Vivint, a smart home technology provider with more than 850,000 customers, is the latest national alarm company to go live with Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP).
NTT announced that Gartner Inc., an IT research and advisory firm, has placed NTT in the “Challengers” quadrant of the 2015 Magic Quadrant for Managed Security Services, Worldwide.
The Security Industry Association (SIA) announced that Janet Fenner, director of marketing North America for Samsung Techwin America, has been appointed to the position of chair, SIA marketing committee.
DICE Corporation announces IPtelX.net, a telecommunications spinoff of its telecom services business, which is designed to allow DICE to remain focused on security industry software solutions while the new company deals with VoIP in the alarm industry.
LOUD Security Systems, a Kennesaw-based provider of security technology and monitoring solutions for residential and commercial applications, has merged with Nash Security of Stone Mountain, Ga.
Convergint Technologies, a service-based systems integrator, announced the acquisition of Dakota Security Systems, a security integration company based in Sioux Falls, S.D., with offices in Arizona, New Jersey and throughout the upper Midwest.
A new Parks Associates report finds smart home offerings have helped revitalize the residential security industry, as the number of households with monitored security rose more than 15 percent in the past two calendar years.