Tyco Security Products will introduce the hattrix Five Diamond Program from Kantech at the upcoming ISC West show. hattrix is a new cloud-based access control partnership program for managed service providers (MSPs) who are active in or interested in offering hosted or managed access control services through Kantech. The program, launching on Thursday, April 7 at ISC West in Las Vegas, will offer Five Diamond MSPs access to the highest level of cloud-based infrastructure available today, with high, mandatory requirements for participating data centers and MSPs. The program is open to current and new hattrix MSPs of all sizes. 

Brivo has been wholly acquired for $50 million by Dean Drako, who will serve as the company’s chairman, while Steve Van Till, Brivo’s president and CEO, will continue leading the company. 

 Even with the cloud poised to have a huge impact on physical security, there still is a segment of the security channel that requires more knowledge about how the cloud operates and, further, how they can incorporate it into their business offerings.  

Like the vast majority of people, you’ve no doubt heard a lot of talk about “The Cloud” in the last year or two. The concept is by no means a new one. If you use an online email provider such as Google or Yahoo, you’re using the cloud. In fact, many people have been using the cloud for well over a decade (Google’s empire was built on the cloud); it just didn’t have a catchy name until recently.