Alarm.com and GE Partner to Provide Mobile Buildings with Wireless Security
Mobile building supplier to market wireless security technology
McLean, Va., Wayne, Pa, November 1, 2006 - Alarm.com, a leading provider of wireless, Web-enabled interactive security and monitoring system technology, today announced that it has entered into a marketing alliance with General Electric's (GE) Modular Space business, one of North America's largest suppliers of mobile and modular buildings and trailers.
Under the partnership, GE's Modular Space will offer its customers Alarm.com's wireless security systems, enabling them to protect their trailers without having a phone line installed at the location, as well as to benefit from Alarm.com's enhanced monitoring and control features.
The Alarm.com wireless module is compatible only with GE Security equipment.
"We went out to customers and asked them: What products and services did they use on their job sites? What could we add to our offerings to make their work easier? The answer came back clear: Help us with job site security," said Keith Shipp, Senior Vice President of Sales for GE's Modular Space business.
"As a result of our partnership with Alarm.com, we've got a fantastic product that we know will meet the needs of our customers," Shipp said.
"Because Alarm.com systems require neither a phone line nor a long-term service contract, they are a perfect solution for securing temporary spaces. And Alarm.com's Web interface and customizable email and text message notifications make it easy for our customers to manage and monitor all types of activity at their job site – from anywhere," Shipp said.
The Alarm.com solution gives GE's Modular Space customers a 100% wireless, easy-to-use security and business management tool for their temporary space needs. Through a single web interface, they can view current system status, access a history of activity at the property, arm and disarm the system remotely, and even automate their lights.
In addition to offering a central station monitoring option for alarm response, Alarm.com also lets customers receive automated alerts for any type of non-alarm activity they might want to monitor - such as a power failure or an inventory closet door being opened at unexpected hours. And for customers who wish to leverage the Alarm.com technology to protect their more permanent structures and assets, GE Modular and Alarm.com are creating an offering that is installed by, and serviced by participating Alarm.com Security Dealers.
"Alarm.com is very happy to be able to provide GE's Modular Space customers with reliable and effective security technology," said Steve Trundle, CEO of Alarm.com. "GE is leading innovation in the modular industry and has identified the value in enabling their customers to not only protect their units, but also monitor nearly every aspect of their resources."
"As a result of this partnership," Shipp said, "we are now able to offer our customers the best security solution in the modular industry." Alarm.com's service is marketed through GE's 75 Modular Space branch offices throughout the US; product information can be found at www.modspace.com/security.
About GE's Modular Space Business
GE's Modular Space firm, based in Wayne, Pa., is one of North America's largest suppliers of mobile and modular buildings and trailers, and has offered fast, flexible, and economical solutions to space problems for corporate and private businesses since 1969. Modular Space's comprehensive offering includes versatile modular complexes, mobile offices in a variety of configurations, and fiberglass equipment enclosures. Customers can specify convenient options such as turnkey service, project management, interior design, technology systems and wireless security systems. More information is available at www.modspace.com. Modular Space is a business unit of GE, Equipment Services. With more than $16 billion of assets, GE, Equipment Services helps businesses around the world manage, finance, operate and maintain a wide variety of equipment including vans, trucks, trailers, railcars and modular buildings.
To learn more about Modular Space from GE's Equipment Services, please visit www.modspace.com.
About Alarm.com™
Alarm.com Incorporated provides Web-enabled, wireless security and activity monitoring technology to residential and commercial customers throughout the United States and Canada. Alarm.com-enabled security systems are offered through a national network of over 450 licensed Security Dealers. Alarm.com systems are used to monitor and protect houses, apartments, offices, stores, retail chains, model homes, vacation properties, long term care facilities, data centers, trailers and more. Alarm.com technology is compatible with GE Security equipment. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in McLean, Virginia.
Alarm.com™ is a trademark of Alarm.com Incorporated. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.