ADS Security, a regional electronic security and automation company headquartered in Nashville, Tenn., has acquired customer accounts from Security and Fire Equipment Co. (SAFECO) of Northport, Ala. 

Honeywell has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Xtralis, a global provider of aspirating smoke detection along with advanced perimeter security technologies and video analytics software, for $480 million.

Three of ADT’s largest authorized dealers, SafeStreetsUSA, Gaylord Security and ASC Security USA, have merged their businesses and will operate under the name SafeStreetsUSA. 

Pivot3, a developer of hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI), announced it will acquire NexGen Storage, a privately held provider of hybrid storage appliances, dynamic all-flash arrays and Quality of Service (QoS) capabilities.

The DirectIP surveillance platform from IDIS was awarded highest honors at the first Korea High-Tech Safety Industry Product & Technology Awards, in recognition of DirectIP’s contributions to solving the difficult problems, compatibility challenges and connectivity issues facing the network surveillance market.

Lydia Security Monitoring, the parent company of COPS Monitoring, announced it has acquired United Central Control (UCC). UCC will remain a separate brand owned by Lydia.

Citizens Bank announced it is leading a new $75 million senior secured credit facility for Williamstown, N.J.-based Lydia Security Monitoring Inc. (Lydia), the parent company to COPS Monitoring, an independently owned provider of nationwide wholesale alarm monitoring and dealer services. 

Johnson Controls and Tyco entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Johnson Controls, a global multi-industrial company, will combine with Tyco, a global fire and security provider, and will together provide building products and technology, integrated solutions and energy storage.

The Electronic Systems Professional Alliance (ESPA) has named Jeff Gardner as its first executive director. He takes this position after nine years on staff at CEDIA, directing both technical training and industry certification.