Tag: monitoring centers
DICE changes pricing for video platform
November 5, 2024SSN Staff
BAY CITY, Mich. — DICE Corporation has announced changes to the pricing model for its interactive video platform.
By eliminating per-camera charges and offering free camera connections, Dice said it is significantly reducing the cost of entry for alarm and video monitoring centers seeking to leverage cloud-based solutions.
“Our UL and ULC infrastructure as well as our North American carrier operations at IPtelX provide us with a substantial competitive advantage,” said Cliff...
RapidSOS’s answer to monitoring in digital age: ‘Intelligent safety’
May 22, 2024Ken Showers, Managing Editor
NEW YORK — RapidSOS has spent the last few years trying to enhance operator experience in monitoring centers by improving delivery of critical data and staffing shortages. The company’s answer: Unite and Harmony.
During its 2024 Innovation Day, the company revealed RapidSOS Unite, the latest evolution of its intelligent safety response platform; and RapidSOS Harmony, an AI co-pilot system for 911 operators and first responders.
“Intelligent safety is all about...
Not quite wrapped
September 27, 2023Ken Showers, Managing Editor
I hope you will be both refreshed and comfortable as you read this week’s blog, safe in the knowledge that you will have achieved more restful sleep than I have, dear readers.
That’s right, I’m burning the midnight oil lately as I have spent this week chasing the last of my GSX content out the door. Well, there’s bound to be some leftovers, but come next week I’ll be back into the normal flow as I gear up to tackle October (it’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month,...
Security Partners closes central station after operator tests positive for coronavirus
April 29, 2020Paul Ragusa
LANCASTER, Pa.—Based here in one of the hardest hit counties being in such close proximity to New York, Security Partners LLC had what any company would consider its worst fear come true: An employee working at one of its three central stations had tested positive for coronavirus.“We were hit hard and we feel it's important to share and talk about it, rather than hide behind this virus,” Security Partners Owner and CEO Patrick Egan told Security Systems News. “We also wanted to talk about...
CHeKT brings VMS, AI into the central station
April 24, 2020SSN Staff
LANSDALE, Penn.—CHeKT recently announced support for AI and video analytics with integration into alarm monitoring centers.
With CHeKT's firmware update, the OPTEX Visual Verification Bridge can now supervise cameras with analytics over the IP network and generate alarms based on the camera's analytics. When an analytic event occurs, the Bridge creates a video clip of the incident and transmits the Contact ID alarm code into the monitoring center, giving operators instant access...