SAMMY Awards

One of the best productions in New York took place off Broadway in 2011 when integrator ESCC wrapped up a security and communications solution for Manhattan’s MiMa complex. Seamlessly bringing together IP video, access and elevator control, and telecom and intercom systems to garner Integrated Installation of the Year kudos, it’s no wonder the client is shouting, “Encore! Encore!”

Administrators at Palm Health Partners (PHP) contacted Johnson Controls Inc. to design and deploy an intelligent network of state-of-the-art systems to automate the health-care operations at PHP’s NuVista Care Communities and central office in Wellington, Fla.

With 540 locations in 41 states, VCA Animal Hospitals is the place for animal lovers to take their ailing pets. To further provide more protection for its patients, the veterinary chain contacted its go-to integrator, Protection 1, to install a state-of-the-art security solution at its new 40,000-square-foot facility in Weymouth, Mass.

When Apollo Group, University of Phoenix's parent company, required a major upgrade to its data center, which secures the personal data of more than 400,000 students, it contacted Stanley Convergent Security Solutions (CSS). Learn how the 2012 Integrated Installation of the Year finalist handled the daunting job.

Stanley Convergent Security Solutions (CSS) was hired to provide an advanced solution for Sony Digital Audio Disc Corp. (Sony DADC) that would update the facility's outdated systems and deliver a solid return on investment (ROI).

SSI Editor-in-Chief Scott Goldfine discusses the benefits of standing out from the pack.

All ASG did in 2009 was post its seventh consecutive record year of revenue growth. Even in the toughest of times, this thriving regional provider — SSI’s 2010 Installer of the Year — stands as a testament to the power of shrewd management and relentless drive.

Security Systems of America (SSA) provides developers and owners of an elegant condominium complex an indivisibly integrated solution, with luxury and safety for all. In a good, old-fashioned American success story, SSA emerges as a single-source technology contractor and captures SSI’s 2009 Integrated Installation of the Year Award.

The New York Giants were not the only victors of Super Bowl XLII. Behind the scenes of professional sports’ greatest spectacle was another winning team — one that helped ensure the safety of the 73,000+ rabid football fans who descended upon University of Phoenix Stadium. Its name: Benson Systems.

In the time since the inaugural SAMMY Award prize was bestowed one evening in 1995, a select few companies have distinguished themselves as perennial finalists, while fewer still have taken home multiple trophies in the same year. But only one company can tout itself as victor of the rigorous ...

Launched little more than a half-decade ago, Beltsville, Md.-based ASG Security has wasted little time becoming one of the industry’s largest installing security systems providers. Expected to grow more than 30 percent for the fifth year in a row, ASG projects 2008 revenues will top $87 million. Much of this success can be attributed to an obsessive dedication to deliver premium customer service, and an inspired marketing plan ...

Guardian Protection Services knows a thing or two about marketing, and its display case holding a total of 15 SAMMYs proves it. The armoire is proudly showcased at the company’s corporate office in Warrendale, Pa. — just 20 miles outside of Pittsburgh — and is a good indicator that Guardian is an industry leader where marketing is ...

LAS VEGAS — Security industry veteran George Fletcher, a co-founder of Mission 500, riveted the audience at Security Sales & Integration’s SAMMY Awards on April 1 while detailing the nonprofit initiative’s work to serve the needs of children and communities in crisis.

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