Tag: Jim Coleman
Jim Coleman to receive SSN Security Legend Award
January 4, 2021Paul Ragusa
YARMOUTH, Maine—Security Systems News is excited to announce the winner of its second annual Security Legend Award, which recognizes security industry professionals who have been leaders throughout their careers, and who continue to selflessly give back to help push the industry forward.
SSN is proud to honor Jim Coleman, who founded and ran Operational Security Systems (OSS) for nearly half a century, with the 2020 Security Legend Award. Coleman joins Bill Bozeman, president and CEO, PSA...
Paige announces rebrand and major facility expansion
February 18, 2020SSN Staff
MOUNTAINSIDE, N.J.—Paige Electric, a global company dedicated to connectivity solutions, announced a corporate rebranding and a significant expansion of its operations to serve a growing customer base across a range of vertical markets.
Paige Electric will now be known simply as Paige, reflecting the broadening applications it serves and its innovative approach to connectivity solutions and technology. Paige is also introducing a new tagline, “Connecting You to More,” to crisply...
Convergint acquires Operational Security Systems
May 3, 2017Paul Ragusa
At ISC West last month it was nice to meet and catch up with Convergint Technologies' executive chairman and founder Dan Moceri, and president and CEO Ken Lochiatto, who were both kind enough to participate in an ssnTVnews video interview on the Security Systems News' trade show floor stage.
The global systems integration company has been very busy recently—and since its inception in 2001—and just completed an acquisition this week of Operational Security Systems Inc. (OSS), an Atlanta,...
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...
Security-Net update with Jim Coleman
September 25, 2013Martha Entwistle
Members of Security-Net, a group of 20 independent integrators that work together as a single national integrator, is having business meetings and doing some celebrating (its 20th anniversary bash is tonight) here in Chicago during the ASIS show.
On Monday, I spoke to Jim Coleman, president of Operational Security Systems, and newly elected president of Security-Net for 2014 and 2015. Other new officers include Skip Sampson, VP, Koorsen Security Technology, Steve Morefield, founder, Firstline...
Integrators eye iris recognition once more
September 17, 2013Martha Entwistle
YARMOUTH, Maine—Iris recognition technology is highly reliable and it's been available for years. But until recently, it's also been high priced and a technology that some people are uncomfortable interacting with. As a result, iris recognition's use in recent years has been limited to high-security locations such as hospital laboratories and data centers or niche applications where other biometrics, such as fingerprint, won't work.However, as prices plunge and the technology becomes less invasive,...
Private equity firm acquires LogicMark
January 9, 2012Rich Miller
BUFFALO GROVE, Ill.—Private equity firm Generation3 Capital has entered the PERS arena by acquiring LogicMark, a designer and manufacturer of medical alarm systems, with former Honeywell Security Group executives Ben Cornett and Kevin O'Connor named to lead the company.Generation3 (Gen3) teamed with Promus Equity Partners on the acquisition, which was completed Dec. 30. Financial terms were not disclosed.Jim Coleman, principal of Gen3, based here, said LogicMark's record of strong growth and...