LAS VEGAS (March 27, 2009) – Alarm-monitoring leader Monitronics is set to debut the full range of Alarm.com video surveillance system services. Alarm.com gives dealers the opportunity to offer state-of-the-industry, Internet-enabled video monitoring services – which allows customers with a security camera system to keep in real-time contact with what's happening in their homes or businesses.
Monitronics executives underscored the power, ease and simplicity of Alarm.com solutions. "Alarm.com is designed for the way customers live now," said Mitch Clarke, Monitronics Vice President of Marketing and Business Development. "First, it connects wireless security cameras to a customer’s broadband connection. Then, homeowners or businesses are able to view live video and control their security camera systems from anywhere via web-enabled cell, PDA or computer. For on-the-go customers, Alarm.com is like you never left home."
With Alarm.com, dealers can now offer customers the ability to view both live video and recorded clips of activity at their monitored properties as part of a fully integrated, web-based home security system. Other popular Alarm.com video surveillance features include the ability to customize recording settings based upon a mix of motion-detection, events or a specified schedule; WiFi-capable cameras; and remote video storage, eliminating the need for a DVR.
Consumers are increasingly abandoning traditional telephone landlines in favor of cell and VOIP phones. For the first time, Alarm.com allows Monitronics dealers to offer VOIP security systems to alarm customers who lack fixed landlines. The two-way communication model integrates with GE Security’s Simon XT control panel and its built-in or an external speaker and microphone.
"Alarm.com’s cutting-edge, 100 percent wireless voice-response features bring alarm monitoring in line with recent advances in wireless technology, " explains Clarke. "As always, Monitronics is committed to bringing our dealers and their customers the security products and services that fit today’s increasingly mobile lifestyles."
About Alarm.com
Alarm.com Incorporated provides wireless and web-enabled security and activity monitoring technology to residential and commercial customers throughout the United States and Canada. Alarm.com's Operations Center processes over 25 Million security events every month, reported by Alarm.com systems that are used to monitor and protect houses, vacation properties, apartments, professional offices, restaurants, retail chains, model homes, boats, trailers, data centers, and more. Alarm.com-enabled security camera systems are offered through a network of over 800 licensed Security Dealers. Alarm.com technology is compatible with GE Security equipment and has been tested by ETL to comply with UL 985, UL 1023, and UL 1635 (ULC S545 and ULC 1023 in Canada) for residential security installations. The company is headquartered in McLean, VA, a suburb of Washington, DC.
About Monitronics
Founded in 1994, Monitronics International (ISC West Booth 16077) is one of the nation’s largest, fastest-growing business and home alarm system monitoring companies. Headquartered in Dallas, Monitronics provides monitored home security system services to more than 700,000 residential customers and commercial clients through its network of nationwide, independent Authorized Dealers.
At the heart of the company’s operations is the Monitronics Central Station, which has consistently met or exceeded all UL, National Fire Protection Association, Central Station Alarm Association standards. With millions invested in monitoring technology, Monitronics provides reliable, uninterrupted security monitoring service.