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SECurITy SySTEMS nEWS January 2016 www.securitysystemsnews.com Monitoring 21 Save $100 Hurry! Register Now! Early bird rate ends soon! FEB 2-3, 2016 DELRAY BEACH MARRIOTT, FL Attend the industry's best security technology conference. PRESENTED BY: www.techsecsolutions.com You'll see it fi rst at Techsec Biometrics are more reliable than ever, and the price point is coming down. But which biometric technique works best? Join Ray Coulombe and a cast from leading biometric companies as they state their cases for facial recognition, eyescan, fi ngerprint and hand geometry. The battle for the body parts begins! Manish Dalal, General Manager, ZKAccess Colleen Dunlap, CEO, Stone Lock Global Blaine Frederick, VP Product Management – EyeLock, Stanley Security Samir Tamer, Advanced Technology Leader, Engineering Services, Allegion Moderated by Ray Coulombe, Founder and Managing Director, SecuritySpecifi ers Biometrics: Battle of the body parts By Spencer Ives YARMOUTH, Maine—CSAA's ASAP to PSAP program, DIY being paired with 24/7 professional monitoring, PERS, and cloud automation were talked-about trends in monitoring in 2015. This was the year that ASAP came to fruition. ASAP is a program that improves the speed and accuracy of central station dispatches by sending alarm information electronically to responders. ADT joined the program in August, and CSAA's executive director Jay Hauhn predicted, other nationals would be close behind. Vivint joined the program the month after ADT. Amy Becht, Vivint director of central stations, told Security Systems News that the pro- gram affected less than 1 per- cent of Vivint's account base. "It's not as much about what the program does for Vivint right now, but it is a lot about the future potential of the program—and not just for Vivint, but the entire industry," Becht said. Diebold was the frst commercial provider to implement ASAP when it joined in October. Stanley and CMS also adopted the protocol this year. A number of monitoring com- panies tapped into the DIY mar- ket this year, bringing together DIY-installed devices with profes- sional monitoring. Monitronics entered the space in a big way in February with its $67 million acquisition of LiveWatch. Then-SVP of Monitronics' parent company, Ascent Capital Group, John Orr called the deal "a nice buy of a strong engine for ongoing growth in the space." Most recently, My Alarm Center opened a new division with this model. World Wide Security started offering a plug-and-play IP camera option to its customers, automati- cally connected to its central station. Utah-based DIY company Novi, said it was looking at a professional moni- toring option for its equipment, too. USA Central Station Alarm announced a new DIY offering at ESX show in June. The company worked with Videofied to make a neighborhood watch offering, linking many outdoor cameras to a single hub with administrative controls for adding multiple users. Videofed president Keith Jentoft called the offering a way that the standard alarm dealer can play in the DIY space. Dealers get a link to a web- site, branded under their company's name, that sells and ships equipment direct-to-consumers. Jentoft said the offering requires minimal start-up cost and opens the door for added RMR. PERS was in the news every Top 2015 monitoring trends: ASAP, DIY, PERS and cloud Top news for the year was national companies like ADT and Vivint joining the ASAP to PSAP program hosted its 12th annual dealer dove hunt in Uvalde, Texas, at the beginning of October with 14 vendor sponsors. Matlock said that dealers value the networking oppor- tunity. "It's a dove hunt, but it's so much more than just a hunt," he said, mentioning giveaways, dinners and a "mini-trade show" of vendor exhibits. The hunt drew a large crowd with 180 attendees representing 60 of UCC's dealers. "We literally had dealers from California to Florida in attendance," said Matlock. United Central Control currently has 750 alarm dealers and monitors about 230,000 accounts in its cen- tral station. SSN UCC Continued from page 20 Amy Becht 2015 see page 22