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BOCA RATON, Fla. — AE Industrial Partners, a U.S.-based private equity firm specializing in aerospace, defense & government services, space, power and utility services, and specialty industrial markets, announce it has rebranded its fire and life safety services platform to Altus Fire and Life Safety. Concurrently, Altus announces that John Adams has joined the company as chief executive officer, effective immediately. Previously known as Cross-Fire & Security Co., Altus is a full-service life-safety company specializing in the design, engineering, installation, maintenance, monitoring and servicing of state-of-the-art fire and life-safety services and systems. Related: Cross-Fire & Security Acquires Adcock’s Systems in Beltway Region Altus currently consists of four businesses, each of which will continue to go to market under their brand names. The businesses include Cross-Fire & Security, which serves the New York City tri-state area; Alarm & Suppression...

LAS VEGAS — At ISC West 2022, in booth #14079, Hanwha Techwin America , a global supplier of IP and analog video surveillance solutions, will unveil a new line of affordable Wisenet cameras and NVRs, according to an announcement. Said to be designed for the most budget-conscious projects, the A series line combines NDAA-compliant devices in bullet and dome form factors with Hanwha Techwin’s imaging technology. Designed for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMB), including retail, restaurants and commercial applications, the Wisenet A series cameras offer 120dB WDR and IR to capture the best possible images in a variety of lighting conditions. The A series consists of 13 new indoor/outdoor camera models in 4MP and 2MP resolutions. “For customers on a budget, there’s no longer a need to sacrifice cybersecurity and NDAA compliance,” says Ramy Ayad, director of product management, Hanwha Techwin America. “The Wisenet A series gives our partners and customers an affordable entry point...

LAS VEGAS — Security Sales & Integration  was proud to announce the winners of its 2022 Sales and Marketing Awards (SAMMYs) today at ISC West. Traditionally held on the eve of the tradeshow, this year’s event took place at the center of the show floor on the Bridge Stage in front of an enthusiastic crowd of attendees. Winners were announced in each of 12 categories, including grand prizes for Installer of the Year, Integrated Installation of the Year and Overall Integrated Marketing Program of the Year. SSI  received nearly 100 entries from installing and monitoring security systems contractors from throughout North America. Also honored were the 2022 SSI Industry Hall of Fame inductees. Learn more about each inductee  here . Related: Introducing the SSI Industry Hall of Fame Class of 2022 The 2022 SAMMY Award Winners Are: Best Vehicle Graphics Design LOUD Security Systems Kennesaw, Ga. Best Website Design Acadian Total Security Lafayette, La. Best P...

LAS VEGAS — Nice/Nortek Control announces the exclusive integration of the 2GIG EDGE security panel with the ELAN Control Platform. The company is demonstrating the 2GIG EDGE and ELAN Control Systems working together during ISC West at booth 20007. The ELAN Control Systems and 2GIG EDGE integration offer tactical and seamless interoperability between security and control, according to the announcement. “We’re setting the standard for security and control all from a single platform,” says Quinto Petrucci, vice president of product management for Nice/Nortek Control . “The innovative and award-winning 2GIG EDGE panel works together with unparalleled control from ELAN systems to seamlessly integrate and offer the highest levels of convenience, familiarity, comfort, security, and personalization. Integrating under one roof, backed by leading support, removes all the guesswork for our dealer partners.” The integration is said to bring native control of the 2GIG EDGE security panel,...

LAS VEGAS — BriefCam is showcasing its video analytics platform and flexible deployment architecture options in booth #13115 here at ISC West 2022. BriefCam says the latest version of its software reinforces the company’s commitment to enabling people, companies and communities to unlock the value of video surveillance content, by delivering accurate, flexible, and comprehensive video analytics . By visualizing foot traffic patterns, bottlenecks, queues and crowding trends, demographic data, and staff and customer engagement stats, the company says its technology can help retailers, hospitality providers, and others with their operational and customer engagement efficiencies across the enterprise and dispersed locations, above and beyond traditional safety and security use cases for video analytics. Visitors to the booth can experience BriefCam’s product innovation and improvements to analytics performance, accuracy, user experience, and ease-of-use. In addition to demonstrating it...

LAS VEGAS — Security Sales & Integration is proud to announce the winners of the 2022 Most Valuable Product ( MVP ) Awards. The awards program recognizes products that make a substantial impact on integrators and were judged on innovation, functionality, competitive advantages, benefits to the installer or monitoring provider, and benefits to the end user. “I was thrilled to see participation from dozens of the industry’s finest product manufacturers for this year’s Most Valuable Products awards program, which is now in its eight year,” says Security Sales & Integration Editor-in-Chief/Associate Publisher Scott Goldfine. “All of the entrants should be extremely proud of the achievement, and dealers and integrators should pay very close attention at the opportunity to integrate these exceptional offerings into their portfolios. I offer my sincerest congratulations to all the 2022 MVP participants, with an extended kudos to the category winners!” You can view all of this yea...

LAS VEGAS — Vicon Industries, a subsidiary of Cemtrex (Nasdaq: CETX ), announces the early adopter release of its Valerus VMS. This release is said to help customers further centralize their security operation through Valerus’ license plate recognition (LPR) and access control integration frameworks, provide more storage and archiving flexibility, and improve the overall user experience. Vicon is showcasing Valerus 22.1 during ISC West booth #7083. With the latest updates to the integration framework, users can monitor LPR and access control from Valerus’ streamlined interface. They can see and respond to live events as they happen, view associated video, and trigger door overrides – such as lockdowns – without leaving the monitoring window. The integration also allows users to manage alarms from LPR, access control, and video centrally, thereby expediting responses, streamlining reporting, and simplifying day-to-day management. Related: Vicon Expands Roughneck Series With V20...