Cars and car parts are hot items for thieves, leaving a car dealer’s inventory especially vulnerable. Sophisticated thieves know how to circumvent security systems to quickly strip or steal them. Vera Cadillac, a dealer in Pembroke Pines, Fla., wanted to combat this threat with an improved security system.
Just envision the business opportunities in the house of the future.
You won’t find traditional furniture styles or old-fashioned appliances. Everything is ultra-modern, a blending of lifestyle and technology.
Even in a tight economy, RMR opportunities continue to grow. Some may surprise you, while others are new twists on existing opportunities. The overall consensus? RMR opportunities can be found everywhere.
It is time to abbreviate the abbreviation. For decades, the security industry has strongly associated recurring monthly revenue (RMR) with monitoring, namely alarm monitoring. The connection is so strong to alarm monitoring that some define RMR as recurring monitoring revenue. Whether the “M” stands for monthly or monitoring one could almost argue for removing the long-standing connotation by taking the letter out — shortening RMR to recurring revenue (RR). Indeed, a broader application of RMR opportunities in both the residential and commercial sectors, combined with increasing technological capabilities and admirable industry creativity is enabling dealers and integrators to gain RMR via multiple forms that stretch far beyond monitoring and alarms.
iControl Networks Inc, Palo Alto, Calif., a provider of broadband home management, and Visonic Ltd., Tel-Aviv, Israel, a developer and manufacturer of wireless home security and safety systems and components, have partnered to integrate Visonic security peripherals into the iControl OpenHome™ software platform.
360 State Street, New Haven, Conn. — the state’s greenest and largest residential development — is the first new major residential construction in New Haven in more than 15 years.