Archive: November 2012
Tri-Ed/Northern buys SGI
November 30, 2012Martha Entwistle
WOODBURY, N.Y.—Tri-Ed/Northern today closed a deal to buy San Antonio-based SGI, a wholesale distributor with 13 branches and about 80 employees, Pat Comunale, Tri-Ed/Northern president and CEO, told Security Systems News.“It definitely makes us the dominant independent distributor in the Southwest,” Comunale said. “And it gets us into six additional markets that we were not in.”“We're holding true to form on our buy-and-build strategy,” he said. “We...
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ADT to add 120 jobs at Florida HQ
November 30, 2012Tess Nacelewicz
The ADT Corp. won praise from Florida Gov. Rick Scott at an event this week at which ADT announced it will add 120 jobs at its Boca Raton headquarters, according to a newspaper report.
Florida state, county and local governments have pledged $1.6 million in a public funding incentive package to persuade ADT to stay in Florida and create the jobs, according to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. It said the jobs would be created over the next couple of years and be in “human resources, information...
Brivo and SALTO Systems enter partnership
November 30, 2012SSN Staff
BETHESDA, Md.—Brivo Systems, a provider of cloud-based applications for security management, today announced it has formed a corporate partnership with SALTO Systems, an access control company whose U.S. branch is based in Atlanta, according to a company statement.
Through this partnership, SALTO wireless locking devices will supplement Brivo's portfolio of access control and video solutions and support its ongoing mission to reduce total cost of ownership for its access control customers,...
Vivint contributes $10,000 to ESA youth scholarships
November 29, 2012SSN Staff
IRVING, Texas—The Electronic Security Association announced that Vivint has stepped up as the exclusive sponsor of the 2013 ESA Youth Scholarship Program with a contribution of $10,000, according to an ESA statement.
Through the scholarship program, created in 1996, ESA has donated more than $300,000 to children of law enforcement officers, firefighters and other active-duty public safety personnel.
The extra sponsorship dollars will allow ESA to award a $10,000 scholarship to the first-place...
FutureSentry teams up with Mi5 Security
November 29, 2012SSN Staff
MIAMI—FutureSentry, a developer of automated detection solutions, today announced it has entered a strategic agreement with Mi5 Security, a provider of wireless outdoor surveillance cameras and cloud-based management services, according to a company statement.
The purpose of the partnership is to develop a solar-powered, wireless automated detection system for areas where infrastructure is limited. The combined solution is designed to filter out false alarms and enable reliable situational...
Bob Woodward to keynote SIA summit
November 29, 2012SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md.—Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Bob Woodward will be the keynote speaker at the Security Industry Association's Government Summit on June 4-5 in Washington, D.C., according to a SIA statement.
Woodward and Carl Bernstein rose to national prominence for their coverage of the Watergate scandal for the Washington Post. In 2001, Woodward won the National Affairs Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. He has written or co-written...
Should NFPA 730 go from guide to code?
November 28, 2012Tess Nacelewicz
SILVER SPRING, Md.—A proposal to change NFPA 730, the National Fire Protection Association standard governing security systems, from a best-practices recommendation to a code is generating concerns from the security industry.The controversy is about whether NFPA 730 should be changed from a guide to a code, giving it the force of law if municipalities adopt that code, according to Joe Gittens, director of standards for the Security Industry Association. “A guideline can be a standard,...
New First Alert leader aims to 'reinvent' the program
November 28, 2012Tess Nacelewicz
HOLLYWOOD, Fla.— Marek Robinson, the new leader of First Alert Professional, says his hiring is an example of Honeywell Security Products' renewed focus on its premier dealer program.
“If you go back even six months or a year there was really no one leading the network, so just the investment in people is a very significant one—bringing me into the role, and we're going to be adding several people from both a sales and marketing function to support the loyalty programs,”...
COPS Monitoring acquires AlarmWATCH
November 28, 2012Rich Miller
WILLIAMSTOWN, N.J.—COPS Monitoring has acquired AlarmWATCH of Hunt Valley, Md., a deal that brings the nationwide wholesale monitoring provider 400 new dealers and 150,000 accounts.The acquisition includes a 14,000-square-foot, UL-listed central station that COPS will use to monitor AlarmWATCH's accounts, said David Smith, director of marketing and communications for COPS. The company currently operates central stations in five locations: Florida, Arizona, Tennessee, Texas and at its headquarters...
For ASG: Another year, another territory
November 28, 2012Martha Entwistle
BELTSVILLE, Md.—ASG Security likes to expand into a new territory every year, and 2012 is no different. The super-regional made two year-end buys, entering Louisiana for the first time and beefing up its presence in North Carolina, ASG CEO Joe Nuccio told Security Systems News.ASG on Nov. 16 acquired USA Fire & Burglar Alarm in New Orleans. The deal brought with it $180,000 in RMR and 35 employees. ASG also bought RSH Protection Inc. in Charlotte, N.C. That deal brought $70,000 in RMR.Nuccio...