While the coronavirus and resulting economic impacts have brought their share of challenges to the security industry, the video monitoring space has been in a prime position to help customers — and grow business.
Benjamin Franklin is reported to have said, “Out of adversity comes opportunity.” The security industry, like many businesses in the U.S. and the world, has certainly seen some adversity this year. In the video monitoring part of the security industry, however, a situation that started as chaos quickly shifted to unique opportunities to help both existing and new customers.
“Video monitoring has always been a focus of slow adoption, up against the guarding world,” says Chris Brown, CEO of Immix, a Tampa Fla.-based monitoring software automation provider. “With this situation you couldn’t be on-site … People left their businesses unprepared to shut down.”