The Silicon Valley Alarm Association held our first meeting of the year with Mitch Reitman of Reitman Consulting Group as our guest speaker and he spoke to our group about the 2018 tax strategies and tips for business owners for the upcoming tax season. Questions were asked and answered regarding the provisions in the tax code for purchasing and write-off for alarm systems installed for commercial and business owners. We were honored as well to have Mike Matson, our CAA North

If you have been in the design or installation part of the Fire Alarm Industry in California, I don’t have to tell you how confusing and inconsistent the fire alarm code and the jurisdictional interpretation is. As part of the New Board of the Silicon Valley Alarm Association I want to inform everyone that the SVAA has a unique opportunity with organizing and hosting a Fire Alarm Forum in April with Speaker and Fire Alarm Code GURU Art Black. Mr. Art Black is, in my experien

An interesting talk by the Managing Director of Daimler Benz a bit mind blowing really. He predicted an interesting concept of what could lay ahead. . In a recent interview the MD of Daimler Benz (Mercedes Benz) said their competitors are no longer other car companies but Tesla (obvious), Google, Apple, Amazon 'et al' are… Software will disrupt most traditional industries in the next 5-10 years. Uber is just a software tool, they don't own any cars, and are now the biggest ta