DMP and Vicon Industries Take Best of Show
The Electronic Security Expo (ESX) is excited to reveal the winners of the 2025 Innovation Awards, recognizing outstanding excellence and breakthrough innovation within the electronic security and life safety industry. These prestigious awards honor next-generation products and services that present significant growth opportunities for integrators, dealers, and monitoring professionals. 2025 Innovation Award Winners
An independent panel of industry experts selected this year’s winners based on a rigorous set of criteria, including innovation, market relevance, user experience, and potential impact.
“The 2025 ESX Innovation Award winners reflect the leading edge of security and life safety,” says ESX Chairman George De Marco. “These innovations are advancing efficiency, profitability, and safety across the industry. We celebrate these innovators for their impact and excellence.”
2025 ESX Innovation Award Winners
ESX congratulates the following category winners—visionary companies driving our industry forward with groundbreaking technologies, recognized below by category:
Access Control / ID Systems
Gate / Door Operators
- M2M-AXS Access Control System – M2M Services
Telephone Entry Control / Intercom
- Ajax Doorbell – Ajax Systems
Commercial Automation / Control
Physical Security Information Management (PSIM)
- AI-RGUS – AI-RGUS
IT / Networking
- Access Networks A770 Wi-Fi 7 Indoor Access Point – ADI | Snap One
Dealer Services
IT / Networking
- QuoteAnywhere – WeSuite
Fire / Life Safety
Cellular / Radio Communications
- TG-7FEM Commercial Fire Multi-Carrier and Dual Path Communicator – Telguard
Intrusion Systems
Detection Sensors – Annunciators / Strobes / Audible Devices
- JamAlert – Digital Monitoring Products (DMP)
Hubs / Controllers / Control Panels
- Hub BP Jeweller – Ajax Systems
Cellular/Radio Communications
- StarLink Intrusion Max2 – NAPCO
Outdoor Detection
- MotionCam Outdoor Highmount PHOD) Jeweller – Ajax Systems
Monitoring
Software
- Automated Security Monitoring Platform – Watchful
Dealer App
- Mobile Technician App – Becklar Monitoring
Smart Home – Electronics, Control Systems, & Networking
IT/ Networking
- Araknis Networks 420 Series PoE+ 24-Port 410W – ADI | Snap One
Lighting Control Systems
- LightSwitch Jeweller Series – Ajax Systems
Specialty Products & Services
Power Supplies & Batteries
- WattBox® 820 Series 20A IP Power Conditioner – ADI | Snap One
Video Surveillance
Video Analytics – AI
- AI Smart Search – March Networks
Hosted & Managed Video Systems (VSaaS)
- Cell Connector for Video – Alarm.com
Megapixel / HD Cameras
- First Alert® CX4 Camera Series – Resideo
Video Management Software
- CloudSight – March Networks
Video Analytics – AI
- Next Modular Camera System – Vicon Industries
The TechVision Challenge
The top scoring Innovation Award Entries went head-to-head live at ESX 2025, before a panel of judges.
This Shark Tank Style Competition is an opportunity for manufacturers and service providers to pitch their products and services and answer live questions from integration professionals. The Best of Show selection of the winner is based on specific judging criteria that includes: features and functions, aesthetic and design qualities, innovation, improvement of end user experience, efficiency impact and more.
This year, eight participants from the Innovation Awards judging process were invited to compete in the TechVision Challenge, and an interactive judging panel of three judges watched the presentations. The judges then have up to 12 minutes for each presentation to judge each product.