California is the most populous state — by far, and it is the third-largest by land area (after Alaska and Texas). That creates a vast territory and an incredible amount of end users for the California Alarm Association (CAA) to cover. Like California, the CAA is huge, but the CAA is also small, built upon camaraderie and close-knit relationships between all its active members.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc., San Diego, a national security solutions provider, announced that it acquired selected assets of an unnamed critical infrastructure security and public safety system integration business from a large international public company. Speculation around the industry points to Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies, but neither company agreed to comment.
Back in 1974, when gas was 55 cents a gallon and a worker’s average annual income was about $10,900, his father, Charles, founded the company with a focus on the then solid service business in office intercoms and master antennas. Over those growing pain years and with myriad changes and advances in communications technologies, the business — then consisting of about two handfuls of employees — was critically challenged.
The New York Fire Alarm Association announced that it had its most successful holiday toy drive in all the years that its “devoted industry team” has done this. The group was able to “deliver bountifully to four burn centers and one pediatric unit.”
New York City-based SecureWatch24 said it is introducing a new national advertising campaign that asks prospects to “Deny Dangerous” by utilizing the company’s security services.
At the ongoing ESI Forum and The Electronic Security Association (ESA) Leadership Summit events taking place at the Omni Mandalay at Las Colinas in Irving, Texas, attendees have ample opportunity to celebrate recent achievements as well as ensure more success to come through educational session presented by their peers. The events opened on Monday, Jan. 9 and will wrap up on Friday, Jan 12.
Shawn Mullen has his LinkedIn app running while on the road. “When I see a place that I’ve not called on before, I can park, LinkIn for a contact name, Google the contact on the Droid for a phone number, and then touch the link to call from the Jeep without need of my laptop or finding a Wi-Fi connection,” says Mullen, who is with Protex Central.
As with any move, deciding on the use, kind, look, and feel of social networking sites by today’s system integrator is more a business decision than one based on dazzling technology. Here are some ideas courtesy of Inc.com.