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New Product Category Targets Untapped Market

February 1, 2012
S2 Security Corp., Framingham, Mass., introduced a new Web-based total security management system platform to its line today, designed for dealers and installers to position to small and mid-sized businesses and high-end residential applications.

S2 Security Adds Remote Servicing Support

December, 2011
S2 has announced enhanced support and service options for both integrators and Enterprise level clients. Emergency support is now available as an option to be combined with S2’s standard support program on a system-by-system basis.

9/11 Makes Security Priority No. 1
September, 2011

For this 10th anniversary observance, John Moss comments on the impact the tragedy has had on security.

Partnership with S2 integral to Carter Brothers’ new focus on national accounts
Mar 3, 2011
National fire and security integrator Carter Brothers is realigning its business to focus on national accounts and it’s partnering with S2 Security as part of that process.
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The Road So Far to Nonproprietary Systems
December, 2010
In the December Security Sales & Integration, S2 CEO John L Moss, Dan Moceri, CEO of Convergint Technologies and Dave Underwood, CEO of Exacq, discuss the advancements, and struggles, the electronic security industry has experienced in efforts to move toward open architecture security platforms.

Eye on Access Control at ASIS 2010
October 12, 2010
S2 Security is demonstrating its integration of DMP's XR500 Command Processor Panel with its NetBox line of appliance-based access control and security management. The DMP panels are IP-based, as are the NetBox appliances, so there's no need for hardwire connections between the intrusion detection panels and the access appliances.

The magic of PSIM
October 8, 2010
John Moss on Intuitive Software: As software has become intuitive there are different ways for central stations to manage information that comes in. A reasonably scaled central station generally will have monitoring packages that take the raw data coming in from the premises equipment and then load balance it across all of the monitoring operators.

Exacq Video Management Systems Integrated with S2 NetBox SMS
July 14, 2010
Exacq Technologies and S2 Security Corp. announced the integration of the exacqVision video management system software and turnkey hardware systems with the S2 NetBox network-based physical security management system.

Physical Access Control in a Box
July 14, 2010
"On a typical PACS, I need to load software onto a client's computer [to manage the PACS]," he said. That means the PACS is accessible only from that particular PC or laptop. "With S2, you don't have that issue," he said. "Basically, it's a download via web browser. I don't have to upgrade client machines or software."

S2 Security expands sales region/team
April 21, 2010
S2 Security on April 20 announced as a result of record sales for 2009 the company was expanding its sales program into Canada and adding industry veteran Damien Landry to lead the newly created sales region. Since the company’s founding, S2 Security has re-invested one hundred percent of its profits back into the company. As a result, S2 has been able to continually expand its sales and support teams to keep up with growing customer demand.

S2 Security’s Web-Based Systems To Support Mercury Security Hardware
March 24, 2010
S2 Security, manufacturer of the S2 NetBox and S2 Enterprise integrated IP-based physical security systems, recently announced the availability of software to allow users of legacy physical security systems running on Mercury Security hardware to easily migrate to and expand with S2's Web-based systems.

S2 now integrates with Mercury access panels
March 16, 2010
Moss added that the ability to integrate Mercury panels with S2's products also allows for some companies to invest in solid-state access control systems, which have a higher mean time between failure. One of the products that S2 has offered is a system called the S2 Netbox. It's designed for small and mid-sized organizations, where the access control "server" is fully solid state - meaning no moving parts like fans or spinning hard drives to fail.

S2 PSIM Platform Will Support Mercury Security Hardware
March 16, 2010
S2 Security has released software that will allow it extend its S2 NetBox and S2 Enterprise physical security information management (PSIM) systems to connect to legacy systems using Mercury Security Hardware.

S2 now available on Mercury panels Network, web-based option now ready for retrofit market

March 16, 2010
S2 Security, an IP-based access control manufacturer, announced today its software now integrates with Mercury Security access control panels, those used by the likes of Lenel, RS2 and others on an OEM basis. This is the first time the S2 system can be installed without S2 hardware.

S2 Offers Pronto Web-Based Security Solution
March 11, 2010
S2 Security expands its family of Web-based security solutions with Pronto, a browser-based system aimed at cost-conscious businesses.

2010: The Time for Proactive Security
March 1, 2010
The security is provided by an integrated solution using Infinova cameras for video surveillance, S2 Security for access control and On-Net Surveillance Systems for video management. The final system uses more than 100 low-profile minidome cameras to cover the elevators that service Escala’s 31 floors with all doors being on camera and controlled electronically.