Despite benefit of more efficient 911 responses, ASAP-to-PSAP implementation...
ASAP-to-PSAP technology automates communications between alarm monitoring companies & PSAPs and dispatches emergency serviceIn April 2015, Cary, N.C., adopted a technology called Automated Secure...
View ArticleUniversity of Zurich implements CriticalArc’s SafeZone app
By implementing SafeZone students and staff can now seek assistance with the simple press of a buttonCriticalArc announces that the University of Zurich, one of the leading research universities in...
View ArticleStaySafe Business app deployed by Altwood Group
StaySafe Business meets Altwood’s duty of care to their lone workers and accurately monitors their safetyHousing and property business Altwood Group use the StaySafe Business app downloaded onto iPads...
View ArticleHow SIP-enabled intercoms open up communication with security departments
The trend towards greater unification is facilitated by an all-encompassing shift to IP technologiesAs more organisations are looking for ways to maximise resources and increase operational...
View ArticleMaking security easier for integrators to spec, install and program
A common theme emerging from physical security manufacturers is a focus on making installation, setup and integration as easy as possible for the installer. With technology moving at break-neck speeds...
View ArticleHalo Smart Labs Halo WX smoke alarm now available
Halo and Halo WX, the world’s safest and smartest smoke alarms, are available from Halo Smart Labs. Halo is an industry-first combination of sensor technology for flash fires, smoldering fires and...
View ArticleESX show to provide inspiration, education and technology
ESX is designed to provide information and knowledge alarm companies can’t get at any other eventFor those of you who have been honky-tonking the last several years during the ESX Show, there’s a new...
View ArticleMeet the first woman president of CSSA International
Pamela J. Petrow, chief executive officer (CEO) of Vector Security Inc., Warrendale, Pa., has been appointed President of CSAA International, the industry’s leading, 65-year-old central station...
View ArticleSIA commends U.S. Senate for extending African Growth and Opportunity Act
The bill includes a new provision establishing an out-of-cycle review mechanismThe Security Industry Association (SIA) commends the U.S. Senate for approving the bipartisan measure reauthorising the...
View ArticleSIA's Jake Parker to testify at House Homeland Security Committee hearing
The hearing chaired by Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 19 Jake Parker, director of government relations at the Security Industry Association(SIA), will appear as a witness at a...
View ArticleStaySafe Business app deployed by electrical service provider i-Systems
App tracks employee’s location via GPS & alerts their manager if they do not check-in within specified timeIndependent IT, telecommunications and electrical service provider i-Systems has rolled...
View ArticleexacqVision integrates with Sensormatic EAS detection system
exacqVision is now integrated with the Sensormatic electronic article surveillance (EAS) detection system. The combination of exacqVision and Sensormatic EAS gives retail customers a unified solution...
View ArticleHoneywell Vindicator CCDE critical asset protection at U.S. Air Force
Vindicator products are also approved for operation across the Air Force’s data networksHoneywell recently announced that its newest generation of Vindicator® Command, Control and Display Equipment...
View ArticleTyco Integrated Security - a fast start in the small business sector
It has been seven months or so since Tyco Integrated Security entered the small business security sector, and the company’s focused approach is paying off well in the five initial markets of Chicago;...
View ArticleApollo acquires Protection 1 and ASG Security
The newly created company enables Apollo to generate $500 million annual revenueProtection 1, a leading full-service business and home security company in the United States, recently announced it has...
View ArticleAmthal partners with Building Futures Group for maintenance support
Amthal has joined the organisation to raise its profile and offer further support and guidance on safety and securityAmthal Fire & Security has become a member of Building Futures Group (BFG), as...
View ArticleRethinking DIY: new opportunities for recurring revenue
According IHS Technology, more than 11 million consumer and DIY network cameras will be shipped worldwide this yearPerhaps we should start looking at do-it-yourself (DIY) systems such Google’s Nest and...
View ArticleISC West’s Mt. Everest climber witnesses deadly earthquake and avalanche
A demonstration of the home automation capabilities of Z-Wave wireless transmission – controlling a coffee maker from the Mt. Everest base camp – came off without a hitch at ISC West. A few days later,...
View ArticleBSIA members to present latest security solutions at IFSEC 2015
The members will have access to BSIA’s Members’ Lounge throughout the show, with seating available for meetings & coffee breaksMembers of the British Security Industry Association (BSIA) are...
View ArticleTyco Security Products’ integrated solutions to feature at IFSEC 2015
Company will deliver critical information needed to respond to security situationsTyco Security Products, part of Tyco, the world’s largest pure-play fire protection and security company, will be...
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