The Central Station Alarm Association (CSAA) presented its Central Station of the Year award to COPS Monitoring at the Excellence Awards ceremony during the Electric Security Expo in Nashville, Tenn., in June 2014. The award is given in recognition of outstanding companies that perform to the highest professional manner, thereby making a significant contribution to the betterment of the alarm industry and the alarm profession while demonstrating exceptional service to their customers and community.
Today, it’s no surprise that some homeowners want the peace of mind of security and the convenience of a smart home without paying for professionally installed products and the monthly cost of monitoring.
David Avritt and Kurt Erdman of SentryNet, Memphis, Tenn., and Robert Walker of Honeywell, Morristown, N.J., are offering courses in December 2014 and January 2015 that will provide complete information on how to sell, explain and install smart home and Z-Wave technology.
Alarm Capital Alliance (ACA), Newtown Square, Pa., acquired accounts from Khalsa Tech in the metro area of Santa Fe, N.M, as part of its regional growth strategy.
Bold Technologies, Colorado Springs, Colo., a provider of central station and PSIM software, acquired fellow automation provider, ABM Data Systems, on September 11, 2014.
In determining the best solution for a customer, “the big things are topology and what kind of communications they have on site,” comments Al Lewis, vice president of Okeechobee, Fla.-based dealer, Gator Security.
Bermuda is a beautiful setting, but not just for vacationing. In October, the members of CSAA International, the voice for central station monitoring companies, will converge on the British overseas territory for five days of learning and planning that will drive the direction of the association and address the challenges to the security monitoring industry.