Archive: November 2005
Fiore honored with award, makes industry strides on The Hill
November 24, 2005SSN Staff
VIENNA, Va.--Lou Fiore has seen it all. As former president of the Central Station Alarm Association, and the current chairman of the Alarm Industry Communications Committee, he knows what the industry can accomplish, and knows that it still has much to do.
At CSAA's annual meeting this fall, Fiore received the 2005 Stanley C. Lott award, which is presented to an industry member who has made proactive contributions to CSAA and the industry. It is CSAA's most prestigious award and it is only given...
Olympic, counterterrorism security expert Tubbs to keynote TechSec Solutions
November 24, 2005SSN Staff
SAVANNAH, Ga.--As chief architect of SAIC's security infrastructure for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, David Tubbs led an international team tasked with protecting more than 11,000 athletes and millions of fans through a massive IT implementation, comprising 29 different subsystems, 130 fixed and five mobile command centers, to safeguard the games. Fortunately, through a 23-year career with the FBI, Tubbs had done it all before, leading Olympic security operations in Atlanta and the 1994...
Odin gets FCC license that may affect RFID security applications
November 24, 2005L. Samuel Pfeifle
DULLES, Va.--Odin Technologies, a forerunner in RFID technology consulting and testing, announced November 16 a new ability to test RFID equipment. Thanks to a license from the Federal Communications Commission, which Odin believes to be unique, the company is now able to test products at frequencies outside of the legal 902-928 MHz range. The FCC will now allow Odin to test RFID equipment at frequencies ranging from 866-956 MHz, at up to eight watts of power, so that they can test products here...
InterTECH merger brings expertise and customers
November 24, 2005Martha Entwistle
WARRENDALE, Pa.--In a move that will bring "hard-to-find installation and service technicians" in addition to customers, InterTECH founder Chris Wetzel on Nov. 16 announced a merger with two smaller players in the residential and commercial market in the Pittsburgh area.
Those companies, Lifelink Security, of Johnstown and Premier Security, of Pittsburgh, are owned and managed by Petnuch Partners, a holding company, and both have been in business for 15 years. After the merger, the companies will...
ADT donates security system to violence victims
November 24, 2005SSN Staff
TAMPA, Fla.--Domestic violence victims in Hillsborough County considered to be in imminent danger will receive home security systems as part of Abused Women's Active Response Emergency, a program sponsored by ADT Security, the Tampa Police Department and Sheriff's Office and the Spring of Tampa Bay, a crisis center.
The local AWARE program launch took place on November 15, said Diane Silverman, public relations manager with ADT.
The system enables a victim in danger to push a button, mounted on a...
DMP secures Canadian bank
November 24, 2005SSN Staff
SPRINGFIELD, Mo.--A network monitoring solution will be integrated into 1,149 branches of a Canadian bank later this year, thanks to Digital Monitoring Products and systems integrator Intercon Security.
The system, DMP XR500E, offers 128-bit encryption for IP communication to the central station. The security upgrade will provide the financial institution with a network solution.
Marc Bergeron, director of market development for banking solutions at DMP, noted that the installation project will improve...
Northrup Grumman to protect marines
November 17, 2005SSN Staff
RESTON, Va.--U.S. Marine Corps bases in the Marine Corps Central Command area, which includes Iraq, Djibouti and Kuwait, will be getting security help from Northrup Grumman, which received a nearly $8 million delivery order in early November. The order is part of the $498 million Integrated Base Defense Security Systems contract awarded by the Air Force to Northrup Grumman in August 2003, which was intended to help meet worldwide installation-security requirements. This portion of the award will...
Stockholder advises IASG's next move
November 17, 2005SSN Staff
ALBANY, N.Y.--Worried about the steep decline in Integrated Alarm Services Group's stock price, the company's major stockholder suggested it is time for a sale in a letter filed Monday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the board of directors of the alarm monitoring company.
Contrarian Capital Management of Greenwich, Conn., which owns 13 percent, about 3 million shares, of Integrated Alarm Services Group stock, filed a letter addressing the stock price, which has taken a 78-percent...
Washington fire marshals' code efforts are successful
November 17, 2005Martha Entwistle
SOUTH KITSAP, Wash.--Fire marshals here led a successful effort to change inspection requirements for electronically monitored fire extinguishers from once a year to once every three years.
The International Code Council--whose fire code is used by many state and local municipalities--approved the change at its annual conference this fall in Detroit.
The code change gives end users another incentive to invest in electronically monitored extinguishers--a product that is more reliable and much more...
Accent sued over Burger King kidnapping
November 17, 2005L. Samuel Pfeifle
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ill.--Kimberly McGhee, a Franklin County woman who was kidnapped at gunpoint from a West Frankfort Burger King at which she worked, filed on November 10 a lawsuit against Accent Security Alarms, Inc., of Jackson, Mo., and HM Electronics, Inc., a manufacturer of security equipment that serves many fast-food restaurants. The Southern Illinoisan reported that the incident in question occurred Feb. 26, 2004, and resulted in McGhee having to make a daring escape from Jonathan Martin,...