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SECurITy SySTEMS nEWS January 2016 www.securitysystemsnews.com CommerCial & systems integrators 15 Interactive Security & Automation For All • Interactive Gateway Modules (IGM) work with a wide range of commonly installed panels • Full smartphone/tablet security and home automation for existing panels under one single application • Ethernet, Wi-Fi, and cellular options available • Field configurable for panel compatibility • Full IP-based central station reporting • Complete home automation services through Z-Wave connected devices • New services to existing customers without replacing the panel • Reduced account attrition rates Operate thermostats & other home appliances Control lights remotely Lock & unlock doors with the touch of a button Full security & monitoring You Can Teach an Old Panel New Tricks www.resolutionproducts.com | 877-260-5578 Diebold Security lands 500-location nat'l account By SSN Staff CANTON, Ohio—While D i e b o l d E l e c t r o n i c Security waits on the close of one deal—its acqui- sition by Securitas—it has closed another: a 500-location national account deal. The national integrator announced in December it will provide intrusion, fre, access and monitor- ing services as well as its online customer portal, SecureStat, for Rack Room Shoes, a national footwear chain that also owns Off Broadway Shoe Warehouse. Diebold will also provide an enterprise video and access control sys- tem for the company's newly expanded corporate headquarters in Charlotte. Rack Room Shoes made the announcement Dec. 14. Diebold has "the vision, knowl- edge and resources to be that partner, truly vested in Rack Room Shoes and our loss prevention strategies and results," Johnny Turner, director, loss prevention, Rack Room Shoes, said in a pre- pared statement. Tony Byerly, EVP, electronic security, Diebold said in a prepared statement: "As a national retailer, Rack Room Shoes needs a secu- rity provider that focuses solely on the unique needs of business customers with the resources to deliver monitoring services and the necessary standardization of technology, solutions and pro- cesses across the United States." When the Diebold/Securitas deal is closed, the contract will be transitioned to Securitas. The deal is expected to close early in 2016. SSN Tony Byerly By Spencer Ives SOUTHFIELD, Mich.—Guardian Alarm, a super-regional com- pany based here, has acquired SVI Systems, based in Stuart, Fla., nearly doubling its size in that state. "With the onboarding of SVI, it allows us to continue the market share we have in the West Palm Beach area," David Goldstein, president of Guardian Alarm, told Security Systems News. Guardian has an offce in Lantana, Fla. Goldstein said that expanding in Florida is "extremely important" to the company. Guardian is acquiring the entire company, including 3,000 accounts and 22 employees, and it's renewing the lease on SVI's current building. The accounts are about 60 percent commercial, 40 percent residential, he said. Goldstein declined to discuss the details of the deal, including the additional RMR it will bring in. SVI Systems is a family owned company that's been in business for 25 years. "They're more of a systems integrator, although they do a lot of integration of home security," he said. SVI originally stood for Security, Vacuums and Intercoms. Guardian is continuing the family-business trend, he said. One of the company founder's third generation, Linda Pierce- Haren, is running the Lantana branch and will lead the new SVI branch as well. Goldstein said SVI Systems will gradually be rebranded to Guardian. "They've got such a strong presence, and such a strong family background with that community, which is exactly what we're about, with our family background. It was just a perfect ft for us." The deal was fnalized in mid- November. SSN Guardian doubles its Florida footprint