Tag: Electronic Security Expo
ESA announces launch of Security Nation Podcast
June 20, 2022SSN Staff
FORT WORTH, Texas—The Electronic Security Association (ESA) has announced the launch of the Security Nation Podcast, with its inaugural episode being released and announced at the recent Electronic Security Expo (ESX) in Fort Worth.
Security Nation Podcast will bring on security pros to discuss best practices, real-world experiences, industry forecasts, and more, featuring bi-weekly episodes with guests from all aspects of the electronic security and life safety industry.
“The vision...
John Loud to receive Moody Award at ESX 2022
March 30, 2022SSN Staff
FRISCO, Texas—John Loud, president of LOUD Security Systems, will receive the prestigious recognition of the William N. Moody Award at the 2022 Electronic Security EXPO Public Safety and Networking Luncheon in Fort Worth, Texas. Created in 2004 by the Security Industry Alarm Coalition (SIAC), the Moody Award is given annually to an individual who demonstrates a passion for advancing positive alarm management and best industry practices.
“John took a leadership role as Vice President...
Entries sought for ESX Innovation Awards
January 28, 2015Martha Entwistle
Organizers of the Electronic Security Expo put out a call for entries for the newly named "ESX 2015 Innovation Awards." Entries are due April 1, 2015. Winners will be notified on April 15.
ESX will take place June 24-26 in Baltimore this year.
Formerly called the Maximum Impact Awards, the ESX 2015 Innovation Awards will be given in 15 categories, which include several sub-categories. New subcategories include: DIY Security, Secure Wireless Communication Technology, and Activity Sensing/Medicine...
Honeywell's LYNX Touch 7000 'Best in Show' at ESX
June 27, 2014SSN Staff
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Honeywell won multiple honors at the Electronic Security Expo (ESX), including the conference's top award in the Maximum Impact Awards competition, the company announced today.
Honeywell's LYNX Touch 7000 Control System was the big winner at ESX, held here June 23-26, according to a Honeywell The Security Channel blog post by David Gottlieb, Honeywell global marketing communications leader. The LYNX Touch 7000 won not only the “Best in Show” award, but won in the...
New door-knocking scams prompt ethics code revisions
June 25, 2014Tess Nacelewicz
NASHVILLE—ADT says unscrupulous door-to-door sales reps have some new scams and the Electronic Security Association has updated its code of ethics to specifically ban them.“One of the new ones is people knocking on the door and [falsely] saying they're either from GE or from Honeywell and that they make the equipment [the customer has] and they now have a new preferred monitoring company,” David Bleisch, ADT general counsel, told Security Systems News.Then the unethical sales reps...
ESX announces IceBreaker Luncheon featured speaker
May 29, 2014SSN Staff
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—The Electronic Security Expo (ESX) has announced that Louisiana State Fire Marshal and president-elect for the National Association of State Fire Marshals, H. “Butch” Browning, Jr., will be the featured speaker for the Industry IceBreaker Luncheon on June 24.
The luncheon, slated to begin at noon at the Music City Center here, celebrates the security industry's connection with public safety, and includes presentations for the Electronic Security Association Youth...
Floor space filling up fast at ESX
March 20, 2013Rich Miller
ESX is one of the fastest-growing trade shows in the country, a distinction that hasn't been lost on the industry's top monitoring and integration companies. The expo floor is already more than 70 percent sold for this year's event, which will be moving down the street from Nashville's Convention Center the new Music City Center.
More than 140 exhibitors were on board as of Monday, including 30 companies that weren't on the floor last year. Among the new participants from the monitoring world are...
Change from 'protection to connection' driving values
July 3, 2012Tess Nacelewicz
NASHVILLE—Connected services are changing the industry and creating new business opportunities but are also posing some challenges, such as enticing telecom and cableco players into the market, a panel of industry experts said at the Electronic Security Expo here last week.“Over the last two years, the game has changed. Home security has become more about home automation. The emphasis is shifting from protection to connection,” said Amy Kothari, president and CEO of Alarm Capital...
Technology still top challenge for alarm companies, new ESA president says
July 3, 2012Rich Miller
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Competition from telecoms and cablecos is drawing a lot of attention in the security world, but keeping pace with technology is still the biggest challenge facing alarm companies, new ESA President John Knox said at the Electronic Security Expo.Knox, owner and president of Life & Property Security Systems in Knoxville, Tenn., was installed as president of the Electronic Security Association during the group's annual membership meeting here on June 28. He has been a member of...
SSN seeks industry's best young talent for '20 under 40' list
March 7, 2012Rich Miller
YARMOUTH, Maine—They're the best and the brightest among the next generation of security industry leaders, the young guns of the future who are already making their mark but might not be known yet to their colleagues in the field. If you know someone who fits the bill, it's time to recognize them.Security Systems News is now accepting nominations for its “20 under 40” Class of 2012, our sixth annual list of talented young industry professionals. The requirements are simple: Nominees...