The Security Industry Association (SIA) opened a call for nominees to receive the George R. Lippert Memorial Award, which is presented annually at SIA Honors Night in New York City.

Telular Corporation, a provider of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, has surpassed one million IoT subscribers in the commercial telematics and security markets. To drive continued growth, the company has strengthened its position in the commercial telematics space by realigning its recent acquisitions under the SkyBitz business unit.

Sony Electronics’ security systems division is expanding the presence of Professional Sales Agents Inc. (PSA), its manufacturer’s representative firm for the Southeast, to cover the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. 

Security Partners teamed up with Financial Security, a division of Belmont Finance LLC, to create a dealer funding program designed to grow dealers’ RMR, build their businesses and maintain ownership of their accounts for the long term. 

The Internet of robotic things, or IoRT, may be in its initial stages, reported an article on ZDNet.com, but the new concept (first described a few years ago by ABI Research) it is very real. 

IHS reported the global market for security systems integration reached $60.3 billion in 2015, including not only security equipment sales of video surveillance, physical access control and intruder alarm systems, but also installation and maintenance services. 

On August 17, 2016, Johnson Controls shareholders voted to approve the previously announced merger with Tyco. In a final count of the voting results, 97 percent of votes cast at a special meeting voted in favor of the transaction.

CEC, a systems and technology integrator, announced that its Business Technology Conference (BTC) will celebrate its 10th anniversary on October 11, 2016, in Coralville, Iowa, with innovator, Nicholas Webb as keynote.