The Electronic Security Expo (ESX) released the conference program for its 2012 event, featuring more than 50 educational sessions across seven tracks.
The 2012 conference program includes the new NexTech seminars, which focus on installation, integration and business model development for technologies increasingly being used by security integration and monitoring companies, such as automation, networking and A/V.
All throughout the security industry, there's plenty of "green" activity to celebrate.
January 30, 2012
Join SDM from now through Earth Day on April 22, 2012 as we work to highlight "green" efforts from around the industry in a special "green" April print edition of SDM and in a special "green" website launching March 1st.
A series of acquisitions, new branch openings and increase in staffing that ASG, Beltsville, Md., describes as “explosive growth” can be further characterized as an extraordinarily controlled and calculated explosion. In the past year, not only did ASG acquire two companies, grow its RMR base by 16 percent, set a “300 strong” sales force goal and open two new branches; the company managed that growth with a level head, putting its customers first and always keeping the big picture in mind.
From new products to new trends, the 2011 First Alert Professional Dealer Convention held in Scottsdale, Ariz., contained plenty of “new,” apt for its theme of “Exploring New Dimensions.” Some 800 alarm dealers, integrators, central station companies, distributors, vendors and speakers from the United States, Canada, the Caribbean and Latin America attended the event.
The Security Industry Association (SIA) appointed John Stroia, vice president of corporate development for Diebold Inc., to the Security Industry Alarm Coalition (SIAC) board of directors. Stroia currently serves as the Secretary on SIA’s board of directors.
California is the most populous state — by far, and it is the third-largest by land area (after Alaska and Texas). That creates a vast territory and an incredible amount of end users for the California Alarm Association (CAA) to cover. Like California, the CAA is huge, but the CAA is also small, built upon camaraderie and close-knit relationships between all its active members.
The Central Station Alarm Association (CSAA), Vienna, Va., announced that Crime Alert Monitoring Center Inc., San Jose, Calif.,received the prestigious “CSAA Five Diamond Certification.”