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The corporate blueprint, however, is undergoing an im-
minent change.
“Because of the scale, it would be the commercial and
government services contracts (that provide the most
revenue),” he said. “The big money comes in from
that, I would say. But we have embarked on recently
is the positioning of IT to be the backbone for driving
the company from now on. What we provide for homes
– we integrate GPS, we integrate alarm systems, we
have a monitoring center and we do armed response
– so what we’re going to do now is look at how we can
use GPS to make the individual safer, using alarm sys-
tems and our response services.”
Kalliecharan said the sector is being driven by major
players, and by the reality that the cost to have a guard
stationed in a home is exorbitant compared to install-
ing an alarm system and having a monitored response
via video feed from closed-circuit television. Market
competition appears to be vast in terms of numbers,
he said, though many of the businesses that could be
regarded as competitors are not registered with the
national apparatus.
Those not registered are relegated to the lower end of
the spectrum, while Pegasus chooses to position itself
closer to the middle – proclaiming that it’s small and
manageable enough to make changes along the afore-
mentioned technology lines.
“The face of Pegasus is changing to become a compa-
ny that is leading the industry in terms of technology,”
he said, “to deliver services to both its customers and
to its employees.”
The use of online services now allow customers to get
real-time video feeds of their monitored properties,
