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The integration leverages all aspects of the ManitouNEO Video Control Center (VCC) and the 3xLOGIC VIGIL software and Multi-Sensor NVR solution 3xLOGIC, Inc., a provider of integrated intelligent security solutions, has announced that Bold Technologies, a provider of alarm monitoring and PSIM software, has recently completed the integration of its ManitouNEO with the 3xLOGIC VIGIL video platform. The integration leverages all aspects of the ManitouNEO Video Control Center (VCC) and the 3xLOGIC VIGIL software and Multi-Sensor NVR solution. Alarm handling and video monitoring integration ManitouNEO is the newest alarm monitoring software from Bold Technologies and was designed to meet the changing needs of the modern central station. The improved ManitouNEO VCC integrates alarm handling and video into one system for efficient monitoring. The integration with the 3xLOGIC video platform is full-featured and highly intuitive. Events triggered from 3xLOGIC devices are delivered to ManitouNEO as intrusion events. "Both 3xLOGIC and Bold have an ambition to satisfy the fast-growing demand for world-class verified video" Using ManitouNEO’s Enhanced Action Patterns, central station dispatchers are provided with clear instructions on how to handle the video alarm - saving time and ensuring operator consistency. The integration supports live and recorded video on the same screen, and offers full PTZ control. Other features of the integration include bi-directional audio, and the ability to save reference images and event images for end-users to view. The integration offers advanced features to Bold Technologies and 3xLOGIC’s shared customers, and helps central station dispatchers accurately gauge alarm situations and reduce false alarms. World-class verified video solution Charlie Erickson, SVP Product Marketing for 3xLOGIC, stated: “Both 3xLOGIC and Bold have an ambition to satisfy the fast-growing demand for world-class verified video. Bold is a major player with over six million subscribers, and we want our combined VIGIL software and Multi-Sensor NVR solution, integrated into Bold’s central station software, to be the preferred solution for those Bold customers who value verified alarms and priority law enforcement response.” The integration fully leverages 3xLOGIC’s cloud infrastructure, providing ease of installation and a simplified deployment. Customers have the added benefit of increased IT security as 3xLOGIC’s NVR and cameras do not require open inbound ports at the customer’s router. Rod Coles, President and CEO of Bold Technologies, commented, “This integration supports the growing demand for Cloud-managed video. The solution is easy to deploy and gives customers the opportunity to increase revenues through video monitoring and verification services. We are excited to have 3xLOGIC as one of Bold’s premier strategic partners.”

SG-System-Manitou central station integration supports visual alarm verification and reduced false alarms Tyco Security Products announced an enhanced integration between its SG-System 5 receiver and Bold Technologies’ Manitou central station software. The enhanced integration means that Manitou now supports visual alarm verification provided through SG-System 5 to provide central stations with the tools they need to more accurately access alarm situations and to reduce false alarms.  Visual verification The SG-System 5 IP-based receiver supports visual verification via its compatibility with the DSC PowerSeries Neo platform and wireless PowerG PIR Security motion detectors with camera. When an alarm is triggered, the SG-System 5 receiver can instantly send still images – one clip every two second for a 10 second post alarm clip – into Manitou for assessment and possible action by authorities. The benefit of the systems integration is that it can help to reduce the possibility of costly false alarms, while at the same time providing valuable information in a real alarm situation.  “Our partnership with the Manitou software from Bold Technologies provides central stations with the optimised solutions available to help central station operators manage and quickly respond to alarms,” said Dwayne Salsman, Sr. Product Manager, Tyco Security Products. “Our SG-System 5 receiver reduces the cost of ownership to central stations by cutting down on costly false alarms.”  One Point of Control Bold Technologies delivers software solutions. Its flagship product, Manitou, centralises alarm handling functions to provide “One Point of Control,” removing the requirement for central stations to maintain multiple systems and allowing immediate reductions in data entry time, operator error and training over multiple systems. Manitou incorporates video, access control, GPS, PERS devices into a single interface for the central station operator. “We are excited to work with Tyco Security Products to enable visual verification in Manitou through SG-System 5,” said Rod Coles, CEO of Bold Technologies. “The SG-System 5 is built on the Sur-Gard quality standards and is one of the more popular receivers that our customers utilise. Offering this enhancement functionality will mutually benefit our customers.” SG-System 5 offers important features such as integrated redundancy and future-proofing through its capacity to monitor up to 1,474,560 IP cellular or Ethernet communicators through upgradeable memory or license keys.

The ESX Innovation Awards celebrate companies bringing groundbreaking technologies to the electronic security industry The Electronic Security Expo (ESX) announced the 2016 Innovation Award winners. Earning an ESX Innovation Award is one of the industry’s highest achievements. The ESX Innovation Awards recognise companies that bring the most impactful and groundbreaking technologies to the electronic security and life safety industry. Companies with emerging technologies, as well as those that have been field-tested are acknowledged through the programme. It identifies both the companies who are driving our industry forward with innovative end user offerings and those forging the path with new or improved tools that help security and life safety companies be more efficient and profitable. Unique TechVision Challenge for winners The winners will be featured at ESX 2016 in the ESX Innovation Awards Showcase on the expo floor. Attendees will have the opportunity to review the award-winning products and services that benefit the end users’ experience, as well as those that benefit top line revenues and bottom line results. In addition, ten of the winners will compete in the TechVision Challenge, an interactive "Shark Tank" style competition, before a panel of top industry experts who will determine the "Best of Show" product or service. George De Marco, ESX Chairman, commented, "The ESX Innovation Awards are the perfect opportunity to recognise excellence and innovation in product and service offerings for the industry, and to reward those companies who are propelling us into the future." And the winners are:  AWARD CATEGORY  COMPANY  PRODUCT / SERVICE ACCESS CONTROL - CARDS & CREDENTIALS    Bristol ID Technologies  Dual Technology Student ID Card with Prox and MIRARE© 1K Short Range RFID and Low Energy Mag Strip ACCESS CONTROL - CONTROLLERS  DMP  96 Doors of Access Control ACCESS CONTROL - ELECTRONIC / MECHANICAL LOCKS  Yale Locks & Hardware  Yale nexTouch ACCESS CONTROL - TELEPHONE ENTRY CONTROL / INTERCOM  Viking Electronics  K-1775-IP DEALER SERVICES - COMPLIANCE SOFTWARE / SERVICE  CSR Professional Services  Readiness   DEALER SERVICES - FLEET TRACKING SkyBitz Local Fleets   SA3000 Fleet Management Solution DEALER SERVICES - MARKETING SUPPORT SERVICES  Alarm.com  Customer Connections from Alarm.com DIGITAL HEALTH / WELL-BEING SYSTEMS - MOBILE TRACKING / MPERS Cornell Communications, Inc.   Inform DIGITAL HEALTH / WELL-BEING SYSTEMS - PERS  Essence  VPD - Voice Panic Detector   INTRUSION SYSTEMS - NOTIFICATION APPLIANCES  Interlogix  Interlogix Flood / Freeze Sensor MOBILE APPS FOR CONSUMERS - RESIDENTIAL APP  Interlogix  Interlogix UltraSync MONITORING (CENTRAL STATION) - DEALER APP  MKS  Web Dealer MONITORING (CENTRAL STATION) - ENHANCED / VERIFIED MONITORING Secure Global Solutions  nextStage™ MONITORING (CENTRAL STATION) - SOFTWARE  Bold Technologies  Manitou Cloud Services SMART HOME - HOME AUTOMATION / HOME CONTROL SYSTEMS  ipDatatel Zigbee  ipDatatel BAT-ZKI (ZigBee Keypad Interface) VIDEO SURVEILLANCE - MONITORS  EIZO Inc  DuraVision FDF2304W-IP DEALER SERVICES - BUSINESS OPERATIONS  Honeywell  AlarmNet 360™ DEALER SERVICES - FINANCIAL SOFTWARE  Perennial Software  AlarmBiller FIRE LIFE SAFETY - DETECTION APPLIANCES  Honeywell Security and Fire   SWIFT® Wireless Fire Alarm Solution INSTALLATION / SERVICE TOOLS - PRODUCTIVITY MOBILE APPLICATIONS Appostle Concepts, LLC.  LowVo INTRUSION SYSTEMS - CELLULAR / RADIO COMMUNICATORS  M2M Services   MiNi01-4G Interactive Cellular Alarm Communicator INTRUSION SYSTEMS - CONTROLLERS & CONTROL PANELS  Qolsys  IQ Panel 2 INTRUSION SYSTEMS - DIY SECURITY  Honeywell  DragonFly   MONITORING (CENTRAL STATION) - INTERACTIVE SERVICES FOR END USER   DICE Corporation   Matrix CRM Communications Gateway MONITORING (CENTRAL STATION) - MANAGED VIDEO I-View Now Advanced Video Management & Device Health Monitoring Platform   VIDEO SURVEILLANCE  Telguard   Arlo™ Wire-Free Video System Supported by Telguard

The Electronic Security Expo (ESX) will be held at the Indiana Convention Center, June 3-6, in Indianapolis. The show focusses exclusively on the electronic security and life safety industry, including companies that service the connected Internet of Things (IoT) space for homes and businesses. The ESX Main Stage will highlight inspirational presentations from motivational speakers, Dr. Rick Rigsby and Kevin Brown. In addition, there will be a founder of a drone security company and an Entrepreneur-in-Residence from Kleiner Perkins for OpenXchange, and a Secret Service agent for the Closing Keynote. Sharing best practices and trends In breakout sessions, colleagues and business thought leaders will share best practices, trends and opportunities that helped their own companies and careers, so that others might replicate their successes or minimise their failures. These sessions are aimed at propelling attendees to reimagine their business models and go-to-market strategies, says George De Marco, Chairman of ESX and Managing Partner for DECO Ventures LLC. Examples of breakout sessions include: CounterPoint Forum – “False Alarm Dispatches - A Real Threat or a Nuisance to the Industry?” “Top 3 Ways to Grow Your Video RMR” “5 Faster, Smarter Ways to Improve Cash Flow” “Artificial Intelligence Real Time Video Monitoring Solutions” Promoting security professionals’ growth Our goal is to develop next-gen methods that deliver industry content and promote professional growth"“Each year, we challenge ourselves to raise the bar of the educational sessions and main stage events,” says De Marco. “One of the ways is introducing new faces and voices for the peer-developed and peer-driven educational sessions that offer best practices and identify trends, opportunities and challenges for industry professionals to consider today and in the future. Our goal is to develop next-gen methods that deliver industry content and promote professional growth as the industry pivots to the future.” New entrants and disruptors are challenging traditional go-to-market strategies, causing traditional companies to rethink how they rise above the noise in a changing competitive landscape and handle new consumer buying behaviours, says De Marco. Exhibitors at ESX Exhibitors that support ESX include Interlogix (Diamond sponsor), Napco (Platinum sponsor), Alula and DMP (Gold sponsor), and ADI, Altronix, Bold Group, Essence, ICT, Quick Response, Resideo, Secura key, Security Central and WeSuite (Silver sponsors). ESX seeks to connect exhibitors with the influencers and decision-makers from companies that represent a cross section of dealers, integrators and monitoring companies in North America. The exhibit hall will be the focal point for exhibitors to showcase their latest technology in the city’s impressive convention centre. The exhibit hall will be the focal point for exhibitors to showcase their latest technology in the city’s convention centre “We recognise individuals and companies during the Opening Celebration that help propel the industry forward and at our VIP Event at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway,” says De Marco. “During the day, there are meals around the Main Stage sessions which gather attendees around the table for casual conversation before the presentation begins.” Indianapolis, home of the Indy 500, is a unique location that has a lot to offer the attendees of ESX. A special night at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway will invite a limited number of guests to share great food and drinks, to experience a trip around the track in an official pace car, and to ‘kiss the bricks’, a speedway tradition. Centrally located in the US, Indianapolis is a convenient convention destination for travel, whether flying or driving. Connecting with peers and colleagues Another benefit of the show is the cross-section of companies represented in the industry, whether large, medium or small There are also networking opportunities throughout the week. The Pub Crawl, an attendee favourite, is a night where long-time friends gather, and new friendships are made. “This is where the real conversations happen between peers and colleagues about real problems of running and growing a company, and solutions that can make a difference,” says De Marco. Another benefit of the show is the cross-section of companies represented in the industry, whether large, medium or small players. This enables professionals to come together to connect with their peers and colleagues, allowing for deep discussions on how to grow their people, revenues and profits, including mentoring opportunities that encourage leadership development, says De Marco. The subject of finding qualified employees is top of mind for almost every industry today, especially the security industry. Sessions that address hiring and managing employees for industry professionals include  “Hiring from Outside the Monitoring Industry: Surprising Resources for Great Operators” “Maximise New Employees: Why Onboarding is Critical to Their Success” “5 Tips for Effective Employee Performance Evaluations” Helping attendees to reinvent their business “Our focus is primarily on the attendee, helping them connect with suppliers, colleagues and opportunities that reimagine their businesses, so they can be stronger competitors,” says De Marco. “If we can provide the right knowledge to inspire or transform the attendees to take meaningful action or implement change that helps them remain relevant, we believe we have succeeded.” There will be an undercurrent of sadness at ESX this year because the industry recently suffered a loss. George Gunning, former CEO of USA Alarm Systems and one of the founding members of ESX, passed away in February. “We would be remiss if we didn’t recognise his contributions and influence on the industry and ESX over the years,” says De Marco. Another founding member of ESX who has passed away is John Murphy, formerly CEO of Vector Security.