Commercial intrusion alarm panels are becoming smarter and more feature-rich as time goes on and improvements are incorporated — enabling them to act as a valuable central hub for businesses.
“To make an analogy, consider an old-fashioned wheel: the center of the wheel represents automation, and the spokes of the wheel would be security, electrical, HVAC, access control, etc. Most commercial properties already have these systems, they’re just not connected; so it makes sense to control them as efficiently as possible using one central ‘hub,’” explains John LaFond, vice president, integrated systems, Linear LLC, Carlsbad, Calif.