On the 21st November 2007 the Telstra Corporation officially announced their product exit strategy for Securitel. What does this mean for you?  Simple!  No more Securitel as of 31st December 2009.

Now that Securitel is officially being taken off life support, it’s time to update your clients to the new technology before someone else does and save them some money at the same time.

The replacement technologies, such as GPRS, GSM, 3G and Ethernet go way beyond the capabilities of the old Securitel and offer extremely competitive polling plans exceeding Australian Standard AS2201.5:2008.

Amongst the replacement technologies you will find a brand new solution that not only meets but exceeds the Australian standards.  Introducing Surepoll Infinion class 6.  Surepoll Infinion is a global first for products of its kind.  We call it Class 6 because no Class exists for this technology in the previous and the now current new standard.

Securitel Replacement Technologies:

• SED62 – GPRS, GSM, PSTN
• SP2000 – GPRS, PSTN
• ET100 – Ethernet, PSTN
• Infinion –Ethernet, GPRS, GSM, PSTN

Coming soon: Infinion Plus – a world first with 6 alarm reporting paths.  To find out all the latest news on Securitel and view all the possible replacement technologies available visit www.securitel.com.au.

The Independent review on Australian MPLS Providers

With the convergence of alarm monitoring from PSTN based alarm diallers to IP based alarm transmission systems becoming more and more popular, it is imperative that the security industry is aware of the differences in the networks that they utilise.

We all know of the marketing hype of suppliers with regards to “their” networks but the fact remains that they depend on a carrier’s network to send alarm data from your client to the monitoring centre.  Gartner, a global company that researches and publishes findings about management of information technology, trends and directions in IT, applications of technology to support business outcomes, recently conducted research in to Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) services in Australia.  Included in the research were Telstra and Optus who are used by many alarm transmission service providers.

We feel it is important for those who promote and sell IP based alarm systems (GPRS, Ethernet) be aware of the features and functions of the core network you are utilising. It is a highly educational read and recommended to all.

http://www.telstraenterprise.com/NR/rdonlyres/F3C9ECC1-5EE5-4DC4-9357-09A48CB1FF9E/0/AustralianMPLSProviders.pdf