Corporate News

Genetec Receives UL 2900-2-3 Level 3 (L3) Cybersecurity Readiness Certification

Genetec announced that Security Center Omnicast?, its video management system (VMS), received the UL 2900-2-3 Level 3 cybersecurity certification. A long-standing advocate for cybersecurity and the ?Security of Security?, Genetec participated in the UL evaluation process, which today validates its resilience against cyber-attack with the highest Level 3 (L3) assessment certification.

Arecont Vision Costar Increases Southern Coverage With TMG Sales Agents

Arecont Vision Costar announces the signing of TMG Sales Agents, Inc. (TMGSA) as a new Authorized Manufacturer?s Representative. TMGSA will be focused exclusively on increasing sales support to customers and prospects in the state of Florida. Proven Manufacturer?s Representative Firm Will Focus on Growing Sales in Florida Market. The company?s portfolio is focused on leading products in the security, access control, surveillance, fire safety systems, structured cabling, and other low voltage industry products.

Bosch Grows With Connected Energy And Building Solutions

Bosch is growing with connected energy and building solutions. Last year, the Energy and Building Technology business sector sold some 13 million web-enabled devices ? everything from connected heating, cooling, and ventilation systems in office buildings, to smart home applications. Bosch is also focusing on platforms and partnerships in its energy and building technology activities.

Rick Caruthers Appointed President At Galaxy Control Systems

The Board of Directors of Digital Systems Corporation, the parent company of Galaxy Control Systems, a leading provider of integrated access control and security solutions, announced the appointment of Rick Caruthers to the position of President at Galaxy Control Systems. Effective immediately, this appointment reflects the company?s long-term planning and succession strategies.

Boon Edam Opens Technology And Training Center In Silicon Valley

Boon Edam announces the opening of a full-service Technology and Training Center in San Jose, CA. This is the second US-based location for the company outside of its headquarters in Lillington, NC; the first location, opened in 2015, is in mid-town Manhattan at 1140 Broadway Avenue in New York City. The address of the new Silicon Valley center is 2161 O?Toole Ave San Jose, CA.

Mission 500 Service Trip To Ponce, Puerto Rico Brings Assistance To Families In Need

Mission 500 recently hosted a service trip in Ponce, Puerto Rico where volunteers from the professional security industry worked on repairing the homes of two families still suffering from the effects of hurricane Maria which caused $92 billion in damage in October of 2017. Volunteers spent several days repairing roofs, siding and plumbing; installing new windows; and removing trees capable of causing additional damage to the affected structures.

Security Industry Association Reveals Details For Securing New Ground 2019

Security Industry Association(SIA) has announced that the 2019 Securing New Ground (SNG) conference will be held Oct. 29-30 at the Grand Hyatt New York. Each year at SNG, the security industry?s biggest players, brightest minds and most driven entrepreneurs come together in New York City for this executive conference featuring high-quality intelligence sharing, education, analysis, and networking.

ISC East Exceeds Expectations With 23% Attendance Growth For 2018

ISC East, in collaboration with Premier Sponsor the Security Industry Association (SIA), reported strong growth results at the conclusion of this year?s industry event in New York City. The International Security Conference & Exposition is the Northeast?s largest security trade show, where close to 7,500 security and public safety professionals convened this month to meet experts from over 300 leading security brands.

What Lies Ahead For 2019

As you know, security is a fast-paced industry that touches the lives of hundreds of millions of people every day. What we do and what impacts us has the potential to effect organizations, communities, and governments around the globe. This is one of the reasons why a look at the top five trends for the year ahead cannot be taken lightly. After careful consideration, here?s what I think will be impacting our world in 2019.

Arecont Vision Costar Expands Sales Coverage With Bongiorno And Associates

Arecont Vision Costar announces the addition of Bongiorno and Associates, Inc. as a new Authorized Manufacturer?s Representative. The company will provide additional sales resources to the Arecont Vision Costar team in the North Eastern United States, including the New York City Metro Area. Bongiorno and Associates, Inc., headquartered in Woodbridge, NJ, is well positioned to support and grow sales activity with customers and partners throughout the North Eastern US, and in particular the NY metro region.

LifeSafety Power Inc. Forges Technology Partnership With Identiv

LifeSafety Power® Inc., the industry?s only provider of intelligent networking power solutions, has forged a technology partnership with Identiv, the leading global provider of physical security and secure identification, providing greater integration and visibility to connected power solutions in access control specifications. The technology partnership between Identiv and LifeSafety Power presents an out-of-the-box, sleek, space-saving access control rack configuration that allows a compact mounting of Identiv?s Hirsch Mx Controller.

Systems Integrator Group Security-Net Celebrates 25 Years

Security-Net, Inc. is celebrating its 25th Anniversary this year, a testament to the strength of the organization that today brings together the best independent security systems integrators to collaborate on enterprise-level projects, technology acumen and business practices. Since its founding in 1993, Security-Net has been recognized as the top group of security systems integrators within the industry. Its members are regularly included in the SDM 100 Top Systems Integrators list.

ALE Appoints Darren Giacomini To Global Advisory Board

ALE, operating under the Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise brand, announced they have appointed Darren Giacomini, Director of Advanced Systems Architecture at BCDVideo, to their Global Customer Advisory Board. Darren has over 16-years of networking experience. His latest project includes Shortest Path Bridging (SPB) technology offered on the Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch? family of products, the joint offer creates a highly available network that exceeds speed and management requirements to support the massive data transfer and file volume of a surveillance system, as well as engineering networking solutions.

Qualcomm Launches $100M AI Investment Fund

Qualcomm Incorporated announced the launch of the Qualcomm Ventures AI Fund to invest up to an aggregate of $100 million in startups transforming artificial intelligence. The fund will focus on startups that share the vision of on-device AI becoming more powerful and widespread, with an emphasis on those developing new technology for autonomous cars, robotics and machine learning platforms.

Arecont Vision Costar Increases US Northeast And Eastern Canada Coverage With Addition Of John Sprague

Arecont Vision Costar, the leader in network-based video surveillance solutions, announces the appointment of John Sprague as Regional Sales Manager. Mr. Sprague is responsible for customer and partner sales support across the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada. The company is a new business unit of Costar Technologies, Inc. (OTC Markets Group: CTSI) that first launched on July 13th, 2018, and is continuing to expand its sales and support teams across the Americas.

PerpetuityARC Training Launches Security Management BTEC Level 4 eLearning Course

Linx International Group announces that PerpetuityARC Training has launched a new Security Management BTEC Level 4 eLearning course. The latest in its growing prospectus of interactive eLearning courses, it provides an essential introduction to the key techniques, theory and concerns at the heart of professional commercial security management today. The modular course can be completed in 50 hours.

Security 101 Announces The 7th Annual Gift Of Security

Security 101 announced 13 offices nationwide will participate in the 7th Annual Gift of Security corporate giving program. The Gift of Security is a national corporate giving initiative providing $10,000 worth of integrated security services from Security 101 and equipment from product partners, Axis Communications and WESCO to one nonprofit winner from each participating office location. Local civic leaders helped each office select three deserving organizations to receive a system.

Feenics Appoints Middle East Representative

Feenics continues to expand its reach globally, adding an office and representative in Beirut, Lebanon. Nancy Abou Eid, who holds a Master?s Degree in Computer Science and a Bachelor?s Degree in Software Engineering will lead the new Middle East location in Beirut and target additional growing areas including Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. Abou Eid was one of the first employees of Feenics and an architect of the original Keep by Feenics solution. Her focus will be on educating value-added resellers, consultants and users on the advantages of the scalability, flexibility and advanced security available in the cloud-based ACaaS solution.

PSA TEC 2019 Education Lineup And Conference Agenda Announced

PSA announced the education lineup, conference agenda and a new exhibit showcase date for TEC 2019 to be held March 11-14, 2019 at the Sheraton Downtown in Denver, CO. TEC, presented by PSA, is the premier education and networking event for all professional systems integrators in the security and audio-visual markets. This year?s education conference will feature over 100 education sessions, workshops and certification trainings from industry leading experts and partner organizations. The event will also leverage a full-day of dedicated exhibit hours on Thursday, March 14, 2019.