'Alarming' Advances in Central Station Software

At the dawn of electronic security, there was the monitored burglar alarm. A simple system, when a sensor or detector alerted, that fact would go through a telephone line to a central monitoring station. The monitoring operator would dispatch a security officer or call the police. That was then. Tod...

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Published inSecurity Vol. 45; no. 12; p. 56
Main Author Zalud, Bill
Format Magazine Article Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Troy BNP Media 01.12.2008
Subjects
Access control
Innovations
Integration
Security systems
Software
Workers
United States > US
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ISSN0890-8826
2329-1443

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Summary:At the dawn of electronic security, there was the monitored burglar alarm. A simple system, when a sensor or detector alerted, that fact would go through a telephone line to a central monitoring station. The monitoring operator would dispatch a security officer or call the police. That was then. Today, ever-evolving software, especially from a select group of providers, goes beyond that elementary alarm to offer diverse services as well as to enable security leaders to get closer to enterprise business goals. Keeping up with central station software benefits and advances makes sense for both the enterprises with their own proprietary central station and the greater number of security operations which use an outside service.
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ISSN:0890-8826
2329-1443