NAPCO Announces New New England Rep & Nationwide Application Sales Support

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NAPCO Security Technologies, Inc., is pleased to introduce Mark Miller as the new Regional Sales Manager for New England, and Paul Hoey, former RSM, as new systems applications support provider for the Country.   Miller, well-known in New England, comes to NAPCO with a successful track record and long-tenure in the region at a well-known area distributor, and prior to that held roles at two large dealers in MA and CA, respectively.  Paul Hoey, a NAPCO industry icon will provide system configuration support and virtual technical help assistance for the growing number of NAPCO Systems Dealer nationally.

Reporting to Dave Sheffey, SRVP of Northern Sales for NAPCO, both will be complementary assets for the important region, comprising ME, MA, CT, VT, RI & NH. Sheffey said, “We are happy to welcome Mark aboard, and congratulate Paul in his new role. With their expertise and applications know-how, NAPCO has a new powerhouse base in New England from which we will all undoubtedly draw & benefit.”

New England Dealers, feel free to reach out to New NAPCO NE RSM, Mark Miller, for product introductions, training and assistance directly at mmiller@napcosecurity.com or cell 631-495-9485; or nationwide dealers can contact Paul Hoey for systems design/configuration help at 631-793-3672 or phoey@napcosecurity.com.   To visit Mark in person, and see NAPCO’s latest and greatest systems, connected services or cellular solutions, see NAPCO at Booth 12031, ISC West Las Vegas March 23-25, 2022.

 

DICE Increases its Global Footprint with 6 International Data Centers

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Avi Lupo, co-president of DICE Corporation, announced that the company has increased its global footprint by adding six data centers outside the United States and Canada that are actively used to serve its growing interactive video and alarm monitoring clients overseas plus allow DICE to process web page applications locally and closest to its growing alarm dealer base in North America.

The six data centers are supporting markets in Latin America, Europe, Asia, and expanded footprints in North America.

Over the next few years, the company is expected to increase to 15 data centers in regions close to its expanding client base.

DICE has two UL 827A active data centers in North America for geographical redundancy and in different geographical zones to meet UL & ULC standards. For additional redundancy, the data centers are powered by two different power companies, in addition to two generators at each center.  As active data centers, DICE runs load-balanced signals at both sites in the US. Multiple ISP feeds from various carriers.

“Having the additional data centers allows us to provide not only cloud services for those who do not want receivers on their site, but also backup and disaster recovery services, all on a global basis.  DICE has been expanding in the past few months its carrier contracts outside the USA, which allows us to do full-service hosting in other areas.” said DICE Corporation President and CEO Cliff Dice. “This gives our clients a worry-free, cost savings, and future-proof solution.”

Dice also recently deployed a fully working global network that allows each of its UL/ULC and global data centers to receive same IP packet data at all centers allowing active/active diversification without typical legacy BGP failover that most alarm centers use.  This gives DICE an advantage going forward in switching clients between centers automatically and even load balance processing recourses across all data centers.

For more information on DICE Corporation, visit www.dicecorp.com

SecurityCEU.com Launches Frontline Project Management Online Training Course

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SecurityCEU.com has launched the Frontline Project Management Course, a new online training in partnership with industry-renowned educator Nadim Sawaya, MSCE, CPP.

Frontline Project Management training program is tailored to the low voltage electrical/construction industry. It was conceived to teach the Security and Systems Project Managers how to play the construction game and manage their projects as electrical and general contractors.

This unique program consists of two parts: (1) The online program which is about eight hours of interactive self-paced and (2) two-hours Instructor-led workshop to review lessons learned, implement best practices, and allow students to discuss specific real-life projects challenges. In essence, SecurityCEU.com took a well-established traditional course and transformed it into a two-hour instructor-led workshop and eight hours of a self-paced online program.

Nadim Sawaya, President of Enterprise Performance Consulting (EPC), has been consulting and training on project management in the security and systems industries for over 22 years. Nadim has over 35 years of executive and operations management experience and managed projects from $5k to $50M in general construction, fire alarm, communication, building automation to security systems. In addition, Nadim has held leadership roles with companies such as Pauling/Rapco, Stanley Security, Siemens Building Technologies, Honeywell, Pinkerton, and Convergint Technologies.

The Frontline Project Management Module 1: Managing the Project Team, covers topics such as: The overall project lifecycle; Roles and Responsibilities of the Project Team; Key duties, responsibilities and competencies of the project manager; and defining the project team tasks using the RACI Matrix.

The Frontline Project Management Module 2: Defining Phase, discusses: Steps required in the Defining Phase of a project; Reviewing and interpreting contract documents; Validating the project scope; Block diagrams; Reviewing and confirming the project’s estimated budget; and validating the projects scope, cost and schedule.

The Frontline Project Management Module 3: Planning Phase, focuses on: Work Breakdown Structure (WBS); Task duration estimating; Milestones; Manpower schedules; Critical Path Method (CPM) techniques to determine project duration, floats, and critical path; Cost re-estimates; Scheduling; and Resource commitment.

The Frontline Project Management Module 4: Implementation Phases, covers: Resource procurement; Golden rules of using subcontractors; Controlling and proper documentation of the project; Coordinating with other trades; Managing quality; and Safety, OSHA overview requirements and employer responsibilities.

The Frontline Project Management Module 5: Closing Phase, discusses: Closing steps; Customer Training; As-built documentation; Final testing and acceptance; Project audits; and Closeout checklists.

The Frontline Project Management Course will sell for $325 on SecurityCEU.com. Corporate and volume rates are available. The course is in the process of getting approved for CEUs at the national and state level for license compliance.

“We are so proud to be offering this course in partnership with Nadim Sawaya, who is known throughout the industry as the expert on Project Management,” said Connie Moorhead, CEO at The CMOOR Group who owns and operates SecurityCEU.com. “This much sought-after live training is now available online!  Now security and system integrators can get the best industry project management training in a safe, convenient and cost-effective format.”

“SecurityCEU.com has proven to be a valuable partner in taking my course on project management and bringing it to life online, providing a more convenient way to reach larger audience, limit the project managers time away from their daily tasks and help security and systems integrators deliver successful projects every time,” added Sawaya. “Partnering with SecurityCEU.com holds the potential to bring this important and well-needed performance improvement program to many more Integrators.”

For details on the Frontline Project Management Course online training program, visit https://catalog.securityceu.com/frontline-project-management.html.