At the 15th annual Milestone Integration Platform Symposium (MIPS), held at the Gaylord Texan Resort in Grapevine, Texas February 17-19, Milestone sought to drive home a singular message, which was also the tagline for the event: The Power of Open. With a variety of general and breakout sessions — including keynotes by not one but two noted futurists — the company debuted some big news as well as discussed the future roadmap for both products and the larger scale trends, particularly cloud.
SureView Systems, a provider of physical security software automation, has developed a new API that will allow AI technology to seamlessly integrate to its Immix software suite to reduce the number of false or nuisance alarms that hit a central station operator queue.
COPS Monitoring, a provider of wholesale professional alarm monitoring services in North America, announced the migration of its Generations monitoring software platform to jBASE from ZumaSys.
PSA announced the winners of the President’s Awards at its annual Leadership Convention in Scottsdale, AZ on October 14th. Andrew Lanning, co-founder of Integrated Security Technologies, Inc. in Honolulu won the prestigious Paul Marcus award for his service to PSA and the industry.
The Security Industry Association (SIA) has selected Steve Van Till — co-founder, president and CEO of Brivo — as the 2019 recipient of the George R. Lippert Memorial Award, an honor presented annually to a distinguished individual for long-term, selfless service to the security industry and to SIA. Van Till will receive the award during SIA Honors Night on Wednesday, Nov. 20, in New York City.
ADT Inc. continues to broaden its commercial presence, announcing two asset purchase agreements with Systems Group and Fusion Fire Protection. These agreements will continue to enhance technical capabilities and expand the organization’s geographic reach to commercial and enterprise-level customers across the United States.
The Security Industry Association (SIA) has named George W. Anderson as the 2019 recipient of the SIA Insightful Practitioner Award, an honor recognizing excellence in promoting the implementation of innovative security solutions. Anderson — who retired from the New York Police Department (NYPD) in 2011 after 30 years of service — is the director of World Trade Center security for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
In what is becoming an annual tradition looked forward to by many members of the security industry press (this writer included), Genetec hosted a good number of the world’s trade press representatives in July at their Montreal headquarters.
Emergency24 developed a free service that allows subscribers to acknowledge non-critical signals via two-way text messaging in order to further enhance the customer experience.