I have spent a lot of time traveling the security circuit and educating myself about the threats of cybersecurity. Last month I had the privilege to participate at the PSA Cybersecurity Congress, a collection of industry experts and integrator executives. The event covered a lot of ground, and although I consider myself up on the times, I was pleasantly shocked with the abundance of new knowledge I took away from it. Here are a few thoughts from my integrator ownership seat and panel moderator perspective.
Pivot3, Austin, Tex., announced a $45 million equity and bank financing closing in February.
Argonaut Private Equity, Tulsa, Okla., a new investor in Pivot3, joined S3 Ventures, Austin, Tex., InterWest Partners, Menlo Park, Calif., Mesirow Financial Private Equity, Chicago, and the Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati investment fund, Palo Alto, Calif., in providing additional equity in the closing. As a part of this round, Steve Mitchell, managing director of Argonaut Private Equity, will join Pivot3’s board of directors.
Honeywell, Melville, announced its Silent Knight® fire systems business will host the Cracking the New Code of Low Frequency and CO seminar series in February to April in major cities across the United States.
TRI-ED, an Anixter Company, announced the opening of its new branch location in Baltimore. TRI-ED veteran Dana Hill will be managing the branch, located at 9730 Patuxent Woods Drive, Suite 600, in Columbia, Md.
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Camera manufacturer Canon, Tokyo, is seeking to expand even further into the security market, with a $2.8 billion cash offer to purchase Axis Communications, Lund, Sweden.
Louroe Electronics, Van Nuys, Calif., a specialist in audio monitoring within the security industry, announced that its CEO, Richard Brent, has been named the 2014 Security Industry Association (SIA) Committee Chair of the Year.
The Security Industry Association, Silver Spring, Md., will recognize the outstanding contributions of four of its members to the security industry with the Sandy Jones Volunteer of the Year Award in an awards ceremony at ISC West, Las Vegas, on April 14, 2015.