When GVI Security closed its doors in August, the most likely outcome was its award winning razberi™ integrated network video recorder was gone for good. The original inventor, industry veteran Tom Galvin, however, purchased the technology and intellectual property, and will be returning an enhanced version of the product line to production. The new company is called Razberi Technologies and has already opened their doors in Carrollton, Texas near Dallas. Its website is now live at www.razberi.net.

COPS Monitoring, a wholesale alarm monitoring company headquartered in Williamstown, N.J., announced Dallas, Texas as the home of their fifth “hometown” central station.

The officers of Akron Hardware, Akron, Ohio, announced the purchase of Hardware Suppliers of America (HSI) located in Greensboro, N.C.

After a second successful year of summer door-to-door residential sales, Select Security, Lancaster, Pa., opened two new offices to support the program. The company also recently purchased FM Systems in Medina, Ohio.

ADS Security, Nashville, Tenn., partnered with IdentaSafe to add Identity Theft Protection to its growing list of services. Founded in 2004, IdentaSafe is one of the fastest growing identity theft protection providers in the United States, according to the company.

At the monthly board of directors meeting in September, the IQ Board approved the recertification of four companies: Action Alarm Systems Corporation, Nottingham, Md.; Maximum Security Solutions, Macon, Ga.; Security Central Network, Lexington, Tenn.; Total Watch Security, Palm Desert, Calif.

HTS (Hi-Tech Solutions) Ltd., Rishon LeZion, Israel, a company in the Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and computer vision systems market, announced the opening of its wholly owned U.S. subsidiary HTS Americas based in New York.

Access Systems Integration (ASI) announced it is changing its name to MSA Systems Integration.

Talk about a technology that changed the industry and enjoyed a long life cycle; it is the digital dialer.

PSA Security Network (PSA), an electronic security cooperative representing security system integrators and working to promote training and credentialing for the electronic safety and security systems industry has partnered with BICSI, the association supporting the information technology systems (ITS) industry with information, education and knowledge assessment.