Tag: Luis Orbegoso
ADT rebrands business unit, identifies 12 target markets
September 29, 2014Martha Entwistle
BOCA RATON, Fla.— Marking the Sept. 29 expiration of its non-compete with TycoIS, ADT today changed the name of its commercial division from ADT Small Business to simply ADT Business and it revealed the 12 markets it is targeting as it expands its reach into bigger business.
Since it split with its former sister company TycoIS in 2011, ADT has been limited to working with commercial businesses under 7,500 square feet.
“Now that barrier will be removed,” Luis Orbegoso, president...
ADT Small Business specialization continues
July 2, 2014Martha Entwistle
BOCA RATON, Fla—ADT, which announced in April that it is going after small business, has two new video offerings for its small business clients: hosted video with cloud storage and, for onsite storage, "smart" DVRs.Luis Orbegoso, president of ADT Small Business, told Security Systems News that the “demand for video has grown dramatically and there is an opportunity for us to offer more flexibility to customers [with these offerings that are both] more comprehensive and more affordable.”ADT...
ADT goes after small business
April 14, 2014Martha Entwistle
BOCA RATON, Fla.—ADT is going after small business with targeted offerings for specific vertical markets, the first of which it launched on April 10.The opportunity for ADT in this market is “significant,” Luis Orbegoso, president, ADT small business, told Security Systems News. According to a recent survey ADT had done, many small retailers are feeling insecure.He said that ADT has “14 to 15 percent market share” right now. However, “there are 7 million small...
Survey: Small retailers feeling insecure
April 14, 2014Amy Canfield
BOCA RATON, Fla.—Small retailers aren't feeling too physically secure these days.Only one-third of small- and medium-sized retailers had utmost confidence with their current security, according to a new survey. Another one-third of those surveyed said they felt secure, with the remaining one-third saying their businesses were somewhat or not secure at all.The Harris Interactive survey, commissioned by ADT, asked 712 small retailers—those with less than 100 employees and annual revenues...
Changes at UTC
November 16, 2011Martha Entwistle
HARTFORD, Conn.—Since UTC announced Sept. 28 that it merged UTC Fire & Security and Carrier Corp to form UTC Climate, Controls and Security Systems under the leadership of Geraud Darnis, more personnel changes have been made that affect the security and fire businesses.Mark Barry, who in May was named president of UTC Fire & Security's Global Fire Product, has been appointed president of Automation & Controls Solutions. A Nov. 10 press conference, where Barry was to explain his new role and...
ASIS 2011: News and notes from the show floor
September 22, 2011SSN Staff
ORLANDO, Fla.—There was plenty of news being made at ASIS 2011, which took place at the Orange County Convention Center Sept. 19-21. Below are some editor round-ups from ventured out onto the show floor to collect news and other goings-on.
Here's Martha's round-up:
The ASIS news started rolling in well before the show floor opened with the news released around 7 a.m. yesterday that Tyco International plans to split into three independent, publicly traded companies.
Over...