Tag: Alarm Central
Central Station Monitoring acquires Alarm Central
November 12, 2019Paul Ragusa
ESTACADA, Ore.—Central Station Monitoring (CSM), a full-service intrusion and fire alarm central station based here, recently acquired Alarm Central based in Beaverton, nearly doubling the number of accounts being monitored at its central station.“It is exciting to almost double in size with this deal, and the additional revenues will give us the opportunity of expanding overall at some point,” Robbin Cleveland, general manager, Central Station Monitoring (CSM), told Security Systems...
Central stations tout value of regional shows
June 10, 2015Spencer Ives
MARLBOROUGH, Mass.—At the Northeast Security Systems Contractors Expo, held here on May 21, central stations said that regional shows are a great way to meet dealers, in person. The New England Alarm & Controls Council hosted the show.
NEACC's new president, David Wescott, “Because it's a local show, a lot of the companies will not only send owners and managers, but they'll also send technicians,” he told Security Systems News.
Wescott, who was recently appointed...
2015 Northeast Security Systems Contractors Expo roundup
May 22, 2015Spencer Ives
Yesterday, May 21, I headed down to this year's Northeast Security Systems Contractors Expo, in Marlborough, Mass. It was great to catch up with some of the companies I met at ISC West, and meet some new ones. In central stations, the biggest theme I heard about was that regional shows help monitoring centers get to know their dealers, in person and face-to-face.
Just as I was starting my first lap of the show floor, I briefly met Russ Ryan, organizer for the show.
After that, I ran into Jessica...
Cornerstone's ALARM Version 31
July 28, 2011Daniel Gelinas
LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.—Cornerstone Billing Solutions, which last year announced security industry focused products like Billing Plus collections support and the AlarmPayments.com online payment portal, in July announced Version 31 of their ALARM software. According to Cornerstone, the new version is a fine-tuned improvement.
According to a release, Version 31 allows for different net terms for recurring versus service and installation invoices. This means dealers who want short-term or immediate...