Tag: Centra-Larm
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...
ISC West 2015—The daily monitoring report
April 13, 2015Spencer Ives
Friday, Day 3
The last day, like the first, started off with a great meeting at the media stage. This time I met George De Marco, ESX chair, and talked about how the different ways booths look to bring in visitors, everything from booth design to attractions.�
Then I headed into the show floor for a meeting with Cliff Dice, company president and CEO, and Carol Enman, Dice SVP for strategic business. We talked a lot about the reception of Dice's cloud-hosted central monitoring software...
On Location: Central Station with Centra-Larm
April 8, 2015Spencer Ives
MANCHESTER, N.H.—Centra-Larm Monitoring, a wholesale monitoring company based here, is actively seeking a fourth central station to bolster its national presence, Kevin Helmig, company president and CTO, told Security Systems News."We are in acquisition mode and are actively looking to purchase additional third party central stations,” Helmig said. “We'd prefer something located around the central part of the United States, but we're not limiting ourselves to any specific geographic...
New series 'On Location: Central Stations'
March 25, 2015Spencer Ives
The biggest step I have taken, so far, in learning about the industry has been visiting American Alarm and Communications, back in December. This helped me learn a lot more about this side of the industry, to see first hand how one central station handles things.
Much like putting a face to a name, seeing the workings of American Alarm's central station helped me piece together a bit more about how the industry works. It then sparked the idea to start an occasional series of articles along the same...
Centralarm opens new West Coast facility
April 30, 2014Leif Kothe
MANCHESTER, N.H.—Centralarm Monitoring, based here, has added a third facility in Monterey, Calif., a move that reflects a concerted effort by the company to continue expanding its national footprint.Eleven years ago, when the company began to transition from what was predominantly a New England-based central station to more of a national one, it initially did so without the aid of a major advertising effort, Kevin Helmig, president of Centralarm, told Security Systems News.With the addition...