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 TechVision Challenge is a Shark Tank Style Competition held at ESX where judges recognize outstanding products and services that drive the electronic security and life safety industry forward. The TechVision Challenge is an opportunity for manufacturers and service providers to come up with innovative end-user offerings and tools that help dealers, integrators, and monitoring professionals become more efficient and profitable.
The selection of the winner is based on specific judging criteria that include:
- Features & Functions
- Aesthetic & Design Qualities
- Groundbreaking or Innovative
- Improving End User Experience
- Overall WOW Factor
- Improves Efficiency
- Increases Company Value
- Regulatory Compliance
It is up to each contestant to prepare their own presentations for the competition and the TechVision Challenge judging criteria will be used to determine what product or service will be named Best of Show for ESX 2025.
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.
We had incredible products in the competition for “Best of Show”, but the ultimate winner was DMP for Jamalert with runner-up Vicon Industries for Next Modular Camera System. 2025 Innovation Award Winners