Archive: October 2018
ReconaSense announces new office, demo center on Fifth Avenue in NYC
October 31, 2018SSN Staff
AUSTIN, Texas—ReconaSense, a provider of intelligent security management systems, announced its expansion into New York City with a new office and demo center located on Fifth Avenue in midtown Manhattan.President and CTO John Carter said the Manhattan office provides an ideal, centrally located demonstration and solution center for collaboration between end-users, consultants, and system integrators, and helps the company to “better serve” its expanding customer base in the Northeast...
Alarm.com launches video analytics
October 31, 2018SSN Staff
TYSONS, Va.—Alarm.com announced a newly deployed artificial intelligence architecture and video analytics service, a platform that can monitor video streams in real-time and alert property owners about important events, while ignoring routine movement. The new service is available now for residential and business subscribers.
“Alarm.com's AI architecture and video analytics program are defining the next generation of smart home and business innovations,” Dan Kerzner, Alarm.com's...
DICE announces new Tech Security Summit for spring 2019
October 31, 2018Spencer Ives
BAY CITY, Mich.—DICE Corporation announced in late October that it will be expanding its annual user's conference, addressing new topics and bringing in new professionals.The event will be held in Nashville, Tenn., at the Sheraton Grand National Downtown from April 29 to May 2, 2019. Event highlights include panel discussions with DICE representatives and industry experts, product demos, exhibitor showcases, education and training, roundtable sessions, and networking and group activities, the...
SentryNet to open new monitoring center in Washington
October 31, 2018SSN Staff
MEMPHIS, Tenn.—SentryNet, a wholesale central station, recently announced that it will be adding a monitoring center in Lacey, Wash., “to ensure they are able to provide the best service to dealers coast-to-coast.”The company currently has two UL/FM/NISPOM listed redundant monitoring centers; one based here and one in Pensacola, Fla. As part of the company's expansion into Washington, SentryNet will consolidate the Pensacola center to Memphis. A Pensacola, Fla., office will remain...
Dynamark creates new equipment funding program
October 31, 2018Spencer Ives
HAGERSTOWN, Md.—Dynamark Monitoring recently partnered with home improvement financing companies to provide dealers a consumer equipment financing option for their customers. “The goal is to help dealers expand their business while keeping their own individual brand and identity strong,” the company said.“This equipment financing program is available to any security company, whether they do monitoring or non-monitored, and it's open to both residential and commercial,”...
ADT to acquire Red Hawk Fire & Security
October 31, 2018SSN Staff
BOCA RATON, Fla.—ADT announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Boca Raton, Fla.-based Red Hawk Fire & Security, a commercial fire, life safety and security services and portfolio company of Comvest Partners, for $317.5 million in cash. Upon completion of the acquisition, ADT said that its business customers will represent 25 percent of total revenue.“Commercial security is one of the core pillars of ADT's growth strategy and today's announcement marks a significant...
PIVOT3 having banner year
October 31, 2018Paul Ragusa
Pivot3, the hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) performance and technology company based in Austin, Texas, announced that it experienced more than 50-percent growth in bookings in Q1-Q3 2018 over the same period in 2017, with significant growth among large enterprises and complex, mission-critical use cases.
With IT requiring automation and intelligence to manage increasingly complex workloads and multi-cloud environments, Pivot3 saw high demand for its hybrid cloud solutions. Pivot3 also experienced...
Apartment Guide finds renters want security
October 30, 2018Spencer Ives
ATLANTA—Apartment Guide, a resource for renters and part of the digital marketing solutions company RentPath, recently published a blog highlighting security as an amenity many renters are looking for.
The blog included data from RentPath surveys including an “online, blind survey of 2,000 renters … conducted by Egg Strategy in conjunction with RentPath in 2017, with the final analysis completed in February 2018,” and an “online, blind survey of 750 renters conducted by...
D-Tools named as official product catalog content provider for PSA, USAV
October 24, 2018SSN Staff
CONCORD, Calif.—D-Tools Inc., a provider of data-driven software for system integrators, and PSA Security Network, a global systems integrator consortium, announced that D-Tools has been named as the official product catalog content provider for PSA Security Network and USAV.“Finding ways to streamline operating efficiencies is in our DNA, so we are pleased to have the opportunity to leverage our expertise in providing accurate, detailed and up-to-date product specifications to the PSA...
SIA identifies security megatrends for 2019
October 24, 2018Paul Ragusa
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 Securing New Ground (SNG), the security industry's executive...