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If you’ve been looking for a way to protect valuable assets in your business, look no further.  Honeywell’s Wireless Indoor Asset Senor provides a way of securing your assets.

What is Asset Protection?

Asset protection is a focused security solution designed to protect specific, tangible assets. Usually these assets are things that people consider valuable, have a high probability of theft or should not be tampered with.

Honeywell’s 5870API easily affixes to virtually any valuable requiring protection within a home or business, including painting, flat screens, TVs and other electronics, family heirlooms, safes, office equipment and more.  It lets you offer an additional layer of protection that can be programmed to always be on – even when the panel is disarmed.

When affixed to the protected asset, the device will trigger a “detect” if an attempt is made to move or disturb the asset.  The transmitter is fully supervised and can send alarm, tamper, trouble and low battery conditions to the alarm control panel.

This device is an excellent solution to a problem that many businesses face:  theft.  Remember, theft is different from burglary because it occurs without a break-in and the offender has a legal right to be on the premises.  With the wireless indoor sensor, you will actually protect against burglary and theft at the same time.

Some areas that are ideal for this sensor:

Residential

• Expensive electronics - TV, home entertainment equipment
• House safe/gun safe
• Paintings
• Antique collectibles

Commercial

• Museums and art galleries (paintings and sculptures)
• Hospitals and laboratories (medical equipment)
• Colleges and schools (computers, projectors, laboratory equipment)
• Construction sites (tools and building materials)
• Offices (printers, copiers, computers and cash boxes)

At Best Security Products, we can help you protect your most valuable assets. Find peace of mind with wireless indoor sensors. Give us a call at 1-800–988–2378 sales@bestsecurityproducts.com

Case Study:  Retail Store Gains Increased Security—and Marketing Effectiveness—with Honeywell's Remote-View App

Stampede Tack & Western Wear, located in Cloverdale, British Columbia, has been outfitting horse and rider since 1966.

The Situation:

“With a retail area covering 10,000 square feet, we have space to carry a big inventory,” said Kevin Mykle, manager of Stampede Tack. Mykle says that although his staff members are extremely customer-service oriented and pride themselves on their ability to provide individual attention to shoppers, it’s not possible for them to be everywhere at once, so the store suffers its share of shoplifting.

Because the store is located in an historically low-crime area, during most of its history it has remained free from burglaries—yet in the past year the site experienced its first break-in. From that incident, store owners discovered it was crucial to share video evidence with the police to aid in their investigation and increase the chances of recovering stolen merchandise and they asked Surrey-based Panarama Technologies, Ltd. for help.

The Solution:

In addition to adding new cameras throughout the store, they introduced Mykle and his staff to Honeywell’s new HRDP H.264, a digital video recorder with web-enabled remote viewing software that enables the manager to check in on things from anywhere using his computer, his cell phone, or his Apple ® iTouch ®. After downloading the free Honeywell Remote-View app from the Apple iTunes ® store, Mykle simply clicks on the icon to instantly see live video feed from all sixteen cameras in the store.

When Panarama first recommended Honeywell security products, Mykle was skeptical: “We knew Honeywell is a large player in the security business, but we wondered what they could do for us—I was thinking they might be great for huge warehouses or military installations, but what about my small retail store?” He was pleasantly surprised. “Here we are, doing things with our security cameras and our DVR that we never even dreamed were possible.

The Products:

Honeywell HB70 Cameras
HRDP H.264 Digital Video Recorder and Remote-View App

Full version:
http://www.security.honeywell.com/documents/L_STMPEDCS_D.pdf

According to a March 13 article in SDM Magazine, Smart Homes Sell Faster. A survey that was conducted among 513 real estate associates reveals what buyers are looking for when they purchase a home.

While it is true that smart technology used to be found only in high end homes, that is no longer true. Homes in many budget levels now come equipped with products and features that smarten up a home and make life easier.

So much so that buyers are now looking for this technology as they review properties; they are aware that the features exist and are eager to buy a ‘smarter home.’

Here are a few highlights from the article. Read the whole article here.

Buyers are asking, "How smart is this home?": Nearly two in three (64 percent) of the sales associates surveyed agreed that buyers today are more interested in homes with smart home features and technology than they were two to five years ago.

• Buyers want to control their home from their smart phone: 62 percent are seeing more buyers interested in controlling their home technology through their smart phone or tablet now than they were two to five years ago.
• Listings are getting smarter: Nearly 60 percent said they are seeing more smart home features in listings than they did two to five years ago.
• Smart homes sell faster: One in three (33 percent) noted that homes with smart home features and technology sell faster than homes without them.
• Gen X is the "smartest" generation of home buyers today: While it's no surprise that almost half of sales associates are seeing Millennials (age 18-24) interested in homes with smart home features, even more (57 percent) identified Gen X (age 35-49) as the top buying group interested in smart home technology.

Continue reading this article here.

At Best Security Products, we can smarten up your home for you. Give us a call at 1-800–988–2378 sales@bestsecurityproducts.com