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V.17 I.8 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2013
Integrator of the Year
Marcomm Systems Group accepts its award in the good company of friends and colleagues p. 18
Where’s the fire?
How to design and support an effective mass notification system p. 24
Q&A with JP Lapointe Honeywell Security Group’s new general manager for Canada on emerging technologies p. 30 The Garr family, Aaron, Rachel and Josh, learned from their father Howard what it takes to run a successful alarm business. A.P.I. is one of many Canadian security businesses that are being run by multiple generations
A family affair
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Many security businesses in Canada are passed through generations from parents to children. Passing along the knowledge and business acumen is a vital part of that process, whether it’s industry savvy or a customer-focused attitude
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owner has passed down the knowledge and unning a successful business has many wisdom that underlay their own achieverewards. ment. Technical expertise and skills are essenOne of the greatest of these is the tial, of course. But — as the experience of the knowledge that, in time, a son or daughter following families illustrates — parents are will take up the reins and lead a flourishing often just as concerned to instill lessons in company into the future. business ethics and sheer hard work. Whether that next generation succeeds L_6100CNA_D_key to success_SPT_BannerAD_Canada 11/8/13 10:30 depends a great deal on how effectively an AM Page 1 Continued on p.22
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