In our annual green report, SDM profiles security companies reducing their carbon footprints and working toward creating a cleaner environment.
April 6, 2018
Security dealers and integrators use a lot of paper: invoices, work orders, requests for proposals (RFPs), schedules, plans and revisions. Not only can that result in hundreds of thousands of printed pages each year, but paper can get misplaced. Focusing on paper reduction can reduce a company’s municipal solid waste (MSW) and increase efficiency.
Brad Duffy, president of the security officer division for Per Mar Security Services, was elected president of the National Council of Investigation & Security Services (NCISS) for the 2018/2019 year. NCISS is the leading voice in Washington D.C. for the security and investigation industry. The primary purpose of the organization is to monitor legislative and regulatory activities that affect the industry.
The Partnership for Priority Verified Alarm Response (PPVAR) will host a session on Emerging Technologies: The Effect on Verification & Priority Police Response panel discussion at ISC West.
The Security Industry Alarm Coalition (SIAC) is joining with the Georgia Electronic Life Safety & System Association (GELSSA) to fight an ordinance from Sandy Springs, Georgia, that would fine alarm companies instead of the end-user when systems generate a false alarm and could suspend law enforcement response to all customers of a dealer with a single unpaid fine.
Johnson Controls has announced that it has acquired Smartvue, an IoT and video provider which empowers cloud video surveillance and IoT video services.
The name of the game is RMR, which of course stands for recurring monthly revenue. With this dependable revenue stream, many companies have weathered tough economic times and flourished when times were good again. The security industry knows this best of all.
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