Winners of Electronic Security Expo 2019 Innovation Awards announced

24 Jun 2019

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The winning products and services of the 2019 Innovation Awards were revealed at ESX 2019 on June 4 in Indianapolis.

Each year, the ESX Innovation Awards programme recognises outstanding products and services that drive the electronic security and life safety industry forward. This year’s winners continue that legacy with novel innovations and improvements.

To determine the best of the best, judges selected winners from a pool of applications from manufacturers and service providers serving the industry with innovative end-user offerings and tools that help dealers, integrators and monitoring professionals become more efficient and profitable.

Category winners were as follows:

Access control

pdqSMART+, Grade 1 Cylindrical Lock by PDQ Industries
Enterprise Access Control by Alarm.com
OmniAssure Touch by Honeywell

Commercial automation / control systems / networking

TruProtect™ Integrated Security Solution by Interlogix

Dealer services

QuoteAnywhere G2.0 – Mobile Sales Quote & Sign Platform by WeSuite
CSR Readiness PRO by CSR Privacy Solutions, Inc.

Digital health / well-being systems

Essence 3D Sense Fall Detector by Essence Smart Care

Fire / life safety

DynamixSmoke by Advanced
Honeywell Home SiXCOMBO Two-Way Wireless Smoke/Heat and Carbon Monoxide Detector by Resideo

Installation / service tools

fireNspec by PnewSoft, LLC.
System Surveyor by System Surveyor

Intrusion systems

BX Shield Outdoor Boundary PIR Series by Optex, Inc.
IQ Panel 2 Plus by Qolsys
1122 Wireless (PIR) Motion Detector by DMP - Digital Monitoring Products
BAT-Connect Communicator by Alula

Mobile apps for consumers

Honeywell Total Connect VISTA Partitions by Resideo
Video Verification App by DICE Corporation
Smart Signal by Alarm.com

Monitoring station

CHeKT Visual Verification Bridge by CHeKT

Specialty products & services

WattBox 150 IP Power Outlets with OvrC (1 controlled bank, 2 outlets) by SnapAV

Video surveillance

SecureCom Video NVR™ by DMP - Digital Monitoring Products
Thermal-Optical DeepinView Turret Camera DS-2TD1217-3/V1 by Hikvision USA
Umbo AICamera by Umbo Computer Vision
DuraVisionDX0211 by EIZO Inc.
Umbo Light by Umbo Computer Vision

Next-gen products

Judges from across the country were invited to provide their expert opinions

The winners selected are recognised as next-gen products and services that offer significant opportunities for growth. Judges from across the country were invited to provide their expert opinions based on thorough criteria.

This year’s judges were: Rodger Reiswig, Johnson Controls (Florida); Grady Medcalf, Spectrum (Colorado); Michele Monheim, Amherst Alarm (Upstate New York); Steven E. Paley, Rapid Security Solutions (Florida) and Adam Thompson, Wired-Up Systems (Arizona).

Criteria of judging

Entrants to the Innovation Awards program were judged on: features and functions, innovation, end-user experience, ability to solve a problem, revenue growth potential, impact on company efficiencies and compliance with regulations. These metrics provided a rubric that determined the most innovative and exceptional products and services in the industry.

Winners of the Innovation Awards were featured in the ESX Innovation Awards Showcase in Booth 615 during live expo hours.

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