Entries by Bryan Ginn

TMA Virtual Product Review Series:  Honeywell Total Connect VISTA Partitions

TMA is pleased to offer the second of a series of TMA Virtual Product Reviews. These reviews were inspired by the popular two-minute “lighting round sessions” we offer at TMA Annual Meetings, where our Sponsors and Associate Members have an opportunity to speak about their products. The Virtual Product Review expands the lightning round concept […]

SSI: Spotlight on Technology Marvel Award Winners and Runners-Up

TMA thanks our media partner, SSI, for the terrific coverage of our Technology Marvel Award winner and runners-up. NMC’s Proactive Video Monitoring Earns It Inaugural Marvel Award  — NMC has been among the first to use video technology to tie video verification to an alarm in an intrusion/reaction model that records criminal activity. COPS Monitoring […]

ASAP Arrives in Georgia with Implementation in Alpharetta

ASAP nationwide expansion continues! Georgia is the 13th state in addition to the District of Columbia to participate in the ASAP program. Alpharetta, GA is the 40th PSAP in the United States to go-live with the ASAP program and the first agency in the state of Georgia to implement ASAP.  Alpharetta also dispatches for the City […]

At TMA Annual Meeting, Get Insights on How Advancements in Video Can Drive RMR

TMA Annual Meeting Featured Session: How to Use Video Enhancements to Expand Your Capabilities to Satisfy Customer Demands and Increase Recurring Revenue  Following is an interview with Mike King, Manager, Hosted Video, Axis Communications, Inc., who will be joined in this session by Robert Forsythe, President of US Monitoring and Jacob Hengel, Chief Technology Officer of […]

Update on Hurricane Harvey Relief

Last fall, TMA members at the 2017 Annual Meeting donated more than $2000 to the Hurricane Harvey relief effort in support of ASAP partner the Houston Emergency Response Center. The Greater Houston Community Foundation posted a video today updating progress on Houston’s recovery, and thanking donors for their support.  

Chester County, PA Activates the ASAP Service

On July 30, Chester County became the 39th 9-1-1 PSAP (Public Safety Answering Point) in the United States and the 3rd in Pennsylvania to implement the ASAP-to-PSAP service (ASAP®). ASAP, launched in 2011 as a public-private partnership, is designed to increase the accuracy and efficiency of calls for service from alarm companies to PSAPs. The […]

ASAP Expands Service in Florida

Riviera Beach Police Communications went live with the ASAP program on July 23. RBPD is currently live with Vector Security, Rapid Response Monitoring, Vivint, Protection One, ADT, Tyco, Affiliated Monitoring, Brinks, Guardian, and Central Security. Riviera Beach is the 38th 9-1-1 PSAP in the United States, and the 5th locality in Florida to implement the […]

TMA Virtual Product Review: Altronix Ethernet Over Coax Solutions

Altronix Showcases its latest Ethernet over Coax (EoC) solutions TMA produced its first Virtual Product Review (VPR) on July 18. JR Andrews, National Sales Executive at Altronix Corporation, presented the company’s latest Ethernet over coax solutions. The 15-minute presentation highlighted Altronix’s eBridge800E 8-Port EoC Switch and introduced the eBridge1600F which is Altronix’s 16-port EoC switch […]

ESX 2018 Redefines Traditional Events, TMA Members Engage and Win

TMA members had the opportunity to network with fellow members at the TMA booth at ESX. Some lucky members who participated in TMA drawings for special prizes walked away winners. eDistSecurity won a free membership for the rest of 2018; Inna Rabkin of Blackline Safety won a complimentary registration to this November’s Fall Operations Management […]

Alarmnet’s Collins is New Co-Chair of TMA Associates Committee

TMA is pleased to announce that Chuck Collins, Director of Business Development at AlarmNet, is the new co-chair of the TMA Associate Members Liaison Committee. A summer job installing alarm systems while attending trade school to be an electrician turned into a lifelong career in the alarm industry for Chuck Collins. Over the years, he has […]