More than 200 leaders in electronic security and life safety from all over gathered in Austin, Texas, Jan. 28-31 for ESA’s 2019 Leadership Summit and were not disappointed, according to a post-show survey conducted by ESA.

ADT Inc., a provider of monitored security and interactive home and business automation solutions in the United States and Canada, today announced that it has acquired LifeShield LLC, a provider of advanced wireless home security systems, in a transaction valued at approximately $25 million. 

Connect America, an independent provider of personal emergency response systems (PERS), has acquired Tunstall Americas, a provider of connected health services. 

ADT Inc., a provider of monitored security and interactive home and business automation solutions in the United States and Canada, today announced that P. Gray Finney, senior vice president and chief legal officer, will be retiring. As his successor, David Smail has been named executive vice president and chief legal officer, reporting to ADT President and Chief Executive Officer Jim DeVries, based in Boca Raton, Fla. His appointment is effective immediately.

Bold Perennial has formally changed its name to Bold Group in the wake of the recent acquisitions of SIMS Inc. and SGS. The new moniker was announced last week to attendees of the SedonaOffice Users Conference in Marco Island, Fla. 

Control4 Corporation, a global provider of smart home solutions, today announced the acquisition of Switzerland-based NEEO, the creators of the smart home remote, to accelerate its leadership in delivering remotes, touch panels, keypads and other smart home devices.

While many companies feature a corporate blog on their websites, they often only post something monthly or bi-monthly — hardly enough to keep a customer checking back for more.

Living Security, which helps enterprises reduce their human cyber risk through engaging and metric-driven security awareness training, is offering a free security awareness starter kit to any security awareness program owner interested in starting a program that goes beyond compliance.

WeSuite’s president, Tracy Larson, has written a free educational booklet that provides actionable steps that sales professionals within security and technology organizations can take to create more powerful and winning proposals.

For those unable to dedicate a specific date or time to a training course, 3xLOGIC has got you covered with its self-paced online courses that provide videos, discussion boards, hands-on demonstrations and a number of other resources to help you become a VIGIL or infinias expert.