Tag: John Moss
SIA announces featured speakers for 2022 Securing New Ground conference
September 27, 2022SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) has announced the 2022 keynote speakers, featured panel sessions and executive interviews for Securing New Ground (SNG), the security industry’s executive conference, taking place Oct. 18-19 at the InterContinental Times Square in New York City.
The security industry will gather at SNG 2022 for top-level information sharing, networking and business analysis.
This year’s Securing New Ground conference...
UTC finalizes S2 Security deal, combines S2 and Lenel
October 3, 2018Spencer Ives
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla.—UTC Climate, Controls & Security has completed its recently announced purchase of S2 Security, and will combine the newly acquired company with Lenel, creating LenelS2. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
LenelS2 will provide scalable, customer solutions in the access control and security management systems industry, serving global enterprises to small- and mid-sized companies, the announcement said. The business is part of UTC Climate, Controls & Security, a unit...
UTC Climate, Controls & Security agrees to buy S2 Security
September 26, 2018SSN Staff
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla.—UTC Climate, Controls & Security has agreed to acquire S2 Security, a developer of unified security and video management solutions. UTC Climate, Controls & Security provides fire safety, security, building automation, heating, ventilating, air conditioning and refrigeration systems, and is a unit of United Technologies Corp.“This move is well aligned with our strategic focus to grow our core business and increase innovation,” Alex Housten, VP & general manager,...
Market Trends: Mobile access control today—where are we?
May 19, 2016Andrew Mazer
YARMOUTH, Maine—Access control is one of those areas in commercial security that just screams for smartphone compatibility. People seldom leave their home, car or office without their phone in tow, and scanning a prox card or identity badge seems so, well, 2006.For the past five years at least, security software vendors have been proclaiming a mobile-first strategy, focusing on creating products that exploit the capabilities of smartphones and tablets. And the industry has seen some innovations...
S2 Security puts monitor on network
April 28, 2016Martha Entwistle
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.—S2 Security, a provider of IP-based access control and video management and mobile security management systems, has put the monitor on the network with its Magic Monitor, a move that S2 CEO John Moss says “fundamentally changes the value proposition of a security management system.”“It really means a much more expanded presence for the security function in an organization,” Moss told Security Systems News. The security group, often an “unseen...
S2 expands channel partner program
August 6, 2014Martha Entwistle
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.—In what S2 Security CEO John Moss is calling the “final frontier to professionalize this business,” the integrated physical security systems provider announced that it is expanding its channel partner program with new marketing efforts.“We've spent a lot of time building out our sales and engineering [operations], but marketing is something we hadn't really invested in. This year, we've decided it's time,” Moss told Security Systems News.Sarah Semerjian...
S2 launches S2 Global
July 23, 2012Martha Entwistle
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.—Network-based integrated security system provider S2 Security on July 17 launched its S2 Global product. Designed for customers with multiple dispersed facilities, S2 Global connects multiple devices in security management systems and video management systems.S2 Global unites those appliances “under one centrally controlled distributed network, while retaining many of the principles that S2 pioneered, including an appliance-based architecture and Web browser delivery,”...
Interface buys Westec and other stuff I learned at ISC West on Day 1
March 29, 2012Martha Entwistle
Big news from yesterday was the acquisition of Westec by Interface Security Systems. The story is on our front page or click here . You can also see my video interview with Jeff Frye of Interface Security Systems about the Westec deal on our front page or by clicking here.
Winning the procrastination award for latest to announce a press conference at ISCWest� 2012 is BRS Labs. I got the announcement a little after midnight--8 hours notice!
It's not a strategy I'd recommend, but there...