Tag: ISC West 2016

LAS VEGAS—A majority of respondents to Security Systems News' latest News Poll spent most of their time at ISC West 2016 looking at new technologies and speaking to vendors, and many said that they talked about video surveillance the most.Larry Gladhill, global security technology and projects manager for Biogen and an SSN “20 under 40” Class of 2015 award winner, said carefully planned his time at ISC West.  “I spent the first day scoping out the larger companies and meeting...

Telguard recently announced its new Freedom program: providing dealers with funding and equipment for 2G conversions for a $9.95 monthly fee per 2G account. Shawn Welsh, Telguard's SVP of product line management and marketing, told me that the program helps the dealers who haven't yet figured out how to deal with the sunset. The sunset is an old topic, and Welsh said dealers have probably gotten a little fatigued hearing about it. He said that Telguard looked to why some dealers hadn't started. “What...

LAS VEGAS—DMP introduced its new OnDemand Monitoring feature at its April 5 owners' forum.“What we've created is the ability for the consumer to enable communication to the central station, and disable communication to the central station, on demand,” Mark Hillenburg, executive director of marketing for DMP, told Security Systems News.The OnDemand Monitoring feature enables end users to define certain windows of time that they would like professional monitoring. Consumers use a...

LAS VEGAS—The line to register for ISC West on Wednesday, April 6, was six people across and ran out the door at the Sands Convention Center here.“Overall attendance is on track to be up 1 percent over 2015,” Mickey McCarter of the Security Industry Association told Security Systems News.SIA reported that the exhibit floor had almost “30,000 industry professionals” and “a record 1,072 exhibiting companies and brands.”Security Systems News' editors can confirm...

LAS VEGAS—The DMP Owners Forum, held here April 5 at the Wynn Resort & Casino, brought together the top 50 DMP dealers to network, learn about new DMP products and services, and listen to industry acclaimed speakers. Hosted by DMP executive management, this event takes place the day before the ISC West exhibit opens, providing a daylong educational forum in support of DMP dealers.“The DMP Owners Forum was outstanding this year, as they introduced some new products and services that help...

I got to start the last day at the show by talking on camera with Bart Didden, president of the newly founded company SDN, Security Dealer Network. Didden, who created SDN as a separate entity to help dealers wanting the DragonFly DIY offering, said that discussions went well with dealers at the show. Dealers were able to sign up at ISC West. My next video interview was with Mike Zydor, managing director for Affiliated Monitoring. It was nice to talk more about the company's upcoming conference,...

After some pre-ISC West meetings, the first official event I attended at ISC West was the Market Leaders Reception at the Omnia at Caesar's. SSN was a sponsor of the event this year. Kudos to SIA on its choice of venue, a nice, open-air terrace. The event lived up to its name. The attendees were the leading manufacturers, integrators and consultants.  Among the many folks I talked to was Kratos' Jim Henry, a loyal TechSec Solutions attendee, who had some (many) suggestions about adding a new element...

Although it seems hard to believe, ISC West 2016 is fast approaching and now less than two weeks away. I'm currently working on my schedule for show floor meetings and it is filling up pretty quickly. As I was last year, I'll be making my way around the show floor and trying to visit with as many monitoring-related companies as I can. If your company has new developments with its monitoring center, or simply wants to tell me about your approach for the rest of 2016, feel free to reach out to me....

LAS VEGAS—Some of the biggest exhibitors are approaching the show with new topics top of mind, for some it's cybersecurity, for others it's branding after a name change.“Throughout the day, every day of the show, we're going to be presenting our stance on cybersecurity; what people need to do to protect themselves against existing threats, what do people need to do to make sure their customers are protected, [and] what Hikvision is doing to make sure all products are safe,” Alex...

YARMOUTH, Maine—With ISC West right around the corner, Security Systems News asked some leading players on the residential security side to share their game plans for this year's show at the Sands Expo in Las Vegas, April 5-8.Tom Kerber, who leads Parks Associates' research in the areas of home controls, energy management and home networks, told SSN that ISC West allows him to meet face-to-face with leaders in the industry and “talk to as many people as I can to try to get some qualitative...