Corporate News
Siemplify Taps Former Carbon Black And Cisco Channel Executive Bradd Barmettler As Global Head Of Channel
Siemplify announced the appointment of Bradd Barmettler as global head of channel. Mr. Barmettler will develop, execute, and manage the company?s strategic business plans relating to the overall channel partner ecosystem (i.e. value-added resellers, distributors, and consulting and system integrators), to successfully implement service offerings and generate additional value for partners. Mr. Barmettler brings 20 years of engineering, sales, and channel experience in the network security space to his new role.
The Boring Labs Debuts With The Boring Toolbox, Slashing Time Spent Managing Milestone XProtect VMS By Up To 97%
The Boring Labs debuted announcing its Boring Toolbox, a series of functional tools that help enterprises and integrators more efficiently manage medium-to-large distributed video surveillance/security networks using Milestone XProtect® Express+, XProtect® Professional+, XProtect® Expert and XProtect® Corporate. Initial tools include hardware/device name, password and device-group management that reduce the time spent on these manual functions by up to 97%.
United States Employer Support Of The Guard And Reserve Recognizes Convergint Technologies
Convergint Technologies was host to retired four-star general and former member of joint chiefs of staff Craig McKinley, one-star general Matt Baker and other military dignitaries at the recent presentation and signing of the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) agreement with Convergint CEO, Ken Lochiatto and fellow colleagues representing the United States Army, Army National Guard, Marines and Air-force.
BCDVideo, Scale Computing Form Technology Partnership
BCDVideo announced an exclusive technology and engineering partnership enabling BCDVideo to deliver turnkey hyperconverged solutions based on Scale Computing?s HC3? software to BCDVideo?s global network of security integrators and OEM customers. There is a clear gap in the market for a simple, deployable hyperconverged video solution, BCDVideo and Scale spent the last year co-developing and certifying a platform which fits seamlessly into the BCDVideo product philosophy of lessening the Total Cost of Ownership, and meets the security integrators needs for performance, scalability and simplicity, all in a single platform.
Survey Finds 17% of U.S. Consumers Experienced Fraudulent Bank Account Activity In 2017
March Networks announced the results of a second annual survey exploring how fraud, customer service and security perceptions are impacting U.S. banking consumer decisions. Key results from the 2018 survey, commissioned by March Networks and conducted by independent market research firm Ipsos earlier this year, reveal that 17% of consumers experienced fraudulent bank account activity in 2017, up moderately from 15% the previous year.
Viakoo Awarded US Patent For Loss-tolerant Data Stream Recording
Viakoo announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued Viakoo U.S. Patent No. 10,009,575. The patent covers a novel storage method for loss-tolerant data stream recording that dynamically allocates video data across a plurality of storage drives for reliable storage and playback. Viakoo?s innovation helps to overcome the vulnerability of storing video in RAID sets across very large scale (>8TB) hard drives, improving the overall reliability of physical security systems.
Arecont Vision Costar Adds Brian White To Great Lakes Sales Region
Arecont Vision Costar announces the selection of Brian White as Regional Sales Manager for the Great Lakes Region. The company, a new business unit of Costar Technologies, Inc., was launched on July 13th, 2018 and is expanding its sales and support across the Americas. Mr. White joins the Arecont Vision Costar team from his most recent posting at IDIS where he held a similar assignment. His previous security industry career included sales positions with Avigilon and Tyco, and earlier assignments in the IT and Telecommunications spaces.
The Far Reaching -And Positive- Impact Of Europe’s GDPR
I have been talking about the European Union?s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for almost two years. The regulation sets out a single set of rules for all companies operating in the EU. These rules were developed to provide people with greater control over their personal data and incentivize organizations to make meaningful changes to how they collect, process, and store that data. The GDPR is also the reason why you received so many emails last spring from sites that you visit and newsletters that you subscribe to asking you to update your information.
ProdataKey Named To MountainWest Capital Network’s 2018 Utah 100
ProdataKey announced it was named to the 2018 Utah 100, MountainWest Capital Network (MWCN)?s annual list of the fastest-growing companies in Utah. ProdataKey ranked No. 40 out of 100 companies and was honored at the 24th annual Utah 100 Awards program, held at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City. 2018 marks the third consecutive year that ProdataKey has made the top 100 ranking. Recipients of the Utah 100 were chosen by the percentage of revenue increase of each company between 2013 and 2017.
Arecont Vision Costar Targets Sales Growth In Europe, The Middle East, And India
Arecont Vision Costar announces the promotion of a key staff member and the addition of skilled new sales resources to improve customer and partner support across several international growth regions. The company, a business unit of Costar Technologies, Inc.(OTC Markets Group: CTSI), is increasing its presence in Europe, the Middle East, and India through strategic hiring. The international sales organization has its regional headquarters in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is responsible for all worldwide Arecont Vision Costar sales and support activities outside of the Americas.
Ritzman Joins Aiphone As Senior Graphics And Advertising/Public Relations Specialist
Cindy Ritzman joined Aiphone as its new senior graphics and advertising/public relations specialist. Ritzman, a 20-year advertising and marketing veteran, will be responsible not only for design, but also for driving the advertising and public relations strategy. She previously served in positions as director of marketing and as creative director for several high-tech, consumer and Fortune 100 companies. Ritzman?s strong graphics and marketing background make her a good fit for Aiphone, according to Dana Pruiett, Aiphone?s North America marketing manager.
ADT To Acquire Red Hawk Fire & Security
ADT Inc. announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Boca Raton, FL-based Red Hawk Fire & Security, a leader in commercial fire, life safety and security services and portfolio company of Comvest Partners, for $317.5 million in cash. This transaction accelerates ADT?s growth in the commercial security market and expands the Company?s product portfolio with the introduction of commercial fire safety related solutions. It is the latest in a series of strategic acquisitions made over the last year to drive commercial growth and build on ADT?s strong foundation of superior customer service.
SentryNet Expands Monitoring Center Footprint In The West
SentryNet announced they will be expanding their monitoring footprint by adding a monitoring center in Lacey, Washington. Currently, SentryNet has two UL/FM/NISPOM listed hot redundant monitoring centers in Memphis, Tennessee and Pensacola, Florida, and provides monitoring for more than 650 independent alarm dealers, primarily based in the Southeast. The Lacey, Washington, facility is expected to begin monitoring SentryNet dealers in late November 2018.
Aiphone Wins Second Deming Prize
Aiphone announced it has received a 2018 Deming Prize, one of the world?s highest awards for successful implementation of total quality management (TQM) programs. This is the second time Aiphone has won the prestigious international award. The company also recently achieved ISO 9001:2015 accreditation issued by the independent, Switzerland-based International Organization for Standardization. The ISO 9001 series is recognized internationally as a hallmark of production quality. Aiphone has held ISO 9001 accreditation since 1993.
Dahua Technology Released ?Heart Of City? Strategy At Security China 2018
Dahua Technology hosted its ?Dahua Heart of City (HOC)? Launch Conference at Damei Center in Beijing, China. At the conference, business representatives, industry experts, as well as security and mass media witnessed the unveiling of the Dahua Heart of City (HOC) New Smart City Framework, as well as the release of Dahua Technology?s latest cutting-edge technologies, which fully demonstrated the leadership of the Dahua HOC in empowering smart industry transformation.
Genetec Receives CSPN Certification From The French Agence Nationale de la S
Genetec announced that Genetec Security Center Synergis™, its IP-based access control system, has received the highest level (Niveau de suret
SALTO Systems Names David Latreille Senior Account Manager For Eastern U.S.
SALTO Systems, a leading manufacturer of electronic access control solutions, has appointed David Latreille to the new position of Senior Account Manager for the Eastern United States. David previously served as SALTO Senior Account Manager for Hospitality. Based in New York, David will develop, strengthen and execute sales strategies and support to achieve key SALTO end user and partner program goals within the Eastern United States region.
Long-Time Altronix Manufacturers? Representative Firm PMA Marketing Merges With Legacy Marketing Reps
Altronix will obtain an even greater presence in the Midwestern U.S. with the mergers of long-time manufacturer rep partners PMA Marketing and Legacy Marketing, who together will operate under the Legacy Marketing brand. The combined resources and expertise of Legacy Marketing will further support systems integrators and resellers of Altronix power and transmission solutions across the Great Lakes region including IL, IN, KY, WV, VA, WI, PA, OH, and MI.
Security Industry Association Forecasts 2019 Security Megatrends
The Security Industry Association (SIA) has identified and announced the 2019 Security Megatrends – the foundation of SIA?s signature yearly report defining the major trends and forces at play in the global security industry. Forecasting of 2019?s top 10 Security Megatrends was based on survey data generated in September and October 2018 from top security industry business leaders, association leadership and key volunteers and speakers for the next Securing New Ground (SNG) —the security industry?s executive conference— taking place Oct. 25-26 in New York City.
Annual Milestone Community Kickstarter Contest Invites Developers To Win $65,000
Milestone Systems invites coders, developers, individuals, and organizations to test their development skills within video management technology. The Milestone Community Kickstarter Contest is a unique opportunity to discover new applications and capabilities within video management, security surveillance and even beyond security; applications that can ?plug in? to the XProtect® VMS product family. The winning concept can be an integration, added functionality, widget or code that extends the use of video in physical security or improves everyday life.