Stealth / UCIT - Remote Video Monitoring Provider Profile

Author: Sean Patton, Published on May 18, 2018

Can 2 remote video monitoring companies, Stealth Monitoring from the US and UCIT from Canada combine to impact the market and compete in a changing landscape that just saw a mega-merger of 4 video monitoring companies?

Inside this note, based on discussions with Stealth and UCIT, we examine their approach, key claimed differentiators and outlook in the marketplace.

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Pricing ********

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Monitoring ***** ** * *********

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Economies ** ***** ********

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R&D ****** *******

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Also ******* ***** *****

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Competitors ****** ***** **********

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Company *******

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Comments (2)

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Robert Baxter

05/24/18 05:45am

****** *** *** ******. ** *** ******** ** *** ****** video ********** ******* *** **** ******* ** *** *********** ** Stealth ** ****, *** ******* ***** ** *** ****** * don’t ***** **** ** *** ***** ** *** ******. * will ** ****** *****, * ** *** **** ** ******, but ** ** ***** **** ** ****** *** **** ** secrecy *********** **** ****** ******* ***** ***** (**** *********) **** hard ** ****.

** ******* **** **** ** *** ****** ***** ********** ********* are ***** ** ** *****. **** *** **** *** ***** investment, *** *** **** **? ** ** ** *** ****? Have *** **** ****** – **** * *****, ***** ***** me **** **** * **** ********* ***** ****** ** ***** too ***** ** *** **** **** ** **** ***** ****? The ****** ** ********/*** **** ******* *** **** ******* ** merging?

**** ** **** * ** ******* **** ****** ***** *** users, ******** ****** *** ******** * **** ********* ***** *** health ** *** ****** ***** ********** ********: (*) ** ** not ********** *** ********** ******* *** ********** ***** ** **** the *** ** ****** **** ********* *** * ****** **** to ******. ** *** **** ** *** ***** ********** ******? (2) **** **** **** *** ****** ** ********* ***** ******** to **** **** **** **********, (*) ********* *** ********** ***** services *** ***** **** ** ******, (*) ********* *** ********* why *** ****** *** *** ******* ** *** ******* ** fast ** **** ******* ** *****. ** **** * ******* issue? (*) *** ******* *** ******* ***** ******* ** *** founders – *** *** ******* ******* ** ******* ***** *** in *** ******** *****? ***** **** *** ******* ** *** founders ***** - **** ** ********** **** **** ****** *** company ********** **** *** *********? (*) *** ****** *** ********* PE ***** **** *** * ******** **** * ******* **** was ******** ** ** * ****** ****, *** ********* ** acquisitions ** ******* ** **** ********?

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Robert Cherun

In reply to Robert Baxter | 06/05/18 05:42pm

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