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.
Tri-Ed/ Northern Video, Woodbury, N.Y., held its annual sales meeting at the Marco Island Marriot in Marco Island, Fla. This event gathered more than 100 regional and branch managers, corporate staff, and credit, operations and purchasing managers from the company.
Honeywell, Louisville, Ky., this week 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.
The Electronic Security Association (ESA), Irving, Texas, announced its list of Executive Strategic Partner (ESP) businesses for the 2012 calendar year, led once again by Interlogix, a UTC Fire & Security company, which is continuing its support as ESA’s exclusive Diamond Level ESP.
A San Jose, Calif. Police Department policy change, on a questionably fast track by police officials still sending out mixed signals to local alarm companies, ended in the institution of verified alarm response the first of this year.
Altronix, a manufacturer of low voltage power supplies and peripherals for the electronic security industry, introduced a high-performance and cost-effective solution that transmits IP video and data over coaxial cable more than 2,000 feet without the need for repeaters.
MorphoAccess® VP from MorphoTrak Inc. took the top honor at the Security Industry Association’s 2012 New Product Showcase (NPS), winning the Best New Product Award at the NPS awards ceremony at ISC West.
By virtualizing Cisco Video Surveillance software, available on Cisco’s Unified Computing System™ (Cisco UCS™) platform, Cisco is providing significantly improved levels of performance, scalability, agility and manageability.