Avigilon, Vancouver, a provider of high definition (HD) and megapixel video surveillance solutions, earned the 2011 “Team of the Year” award from the British Columbia Technical Industry Association (BCTIA), an industry-funded organization with over 2,700 member companies and 60,000 member employees. The 2011 BCTIA “Team of the Year” award, which was presented to Avigilon’s Manufacturing Operations Department, acknowledges a team of individuals at a non-executive level who have made a significant contribution to the overall success of their organization during the past year.

AMAG Technology, Torrance, Calif., an access control, IP video and intrusion management solution provider, announced its 2010 Eagle Award winners at ISC West. AMAG recognized its top SymmetryTM Authorized Resellers for their exceptional customer service, commitment to AMAG’s Symmetry solution and for their outstanding sales achievement in 2010.

The New Jersey Burglar & Fire Alarm Association announced scholarship prizes given to two deserving students. The association’s scholarship program recognizes the academic and community achievements of the children of local police officers and fire fighters.

BNP Media, the Troy, Mich.-based parent company of SDM and Security, recently announced a partnership with BirdDog Career Centers which combines the resources of the leading media company serving the mechanical systems field with the leading job/career center resource focused on this market.

Basler Vision Technologies, Ahrensburg, Germany, producer of digital cameras for industrial and security applications, announced that it appointed Jalmari Vaissi as the new director of sales for IP cameras in the EMEA region (Europe, the Middle East, and Africa). His primary goal is to further expand the business and establish Basler products in the EMEA region.

The Electronic Security Association (ESA) announced the formation of two new groups designed to increase knowledge, skills and professionalism of individuals charged with specific business duties within security integration companies.

OzVision, Woburn, Mass., developer of hosted video solutions, created a program to provide dealers of all sizes with the ability to compete in the hosted video-as-a-service (HVaaS) marketplace. As part of the OzVision Dealer Direct Program, dealers will gain access to the direct reseller program for the OzVision Secure Network (OSN) Vault™ solution, as well as new flexible pricing models that eliminate the hardware cost barriers that block dealers from successfully selling video services, according to the company.

“If FedEx knows where your package is, we should be able to tell you where your technician is,” said Jamie Haenggi, chief marketing and customer experience officer at Protection 1. With that line of thinking, Protection 1, Romeoville, Ill., ranked the second largest electronic security company in the United States in the SDM 100, announced the nationwide launch of Tech Tracker(sm), a service that notifies customers when a service technician is on the way, to growing customer accolades.

Bold Technologies experienced its largest increase in growth during the past 10 years with a 45 percent growth rate in 2010, the company announced. Bold Technologies had been anticipating a good year with a new product release and better positioning in the market, aggressively estimating a 25-percent-growth margin over the course of the year, but the company attained that target in mid-October 2010.

CDW LLC, Vernon Hills, Ill., a provider of technology products and services to business, government, education and healthcare, announced the results of its first Cloud Computing Tracking Poll, an assessment of current and future cloud computing use in business, government, healthcare and education based on a survey of 1,200 IT professionals familiar with their organization’s use of, or plans for, cloud computing. Twenty-eight percent of U.S. organizations are using cloud computing today, CDW found, with most reporting (73 percent) that their first step into the cloud was implementation of a single cloud application.