Archive: July 2018
Honeywell Homes and ADI spin to be renamed Resideo
July 30, 2018Spencer Ives
MORRIS PLAINS, N.J.—Honeywell recently announced that Resideo will be the corporate name of the Honeywell Homes product portfolio and ADI global distribution businesses when they become a stand-alone, publicly traded company following completion of a spin that is expected by the end of 2018.Honeywell will license its brand to Resideo under a long-term agreement for use in its home comfort and security hardware, and software solutions for all channels.“As a standalone, independent business,...
Arcules rolls out new cloud video platform
July 25, 2018Spencer Ives
SAN FRANCISCO—Arcules, a video cloud IoT as a service provider, on July 23 announced the new Arcules Intelligent Video Cloud platform at Google Cloud Next, held here July 24-26.“What often happens with a traditional physical security on-prem [solution] is that a lot of data is captured and never really used, both video data or other types of device data,” Andreas Pettersson, CEO of Arcules, told Security Systems News. Arcules aggregates all of the data into a cloud solution and...
News Poll: SSN readers positive on voice interaction
July 25, 2018Spencer Ives
YARMOUTH, Maine—IHS Markit recently released data that the market for voice operated alarm systems will be growing to 2022. Security Systems News asked its readers how they feel about the technology and most say it's a meaningful user interface.“I was very skeptical at first but after using the technology for a while, and seeing some significant improvements, I have expanded its application in my own home. In commercial applications it would need to be combined with some type of verification...
PSA TEC 2019 opens call for presentations
July 25, 2018Paul Ragusa
WESTMINSTER, Colo.—PSA recently announced the call for presentations for PSA TEC 2019 is open. Presented by PSA, TEC 2019 will be held at the Sheraton Downtown Denver in Denver, March 11-15, 2019.
“We're very excited to continue the growth of the education program at TEC 2019,” Anthony Berticelli, PSA's director of education, told Security Systems News in an email interview. “TEC is foremost an educational conference intended to provide learning and developmental...
Where is video monitoring now?
July 25, 2018Spencer Ives
YARMOUTH, Maine—Video monitoring, including proactive video monitoring, guard tours, video verification and even MIY among consumers, is on the rise, according to six wholesale monitoring professionals interviewed by Security Systems News.
“The subscriber is demanding more video monitoring options and we are continuing to invest in our video monitoring capabilities,” Woodie Andrawos, president of NMC, told SSN in an email interview. “NMC has been a big proponent of video...
ADS Security expands to eight branches in Alabama
July 25, 2018Paul Ragusa
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—ADS Security recently acquired Systems By Design in Oxford, Ala., its fourth acquisition in 2018. ADS will retain the Systems By Design office in Oxford, marking the eighth branch in Alabama for ADS and the 24th branch location company wide.Systems By Design owner, Bob Bobo, and all seven employees will be joining ADS Security.“I have long admired Systems By Design and their commitment to delivering a great experience to their customers. As a friend of Bob's for many...
Launch Security rebrands as Defendify
July 25, 2018Paul Ragusa
PORTLAND, Maine—Launch Security, a cybersecurity consulting firm started last year by Security Systems News' “20 under 40” winner Rob Simopoulos, announced a name change to Defendify, a move that is in line with the launch of the company's new cybersecurity platform.Simopoulos told SSN that when he and company partner Andrew Rinaldi started the company 14 months ago, and began helping small businesses and systems integrators make improvements through a cybersecurity program, “we...
LifeShield adds home automation capabilities
July 25, 2018Spencer Ives
LifeShield, a provider of wireless security systems based in Langhorne, Pa., recently added more home automation capabilities for its customers.
“The big thing for us is making sure that our customers have additional use out of their systems,” Doug Bellenger, chief product officer for LifeShield, told Security Systems News.
The LifeShield S30 base is now certified to work with Z-Wave devices. The company has added capabilities with lights, locks, thermostats, garage door controls and...
SIA issues guidance on tariff exclusion process
July 25, 2018Paul Ragusa
The Security Industry Association (SIA) recently provided an update and info on the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)'s announcement of a process to obtain product exclusions from Section 301 tariffs on $34 billion in Chinese goods imported to the United States. In effect as of Friday, July 6, an additional 25 percent tariff applies to 56 tariff subheadings identified by SIA as impacting security-related products.
USTR is now considering exclusion requests “to address situations that warrant...
Advances in monitoring technology changing the standards landscape
July 18, 2018Paul Ragusa
YARMOUTH, Maine—As technology continues to evolve at a rapid pace within security, monitoring companies and third party standards organizations such as UL are doing their best to understand what this means for central stations today, especially in regard to creating requirements that reflect the current state of innovation within the industry.In March, UL published a proposal to extend the effective dates for two sets of requirements that are new to the eighth edition of UL 827, The Standard...