COPS bringing more information to customers' fingertips
The grouped access enhancement allows subscribers to place up to five accounts on test at once from a mobile phone05/21/2014Leif KotheWILLIAMSTOWN, N.J.—COPS Monitoring is enhancing its mobile...
View ArticleUCC names new head of dealer development
05/27/2014SAN ANTONIO, Texas—In a move to bolster dealer growth and services, United Central Control, a provider of monitored security services based here, has named Ron Bowden as director of dealer...
View ArticleSequoia pumps $57m into SimpliSafe
Leif Kothe05/28/2014In the modern security environment, there’s no shortage of relatively new, tech-savvy companies intent on revising the traditional alarm monitoring business model. That some of...
View ArticleToronto police considering non-response
Leif Kothe06/04/2014Toronto, the largest city in Canada, is mulling the possibility of not responding to private alarms, citing a false alarm rate that looks bad even within that context.According to a...
View ArticleSecurity Partners deploys new video verification service from Alarm.com
The residential service is based on image sensors, which detect motion and serve video clips to central stations in an alarm event06/04/2014Leif KotheLANCASTER, Pa.—Security Partners, a wholesale...
View ArticleCSAA launches pair of surveys
07/01/2014VIENNA, Va.—The Central Station Alarm Association has launched a pair of surveys, one dealing with the proposed “Alarm Monitoring Model Licensing Act,” and another with industry compensation...
View ArticleCOPS Monitoring wins CSAA central station of the year award
07/08/2014VIENNA, Va.—The Central Station Alarm Association has named COPS Monitoring the winner of the CSAA 2014 Excellence Award for central station of the year, according to a new release. The honor...
View ArticleMonitoring everything
‘The Internet of Things’ brings opportunities for non-traditional monitoring08/04/2014Martha Entwistle“The Internet of Things,” the ever-increasing number of devices that are connected to the Internet,...
View ArticleDynamark, Videofied form partnership
Leif Kothe08/06/2014Dynamark's adoption of Videofied is a further sign the company’s monitoring aspect, more than three years into its renaissance, is continuing to cement its presence in the central...
View ArticleSecurity Partners to train dealers in managed video
With 40 percent growth in its video monitoring customer base, Security Partners now working with CheckVideo on new training program for video verification, video hosting and guard...
View ArticleA chat with SIAC’s Stan Martin
Leif Kothe09/06/2013This morning I had the opportunity to chat with Stan Martin, executive director of the Security Industry Alarm Coalition. He proved to be a valuable font of information about the...
View ArticleSecureNet launches cloud-based platform
Leif Kothe10/16/2013A few developments surfaced today out of the SecureNet Technologies camp. The Longwood, Fla.-based company, which provides video monitoring services and interactive home features,...
View ArticleSecurity Partners hires new operations manager
Leif Kothe11/20/2013Security Partners has hired Richard Bosley III, formerly of AlarmWATCH, to be its new operations manager, a position in which he will oversee the company's development in the wake...
View ArticleAxis, I-View Now team up on hosted video offering
Leif Kothe12/18/2013By way of a partnership with Axis Communications, cloud-based video verification service I-View Now is expanding its hosted video offering to include both cloud-hosted and central...
View ArticleDirectView adds central station element to video offering
Leif Kothe12/31/2013DirectView Security Systems, a division of New York-based DirectView Holdings, is adding a video verification component its offerings to clients, which include both commercial and...
View ArticleI-View Now, Axis team up on hosted video solution
The cloud-based service brings hosted video to I-View’s central station platform01/17/2014Leif KotheLAS VEGAS and CHELMSFORD, Mass.—The belief that video verification and hosted video are ready for...
View ArticleMeet the editors, be interviewed at ISC West
Leif Kothe03/12/2014It still seems a bit surprising how many folks in the industry I speak to regularly despite never having met them in person. That’s all about to change in a few weeks. And maybe for...
View ArticleAffiliated to unveil mobile app for dealers, technicians
It’s also exploring ways to monitor 'non-traditional devices'03/19/2014Leif KotheUNION, N.J.—At its dealer summit in December, Affiliated Monitoring made clear that it was making a concerted push to...
View ArticleAvantGuard operator deters burglar
03/26/2014JACKSON, Miss.—An AvantGuard operator’s actions may have deterred a burglar in this city from inflicting further damage on a property and making off with valuables, according to a news...
View ArticleSecurity Central promotes new managing director
Leif Kothe03/26/2014Brett Springall, formerly the IT director at Security Central, and one of the key architects of the company’s soon-to-launch total solution, has been named the managing director of...
View ArticleMonitronics to relocate
Monitoring giant will consolidate operations at new campus03/26/2014Leif KotheDALLAS—Monitronics International, a third-party central station based here, will relocate to a new three-story,...
View ArticleSpeck named president of Bold Technologies
R&D, new technology partnerships on Speck’s to-do list; company to launch two versions of PBX enterprise product at ISC West03/31/2014Leif KotheCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Bold Technologies, a provider...
View ArticleNMC opens new central station
03/31/2014SSN StaffLAKE FOREST, Calif.—National Monitoring Center has announced the opening of a new 25,000-square-foot facility here, according to a news release.Built from the ground up, the central...
View ArticleDirectView to open Colorado office
04/08/2014NEW YORK—DirectView Security, a subsidiary of DirectView Holdings, based here, recently announced that it plans to open a Colorado office to support the expansion of its cannabis industry...
View ArticleNMC opens new central station
California facility boasts enhanced infrastructure and redundancies, new education center04/09/2014Leif KotheLAKE FOREST, Calif.—National Monitoring Center’s new 25,000-square-foot hot-redundant...
View ArticleStartup’s mPERS device has siren, camera, pepper spray
Pangaea, developer of the Defender, is crowdfunding, hopes to emulate success of Canary04/23/2014Leif KothePEBBLE BEACH, Calif.—A developer of Internet-enabled life safety products is teaming up with a...
View ArticleGuardian brings in former central station leader at AT&T
Jason Bradley says ASAP to PSAP is 'high on the deployment list'04/28/2014Leif KotheWARRENDALE, Pa.—Jason Bradley, the newly hired director of central station operations at Guardian Protection...
View ArticleAlarm Relay introduces interactive mobile features
05/07/2014 */ SAN DIEGO—Alarm Relay, a UL-listed central station based here, is rolling out new products and services to enable interactive features designed for use on iPhone and Android mobile...
View ArticleConstruction underway for Monitronics new campus
05/20/2014FARMERS BRANCH, Texas—Construction of Monitronics’ new campus, here, is scheduled to begin May 16, according to a report from the Dallas Business Journal. The campus will become home to 1,000...
View ArticleGlobal Link adds monitoring for Bosch systems
05/20/2014TORONTO—Global Link, a monitoring and security services company based here, is now offering monitoring services for Bosch intrusion detection systems out of its two central stations,...
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