AR Innovates | Everon: Expanding Security in Arkansas

The Everon team attends the 2024 Best Places to Work event as an honoree. (Photo provided)

Everon is a leading national integrator and service provider of commercial security, fire, sprinkler and life safety solutions, supporting over 300,000 customer locations with a nationwide team of 5,000 employees, including 2,300 technicians. With decades of industry expertise, the company has built a legacy of service excellence. In Arkansas, Everon services over 2,500 customer sites across three offices, employing 115 people, including 60 technicians.

What problem is your technology and/or innovation solving in your industry or within your company? Describe the challenge.

Key challenges facing physical security integrators include:

• System integration: Organizations often use multiple, incompatible security solutions. Everon aims to create unified, interoperable systems for better control and efficiency.
• Cybersecurity risks: As systems become more connected, they are vulnerable to cyberattacks, requiring robust protection from hacking and breaches.
• Remote monitoring: Everon works to ensure secure, remote access to cloud-based systems without compromising security.
• Scalability: Integrators must provide adaptable solutions as businesses grow and security needs change.
• Regulatory compliance: Ensuring security systems meet local, state and federal regulations, especially in sensitive industries, is a constant challenge.

What’s the big idea your team came up with? Describe how the product/service was developed and what it does.

Everon’s Network Operations Center provides comprehensive managed services to ensure the functionality of clients’ closed-circuit TV and access control systems, minimizing downtime, reducing costs, ensuring compliance and allowing employees to focus on business success. Available services include: security-only networks with centralized management; remote troubleshooting of networks, servers and applications; unlimited change requests and management; application and operating system patch management; third-party support management; and analytics, audits and reporting.

What have been the results in the marketplace or within your company? Describe how the tech/innovation has disrupted industry or internal operations.

Everon’s Network Operations Center has transformed both the marketplace and our internal operations by delivering a comprehensive managed service that enhances the reliability of CCTV and access control systems. This innovation has minimized customer downtime, reduced costs and ensured compliance, enabling businesses to focus on core goals. Our services have disrupted the industry with centralized management, 24/7 system monitoring and remote troubleshooting, improving security performance and response times.