Over the centuries, humans’ knowledge of the “center of the universe” has evolved. While early theories included simplistic models where the Earth was the center with everything orbiting around it, later theories gained more complexity, involving other galaxies and eventually reaching ground-breaking speculations that the universe actually lacks a central point and is expanding in all directions.
Here in the security industry, the role of central stations and the scope of their offerings also has evolved — from the basic function of receiving and dispatching alarms in the industry’s early era to more complex service offerings and operational support today.