Tag: 2011

It was big news in January when Telecom giant Verizon debuted its new home security/home automation offering at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Now it's even bigger news that the company has finished beta testing the product in New Jersey and launched it for real to Verizon broadband customers nationwide in mid-October. The company's Home Monitoring and Control Service—which has no professional monitoring component—costs $9.99 per month, with equipment packages...

ORLANDO, Fla.—There was plenty of news being made at ASIS 2011, which took place at the Orange County Convention Center Sept. 19-21. Below are some editor round-ups from ventured out onto the show floor to collect news and other goings-on. Here's Martha's round-up:   The ASIS news started rolling in well before the show floor opened with the news released around 7 a.m. yesterday that Tyco International plans to split into three independent, publicly traded companies.   Over...

NORTH WINDHAM, Conn.—Fire Alarm Specialty Design says that using Gamewell-FCI's new IF600 Retrofit Kit to upgrade a fire alarm panel at a nearby school saved the customer money and the company about six hours of labor. Gamewell-FCI by Honeywell was highlighting the new kit this week at the 2011 NFPA Conference & Expo, held June 12-15 in Boston. The company says it is an easy way to upgrade systems to meet code and also “allows for a cost-effective phase-in of advanced capabilities,”...

CHARLOTTE, N.C.—In its traditional spot at the front of the ESX show floor, the Honeywell booth was crowded with dealers on June 8. Several Honeywell executives were at the booth and eager to show off Total Connect 2.0, the company's new technology platform that allows home and business owners to remotely manage their security systems and view live video via PCs, smartphones, tablets and other web-enabled devices. Honeywell Security president Ron Rothman told Security Systems News the...