Alert Services, the monitoring division of Securitas has teamed up with the alarms-over-IP product firm Chiron Security Communications (CSC).
Their new collaboration will enable Alert Services’ customers to benefit from using Chiron’s independent-VdS-accredited IRIS intruder alarm monitoring solution. The IRIS system – which last month became the first to gain the coveted independent VdS certification to EN50131, 50136 and EN 54-21 for fire system (approved to Grade 4 ATS-6) – offers secure primary and back-up communications routes between monitored sites and alarm receiving centres.
It allows users to benefit from what the firms term valuable cost savings over traditional fixed line alarm communications and adds value to existing IT networks. According to the product firm, the advantages of its IRIS and IRIS Touch systems include faster alerting, cheaper line monitoring, a range of value-added services such as visual verification of alarm alerts and building management system monitoring, plus improved network resilience.
Commenting on the agreement
Chiron’s Corporate Account Manager, Vikram Datar, said that customers could also now take advantage of IRIS Touch, the recent major update to the IRIS range that provides a variety of extra user-friendly features as well as a fresh new design and operating interface which makes life much easier for end users and installers alike. "This operating deal with Securitas-Alert Services is very significant because of the company’s market profile and proven track record in alarms and CCTV monitoring. It will really benefit end users and installers across the UK, following the example of more than 20,000 IRIS users and 100 ARCs across Europe.”
"We’re delighted to be adding Chiron’s IRIS alarms-over-IP solutions to our range of intruder alarm and surveillance monitoring capabilities," added Securitas-Alert Services’ National Business Creation Manager, Tina Wadsworth. "Chiron’s systems and their forward thinking operational benefits will strengthen and broaden the range of services we offer to installers and end-users."
