Tag: TechVision Challenge
Announcing ESX 2020 TechVision, People's Choice Award winners
August 31, 2020SSN Staff
YARMOUTH, Maine—As the exclusive media partner with Electronic Security Expo (ESX) in announcing the 2020 ESX TechVision Challenge and People’s Choice Award winners, a “Shark Tank” style business pitch to identify the best product or service, the Security Systems News team is excited to share this year’s recipients. Traditionally held in conjunction with the in-person ESX conference, this year’s TechVision Challenge and People’s Choice Award proceeded as...
DMP's Virtual Keypad Access wins ESX 2018 TechVision Challenge
June 27, 2018SSN Staff
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—DMP recently announced that it received the ESX TechVision Challenge award for its Virtual Keypad Access, bringing the company its second TechVision Challenge award in two years.
The awards were presented at the 2018 ESX show, held in Nashville, Tenn., from June 19 to 22. “It's an honor to see Virtual Keypad Access win an ESX Innovation Award and then the TECHVISION Challenge Best-of-Show,” DMP's director of product management and support Brad Tucker...
ESX announces 2018 Innovation Awards winners
May 30, 2018SSN Staff
IRVING, Texas—ESX today announced the Innovation Awards winners for 2018, a recognition for outstanding products and services that drive the electronic security and life safety industry forward.
Judges selected winners from a pool of applications from manufacturers and service providers, serving the industry with innovative end-user offerings and tools that help dealers, integrators and monitoring professionals become more efficient and profitable, ESA said.
The judges for the 2018 Innovation...
ESX announces competitors for 2016 TechVision Challenge
May 13, 2016SSN Staff
FORT WORTH, Texas—ESX announced the 10 companies, all ESX Innovation Award Winners, that will face off with in this year's TechVision Challenge for the title of ESX's “Best in Show.”
This is the second annual TechVision Challenge. Each company will have a set amount of time to present their most innovative product to a panel of industry judges. The list of this year's contestants is listed below, each under their respective category.
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ESX 2016 announces Innovation Award winners
April 27, 2016Paul Ragusa
FORT WORTH, Texas—The 25 Innovation Award winners (see full list below) were announced by ESX today, and 10 finalists will be chosen from that list to battle it out in the second annual ESX TechVision Challenge, an interactive competition held live at ESX 2016 in the Fort Worth Convention Center, Texas, on Tuesday, June 7.
The ESX Innovation Award recognizes achievements for companies that bring a new and exceptional product or service to the customer, or for those delivering innovative...
ESX honors I-View Now integration
May 20, 2015Spencer Ives
HENDERSON, Nev.—I-View Now's recent integration with Honeywell Total Connect, recently announced as an ESX 2015 Innovation Award winner, will be the monitoring contender in the first TechVision Challenge at this year's show.I-View Now's integration matches video from Total Connect cameras with signals from Honeywell's AlarmNet for verification. The AlarmNet integration is notable in itself, said Larry Folsom, company president. “I-View Now is the first and only non-central station AlarmNet...
ESX announces TechVision Challenge contestants
May 20, 2015SSN Staff
BALTIMORE—ESX has announced the contestants for its TechVision Challenge, a “Shark-Tank” style competition new at this year's show.
The challenge pits 10 companies—each already winning an ESX Innovation Award—against each other in presenting their latest innovations to a panel of judges. The winner will be crowned “Best of Show” during the Electronic Security Expo June 24-26 at the Baltimore Convention Center.
“The TechVision Challenge is new this year....
ESX veterans talk about what brings companies back
May 13, 2015Spencer Ives
BALTIMORE—ESX veterans told Security Systems News that peer-to-peer learning and networking are among the offerings that keep them coming back to the annual event that will take place here June 24-26.
“DIY is a hot topic right now. I actually changed my travel plans specifically so I could go to a DIY seminar,” Rob Driscoll, GM, monitoring services for Koorsen Fire & Security said. “Using video to verify alarms [is] another hot topic I won't miss, something I definitely...
ESX starts TechVision Challenge for Innovation Award winners
March 27, 2015Spencer Ives
BALTIMORE—The top 10 ESX Innovation Awards winners will compete in the new TechVision Challenge, what ESX Chair George De Marco describes as “a Shark Tank-style contest” at the show here June 23.
The Innovation Awards judges will decide which innovators move on to the TechVision Challenge, a separate honor.
Each contestant will have five minutes to present his or her innovative product to the TechVision Challenge panel of judges, or “sharks.” The number of judges...