This year’s Super Bowl in Houston depended on several security solutions and companies to ensure safety, including situation management and data correlation capabilities by Vidsys and high-resolution network cameras by Axis.
Red Hawk Fire & Security LLC, a provider of fire, life safety and electronic security services, purchased Integrated Systems of Florida, expanding its geographic footprint and strengthening its existing fire, life safety and integrated security services operations in central and north Florida.
American Alarm and Communications acquired Atlas Alarm Corp. of Weymouth, Mass., a fire alarm and life-safety systems company in the greater Boston area. The combined company will operate as American Alarm with $40 million in annual revenue projected for 2017.
Convergint Technologies, a worldwide provider of service-based systems integration and No. 2 on the SDM Top Systems Integrators Report, acquired Post Browning, a full-service systems integrator providing consultation, installation and maintenance for the retail banking industry.
Securitas Electronic Security Inc. has donated $7,200 to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. The donation was made as part of a charitable element integrated into the Securitas Electronic Security tradeshow booth at the 2016 ASIS International Seminar & Exhibits in Orlando, Fla.
Entech Sales and Service Inc., No. 14 on SDM’s Top Systems Integrators Report, announced they are acquiring Oklahoma City based Logical Building Solutions Inc. (LBS). Entech will merge all assets and operations of LBS into its existing business structure. Entech’s new Oklahoma City office will operate under the name Logical Building Systems.
MONI Smart Security, a subsidiary of Ascent Capital Group Inc., announced a new Customer Bill of Rights to provide transparency into its communications commitment to customers, including consumer feedback mechanisms, contract policies and response times.
CEDIA has sold ownership of the CEDIA show to Emerald Expositions, the largest trade show operator in the U.S. CEDIA will continue to be deeply involved in the show, working hand-in-hand with Emerald on overall show direction, as well as retaining control and ownership of all educational programming.
This March, CSAA plans to officially change its name to The Monitoring Association. SDM recently spoke with CSAA’s Vice President of Marketing and Communications, Elizabeth Lasko, about what the change means and how the association arrived at this juncture.
According to a report released by Gemalto, consumers are putting the responsibility for protecting their personal data in the hands of the organizations holding their data, rather than themselves.