Tag: Video Monitoring
Brinks Home introduces Vacation Watch and Package Detection
April 16, 2024SSN Staff
DALLAS – Brinks Home announced two new firmware update features for its home security platform, Vacation Watch and Package Detection.
Vacation Watch allows homeowners to seamlessly create temporary “Escalated Events” rules via the Brinks Home website or mobile app to automatically enable recording while away. Package Detection ensures homeowners are the first to know when a package is delivered.
With Vacation Watch and Package Detection, Brinks said that customers can experience...
Pye-Barker Fire & Safety acquires CRIMPCO
February 23, 2024SSN Staff
ATLANTA – Pye-Barker Fire & Safety has acquired CRIMPCO, a security alarm and monitoring company based in Baltimore, Md.
Pye-Barker stated in a release that this addition increases its capability to provide full-service fire and life safety to Maryland and the broader Mid-Atlantic region, complementing its fire protection offerings in the area and widening its customer base.
CRIMPCO was founded in 1968 by a recent college graduate, Bob Jolson, selling businesses panic button systems....
Pro-Vigil names David Brown CRO
February 7, 2024SSN Staff
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Pro-Vigil announced that David Brown has joined the company as its new chief revenue officer (CRO).
In this role, Pro-Vigil said it expects that Brown will profitably expand the company's market presence and maximize revenue by continuing to deliver outstanding customer outcomes.
With more than 25 years of experience in the technology and security industries, Brown has filled a variety of roles covering both the domestic and international markets. He was CSO at...
$15 million question: SSN interview with Deep Sentinel’s Dave Selinger
June 1, 2023Ken Showers, Managing Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine—Security Systems News does a deep dive with Dave Selinger following the news that Deep Sentinel, an AI-powered 24/7 live video monitoring security provider that uses remote guards, has attracted $15 million in funding.
SSN - “Mr. Selinger, could you tell me a little bit more about yourself and Deep Sentinel and the work you're doing there?”
SELINGER - “Yeah, for sure. So, I I'm Dave Selinger. I'm the CEO and the founder of Deep Sentinel. I'm...
Deep Sentinel raises $15 million in funding round led by Intel Capital
May 31, 2023SSN Staff
PLEASANTON, Calif. – Deep Sentinel, an AI-powered 24/7 live video monitoring security provider that uses remote guards, announced a $15 million round of funding led by Intel Capital.
Also participating in the funding round are Shasta Ventures, Slow Ventures, UP2398, and Jason Calacanis' The Syndicate. Using their proprietary Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology and their team of professional remote security specialists Deep Sentinel identifies threats in real time communicating directly...
Netwatch Group adding 100 new jobs to U.S. operations
March 27, 2019
WASHINGTON—Netwatch Group, a proactive video monitoring company, was founded by David Walsh and Niall Kelly after a vicious assault to their friend, who received a call that an alarm had gone off at his business when he was not there. The friend drove out to his site, only to be met face to face by an intruder. This incident prompted Walsh and Kelly to figure out a better way to protect people and property.The company's original tagline was “creating a fearless environment,” a mission...
Affiliated Monitoring Summit Roundup
December 11, 2013Leif Kothe
UNION, N.J.—The big news emanating out of Affiliated Monitoring's Security Summit '13 was (as expected) the rollout of InView, the company's new video monitoring platform. Compatible with a host of DVR and NVR manufacturers, the suite signals Affiliated's entrance into video verified alarms.
In his welcome speech, Affiliated President Stanley Oppenheim told dealers they can expect to provide services in the coming years that they may not even be thinking about now. And, based...
All things video at Affiliated's Security Summit '13
December 3, 2013Leif Kothe
I first got word in the fall about Affiliated Monitoring's Security Summit '13, and the event caught my attention then because it was designed around a very focused topic which I've covered more frequently of late: video monitoring.
Tomorrow I depart for Affiliated's headquarters in Union, N.J., where I'll partake in several seminars developed to educate dealers about the best way to incorporate video monitoring into their business.
While the summit bears the title “Earn more money with Video,”...
Viewpoint, AlliedBarton team up on 'blended solution'
November 13, 2013Leif Kothe
LOWELL, Mass.—Viewpoint Monitoring, a video monitoring company with commercial accounts across North America, has seen positive early results with its “blended solution,” which involves a partnership with AlliedBarton, a security guard company traditionally viewed as a business rival.“We took our time and figured out how to do this properly, because it's a fairly delicate partnership in that the world sees us as competitors, and in some sense we are,” Brad Gordon, CEO...
SecureNet launches cloud-based platform
October 16, 2013Leif Kothe
A few developments surfaced today out of the SecureNet Technologies camp. The Longwood, Fla.-based company, which provides video monitoring services and interactive home features, announced the launch of the SecureNet platform, a system that gives alarm providers a cloud-based management service.
The system is designed to increase the speed of alarm responses while improving their accuracy by eliminating errors caused by traditional notes-based dispatching systems, the company noted in a news release.
As...