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12 September 2000

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

In today's fast paced, high tech business environment it takes exemplary

leadership and vision to bring consistent success to an organization. Salim

Idris is such a leader and a visionary. In my 30 plus years in the high tech

industry in various management positions I have come across very few

individuals with the right blend of marketing, sales and engineering talents.

Salim is one of those individuals. His abilities in product marketing and

solution selling are a rare mix of art and science. He has the natural gift to

analyze and present most important benefits of a product or service to make

them highly desirable.

Salim's enthusiasm, energy and relentless pursuit to achieve the very best

have produced many successful product introductions and marketing

initiatives. I had the opportunity to work with Salim in creating an entire

CCTV line to get Ademco Security Group into that business. This line has

grown to over $25.0 Million in less than three years. Salim’s contribution

toward the success of this program could be seen at every level. Due to this

success he was asked to focus on the International Systems Sales where his

achievements are equally outstanding.

It has been my privilege to work with Salim over the past 5 years. I am

preparing to retire from the Ademco Group shortly, however I hope we have

a chance to work together again in the future to reach new milestones.

Sincerely,

Ron Levy

Senior Vice President Sales

Ademco Security Group