The security industry is in shock and mourning over the tragic death this week of Joseph Comunale, a sales associate at Tri-Ed Distribution Inc., with corporate headquarters in Woodbury, N.Y. Comunale, the 26-year-old son of Tri-Ed’s president, Pat Comunale, was apparently the victim of homicide, according to news reports.
Bosch Security Systems and Sony Corporation signed a contract to establish a business partnership to collaborate in the development of innovative products and solutions in the field of video security applications. Effective from the beginning of 2017, the two companies aim to combine their technological expertise to set new standards in high-resolution and low light video imaging. As part of the agreed partnership, Sony’s video security customers in all markets except Japan will be served and supported by the sales and marketing organization of Bosch Security Systems. The partnership is subject to approval by the antitrust authorities.
Red Hawk Fire & Security U.S., a leader in fire, life safety and security services and recently ranked among the top security systems integrators has also received a notable honor for its work in the fire alarm industry.
NOTIFIER presented Red Hawk with million dollar sales awards for achievement in multiple U.S. metropolitan areas during the 30th Annual NOTIFIER Leadership Gala held recently in Orlando.
Teresa Gonzalez, president of United Central Control, was awarded the Central Station Alarm Association (CSAA)’s highest honor, the Stanley C. Lott Memorial Award for Exemplary Service, at the 2016 Annual Meeting in Marco Island, Fla., on October 26.
Paul Cronin, senior vice president and partner at Atrion Networking Corporation, a Carousel Company, has shown strong IT leadership and education, continuously cultivating his own leadership skills and helping others develop their own at Atrion and beyond.
ONVIF, a global standardization initiative for IP-based physical security products, hosted its annual membership meeting on October 25, updating members on ONVIF’s accomplishments of 2016 and its outlook for the year ahead. ONVIF member companies heard presentations on the final release of Profile Q in 2016 and the ongoing development of Profile T for video, in addition to learning about the growing prevalence of ONVIF’s more than 7,000 conformant models of products in bid and specification processes in projects around the world.
Insurers are racing to gain access to data in order to quantify risk on a more granular level. Today, most insurance discount programs for smart products are cross-marketing programs focused on lifting sales and collecting data that can, over time, be analyzed to more precisely quantify risk.
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