KeyTrak Announces New Remote Monitoring System
17 November 1998
KeyTrak Announces New Remote Monitoring System
ATLANTA--Nov. 17, 1998--Company expands product offering beyond key systems with new
LotWatch system for automotive dealerships
KeyTrak, Inc. (www.keytrak.com), the leader in automated key control systems, announced today the development of a new security monitoring system that serves as an "electronic" watch dog for automotive dealerships.
Called LotWatch, the electronic surveillance system provides 24-hour monitoring and video taping plus offers dealers on-line monitoring from off-site locations.
"Electronic surveillance systems in automobile dealerships aren't new. What is new and exciting is that LotWatch lets a dealer or his managers stay in 'visual' touch with the dealership from a car, boat, plane, or home, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week," explained KeyTrak CEO Mark Singleton.
"LotWatch is a powerful tool. It monitors activity on the car lot, within the dealership, or anywhere a camera system is located, letting the dealer see first hand just how busy the show room is, what's happening on the lot, or where prospects and salesmen are," said Singleton.
LotWatch is one of the first products of its kind designed for the automotive industry, according to Jim Kiernicki, vice president/general manager for KeyTrak's Asset Management division, which is marketing LotWatch.
LotWatch protects a dealership's vehicles and property with 24-hour video taping and monitoring by a central station. Electronic surveillance equipment and audio speakers are strategically placed both externally and internally, depending on the dealerships needs, to monitor activity. Externally, perimeter detection sensor beams create an unbroken security barrier and vibration sensors are attached to fencing.
The central station responds to intrusion signals with audio and police dispatch. The audio allows the central station personnel to communicate directly with anyone breaching the dealership's perimeters. Intruders are located and told to leave the premises while police are being dispatched.
"With LotWatch at work, the police won't be called to the dealership on costly false alarms. When the police are alerted about a disturbance at your dealership, they know that LotWatch has both detected and seen an intruder," said Kiernicki.
LotWatch, the latest product to be developed by KeyTrak, Inc., will be officially unveiled to the automotive marketplace at the 1999 National Automobile Dealership Association meeting in San Francisco February 6-9.
KeyTrak, Inc., with almost 4,000 key control systems installed worldwide, has expanded its product offerings and product capability beyond key tracking. Today, KeyTrak systems are tracking business assets such as gas credit cards for Federal Express, audiovisual equipment for universities and visitors' badges for the Federal Reserve.
The company's customer list reads like a "who's who" of security-minded customers. Customers include the U.S. House of Representatives, Federal Reserve, the Empire State Building, AvalonBay Properties, Post Properties, Trammell Crow, Lincoln Properties, Andrews Air Force Base, Henricks Automotive Group, Federal Express, Bank Boston, the Prudential Center, Yale University, the USAF Academy, Grand Casinos, Columbia University, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, ITT/Sheraton, and more.
KeyTrak, with almost 100 employees and distributors, is headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., and has offices in Orlando and Tampa, Fla., and an European headquarters in Croydon Surrey, England.
NOTE TO EDITORS: KeyTrak is a registered trademark of KeyTrak, Inc. LotWatch is a copyright of KeyTrak, Inc.