SecurityXchange has come a long way since it was founded shortly after 9/11. Every year the event gathers together integrators and manufacturers for targeted meetings focused on relationships, both establishing new ones and fortifying existing relationships, as well as finding new technology solutions. This year, more than 325 scheduled meetings occurred during the event — in addition to the impromptu meetings over lunch, dinner and drinks.
Custom Alarm, Rochester, Minn., has been honored with the 2011 Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility for its use of flexibility as an effective workplace strategy to increase business and employee success. This prestigious award, part of the national When Work Works project, recognizes employers of all sizes and types in the greater Rochester area and across the country.
The George R. Lippert Memorial Award, which was first presented by the Security Industry Association (SIA) in 1989, recognizes outstanding contributions to SIA and the security industry.
Just two months to go before the new ISC Solutions opens its doors! The registration page is now open for this event for security professionals in the Northeast, designed to provide dealers, installers, integrators, specifiers/consultants and end-users with a new, interactive conference and tradeshow designed especially for them. There are additional benefits for pre-registering to attend ISC Solutions, including pre-event newsletters containing exhibitor and show updates, alerts to sign up for the ISC Mobile program, and access to the other Security Week events.
Hear the roar in Indianapolis? It’s not the Indy 500. It’s CEDIA EXPO, the tradeshow for the residential electronic systems industry. The event was last in Indianapolis, the headquarters’ home of the Custom Electronics Design & Installation Association, six years ago in 2005 and this year it is back at the Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis, starting September 7 with the tradeshow first opening on September 8 and continuing through September 10.
Networking and wireless — two elements growing in home system use as well as based on ever evolving technologies — are at the heart of new educational effort from Holland, Mich.-based Bedrock Learning.
The Z-Wave Alliance, the industry leading open consortium of global companies dedicated to establishing Z-Wave as the standard in wireless home control, appointed Mark Walters as chairman. He previously served as its chairman from its inception in 2005. Prior to making his return, Walters worked in the commercial building and lighting control markets.
From Rockleigh, N.J., the Crestron V24-C 24" HD Touch Screen Display is the latest addition to a family of high definition V-Panel touch screens. It blends full touch screen navigation, high performance graphics and HD video with DigitalMedia 8G+ connectivity and a 24 in. high definition widescreen display. The device combines separate touch screens, TV displays and computer monitors into one display.
Firefly Design Group of Hollywood, Fla., a design, engineering and consulting firm in the custom electronics industry, now offers electronics system contractors (ESC) streamlined access to a full range of its documentation, sales and marketing products, and services through an e-commerce site, the Firefly Design Group Store (http://www.shopfdg.com).
Powerline Control Systems, the Northridge, Calif., manufacturer of PulseWorx lighting control for residential and light commercial applications, and inventor of universal powerline bus technology, entered into a strategic alliance with Jacksonville, Ore., Global Caché, an independent manufacturer of IP and Wi-Fi connectivity products for the control and automation market.
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