CheckVideo® launched its Low Profile Mobile Sentry (CMS1200). CMS1200 is a complete, cloud-based, mobile intelligent video surveillance solution that can be installed indoors or outdoors, anywhere with mobile broadband network coverage.

Shoplifters and dishonest employees stole more than $6.0 billion in 2011 from just 24 major retailers, according to the 24th Annual Retail Theft Survey conducted by Jack L. Hayes International, a loss prevention and inventory shrinkage control consulting firm.

The Electronic Security Association (ESA) announced that Axis Communications pledged its support as a Silver-level Executive Strategic Partner (ESP) for 2012.

The Pennsylvania Burglar and Fire Alarm Association (PBFAA) will host its 30th Annual Membership Meeting, Golf Outing and Exposition on June 6 and 7, 2012 at the Lancaster Host Resort in Lancaster, Penn.

Tony Byerly stepped down from his position as president of Stanley CSS, Naperville, Ill. Byerly had held the position since January 2011. He was with Stanley CSS since January 2007, serving as president, chief operating officer and senior vice president of sales at various points in his tenure.

Home Automation Inc. (HAI) now has stand-alone integration with an HAI MicroControl and Kwikset ZigBee wireless door locks. HAI’s MicroControl (part number 81A00-2WHZB) is a standalone remote control for ZigBee wireless door locks. This functionality means that a home or business owner, without any other automation equipment, can wirelessly lock and unlock individual doors with a simple button push.

Honeywell, Louisville, Ky., recently introduced MAXPRO® Cloud, a hosted service that gives organizations access to their video surveillance anywhere there is an Internet connection, and without the need for IT expertise or challenging firewall configurations, the company said. MAXPRO Cloud offers a new method for security dealers to drive long-term business value by offering these video services to their customers and generating recurring monthly revenue (RMR) with minimal investment and system complexity, according to Honeywell.

ADI, Melville, N.Y. plans to expand its access control product offering to include biometric IP-based products from Suprema Inc. This will give dealers in North America access to the full line of biometric fingerprint technologies to offer a complete, cost-effective, high-level access control system, ADI stated.

Mercury Security Corp., a provider of open platforms for access control and Tridium, a provider of open platforms for device-to-enterprise integration and building automation, announced a technology partnership to integrate their respective platforms. The collaboration of the two companies enables device-level integration between building automation and security functions based on an open architecture that allows for new levels of intelligent building solutions.