Tag: ISC West 2018

LAS VEGAS—ISC West 2018, sponsored by the Security Industry Association, continued the momentum it has built over the past few years with its biggest and most successful conference to date.As the largest security event of the year, ISC West 2018 brought in more than 1,000 exhibitors and brands, 30,000 industry professionals, 85 educational sessions and 25 special events, making it an overwhelming success, ISC West said in its announcement.Sherida Sessa, industry vice president of ISC Security...

LAS VEGAS—The Security Industry Association announced winners of the SIA New Product Showcase Awards Program. Winners were recognized on stage here at ISC West 2018, April 10-13, and IPConfigure took top honors as Best in Show.The SIA New Product Showcase received 122 entries in 2018—beating the previous record from 2017—with technologies covering 29 categories.IPConfigure was recognized with the Best New Product award for its Orchid Core VMS for AXIS Camera Application Platform...

Friday Just before the show floor opened I met with some of the FLIR team. Brian Karas, the company's director of vertical market development, to hear a bit about the cameras FLIR plans to release later this year. On the show floor I stopped by the MKS booth. The company recently announced a revamped approach to its dealer education, Micro Key University, and that has been going well, according to Joe Ligouri, company COO and CFO. “We've put out our first few videos and we've gotten some...

ISC West 2018, held in Las Vegas, April 10-13, continued to build on the momentum it has built up over the past few years. From the educational sessions, many of which were standing-room-only, to a crowded and buzzing trade show floor, this year's ISC West did not disappoint. Will Wise and Sherida Sessa from ISC Security Events confirmed my initial impressions of the show during our video interview for ssnTV on the ISC West Main Stage, noting that although they didn't have final numbers yet, “key...

YARMOUTH, Maine—ISC West 2018, which will be held in Las Vegas from April 11 through 14, is one of the biggest trade shows and gathering points for the security industry. From mid-February to mid-March Security Systems News gathered opinions from its readers on the upcoming show.At time of writing, in mid-March, most respondents had decided whether or not they would be attending ISC West this year. Eighty percent are planning to go, five percent said they won't be attending this year, and 15...

With April right around the corner and ISC West almost here, we at Security Systems News thought it was the ideal time to highlight the tremendous education program Security Industry Association (SIA) has developed for ISC West 2018. When the industry needs education and guidance now more than ever—to make sense of all of the new technology and trends—ISC West, sponsored by SIA, has stepped up to the plate and delivered. In preparation for this year's conference, SIA strove to create...

Just over a month from now the Security Systems News team will be making our way to Las Vegas for this year's ISC West Conference. That means that planning has certainly begun for exhibit floor visits and other commitments at the show. My primary focus in the security space is the world of alarm monitoring. So, if you are a monitoring center, or are related to that side of the industry, and would like to meet up at the show, feel free to email me at sives@securitysystemsnews.com. It would be great...

PSA, one of the world's largest systems integrator cooperatives, announced it will host an education track with sessions and a workshop during ISC West in Las Vegas, Nev., April 10-13, 2018. The PSA education track will be held exclusively on Tuesday, April 10. Members of PSA Committees, PSA executive leadership team, and other industry experts will lead the six sessions that are included in the PSA Track. Focus areas include leadership, sales, cybersecurity, marketing, RMR, and project management. PSA...

Earlier this month ISC West announced the program for its SIA Education@ISC for the 2018 show, to be held April 10-12. I got the chance to speak with Sherida Sessa, industry VP for ISC events, and Kimberly Roberts, SIA's director of education and training, about some of the sessions and themes that attendees can look forward to at ISC West 2018. “We're very excited that we have over 85 sessions scheduled for this year. They really run the gamut, they cover most of the new and trending topics...