Alarms & Monitoring

The SecurityInfoWatch.com Alarms & Monitoring category is a collection of news, analysis, and other information relevant to security professionals involved in the installation and/or monitoring of commercial and residential security systems. It covers both technology and business trends that impact the intrusion, fire, life safety, and central station alarm monitoring industries.
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GSX

Everbridge introduces Alert Management at GSX 2024

Sept. 26, 2024
The new mobile UI enables security professionals to manage critical events on the move.
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GSX

Adam Kinder rejoins DMP as regional sales manager

Sept. 25, 2024
While at DMP, Kinder held positions in technical training and product management.
Userful’s core enterprise operations and mission-critical environments serve a wide range of industries worldwide, including healthcare, manufacturing and production, banking and finance, airports and transportation and higher education.
Security Executives

Userful showcases its enterprise software for security and operations at GSX 2024

Sept. 24, 2024
The Quad-Play solution services enterprise operations and mission-critical environments for a wide range of industries worldwide
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GSX

Video analytics firm Ipsotek looking to increase footprint in U.S.

Sept. 24, 2024
Boghos Boghossian, Ipsotek’s Chief Technology Officer and Global Sales Director, says the company started using artificial intelligence in 2018 to augment its scenario-based rules...
Allied Universal has rolled out its new Enhanced Protection Services unit, which offers comprehensive, high-consequence threat mitigation “at every stage of the risk cycle,” from planning and preoperational surveillance to execution and completion, executives say.
GSX

Allied Universal’s new protection unit focuses on high-consequence threat mitigation, specialized security

Sept. 24, 2024
With mass shootings, retail theft, physical attacks on critical infrastructure and more, security companies are facing a more dynamic, multi-faceted threat landscape than ever...
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Integrators

Midwest Alarm Services acquires Michigan-based Safety Systems

Sept. 24, 2024
Midwest Alarm hopes to strengthen its fire protection, security systems, and life safety services in the region with this acquisition.
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GSX

GSX 2024 Show Floor Spotlight: Shooter Detection Systems

Sept. 23, 2024
Shooter Detection Systems explains how gunshot detection integrates with existing security technologies and how this benefits security integrators.
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Building Automation

Johnson Controls announces Metasys update 14.0

Sept. 19, 2024
The latest update will be the first version to feature a continual release model that will transform the way new functionality is introduced to the system.
The new SDS Perimeter Outdoor Gunshot Detection System uses acoustic and infrared technology to detect gunshots outside, before threats can make their way in the door.
Gunshot Detection

Shooter Detection Systems to introduce outdoor gunshot detection solution in exclusive GSX beta launch

SDS will introduce the beta version of its outdoor gunshot detection system, SDS Perimeter, and contribute to several security industry educational sessions.
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ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology is seen in use on a light pole in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood in February.
Industry News

ShotSpotter’s future in Chicago in question days before tool goes offline

Sept. 18, 2024
Aldermen are set to vote on a long-shot ordinance some say would compel police Superintendent Larry Snelling to continue using the tool.
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Mass Notification Solutions

Quam UL24 Series Tile Replacement Loudspeaker

Sept. 18, 2024
The UL24 Series combines a mass notification speaker that connects to a fire panel and ECS with a typical paging speaker to streamline installation.