Select security dealers, manufacturer reps and this reporter were among those invited to Bosch Security Systems' recent Intrusion Technology Workshop, which the German-based supplier hosted at its North American headquarters in Fairport, N.Y. The daylong event focused on the company's Conettix IP, newly introduced Commercial Wireless and Professional Series detector technologies. Following an introduction and briefing from Gregor Schlechtriem, vice president, Global Business Intrusion Detection Systems, on Bosch from a global conglomerate pespective, Product Marketing Manager Tom Mechler and Product Managers Mike Reimer and Stephen Kovacsiss took over for the remainder of the proceedings. Kovacsiss led the Conettix IP segment of...

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The July issue of SECURITY SALES & INTEGRATION features a special Best of the Best section that includes coverage of the 2009 Integrated Installation of the Year. The project, a luxury condominiums installation by Pittsburgh's Security Systems of America (SSA), is given an in-depth case study treatment. Part of the story was the end user's satisfaction with how the job, which encompassed all electronic systems within the 45-unit complex (video surveillance, access control, intrusion alarm, systems integration, entertainment systems, etc.), turned out. Although it was touched on in the print piece, space precluded the bulk of Metropolitan Building Manager Bill...

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