’s closing stock...
View ArticleTop Security Products From CES 2020
The 2020 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) took place last week, Jan. 6-9, in sunny Las Vegas, and while most physical security companies save their unveilings for March, when the security industry...
View ArticleUL Concludes Investigation of Alarm Panels
Underwriters Laboratories Inc. has concluded its investigation of UL Product Incident Report 2019MS-940, which was requested by Jeffrey Zwirn, president of IDS Research & Development.
View ArticleThe Monitoring Association Onboards 63rd PSAP
The Monitoring Association (TMA) onboarded its 63rd PSAP in the United States — the Metropolitan Nashville Davidson County Tenn. Department of Emergency Communications. Launched in 2011 as a...
View ArticleCall Blocking Info Sought for FCC
The Monitoring Association (TMA) seeks to hear from security alarm and monitoring service providers who have experienced call blocking in order to present information to the FCC.
View ArticleB Safe Security Acquires Diamond Electronics
B Safe Inc., a regional provider of security and fire alarms for Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, is expanding with the acquisition of Diamond Electronics of Hightstown, N.J.
View ArticleTMA Assumes Management of IQ Designation
The Monitoring Association (TMA) has assumed control of the Installation Quality Certification Program (IQ Certification), the only quality control program for installations, maintenance and service of...
View ArticleEmergency24 Hosting Five Webinars During Original ISC West Week
Emergency24 will fill the security education void with five unique webinars that showcase services and equipment that will help increase RMR and give customers robust, interactive alarm systems.
View ArticleWHIRC Renews Designation as TMA Five Diamond Monitoring Center
WH International Response Center (WHIRC) recently renewed the prestigious TMA Five Diamond Monitoring Center designation from The Monitoring Association (TMA) for the 17th straight year.
View ArticleMonitoring in the Time of COVID-19
For those working in monitoring call centers, the transition to working from home isn’t so easy.
View ArticleRapid Response Releases rapidSMS
rapidSMS is a service that notifies you instantly of an alarm, providing an app-like experience via text message, which allows you to make critical decisions in real-time.
View ArticleCalifornia Alarm Association Announced Virtual Spring Conference
The California Alarm Association (CAA) Spring Convention originally scheduled for May 13-16, 2020 in Palm Springs has been converted to a virtual conference.
View ArticleThe Scutum Group Acquires High Rise Fire & Security
The Scutum Group has acquired a controlling interest in High Rise Fire and Security, a fire alarm and life safety solutions provider in New York.
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