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Following the retirement of Laura Stepanek as SDM’s editor and associate publisher and Karyn Hodgson’s appointment to editor-in-chief, Maggie McFadden Shein re-joined the staff as managing editor on April 1. 

A continuing strong economy, end user desires to do more with their access control systems and increasing interest in new technologies, integrations and models all led to a positive outlook in 2019 and a general feeling of optimism for 2020, with a few notes of caution.

Students at Title One schools and shelters across the country are the beneficiaries of school supplies after Mission 500 teamed with new angel sponsor ADI Global Distribution this past January for a silent auction charity event held at the College Football Hall of Fame in downtown Atlanta.

Genetec Inc., a provider of unified security, public safety, operations and business intelligence solutions, today announced it has released a new reporting function for its Security Center Synergis access control system. 

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a notice explicitly mentioning the security industry. 

The Monitoring Association (TMA), in partnership with SDM, invite professional monitoring centers to enter the Excellence Awards competition for 2020. 

Now that we know this economic disruption isn’t going away soon, how will the industry be affected?

The Brinks Company, rated No. 3 on the SDM 100, today announced that it has secured additional term loan financing of $590 million, which is expected to increase liquidity to approximately $1.5 billion upon closing.

Ten certified Sielox integrators were awarded in the silver and gold categories, and for the 21st consecutive year and 25th time overall, MCM Integrated Systems of Van Nuys, Calif. was named as the National Certified Sielox Integrator of the Year.

Motorola Solutions has agreed to acquire IndigoVision, a Scotland-based provider of end-to-end video security solutions, for approximately $37.2 million in a deal that is expected to close by the end of May.