HOUSTON -- Security Financing Services, Inc. (SFS) today announced its selection of General Electric Partner Alarm.com as a key supplier for its Smart Home project. SFS recently announced a teaming agreement to create "smart homes" with regional builders, retail energy providers and equipment manufacturers. The agreement provides for the cooperation among several parties in the integrated installation of broadband communication networks, energy management systems, and alarm monitoring and surveillance systems.
Mike Hardy, CEO of SFS stated "The Alarm.com service compliments traditional security alarm monitoring with wireless web-based control and notification. This is an ideal solution for homes and businesses where a hardwired phone line may not be suitable or desired. Alarm activity can be sent via email, telephone, or pager. This technology piece gives Security Financing Services the ability to offer its customers the type of control that they want in a Smart Home system." Alarm.com Inc. provides web-enabled, 100% wireless security and activity monitoring technology to residential and commercial customers throughout the United States and Canada. Alarm.com systems are used to monitor and protect houses, apartments, offices, stores, retail chains, trailers, boats, RVs, model homes and more.
SFS is negotiating with other prospective alliance partners to join its Smart Home team. Members will be on the leading edge of the convergence of IP based technology for voice, data, internet and security. Builders and developers will have the ability to become the fourth utility for their tenants and home buyers by offering this technology.
Security Financing Services, Inc. is a cutting edge technology company with a focus on end-to-end network solutions for customers ranging from the smallest homeowner to the largest government or commercial enterprise. In addition to providing financing services to alarm dealers and integrators, SFS operates manages a portfolio of alarm monitoring accounts throughout Texas and the Southeast; is a designated Honeywell Security Products dealer; and designs installs and monitors digital video surveillance networks for government, industrial and commercial application.
