Central stations never stop innovating. Video verification, text messaging and apps are hot, but those are just a few of the new developments from this group of wholesale monitoring service companies.
The wholesale central station business is a multi-faceted one, and companies in this business are keen on innovation, adding new capabilities every year. A few commonalities emerged as we spoke with central stations for this year’s annual roundup of wholesale monitoring.
Guardian Alarm has named Peter J. Stouffer as its new vice president of acquisitions. The Michigan-based company’s expansion efforts encompass security services, monitoring, fire, life safety, medical monitoring, access control and video monitoring services.
Pro-Vigil, a global provider of video-based security solutions, announced a partnership with Lydia Security Monitoring, operator of top brands including COPS Monitoring and UCC. The partnership gives Lydia and its 4,200 dealer customers full access to Pro-Vigil’s comprehensive suite of industry-leading live video monitoring and verification
AXIS Guardian’s centralized device management allows providers to maintain and manage their clients’ systems remotely while delivering stable and reliable monitoring to their end customers, without the overhead of maintenance or installation.
Bold Technologies completed the integration of its ManitouNEO alarm monitoring software with the CHeKT video monitoring platform. This integration leverages existing alarm panel communication and video systems, presenting a central station operator with alarm-based video, the company stated. With the CHeKT integration, ManitouNEO provides customers with video verification of a traditional alarm event through a seamless integration.
Those companies finding the most success in video monitoring offer perspectives on trends, setup, training, software and choosing the right model for your business.