Vector Security, No. 8 on the SDM 100, acquired Pelican Security Network Inc., a regional alliance of independent life safety and security services providers, fire protection companies, alarm dealers and systems integrators based in Baton Rouge, La.
Alarm Detection Systems Inc. (ADS), ranked No. 24 on the SDM 100, has acquired SDM 100 No. 59 Safe Systems Inc., a privately owned residential and commercial security business located in Louisville, Colo.
So the new product is really useful, cool and innovative. It helps a lot of people and makes things better for customers. Does anyone know that they really need it?
Have you ever experienced a moment in time when you said, “Why didn’t I think about that before?” I had one of those moments in an elevator while attending the recent CompTIA ChannelCon conference in Chicago.
Have you ever felt like you’ve been stalked online? Chances are, we’ve all experienced an advertiser stalking us. Have you ever noticed as you navigate across the Web that, somehow, the product or service you just researched and thought about buying keeps following you — well, practically stalks you? How do they do this?
In a recent case in the state of New York, an issue arose regarding the Asset Purchase Agreement (APA). The defendants were in the business of installing, servicing and monitoring fire alarm systems. The plaintiff sought to purchase the defendants’ business pursuant to an APA, which was signed by the parties.
Writers are taught to use the most precise words possible, so understandably, a writer’s liberal use of the word “thing” in any one article or essay is frowned upon by journalism teachers. Thus when the term Internet of Things came to be widely used, I was delighted by its ability to deliver such a broad and imprecise meaning. It was intriguing, yet ultimately too wide-ranging — just what was this Internet of Things (IoT)?
Now is the time for the security integrator to be part of the conversation regarding adaptation of the IoT to the facility security and management industry.
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