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Monitoring

Many manners of monitoring

August 5, 2015Martha Entwistle

YARMOUTH, Maine—Central station monitoring comes in a variety of flavors. What's the difference between an installing company that does its own monitoring and a proprietary central station? Are third party and wholesale synonymous? What about new cloud technology that some say will usher in new categories of central station monitoring? In an effort to sort out the differences, Security Systems News turned to CSAA president Jay Hauhn. The following is an overview of the basics of monitoring...

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Commercial

Hackett Security expands to East Coast

June 17, 2015Martha Entwistle

ST. LOUIS—Hackett Security, a super-regional based here, opened its fifth branch office in McLean, Va., Michael J. Hackett, CEO of Hackett Security, told Security Systems News.“Strategically it makes a lot of sense for us to open this office,” Hackett said. Current customers brought Hackett to the area, but there is plenty of opportunity for new business there. The coverage potential for the new office is about 250 miles, Hackett said, which “allows us a pretty big swath [of...

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Residential

Dealers: Grow through differentiating, new technology

April 15, 2015Amy Canfield

LAS VEGAS—Brand awareness and embracing technological advances like video verification, home automation and the cloud are among the main challenges facing mid-size security dealers today, according to three dealers attending the DMP Owners Forum here.Those challenges, though, also present opportunities for companies to succeed in a very competitive and changing industry, the dealers told Security Systems News during an informal roundtable discussion after the annual DMP event. Differentiation...

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Commercial

Hackett Security acquires Avery Security

August 7, 2013Martha Entwistle

ST. LOUIS—Hackett Security's acquisition of Avery Security will bring a number of retail customers likely to be interested in Hackett's video monitoring and other services, according to Michael Hackett, CEO and president of Hackett Security.The acquisition, announced Aug. 2, “was a good deal for both companies businesswise and will be a great deal for [Avery's former] customers,” he told Security Systems News. Those customers include a number of “chain accounts, fitness businesses...

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Monitoring

Hackett Security acquires in Illinois

January 23, 2012Martha Entwistle

ST. LOUIS—Hackett Security CEO Michael Hackett expects to expand his base of video monitoring customers as the result of the acquisition of Brinkmann Security, a 70 percent commercial security company based in Waterloo, Ill.The acquisition, terms of which were not released, was announced Jan. 3. “We've been doing video monitoring for almost 10 years. We do everything from simple video verification to guard tours to parking-lot sweeps,” Hackett said. Brinkmann Security customers...

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