The Central Station Alarm Association (CSAA) announced that Ackerman Security Systems has received the CSAA “Five Diamond Certification.” This Certification recognizes that 100 percent of their central station operators have

Featuring an agenda packed with face-to-face meetings with members of Congress sandwiched between numerous networking opportunities, ESA Day on Capitol Hill is scheduled for April 28 in Washington, D.C. The

IBM and Johnson Controls are getting together to provide solutions to improve operations and reduce energy and water consumption in buildings.As part of the partnership, Johnson Controls, SDM’ 2009 Integrator

Featuring an interoperability demonstration, the Open Network Video Interface Forum (ONVIF) is hosting its public Plugfest and Reception during ISC West. Scheduled for Thursday, March 25, at 4:30 p.m. in

ADI last week expanded its training initiatives, adding a variety of new courses in IP, residential and commercial A/V and intrusion, among other subjects. The new classes are part of

Michael Snyder, a consultant and former long-time executive at ADT, last week joined the advisory board of Proximex, a developer of products for the physical security information management (PSIM) market.

It looks like Chicago is taking crime fighting to another level in some of its roughest neighborhoods. According to a report in today’s Chicago Sun-Times, the City of Chicago is

Following more than two years of effort, the New York State Apprenticeship Council approved the New York Burglar & Fire Alarm Association’s (NYBFAA) application for a unilateral apprenticeship and training

Internet Protocol expert Bob Banerjee recently joined NICE Systems' Security Division, where he will develop programs and initiatives to educate, train and support the group’s network of security systems integrators

Michael Allen, founder and co-owner of Southern Utah Alarm, Cedar City, Utah, was added as the newest member of IQ Certification’s board of directors. Allen was elected to the board