In terms of alarm monitoring in the market, a wide variety of alarm systems proliferate whose capabilities and communication possibilities combine with the different central monitoring systems.
Currently, as explained by Benito Cuezva Rubio, general manager, and Gerardo Silva, country manager Mexico of the company Scati Labs S.A., some manufacturers have alarm panels and third-generation monitoring centers, which allow monitoring LAN/WAN, GPRS, SMS and GSM networks including the Contact ID communication format. This type of format, in addition to improving communications in terms of security, offers a robust alternative to the telephone line.
Moving on to the topic of what are the main developments that have been presented in software for alarms, especially those that have to do with LAN / WAN, GPRS, SMS and GSM, our guests emphasize that in the market proliferate a wide variety of alarm systems whose capabilities and communication possibilities combine with the different central monitoring systems.
Currently, some manufacturers have alarm panels and third-generation monitoring centers, which allow monitoring of LAN/WAN, GPRS, SMS and GSM networks including the Contact ID communication format. This type of format, in addition to improving communications in terms of security, offers a robust alternative to the telephone line.
"From our point of view the biggest problem with alarms is the management of false alarms, and we believe that there video is destined to play a determining role. Our systems have a powerful set of features aimed at managing and confirming alarms with video", emphasize our guests from the company Scati Labs S.A..
On the other hand, referring to what is expected for 2011 in technological matters, Benito Cuezva Rubio and Gerardo Silva, agree that the market tends towards the implementation of communications through these means of mobile telephony, which will continue to increase the options of transmission of alarms, tracking and monitoring of people and vehicles through these mechanisms.
"Following this line, Scati has made developments using GPRS, SMS or GSM technology for the reception of images of critical events through these technologies that allow receiving alarms and / or scheduled events from anywhere in the world, and confirm them with the use of video, "they highlight.
Moving on to which are the sectors that most use this type of services, which are beginning to use them and which do not yet show interest in implementing them, our guests emphasize that this type of services are being implemented mainly in value transfer companies whose product is non-perishable and its commercial value high and easy to sell such as cell phones, televisions, modular equipment, household consumer products, among others.
On the other hand, the automotive sector in general is in an initial phase where the main objective lies in the protection against theft and recovery of the vehicles of companies and people. However, as our guests acknowledge, this type of business does not arouse interest in this type of mobile communications between individuals and companies.
Turning to the issue of the evolution of this industry, especially with regard to alarm software, the representatives of the company Scati Labs S.A., state that "like us, many companies have made developments for the monitoring of alarms and integration of security systems with third parties, where alarm systems are combined, control of zccesos, CCTV, fires and automation".
They also point out that "in our case, we have our own ScatiHub application (SurferHub) capable of integrating third-party alarms with the aforementioned systems, verifying the alarm by video and facilitating the sending of the same to the interested parties in the monitoring of alarms".
Leaving behind the technical issues and getting involved in the issue of sales and the balance that these throw so far in the industry, Cuezva Rubio and Silva emphasize that "it really could not be evaluated yet, given that in the sectors where these systems have been applied, there have been a good number of recoveries without becoming satisfactory, although it is growing and as in other sectors and / or market segments that are the majority, its implementation has not yet begun, it can be said that only in the vehicle theft recovery sector can regular statistical figures be obtained".
Speaking of the specific case of Latin America, which as is more than evident was normalized in terms of the economic, since there are greater flows of capital and foreign investors are turning their eyes to the region, we ask our guests how they see the immediate future and the possibilities of expansion of this segment.
"The expansion and growth of this segment will be exponential and we are sure that in the short term the use of sending alarms, tracking and location as well as sending images through these means will be extensive," they stressed.
Likewise, in terms of research and development, the representatives of Scati Labs S.A., state that initiatives such as international competition in communications due to the fact that the spectra of these are being limited in almost all countries of the world and therefore this type of technological proposals are being used to take advantage of these spectra to their maximum potential, and in this way they are helping to mark the sector.
They also conclude that "for us the advances come from the improvement of compression algorithms, the reduction of the price of video capture elements and the extension of the Internet as a means of communications."
