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12 NEWS www.securitysystemsnews.com JUNE 2011 SECURITY SYSTEMS NEWS ESX revved up for Charlotte in June Exhibitors up 20 percent, attendance expected to reach 3,000 By Daniel Gelinas CHARLOTTE, N.C.—The Electronic Security Expo is scaling up from the 2010 event, accord- ing to current ESX chair George De Marco. “There will be over 200 exhibi- tors at ESX 2011 in Charlotte this June, which is a 20 percent increase over the 2010 event,” De Marco told Security Systems News. “The registration numbers are running 50 percent-plus over the same period last year. We expect to reach our projections of 2,500- 3,000 total attendees.” De Marco said this year’s show would provide strong and timely educational tracks to help attend- ees better position themselves for future growth. “We have put together our most robust educational program ever, with a strong emphasis on RMR and on technology trends that are transforming and influencing the electronic security industry,” De Marco said. The goal is to provide a place for monitoring and integra- tion companies to learn about “the latest advances in mobile apps, hosted and managed services, home auto- mation and energy man- agement, including alternative signal trans- mission,” he said. De Marco said a trip to ESX was George De Marco What alarm dealers in the know, know Fastest signal transmission MOST profitable RMR Highest reliability Universal alarm panel compatibility RMR $ $ $ recurring GSM fee + recurring POTS costs an essential business strategy in today’s evolving industry. “ESX is designed to benefit the owners and executives of integra- tion and monitoring companies, giving them insights on how to increase revenue, profits and company value,” De Marco said. “ESX will provide the information, advice, and peer and supplier con- nections needed to help make bet- ter decisions, in a time of industry transformation … A visit to ESX increases the probability of making all the right moves.” ESX will take place at the Charlotte Convention Center, with association activities run- ning from June 6-10 and the conference running from June 7-9. SSN SpecSpeak Continued from page 10 Engineering (CODE)—a process that has been used to design over 35 major critical operations centers around the country, and one that is focused on using the client’s business rules or processes as the basis of design. CODA, the second, was created as a companion solution—one that could be bundled with CODE or used separately. —Martha Entwistle The Specifically Speaking col- mesh radio AES-IntelliNet umn features a Q-and-A with a different security consultant every month. Consultants are provided to Security Systems News by www.SecuritySpecifiers.com Continued from page 11 AOW prompt businesses to make their burglar alarms less sensitive and more efficient. Under the new law, businesses and homes that have more than four false alarm calls to the police station in a 12-month period will pay fines of $100 per call. NORTH GRENVILLE, ONTARIO A March 17 story from EMC News reports the town of North Grenville has a new false secu- rity alarm ordinance. The fine schedule would give residents a warning for the first false alarm, a $100 fine for the second, $200 for the third and $300 for subsequent charges. After one year, residents would start back at zero. SSN call 800-237-6387 or visit www.aes-intellinet.com