Brink's Home Security is now Broadview Security

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:25:10 CDT

IRVING, Texas--Brink's Home Security will change its name to Broadview Security, Bob Allen, president and CEO, announced today.
The tagline on the new logo is: "The next generation of Brink's Home Security."
"The name, Broadview Security, really does represent the ...

General Dynamics to buy Axsys for $643m

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:25:10 CDT

FAIRFAX, Va., and ROCKY HILL, Conn.—General Dynamics announced today it has agreed to acquire high-end camera maker Axsys Technologies for $643 million, or $54 per share. The boards of both companies have approved the acquisition, but it needs to ...

Getting real about VCA

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:25:10 CDT

BRUSSELS—More than 80 security industry professionals ranging from integrators to manufacturers to end users gathered here on Tuesday for the opening of the IMS European conference on video content analysis (VCA), to look at where the technology stands today ...

HDCCTV Alliance formed

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:25:10 CDT

SYDNEY, Australia—The term alone may be a new one for video surveillance installers, allowed Todd Rockoff, but the concepts and technology ought to be very familiar. Thus, the challenges for the HDCCTV Alliance executive chairman are twofold: First, get ...

Rhode Island alarm company owner may run for governor

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:25:10 CDT

WARWICK, R.I.—Alarm company owner Joseph Trillo is mulling a bid for governor of Rhode Island and he says his experience running a business for the past 30 years is one of his most important qualifications for the job.

In ...

VES lays off four, will shutter central station

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:25:10 CDT

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.--VES has laid off four workers and is preparing to shutter its central station, which employs 12, VES director of sales Andy Johannsen told Security Systems News on June 22.
The layoffs occurred on June 15, as ...

ESX opens to improved numbers

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:25:10 CDT

BALTIMORE--The second annual ESX show, co-owned by the NBFAA and CSAA, kicked off June 24 to increased exhibitors and attendees, according to ESX Expo chair George DeMarco, who greeted attendees before the opening keynote address by General Electric CSO Francis ...

IT even with CSOs as final decision makers

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:25:10 CDT

WELLINGBOROUGH, UK—A new survey of security installers and integrators by IMS Research finds that IT managers are involved in roughly 60 percent of IP-based security systems sales. Just 50 percent of respondents said a chief security officer was involved.

Monitronics, Lanvac offer dealers Canadian monitoring through strategic alliance

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:25:10 CDT

DALLAS and OTTAWA—Monitronics, one of the United States’ larger monitoring companies, has entered into a strategic alliance with Canadian third-party monitoring firm Lanvac, which operates a hot redundant network of five centrals across Canada, to improve its dealer program north ...

Schneider Electric makes another video investment

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:25:10 CDT

CAMDEN, N.J.—Schneider Electric Ventures, a venture capital firm sponsored by Pelco owner Schneider Electric Group, has led a Series B funding round for Agilence, a maker of video analytics solutions aimed primarily at the retail sector. Terms were not ...

Tough economy means opportunity for security companies looking to acquire

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:25:10 CDT

TEESDALE, UK--The silver lining to the bad economy is that there are some real bargains out there to be had for security companies looking to expand through acquisition, according to a new study by the market research firm Plimsoll Publishing.

With ...

ADS Security announces $30 million revolving credit facility

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:25:10 CDT

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—ADS Security based here, on June 10 announced the completion of a $30 million revolving credit facility with The PrivateBank, based in Chicago. The revolver refinanced existing debt and will provide working capital and funding necessary for acquisitions ...

Casinos and ConnectionsIT

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:25:10 CDT

SANTA ROSA, Calif.—It’s your classic IT story. “We started out in our garage quite a few years ago, building computers and working in the telecom space,” said Brody Carlson, president of ConnectionsIT. But this isn’t the Apple Computers story, ...

NBFAA considers name change

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:25:10 CDT

IRVING, Texas--The National Burglar and Fire Alarm Association is considering a name change, Security Systems News learned at the recent ESX conference. In a presentation made by Dave Simon, senior manager of communications for Brink's Home Security, state association leaders ...

See what everyone's talking about at ESX

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:25:10 CDT

BALTIMORE--The industry's leading figures descended on Baltimore this week for the 2nd annual ESX Conference and Expo, spanning June 22 through 26. On June 24, the first day of the Expo, the editors of Security Systems News sat down with ...

Walking the NFPA expo

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:25:10 CDT

CHICAGO—The 2009 NFPA Conference & Expo had the traditional Monday afternoon opening of its Expo here on June 8, and, as was expected, you didn’t have to travel far to see and hear about mass notification.

SimplexGrinnell was front ...

'Stop The Alarm Tax'

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:25:10 CDT

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Home Security Act comes to PA

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:25:10 CDT

PHILADELPHIA--As of July 1, security system installers will be subject to the new Home Improvement Act, which was passed earlier this year in an effort to protect Pennsylvania consumers from unscrupulous contractors of various sorts, such as roofers, remodelers, painters, ...

Raefield: Mace CSSS to 'lead the pack' with product+service strategy

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:25:10 CDT

WALNUT CREEK, Calif.—Mace Security International is ready to expand the role of what a security company can do for its dealers. According to Mace CEO Dennis Raefield, three new hires, the acquisition of the manufacturer’s own central station, and ...

The ASC finalist you might resell

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:25:10 CDT

BELLEVUE, Wash.—Of the six finalists in the American Security Challenge, just one is likely to be resold by your typical commercial-focused security integrator. Emza, an Israeli company with U.S. offices based here, makes outdoor-appropriate wireless cameras with on-board analytics ...

Waste Management ready to grow full service security offering WM SSI

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:25:10 CDT

HOUSTON—Waste Management is looking to significantly grow its third-party monitoring operation, Waste Management Security Services, or WM SSI. Begun in 2006, it has grown slowly over the last three years. Now, according to Sarah Conley, director, physical security operations ...

GE Security touts UL listing, says it's ready for business

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:25:10 CDT

BRADENTON, Fla.—Just days before fire installers converge in Chicago for the NFPA show, GE Security announced June 3 that its mass notification emergency communication (MNEC) system is the first to meet UL’s pending mass notification standard. It’s further ...

Insite opens Greenwich office

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:25:10 CDT

GREENWICH, Conn.—Insite Security, a security and risk-management firm specializing in high-net-worth clients, has opened a second office here to better serve clients here and in surrounding communities like New Caanan, Cornwall, and Stamford. According to CNNMoney.com, Greenwich has a ...

SimplexGrinnell to launch VSD--slowly

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:25:10 CDT

CHICAGO--It's only the third North American manufacturer to have a video smoke detection product, but SimplexGrinnell's launch of its new VSD product was not a splashy affair. Instead, it debuted the product, without much fanfare, in one corner of its ...

The simplicity of a DVR, but without the DVR problems

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:25:10 CDT

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Video surveillance storage manufacturer Intransa used this past week’s National Retail Federation Loss Prevention Conference to introduce the VideoAppliance, a server and storage combination that comes preconfigured with the integrator’s choice of five leading video management software ...

U.S. monitoring centers embrace next generation IP-based signaling solution

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:25:10 CDT

CANTON, Ga.—Emizon, a communications company providing dual-path signalling, which uses the IP/broadband network as its primary path and Vodafone's GPRS network as its secondary path, on June 23 announced three U.S. monitoring centers—Monitoring Partners of Delray Beach, Fla., SentryNet of ...

CDW launches physical security practice

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:25:10 CDT

VERNON HILLS, Ill.—CDW, through its CDW Government subsidiary, has launched a small physical security practice that is designing and building security systems, focusing initially in the education and government verticals.

“We’ve been selling IP cameras for years,” said ...

Global recession rocks financing for security industry

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:25:10 CDT

With the global economy battling recession, it will come as no surprise that the market for financing for the security industry is a challenging one, to say the least. As the past year has shown, despite some wishful thinking, ...

Intergraph, Richmond, Va., first to implement computer-aided dispatch standard

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:25:10 CDT

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RISCO launches new North American operation

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:25:10 CDT

MELVILLE, N.Y.—RISCO Group, an Israel-based manufacturer of intrusion, access, and DVR products, has eliminated its Miami-based Rokonet operation and created here RISCO Group USA, headed by Len Friedman, president and CEO. Friedman most recently served as vice president of ...

Speco gets on the Mac bandwagon

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:25:10 CDT

AMITYVILLE, N.Y.—Due to demand from customers and an increasing marketshare on behalf of Apple Computers, Speco Technologies is the newest manufacturer to embrace the Macintosh. All of its T Series DVRs are now Mac compatible, thanks to a new ...

Advanced Fire Systems touts independence

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:25:10 CDT

HOPKINTON, Mass.—As an independent fire manufacturer that is using ETL exclusively for listing to UL standards, Advanced Fire Systems is breaking the mold in some ways.

Most of the fire manufacturing business in the United States is dominated by ...

C&C tackles portable security

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:25:10 CDT

CAMP HILL, Pa.—Despite the downturn in the construction industry, or maybe because of it, securing job sites continues to be an attractive sales opportunity for integrators. This week, C&C Security Systems, based here, announced a new portable security system ...

Able Security now Able Security and Fire Systems

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:25:10 CDT

MILWAUKEE—Able Security Systems changed its name to Able Security and Fire Systems to reflect its increased capability in fire installation and inspection, John Evans, president told Security Systems News on June 18.

“Over the past six years, commercial fire ...

Guard company spawns CVS Alarm

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:25:10 CDT

PALM DESERT, Calif.—Coachella Valley Security president David Chandler, who owns a guard company and security training academy based here, announced May 26 that he’s getting into the alarm business.

Chandler has partnered with Jim Diaz to launch CVS Alarm, ...

SureView, VideoIQ integrate Immix/iCVR solution for cost savings

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:25:10 CDT

TAMPA, Fla. and BEDFORD and BURLINGTON, Mass.—SureView Systems on June 15 announced the successful integration of VideoIQ’s iCVR—an intelligent IP surveillance camera with a built-in DVR—into Immix, SureView’s automation software platform. According to SureView EVP sales Matt Krebs, the ...

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