The company’s newly named Alula Connect+ hub is a professional-only solution with automation, security and video surveillance designed to help integrators compete against consumer DIY security solutions.
The holding company for MONI Smart Security and LiveWatch attributed the reduction in quarterly revenue to a lower average number of subscribers in 2017 due to softness in its dealer channel and customer attrition.
Security dealers have the opportunity to leverage innovation coming from product manufacturers, but this requires the industry to expand beyond the architecture and supplier base for security control panels.
Security dealers need to keep doing what they’ve always done — provide unbelievable service, personal relationships and face-to-face expertise. But now they must also provide the features and services that DIY companies are going to be providing.
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Although installation volume is down and DIY is cutting both ways, sales and services tied to interactive devices and attached services are maintaining healthy revenue growth.
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As smart home products go mainstream and the IoT becomes more convoluted, you can expect to see a rise in the demand of professional installations.
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