Canadian representation agreement
Marketplace growth is expected to exceed U.S. for the next decade

GVI Security Solutions Inc. of Carrollton, Tex. has announced a new representation partner agreement with Innotech Solutions, a division of ICSI Corp. based in Ontario, to represent the full line of GVI Security products throughout all the Canadian provinces with local representation in cities such as Vancouver, Calgary, North Bay, Toronto, London, Ottawa, Montreal, and Halifax.
For more on this story, click here.

Steve & Barry's deal struck
Sentry to install CCTV for growing retail chain

Sentry Technology Corp. of Ronkonkoma, NY has announced the signing of a contract to install SentryVision SmartTrack traveling CCTV systems in 33 Steve & Barry's stores plus its distribution center. Steve & Barry's is an apparel retailer with more than 200 locations across the U.S. The program includes OperationalVideo, Sentry's remote security and business management solution. Installation will be completed by mid-November.
For more on this story, click here.

Automation and security converge
HAI, Tyco announce integration of products

Home Automation, Inc. (HAI), based in New Orleans, La., has announced the integration between HAI's Lumina central lighting and home automation product line and Tyco's DSC PowerSeries security panels.
For more on this story, click here.

Fluidmesh Networks, the worldwide leader in wireless video-surveillance systems based on mesh networking technology has unveiled its Fluidmesh 1100, a point-to-point wireless Ethernet bridge designed for security, public safety and video-surveillance applications.
For more on this product, click here.

System expansion possible

Tyco Fire and Security has announced the release of its American Dynamics brand MegaPower Modular Scalable video matrix system. The MegaPower 3200 Video Matrix System more than doubles system capacity with support for up to 3,200 cameras, 256 monitors, and 64 keyboards and is designed to reduce the cost of ownership of large-scale security systems.
For more on this product, click here.

Extending signals

JobSite Systems has released its line of Cat-5 balun transformers that enable extended cable runs of various audio/video signals via Cat-5 wire in place of coaxial cables.
For more on this product, click here.

Sept. 5-9, 2007 CEDIA Expo 2007, Denver Colorado Convention Center. www.cedia.net/expo

Sept. 20, 2007 Security Canada Atlantic, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, www.securitycanadaexpo.org

Sept. 24-27, 2007 ASIS International 53rd Annual Seminar and Exhibits, Las Vegas, Nev., www.asisonline.org

Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2007 CSAA Fall Central Station Operations Management Seminar, Hilton Saint Louis at the Ballpark, St. Louis, MO, www.csaaul.org

Oct. 8-11, 2007, IEEE International Carnahan Conference on Security Technology, Hampton Inn and Conference Centre, Ottawa, Ont., www.carnahanconference.com

Oct. 15, 2007, Underwriters' Laboratories of Canada public workshop on the installation and monitoring of fire alarm and sprinkler alarm systems: CAN/ULC-S561, Toronto, ON.

Oct. 17-18, 2007, Security Canada Central, Toronto, Ont., www.securitycanadaexpo.org

Oct. 18-20, 2007, The Professional Locksmiths Association of Alberta 30th annual convention at the Capri Hotel and Convention Centre, Red Deer, Alta, www.plaa.org

Cover story: SP&T News Integrator of the Year

• We announce the winner of our first ever Integrator of the Year competition and present a feature story on the company.

Health Care Installation Focus: Answering the Call for help

• At the Hotel Dieu Grace Hospital in Windsor, Ont. all 2,000 hospital employees wear a pendant that's hooked into a wireless help call system that interfaces with the hospital's CCTV system.

Technology Focus:

• Calgary Medical Centre undergoes system integration procedure.

Special Topic: Wireless woes
Do you know your legal obligations when installing a wireless system?

• Following on a story in the June/July issue of SP&T News about the interception of a video image of a woman in the washroom of a Sudbury, Ont., methadone clinic, CCTV legal expert Elliott Goldstein examines what installers should be doing to warn end users about the potential for this kind of thing happening with wireless video.

Product focus:

• Intrusion detection

Our regular columnists

• Selling Security, Lou Sepulveda
• Tales from the Trenches, Ivan Spector
• Alarm Science by Jeffrey Zwirn
• CANASA Update

To advertise in eNEWS or SP&T News, please contact Peter Young: 905-713-4344; or e-mail: pyoung@clbmedia.ca
For your own personal FREE eNEWS subscription, please e-mail: enews@sptnews.ca
Unsubscribe from eNEWS

Your email address will not be sold or passed on to any third party. It is only used for magazine-related purposes, such as renewing your subscription and this e-Newsletter. Please see our Privacy Policy for more details.

CLB Media Inc. disclaims any warranty as to the accuracy, completeness or currency of the contents of this e-Newsletter and disclaims all liability in respect of the results of any action taken or not taken in reliance upon information in this e-Newsletter.

© CLB Media Inc., 2007. You may forward and reproduce this e-Newsletter without modification, provided that you include this copyright notice and the above-mentioned disclaimer.