sECuRItY sYstEMs NEWs
august 2013
EDItORIaL
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Tim Purpura, PUBLISHER
tpurpura@securitysystemsnews.com
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Deals and lawsuits
O mUCh for the conventional wis-
dom—around our offce anyway—
that not much happens in the security
industry in the summer.
July 2013 was not its typically quiet self.
as a result, this newspaper is full of news,
notably deals and a couple of lawsuits.
On the front page are two giant deals.
Tyco security Products decided to diversify
its product offerings with the purchase of
Vms provider exacq, for $150 million in
cash.
The biggest deal in July, however, was
monitronics' agreement to purchase security networks for $507 million (also on
page 1).
This deal will beef up moni's dealer program by more than 30 percent and bring
its customer base to more than 1 million.
security networks had been growing
at an impressive clip over the past several
years, so this deal also brings a major com-
petitor into the monitronics fold.
regional monitoring players were also
busy in the early summer.
starting on page 24,
you can read about
nationWide digital
monitoring Comppany's expansion of Martha Entwistle
its footprint into the
southeast, opening a new offce in north
Carolina.
also on page 24, dynamark is on the
move. The wholesale monitoring company,
which was out of the industry for a while
and then re-entered two years ago, acquired
a central station in Ohio.
deals in the resi space included four by
asG security—one of asG's acquisiitons is
in long island, a new market for the super-
regional. and speaking of long island,
alarm Capital alliance acquired a company
based in the hamptons.
lawsuits also dominated the headlines in
early summer.
Tyco integrated security sued isC, a smaller
competitor, and then isC turned around and
countersued Tycois. Security Systems News
spoke to Jean Pierre nogues of mitchell, silberberg & Knupp about the case, who offered
some interesting comments about the considerations involved in cases that center around
trade secrets and non-compete agreements.
For more in-depth versions of this and
other stories, please visit www.securitysystemsnews.com.
another lawsuit this summer was fled by
software provider iControl against competitor
alarm.com. This lawsuit follows an alarm.
com lawsuit fled several weeks ago by against
Telular, an iControl partner. stay tuned as we
follow these cases.
Most-read stories at www.securitysystemsnews.com
from June 16, 2013 to July 16, 2013
1. Ingersoll Rand names planned $2
billion spinoff: Allegion
2. Monitronics to acquire Security
Networks
3. Tyco to buy Exacq for $150m
4. TycoIS sues ISC; N.J. integrator files
counterclaim
5. ASG closes four deals in Q2
6. Vivint to open new sales center in
Washington state
7. DIRECTV gets into security, acquires
LifeShield
8. Blog! Activist Ackman eyeing ADT?
9. The Class of 2013 '20 under 40'
10. AT&T; earns CSAA Five Diamond
certification
11. ADT targeted over early termination
fees, unilateral price increases
12. Comcast's new offering: Home
control minus security
13. CPI continues on road less traveled
14. Life Alert sues Connect America,
LifeWatch USA
15. Alarm Capital Alliance enters
affluent new market
16. SDI is $55m business after
purchase
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