Sitting in the board meeting on Thursday for the California Alarm Association (CAA) Winter Convention held in San Francisco, Dec. 9-11, 2010, there was a lot going on. There’s always business

Jerry Marks, founder of Beachwood Security and a 25-plus year security industry pioneer, passed away on September 3, 2010, his son, Michael Marks, told SDM. In 1973 a fire engulfed

A satisfying story was issued this week by SIA Daily News Services, as published in San Jose Mercury News (http://www6.lexisnexis.com/publisher/EndUser?Action=UserDisplayFullDocument&orgId=563&topicId=13712&docId=l:1318773571) on Dec. 3. A California man was at work when

I’ve been feeling pretty good about 2011. There are several signs the economy is rebounding. Many construction-related firms throughout the supply chain have indicated they are gradually climbing out of

Bloomberg Business Week’s November 24 cover story, “The Great Copper Heist,” offers fascinating details of the nationwide crime trend in copper theft, and exposes the inner workings of the secondary

SDM congratulates Blake Finch, Per Mar Security, on being honored as the recipient of the Lifetime Service Award by the Iowa Alarm Association. In recognition of his leadership and dedication,

The Open Standards Security Alliance (OSSA) hosted the 46th Video Security & Integration Summit (VSI) at the Hilton Chicago hotel on Nov. 9. The seminar, titled “Truly Open,” was

Bold Media Gateway, which won an ESX Maximum Impact Award earlier this year, is a flexible hardware and software solution that works in conjunction with the Manitou alarm automation package

In booth 1326 at ISC Solutions, American Dynamics, part of Tyco Security Products, is exhibiting victor, a unified video management system that enables users to migrate from analog to IP

Honeywell Power Products introduced and is exhibiting at ISC Solutions today the IPGSM-COM fire alarm communicator, which provides complete system reporting through Honeywell’s AlarmNet network via IP or multiple GSM/cellular