Tag: Colorado
TycoIS to launch worldwide network of centers
September 23, 2015Martha Entwistle
AURORA, Colo.—Systems integrator TycoIS has opened a new National Center of Excellence here as part of a larger plan to build a "global center of excellence network," Daryl Haga, director of Tyco's Global Center of Excellence, told Security Systems News. TycoIS will open two more centers by the end of the year and two more in 2016.The new facility here is modeled after TycoIS's Global Center of Excellence in Birmingham, Ala. Here is a report from the official opening of that office, which took...
Canna Security looks to grow with $1m investment
May 8, 2013Martha Entwistle
DENVER—ArcView Investments, a group of high-worth angel investors, on May 3 announced that "five companies received at least $1 million in commitments." Among those five companies is Canna Security, a company dedicated to protecting legal marijuana facilities.“We opened Canna Security in 2009 and business has taken off. We just expanded to Washington state,” Daniel Williams, president of Canna Security, told Security Systems News.Funds will be used for bringing on full-time technicians,...
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Legal pot hot new security market—but ADT declines to partake
May 1, 2013Tess Nacelewicz
Voters in Washington State and Colorado last fall legalized the recreational use of marijuana—and created a new demand for security, with pot warehouses and stores in those states anxious to protect their valuable stash. However, according to a report from CNNMoney this week, the fact that pot sales are still illegal under federal law is creating some security hassles.
Not only is ADT refusing to provide security services to such businesses, citing federal law, but other security companies...
Incentives keep ADT in Denver suburb
March 6, 2013SSN Staff
AURORA, Colo.—ADT plans to expand and create new jobs in this Colorado city after the city council unanimously approved an incentives deal, according to an article from the Aurora Sentinel, a newspaper located in the city.
ADT, which had been considering expanding its operations to either the Denver Tech Center or Texas instead of Aurora, also plans to open a new operations division in the city, the report said. The company said it plans to buy $6 million in equipment and make $4.5 million...