Archive: March 2017
Affiliated to host second annual Catalyst
March 29, 2017Spencer Ives
MIAMI—Affiliated Monitoring is bringing its Catalyst conference, focused on PERS sales and marketing, to Turnberry Isle here for its second year, May 15 through 17.“We already have more people registered to attend at this point in time than actually attended last year. So, we are expecting it to be much larger by every measurement than 2016,” Daniel Oppenheim, Affiliated's VP, told Security Systems News. All of Catalyst's sponsorships are sold out for this year's conference, he...
Cyber talk on tap at ISC West
March 29, 2017Paul Ragusa
It is only March, but I think it is safe to call 2017 the “year of cybesecurity” as the industry has doubled down on its focus to secure everything IP.
This cyber mania, so to speak, is not unfounded, as the security industry is learning firsthand—from recent highly publicized DDoS attacks and increased ransom-ware attacks to more and more stories of compromised cameras and security systems—that the convergence of physical security and IT is creating a new set of challenges...
ESX announces keynotes and exhibit space expansion
March 29, 2017Spencer Ives
ESX has made several announcements�recently regarding its 2017 conference, to be held at the Music City Center in Nashville, Tenn., from June 13-16.
“Every year, planning a show like ESX is both challenging and rewarding. For 2017, it is more challenging than most,” ESX chairman George De Marco told Security Systems News via email. “Being our 10th anniversary of ESX, we want to make the attendee experience commensurate with celebrating this milestone.”
ESX looks for...
The future of IoT: Taming security's wild west
March 29, 2017Spencer Ives
DELRAY BEACH, Fla.—A lot is being done when it comes to ensuring that IoT devices are cybersecure, integrated and valuable to end users. Five panelists at a TechSec Solutions session explored exactly what the industry is doing to rein in the technology.
Paul Ragusa, editor of Security Systems News and the panel's moderator, asked each of the panelists to say what the term IoT means to them.
“The Internet of Things is a broad [term],” Dorrier Coleman, co-founder and CTO...
Northland Controls opens new HQ office
March 29, 2017Paul Ragusa
MILPITAS, Calif.—Northland Controls, a rapidly growing global security systems integrator and managed services provider, opened a new headquarters space here on March 24.Although the company is keeping its existing Fremont, Calif. location, which houses its global security operations center and managed services programs, CEO Pierre Trapanese said that there was a need for additional space to meet the demand.“Finding another office in Silicon Valley was part of the company's long-term...
Paladin Security and Criterion Security announce mega-merger
March 28, 2017Paul Ragusa
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—Criterion Security, a healthcare, government and corporate security company in the U.S., has joined forces with Paladin Security, a full-service guarding company and security systems integrator based in Canada, to create a North American super-company—PalAmerican Security.The marriage between organizations will immediately increase service offerings and company reach across the US nationwide, operating initially in 16 states from coast to coast and growing that reach...
Software startup brings predictive analytics to fire detection
March 27, 2017Spencer Ives
MOUNT HOREB, Wis.—OneEvent, a software-as-a-service company based here, developed an analytics engine that looks at environmental factors to predict when an event might occur. At ISC West 2017, the company will be discussing the software's capabilities in the fire detection space.“We look to the fire and security industries as a very natural launching point for OneEvent's software solutions and technology,” Kurt Wedig, OneEvent Technologies president and CEO, told Security Systems...
Parks Associates announces keynotes for CONNECTIONS conference
March 23, 2017SSN Staff
DALLAS—Consumer IoT research firm Parks Associates announced the keynotes and initial speaker lineup for its 21st-annual CONNECTIONS: The Premier Connected Home Conference, which will be held May 23-25 at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport.The executive conference focuses on ways to engage consumers and grow revenues in the converging IoT industries, including smart home, connected entertainment, and mobile ecosystems.The conference features keynotes by Matt Eyring, chief strategy and...
Alarm.com acquires ObjectVideo
March 22, 2017Paul Ragusa
TYSONS, Va.—Alarm.com, which provides a platform for the connected home and business, announced the acquisition of substantially all of ObjectVideo Inc.'s business, including the company's products, technology portfolio and personnel.The business, now called ObjectVideo Labs, will accelerate Alarm.com's research and development of video services and video analytics applications for both the residential and commercial markets, and will continue to provide advanced research and engineering services...
What else can you do besides provide security solutions?
March 22, 2017Kenneth Z. Chutchian
YARMOUTH, Maine—Integrators know they don't have a choice. The days of impressing end users with bells and whistles are gone. Now more than ever, installation and application of security technologies confront the big question that turns another page in the industry—and is still as old as business itself: “Can this help us make money?”The commoditization of security products (can you purchase what you really need at Wal-Mart?) has been developing for a long time. Security insiders,...