Charlotte-bound for ESX
So I’m sitting in my hotel right now down in Charlotte, N.C. for ESX. It was a good trip… Not as eventful as some of my other travel days, but I did have a security industry exec recognize in the...
View ArticleCSAA, ESA recognize industry excellence at ESX 2011
CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Two of the security industry’s biggest national associations, the Central Station Alarm Association and the Electronic Security Association, held their annual awards ceremonies at this...
View ArticleCSAA General Meeting: ‘Overall, we’re in a very healthy situation.’
CHARLOTTE, N.C.—The Central Station Alarm Association held its general membership meeting on June 7 at the ESX show, and the message to attendees was that while the economy is tough, the monitoring...
View ArticleESX returns to its roots in 2012, 2013
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Popular demand is bringing the Electronic Security Expo (ESX) back here to the city where it started four years ago—for 2012 and 2013. Ralph Sevinor, chairman of the board of ESX,...
View ArticleNRTLs deliver Web tools for improved certificating
CHARLOTTE, N.C. and CHICAGO—The security industry’s two main NRTLs (nationally recognized testing laboratories), Underwriters Laboratories and Intertek ETL have each announced online tools designed to...
View ArticleNRTLs deliver Web tools for improved certificating
CHARLOTTE, N.C. and CHICAGO—The security industry’s two main NRTLs (nationally recognized testing laboratories), Underwriters Laboratories and Intertek ETL have each announced online tools designed to...
View ArticleAssociation’s have a lot going on…
I was going through my email this morning and I have to say, I’m digging what the associaitons are doing these days with outreach. I enjoyed reading my latest edition of Signals last week where I...
View ArticleWinging my way to Venice!?
Yeah, I wish… Unfortunately, it’s not in the budget. Of course my headline alludes to the upcoming CSAA Annual meeting. I’ve heard all about them and read all about them and, of course, written about...
View ArticleNatural disasters test concept for ASAP-to-the-PSAP program
PITTSBURGH—Vector Security CEO Pam Petrow said recent natural disasters on the East Coast have provided a proof of concept for CSAA’s ASAP-to-the-PSAP program. "[CSAA president] Ed [Bonifas] got the...
View ArticleESX reaches $1m milestone
So I got this news from ESA and CSAA the other day. Apparently ESX, which touts itself as the only trade show owned by the industry and existing for the benefit of the industry, has raised north of $1...
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