Tag: Small Business
Industry divided on consolidation, according to SSN News Poll
June 15, 2023Ken Showers, Managing Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine – For this month’s news poll we asked our readers, are market acquisitions where they need to be, or are things consolidating to the detriment of the industry?
Unsurprisingly results were fairly skewed between familiar battle lines as larger corporate entities hold differing views to their small business counterparts. Poll results show that while challenges posed to business remain the same, the lay of the land has changed for many.
Diving right into our first question,...
Cybercriminals target remote workers during pandemic
April 1, 2020
YARMOUTH, Maine—As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, the current cybercrime landscape is focused on businesses of all sizes as more and more employees are working from home per government protocols to contain, control and remedy the virus. Cybercriminals are actively phishing, and vishing and smishing, too, and the hyper risk presented right now to small businesses — such as some security manufacturers, integrators and consultants — as they are the entities that cannot afford to purchase...
News Poll: ADT and TycoIS' to look at small business
November 14, 2014Spencer Ives
YARMOUTH, Maine—Now that the non-compete between ADT and TycoIS has expired and both companies have indicated that they will go after the small business market, should regional security companies be nervous about losing market share to the big national? Not too much, according to the latest SSN News Poll.Forty-six percent of respondents stated that neither ADT nor TycoIS is ideally suited for the small business market. Additionally, a sizable number of respondents–47 percent–believe that...
LOUD Security Systems wins business award
June 12, 2014SSN Staff
KENNESAW, Ga.—LOUD Security Systems was named the 2014 Small Business of the Year by the Cobb Chamber of Commerce at the Chamber's June First Monday Breakfast, presented by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, according to a news release.
As the Chamber's 2014 top Small Business of the Year, LOUD Security Systems will compete in the state's small business of the year competition.
Established in 1995 by John Loud, LOUD Security Systems is a low voltage contractor focusing on the...
Custom Alarm receives Blue Ribbon Award
February 13, 2013SSN Staff
ROCHESTER, Minn.—Custom Alarm, a company that services and monitors security systems based here, was named a Blue Ribbon Small Business Award winner by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for the fourth straight year, according to a company statement.
Custom Alarm was recognized for its “dedication to the principles of free enterprise and its contributions to restoring jobs and prosperity,” the statement said.
“The Blue Ribbon Award winners show that, even facing uncertainty...