Security Distributing & Marketing articles from June 2007

Security Distributing & Marketing archives from June 2007

It's back to school, especially for systems: SDM kicks off its series on strategic vertical markets, beginning with campus and school security, and aims to help security dealers and systems integrators get involved in and understand installations and sales within the market.(Editor's Angle)
June 1, 2007... When tragedy strikes, many times it makes us think--it makes us reflect. Oftentimes we focus on how we could have avoided or prevented the situation, or how we could have handled the crisis differently when it happened. Sometimes, we take...

Responses to a tragedy: SDM talked to campus safety officials and experts in the security industry about the impact of the Virginia Tech University campus shooting and the unique challenges of securing campuses and universities.(SCHOOL SECURITY)
June 1, 2007... In the aftermath of the Virginia Tech University campus shooting on Monday, April 16, 2007, security experts across the country have chimed in with their opinions and evaluations of the situation. While crisis plans on campuses and universities...

TeleAlarm acquires and changes name to SafetyCare.(MEDICAL MONITORING)
June 1, 2007... The acquisition of SafetyCare's assets by the former TeleAlarm LLC, a manufacturer, marketer and servicer of wireless emergency call systems for medical alert monitoring, is a natural progression, emphasizes Mike Bodnar, the TeleAlarm executive...

HID Global.(News Briefs)
June 1, 2007... HID Global, Irvine, Calif., manufacturer in the access control industry, named Troy S. Dunson as senior sales engineer. Dunson will be responsible for supporting the business objectives of the new smart card series to meet the growing demand...

Russound.(News Briefs)
June 1, 2007... Russound, Newmarket, N.H., promoted Diane O'Neill to director of finance and accounting. The company also hired Teresa Steenbeke to fill the position of tradeshow manager. Visit www.russound.com for more information. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]...

Digital Monitoring Products Inc.(News Briefs)
June 1, 2007... Dave Rogers joined Digital Monitoring Products Inc. (DMP), Springfield, Mo., as director of customer care where he will oversee customer service, technical support, and field Training. Rogers has more than fifteen years of management...

ADS Security.(News Briefs)
June 1, 2007... Anna E. Tate joined ADS Security, Nashville, as assistant central station manager.

PBFAA turns 25.(Insider News & Business)(Pennsylvania Burglar and Fire Alarm Association )
June 1, 2007... This month marks the 25th anniversary of the Pennsylvania Burglar and Fire Alarm Association (PBFAA). The group plans a formal celebration of its founding at its annual convention June 20-21. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Looking back over...

Secura key.(News Briefs)
June 1, 2007... Secura Key, Chatsworth Calif., named Mike Feldman as inside accounts manager. Feldman has more than 13 years of inside sales experience in the access control industry. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Integral Technologies Inc.(News Briefs)
June 1, 2007... Integral Technologies Inc., Indianapolis, a provider of scalable IT security solutions, appointed Jeremy Morton to original equipment manufacturer (OEM) sales representative. For more information, visit www.integraltech.com. [ILLUSTRATION...

TOA Electronics Inc.(News Briefs)
June 1, 2007... TOA Electronics Inc., South San Francisco, Calif., a manufacturer of commercial audio and security products, announced that Tech Solutions & Sales and Innovative Systems Marketing--existing TOA sales representatives for their Security Products...

Honeywell to acquire Burtek Systems.(Insider News & Business)
June 1, 2007... Honeywell, Louisville, Ky., has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Burtek Systems Corp., Burnaby, British Columbia, and the Security Systems Division (SSD) from Richardson Electronics Ltd. for $80 million. The transaction is subject to...

The Chamberlain Group acquires gate operator business.(Insider News & Business)
June 1, 2007... The Chamberlain Group Inc., Elmhurst, Ill., has acquired the assets associated with the design and manufacture of gate operators of Edko Inc., Sugar Grove, Ill. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Edko has been privately owned and...

Savings lives: Missouri-based dealer shares story.(Insider News & Business)(Short story)
June 1, 2007... In the early morning on December 26th, 2006 Jim and Elizabeth Reh and family in Wildwood, Mo., awoke to the sound of their front door being smashed in. A candle flame flickering in the dining room, forgotten from the holiday festivities the...

ADT announces Cisco certification during media tour.(Insider News & Business)
June 1, 2007... During a tour organized for members of the security trade press by ADT Security Services of its headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla., and three of its customers, John Koch, president of ADT Security Services Inc., North America, announced that ADT...

Sonitrol sets record.(Insider News & Business)(Sonitrol Corp. to announce 157,oooth apprehension)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Sonitrol Corp., Berwyn, Pa., announced its 157,000th apprehension. Sonitrol was founded nearly 50 years ago but has only been tracking apprehensions since 1977. On average, Sonitrol's verified audio and video solutions help police apprehend a...

GE Security increases MASterMind staff.(Insider News & Business)
June 1, 2007... GE Security Inc., Bradenton, Fla., expanded its engineering and customer support teams in response to increased demand for its MASterMind security automation software, the company said. The staffing additions will include eight engineering...

NBFAA endorses Life Safety bill.(Insider News & Business)(National Burglar and Fire Alarm Association)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... The National Burglar & Fire Alarm Association (NBFAA), Irving, Texas, is urging members, individuals and organizations throughout the country to support a new bill introduced by Rep.Vito Fossella, R-N.Y. The legislation, H.R. 1409, the...

Brivo adds staff.(Insider News & Business)
June 1, 2007... Brivo Systems, Bethesda, Md., a provider of Web applications for access control and security systems, announced new staff and promotions to support its growth, new product offerings, and continued market expansion. Rueben Orr, director of...

ADI event attracts 1,000.(Insider News & Business)(ADI Corp. to hold customer appreciation party)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... ADI, Melville, N.Y., a wholesale distributor of security and low voltage products, held a customer appreciation party at this year's ISC West show to thank customers for their support and patronage. The event was held at the House of Blues Las...

Bosch adds training courses.(Insider News & Business)
June 1, 2007... Bosch Security Systems Inc., Fairport, N.Y., added five new courses to its training line-up for technical and sales personnel, including a three-tiered educational offering on the Access Easy Controller (AEC), a browser-based access control...

ScanSource adds Brivo.(Insider News & Business)
June 1, 2007... ScanSource Security Distribution Inc., Greenville, S.C., a value-added distributor of physical security products, has added Brivo Systems, a provider of Web applications for access control and security systems, to its line card. For more...

Dedicated Micros names Sr. VP.(Insider News & Business)
June 1, 2007... Dedicated Micros Inc., Chantilly, Va., appointed John J. Bonsee as senior vice president business development and sales. Bonsee brings more than 30 years experience in senior level business development and sales positions in medical devices...

XceedID chosen for Olympics.(Insider News & Business)
June 1, 2007... XceedID Corp., Golden, Colo., a provider of contactless smart cards and readers, and Sino Security, a security equipment distributor in China, announced that XceedID readers have been selected by the Bejing Olympic Committee as the security...

Arteco launches new dealer development program.(Insider News & Business)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Arteco, St. Louis, a provider of intelligent video solution (IVS) products for the security industry, launched a fast-paced training and marketing support system designed to increase revenues for its integrators. Once a dealer agreement is...

Fire-Lite announces online Product Improvement Process.(Insider News & Business)
June 1, 2007... Honeywell's Fire-Lite Alarms, Northford, Conn., created an online portal for industry professionals to voice their equipment needs and improvement ideas directly to the company. Field technicians, engineers, and AHJs (Authorities Having...

Speco announces staff changes.(Insider News & Business)(Speco Technologies to appoint and promote T.J. Dickson, Scott Pisani and Paul LaPlaca)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Speco Technologies, Amityville, N.Y., promoted T.J. Dickson to vice president--sales and marketing based out of the corporate office on Long Island, N.Y. Dickson started with Speco Technologies over three years ago as director--sales and...

Non-compete covenant upheld.(Security&the Law)
June 1, 2007... A question that frequently arises when companies are bought and sold is the effect of a covenant not to compete. In a recent case, decided by the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th District, the plaintiff sought review of a judgment...

Detecting fires without wires.(Five Minute Tech Quiz)
June 1, 2007... 1 All commercial fire alarm initiating devices must be listed by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). a. True b. False [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 2. What frequency do in-house fire alarm devices utilize? a....

Video protects patrols.(MOBILE VIDEO WITHOUT A DVR)
June 1, 2007... Mobile video is used to document prisoner transfers, record guard patrol incidents and improve the guards' driving techniques by rancho santa fe protective services, encinitas, calif. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "We transport prisoners for...

Do Leapin' dogs set off motion detectors?(Kinks & Hints)
June 1, 2007... Although the following information usually would fall into the category of a letter to the editor, because it covers a technical topic, SDM decided to feature it here in Kinks & Hints. John Edwards, a technician at Best Security, Shaw,...

Instant broadband for IP video installations.(RF MESH NETWORKS)
June 1, 2007... Although broadband Internet connections servicing commercial buildings proliferate, inherent problems present themselves when using these communication paths for constant-use IP security video feeds. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Internet...

Open, sesame: it's not the Arabian nights anymore when an executive in Persia can unlock a door in New York--it's just a Web-based access system. But the magic word--now a password--is still needed.(Technology Trends)
June 1, 2007... Web-based access control systems are Inc., Bedford, Mass. "The interface, whether local or sold in several different configurations to suit the needs of your clients. One type is a complete, hands-off system that is run by a security dealer,...

An education market primer: SDM examines education as a vertical market, including who's playing that field and where the growth areas are.(Vertical Market Series)
June 1, 2007... The education market, including kindergarten through 12th grade (K-12) and colleges and universities, is large and diverse. There are more than 17,000 districts, 96,000 schools, three million teachers and 48 million K-12 students in the U.S....

Video is in the house: as the quality of video improves, the cables to carry it throughout a home need to handle the higher bandwidth.(Technology Trends)
June 1, 2007... As security dealers and systems integrators move into more residential home control and audio/video jobs, their installers' familiarity with the cabling used to send video throughout a home must increase. Recent improvements like...

New routes for alarm signals: monitoring technologies are evolving and the way equipment captures alarm signals is changing.
June 1, 2007... While dial-up communication between the control panel and the central station is still the norm, with estimates putting usage of this technology at about 90 percent, new telecommunication technology is entering the market--and each technology...

Leave your heart, but not your security at The Fairmont.(SECURITY UPGRADE AT HISTORIC SAN FRANCISCO HOTEL)
June 1, 2007... Since its opening, every president since Taft (except George W. Bush) has stayed at The Fairmont, along with royalty, foreign heads of state, celebrities and Fortune 500 corporate executives. The 591-room, four-star hotel is situated on a...

Emphasis on service drives growth for Tech Systems.(IT INDUSTRY IS FUELING BUSINESS)(Interview)
June 1, 2007... Tech Systems, a Duluth, Ga.-based systems integrator, differentiates itself through close attention to customer service. The company's vice president of sales, Guerry Bruner, talked to SDM recently about how that strategy has fueled strong...

Sound the alarm--stop the crime!(Editor's Choice:)
June 1, 2007... Speco Technologies' Digital Deterrent System detects motion by a surveillance camera networked to a DVR and triggers an alarm and a custom audio/visual warning so that a perpetrator believes he is being watched. AN INNOVATIVE APPLICATION!...

Simplify recording with multi-channel DVR.(Products & Services)
June 1, 2007... Honeywell's HRXD Series of high-speed 9 and 16 multi-channel digital video recorders supports an image-per- second recording rate of 240/200 (NTSC/PAL). The embedded DVRs feature Honeywell's XtraStor compression technology, which is capable of...

A/V series feature indoor/outdoor strobes.(Products & Services)
June 1, 2007... The SpectrAlert Advance series of audible/visible notification appliances from System Sensor includes indoor and outdoor selectable-output wall strobes. The strobes have plug-in designs with a universal mounting plate and are electrically...

Access software combines multiple features.(Products & Services)
June 1, 2007... RS2 Technologies releases Access It! Universal, access control software. The software combines features of the company's Ultra and Enterprise software into a single, universal software package. Users are able to select the feature sets they...

Power supply aids system integration.(Products & Services)
June 1, 2007... Honeywell Power Products' HPS3PM and HPS5PM series of power supplies allow installers to integrate additional wired devices like door contacts, motion sensors, keypads and other intrusion accessories. Power monitoring enables the alarm panel to...

See CCTV over IP.(Products & Services)
June 1, 2007... The VideoJet X family of video encoders from Bosch Security Systems extends CCTV over IP into challenging environments. The VideoJet X10 (single-channel), X20 (two-channel) and X40 (four-channel) video encoders operate in temperatures from 22...

Fire alarm eases system programming.(Products & Services)
June 1, 2007... Fire-Lite Alarms, part of Honeywell's Life Safety Group, has developed conventional fire alarm control panels (FACPs)with qualities typically inherent in addressable FACPs. The MS-5UD and MS-10UD five and 10 zone panels are all UL Code 864,...

Camera cover can be painted.(Products & Services)
June 1, 2007... Speco Technologies' miniature high resolution, color, tamper-resistant dome camera, the HT-647HRTP, features super high resolution of 540 lines, a low light sensitivity of .5 lux and uses the 1/3-in. Sony HQ-1 imaging sensor with a wide angle...

Software upgrades functionality.(Products & Services)
June 1, 2007... GE Security Inc. released MASterMind 6.22.01, a software upgrade that includes changes to more fully use Microsoft SQL Server 2005, offers Internet Explorer 7 compatibility and is an upgrade to development tool PowerBuilder 10.5. Other...

Platform works with any control panel.(Products & Services)
June 1, 2007... Inovonics Wireless Corp.'s EchoStream 900MHz is a multi-frequency wireless security platform that can be used with any control panel. The platform features a full-range of security end-points for burglary, intrusion monitoring and duress. It...

Encoder expands network.(Products & Services)
June 1, 2007... The NET5308T Video Encoder for Endura from Pelco can help plan a new IP video system, integrate analog cameras into a network-based system, or expand a digital video system without having to redesign a network. The multi-channel encoder is a...

Video software integrates with any infrastructure.(Products & Services)
June 1, 2007... Exacq Technologies Inc.'s exacq Vision IP is an IP video surveillance software product that is designed to integrate with any IT infrastructure. It is a full-featured network video surveillance system that installs and operates on a Windows XP...

Camera features multiple configurations.(Products & Services)
June 1, 2007... The ACUIX series of PTZ speed dome cameras from Honeywell feature multiple housing configurations and five integrated high-resolution, auto-focus camera/optic systems. The series supports both analog and digital video transmissions. ACUIX works...

5-Megapixel camera replaces multiple cameras.(Products & Services)
June 1, 2007... Sony Electronics' first 5-megapixel digital camera, the XCL-5000, is an addition to its CameraLink series. The company says the high-resolution camera can replace multiple lower resolution cameras. The XCL-5000 is a black-and-white model that...

Decision-making comes to the door.(Products & Services)
June 1, 2007... HID Global's Edge family of IP-based access control solutions provides a line of reader and processor configurations that can be tailored to the requirements of any enterprise. It features the OPIN technology platform, which is an open API....

Warranty extended for multi-channel DVR.(Products & Services)
June 1, 2007... TOA Electronics Inc. is offering a three-year warranty for its C-DR091 and C-DR161 multi-channel digital video recorders. The DVRs are available in nine and 16 channel versions with up to 600GB of built-in storage with optional DVD burner. Hard...

Warranty extended on hardware line.(Products & Services)
June 1, 2007... Detex Corp.'s limited warranties for the Detex ECL-230 and ECL-600 (exit control locks) have increased from five years to 10 years. The F90KR (keyed removable mullions) limited warranty has increased from three years to 10 years. For Advantex...

Multistream cameras transmit live video.(Products & Services)
June 1, 2007... The IP110 Series camclosure from Pelco is available with multiple camera and lens options including day/night wide dynamic range (WDR), day/night high resolution, color WDR, and color high resolution. The WDR pixel-based imagers digitize light...

Shape employee benefits for competitive advantage.(EMPLOYMENT STRATEGIES)
June 1, 2007... Acquiring and retaining good employees is at best difficult. This is true for all areas of a security company whether in the repair department, accounting department or alarm monitoring center. For my company, a 2.8 percent unemployment rate in...