Archive: November 2012

BETHESDA, Md.—Brivo Systems, a provider of cloud-based applications for security management, today announced it has formed a corporate partnership with SALTO Systems, an access control company whose U.S. branch is based in Atlanta, according to a company statement. Through this partnership, SALTO wireless locking devices will supplement Brivo's portfolio of access control and video solutions and support its ongoing mission to reduce total cost of ownership for its access control customers,...

WOODBURY, N.Y.—Tri-Ed/Northern today closed a deal to buy San Antonio-based SGI, a wholesale distributor with 13 branches and about 80 employees, Pat Comunale, Tri-Ed/Northern president and CEO, told Security Systems News.“It definitely makes us the dominant independent distributor in the Southwest,” Comunale said. “And it gets us into six additional markets that we were not in.”“We're holding true to form on our buy-and-build strategy,” he said. “We...

The ADT Corp. won praise from Florida Gov. Rick Scott at an event this week at which ADT announced it will add 120 jobs at its Boca Raton headquarters, according to a newspaper report. Florida state, county and local governments have pledged $1.6 million in a public funding incentive package to persuade ADT to stay in Florida and create the jobs, according to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. It said the jobs would be created over the next couple of years and be in “human resources, information...

IRVING, Texas—The Electronic Security Association announced that Vivint has stepped up as the exclusive sponsor of the 2013 ESA Youth Scholarship Program with a contribution of $10,000, according to an ESA statement. Through the scholarship program, created in 1996, ESA has donated more than $300,000 to children of law enforcement officers, firefighters and other active-duty public safety personnel. The extra sponsorship dollars will allow ESA to award a $10,000 scholarship to the first-place...

SILVER SPRING, Md.—Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Bob Woodward will be the keynote speaker at the Security Industry Association's Government Summit on June 4-5 in Washington, D.C., according to a SIA statement. Woodward and Carl Bernstein rose to national prominence for their coverage of the Watergate scandal for the Washington Post. In 2001, Woodward won the National Affairs Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. He has written or co-written 12 nonfiction...

MIAMI—FutureSentry, a developer of automated detection solutions, today announced it has entered a strategic agreement with Mi5 Security, a provider of wireless outdoor surveillance cameras and cloud-based management services, according to a company statement. The purpose of the partnership is to develop a solar-powered, wireless automated detection system for areas where infrastructure is limited. The combined solution is designed to filter out false alarms and enable reliable situational...

IRVINE, Calif.—Keep Your IP, an IP address-forwarding service based here, announced on Nov. 27 that it has signed a reseller agreement with COPS Monitoring. KYI Inc. said in a statement that COPS will offer the complete lineup of Keep Your IP services to its approximately 3,500 dealers. These services will increase value for the alarm dealers by improving their control over accounts and by bolstering their IP disaster-recovery support service for the central station, KYI said. Davin Roos, president...

NORTHFORD, Conn.—Fire-Lite Alarms by Honeywell recently launched a program utilizing a variety of online platforms, such as online training, webinars and social media, according to a company statement. The programs are designed to make the company more “transparent and accessible to customers.” “The message is loud and clear—people want immediate information on our equipment, how to use it and how to troubleshoot any issues,” Liz Richards, Fire-Lite Alarms communications...

NORTHFORD, Conn.—Fire-Lite Alarms by Honeywell is being recognized by the Security Industry Association for its 25 years of membership with the organization, according to a company statement. Of SIA's nearly 500 corporate members, Fire-Lite Alarms is one of only 19 tenured companies to have achieved this membership milestone. “Together with the support of companies like Fire-Lite, SIA has been able to establish standards and legislation that have had a hugely positive impact on our industry's...

BELTSVILLE, Md.—ASG Security likes to expand into a new territory every year, and 2012 is no different. The super-regional made two year-end buys, entering Louisiana for the first time and beefing up its presence in North Carolina, ASG CEO Joe Nuccio told Security Systems News.ASG on Nov. 16 acquired USA Fire & Burglar Alarm in New Orleans. The deal brought with it $180,000 in RMR and 35 employees. ASG also bought RSH Protection Inc. in Charlotte, N.C. That deal brought $70,000 in RMR.Nuccio...