Corporate News
TRI-ED Announces Two New Branch Openings
TRI-ED, An Anixter Company, is pleased to announce the opening of two new branches.
TRI-ED continues to expand its North American footprint and looks forward to serving its new customers in the St. Louis and Fort Lauderdale markets.
Costar Tech Inc (CSTI) ? Comments & Business Outlook
Costar’s Reported Second Quarter 2014 Results Revenue for the second quarter of 2014 totaled $8.3 million as compared to revenue of $6.2 million for the second quarter of the prior year, an increase of 33%.
Genetec President Wins Entrepreneur Award
Pierre Racz, president of Genetec has been& named EY’s 2014 Québec Entrepreneur of the Year in the Technology and Communications Category. The Canadian program is in its 21st year of honoring the country’s most impressive entrepreneurs from all areas of business.
TRI-ED Announces New Logo and Management Changes
Following its recent acquisition by Anixter, TRI-ED Distribution is proud to announce its new logo as well as key management changes. Pat Comunale will now serve as President of Global Security Solutions. James Rothstein will serve as Senior Vice President of Global Marketing and Dirk Foreman will be responsible for Global/National Integrator Sales, both reporting directly to Pat Comunale.
ISC East 2014 Presents New Mass Evacuation and Notification Sessions
ISC East, the largest security event in the Northeast United States, announced today a new addition to the educational program at this year?s conference: a three-session program called ?Demystifying the Mass Evacuation and Notification Market.? The new program will be held Wednesday, Nov. 19 at New York?s Javits Center during the 2014 ISC East conference and is offered free to those interested in understanding the market demands and opportunities.
Milestone Systems Hires New CSMO
Milestone Systems, the open platform company in IP video management software (VMS), announces Kenneth Hune Petersen as the new Chief Sales & Marketing Officer. He will be based out of the global headquarters in Denmark and as a member of the Executive Management Team will report directly to CEO Lars Thinggaard.
Brickstream Acquires NOMi for Offline Analytics
Shortly after NOMi – a company that bills itself as the Omniture of the brick and mortar store – acquired cross-device startup Media Armor, NOMi itself has been acquired by in-store analytics competitor Brickstream. Apple delivered a major blow to a core part of NOMi’s business when it revealed this summer that it would begin randomizing Media Access Control (MAC) addresses for mobile operating system iOS8.
DVTEL Appoints Jack Meltzer to Senior Director, Global A&E Program
DVTEL, INC., the video surveillance solutions provider, announced that it has named Jack Meltzer as Senior Director, Global A&E Program. The program helps network architects, engineers and consultants to develop expertise with DVTEL?s intelligent, open video surveillance technologies and to specify projects that incorporate DVTEL solutions.
Google Launches Security Key, World?s First Deployment of Fast Identity Online Universal Second Factor (FIDO U2F) Authentication
Google Chrome became the first web browser to implement support for FIDO Alliance authentication standards, opening the door for any website to deploy simpler, stronger FIDO U2F authentication to users of the world?s most popular web browser.
Ambarella S3 IP Camera SoC Delivers Outstanding 4K Video Quality Using State-of-the-Art H.265/HEVC Encoding
Ambarella, Inc., a leading developer of low-power, HD and Ultra HD video processing semiconductors, today introduced S3, a security IP camera System-On-Chip (SoC) family with support for the new H.265 or HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding) video standard. S3?s full implementation of H.265 delivers up to twice the compression efficiency of Ambarella?s current H.264 IP camera SoCs, providing outstanding video quality at very low bitrates to optimize network utilization and reduce storage costs. ?Ambarella has become an established leader in H.264 video encoding solutions for the security market,? said Fermi Wang, President & CEO of Ambarella. ?With S3, we establish a new standard of H.265 encoding excellence to enable future generations of the highest quality HD and Ultra HD IP cameras.?
Vivint Hosts Grand Opening of New Innovation Center
?We initially were a residential security provider,? said Todd Pedersen, Vivint CEO. ?Now we are evolving rapidly. We are now working in connected homes, smart homes, Internet of things.?
Pedersen, who kicked off the meeting, spoke about the potential Vivint has with their Innovation Center. The smart home industry is projected to be an $800 million industry by 2018 and Internet of Things is supposed to be a multi-trillion dollar industry by 2020, he said.
Infinova Signed Agreement to Acquire Swann Communications
Infinova announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire Swann Communications Pty Ltd, an Australian company. Swann was established in 1987 and pioneered the DIY video surveillance markets in North America, Australia, and Europe and is the leader in this category.
Vanderbilt Industries Agrees to Acquire Siemens? Security Product Business
Vanderbilt Industries, a global leader providing state-of-the-art security systems, announced today it has entered into an agreement to acquire Siemens? Security Products business, part of the Siemens? Building Technologies Division. The business will be renamed Vanderbilt International. Security industry veteran Joseph J. Grillo will be Managing Director, working from the new operational headquarters in Germany.
Bold Technologies Acquires ABM Data Systems
Bold Technologies, a leading provider of central station and PSIM software, acquired fellow automation provider, ABM Data Systems. Bold Technologies has announced it will retain the staff and products of ABM Data Systems. The acquisition significantly increases Bold?s customer base and supplements the company?s product portfolio, while adding substantial industry experience to the Bold Technologies? team.
OnSSI Announces New Hire Tim Brand as Southeast Regional Manager
OnSSI announces the appointment of Tim Brand as Regional Manager for the Southeast. He brings extensive experience in business development and channel management to the OnSSI sales team and will be instrumental in ensuring growth of OnSSI?s leading Ocularis platform in the region.
Bret McGowan Named Sr. VP Sales Americas, Far East, and W. Africa for Vicon/IQinVision Sales Teams
Vicon Industries, Inc. announced that as part of the ongoing integration of IQinVision, Bret McGowan has been named Senior Vice-President Sales for the Americas, Far East, and Western Africa, taking responsibility for the combined sales organization.
Kim Loy Named Vice President of Marketing, Pelco Video Line
Pelco by Schneider Electric announced the appointment of Kim Loy to the role of Vice President of Marketing for the Pelco Video Line of Business. In this role, Loy will drive strategic marketing initiatives on a global level in support of the company’s continued investment and commitment to its Pelco IP video surveillance solutions.
DVTEL Welcomes New Vice President of Sales, Americas, and Global Accounts
DVTEL, INC., the video surveillance solutions provider, announced the addition of John Skowronski as DVTEL?s new VP of Sales, the Americas and Global Accounts. Mr. Skowronski brings an extensive history of sales, marketing and business development experience with a wide variety of leading security and technology companies.
The ?New? Vicon Eyes Open Solutions
In September Vicon Industries Inc. and IQinVision revealed that its previously announced merger had been approved, and that its board of directors had appointed Eric Fullerton, formerly chief sales and marketing officer of Milestone Systems A/S, as the company’s new CEO and president. Fullerton, stated the combined businesses will be called Vicon, with headquarters in Edgewood, N.Y.
ADT Playing Within a Shifting Security Industry
Technology is acting as disruptive innovation in the security industry. ADT is at risk of losing its position as the leader in the North American security industry in the long term. Changing market dynamics will provide additional headwinds for the company, favoring new entrants.