As I approach my 40th year in the electronic security business, sometimes I reflect on things I was involved with that didn’t work out so well.

Dynamark Security Centers partnered with a financial institution in the alarm industry to offer an account-based loan program to independent alarm dealers.

Valor Fire Safety LLC closed a strategic investment from Maxim Ventures, the venture arm for semiconductor company Maxim Integrated Products Inc., San Jose, Calif.

The SDM Systems Integrator of the Year award is based on a host of criteria including unmistakable success, a high level of innovation, best practices, growth and the unique ways they’ve approached their business, the industry, and the community around them.

Alarm.com published the results of a survey of homeowners designed to understand their preferences and interest in smart home technology.

Bosch Security Systems Inc. will make its B Series Intrusion Control Panels and peripherals available to more customers in the U.S. through distribution agreements with Anixter; TRI-ED, an Anixter company; and ScanSource Inc. Previously accessible only to customers who purchase directly from Bosch, the intrusion control panels are now open to all security dealers and integrators through Anixter, at TRI-ED’s more than 56 U.S. branch locations, and through ScanSource, a global provider of technology products and solutions.

In February 2016, Diebold Security, one of the largest security providers in North America, became part of Securitas AB, an $8 billion plus global provider of guarding and other security services and solutions.

A recent case decided in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada involved a residential security system.

I am rapidly approaching the 40-year mark of my employment and involvement in the electronic security industry.