The integration brings the distinct advantages of cloud, including greatly simplified installation, robust end-to-end cybersecurity, centralized management of multiple locations, and AI-filtering to dramatically reduce false-positive activity to the monitoring center or command center professional.

By filtering out rampant video alarms and events not required by the central station, the Gatekeeper helps businesses save money.

The purchase further increases Wayne Alarm's share in the greater Boston area as the company continues to grow and expand.

Private radio operations can be valuable for maintaining communications during cell network outages or in times when overburdened with too much traffic.

Dave Engebretson shares a new innovation in the intrusion detection and alarm monitoring space. 

What’s new in wholesale central station monitoring? We checked in with several third-party central stations to ask about this.

The pandemic has brought changes for wholesale central stations. UL has temporarily allowed central station operators to work from home, provided certain requirements were met; and multiple wholesale central stations chose that option — others went a different route.

Emergency24, an Underwriters Laboratory-listed central station that writes its own proprietary software, and BluePoint Alert Solutions, a company that focuses on hardware installation, training and implementation of Rapid Emergency Response Systems (RERS), have partnered to leverage each companies’ capabilities to minimize the impact of crisis situations, such as an active shooter event or natural disaster.