SecureWatch24, New York City, announced that Neil Budhram joined the company as manager of its new Fusion Centre — a state-of-the-art monitoring facility currently under construction in Moonachie, N.J. Budhram is an alarm monitoring industry veteran who managed a central station facility in New York City for 15 years prior to joining SW24.

Mike Duffy, president of Per Mar Security Services, Davenport, Iowa, was honored as the Man of the Year by the Chicago Chapter of the Buoniconti Foundation, whose efforts center on curing for paralysis, at a dinner at Gibson’s in Chicago.

ADI, Orlando, Fla., presented Digimerge Technologies with the “Canadian Vendor of the Year” award at the annual ADI sales kick-off event held in Orlando.

Research from Indianapolis-based Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association (CEDIA), which SDM supported through collaboration on the survey base and by publication of the results, takes a closer look at how business models compare in these two industries.

The Electronic Security Expo (ESX) released the conference program for its 2012 event, featuring more than 50 educational sessions across seven tracks.

The New York City Chapter of ASIS International (ASIS), Alexandria, Va., will host its 22nd Annual Security Conference and Expo on Wed., April 25 to Thurs., April 26 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York.

Ridgefield Park, N.J.-based Samsung Techwin’s North American sales force rang in the new year in Memphis, Tenn., with a Kick-Off Meeting co-hosted by ScanSource, Samsung’s “Distributor of the Year.”

After a £1million investment, Intertek, London, UK, officially opened its expanded facilities for life safety and security product testing in Leatherhead, Surrey, UK, on Nov. 24, 2011.

Siemens Building Technologies Division announced it gave Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) $100,000 to support the construction of the school’s Fire Protection Engineering Lab.

DoorKing Inc., Inglewood, Calif., was voted the No. 1 gate operator manufacturer in Professional Door Dealer Magazine’s 2011 Best of Business reader poll for the third straight year.