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March 3, 2026
Unlock SMB Insights: Alarm.com Smarter Business Reports for 2026 Operations
Discover how Alarm.com Smarter Business Reports deliver actionable insights on activity trends, staffing, energy use. Empower SMBs with data-driven security & ops. Via Surety Business.
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Most small business owners are running their operations largely on instinct. They know roughly when their busiest hours are, have a general sense of which employees are reliable, and assume their energy bills reflect normal usage—but they rarely have hard data to confirm any of it. That gap between assumption and reality is where inefficiency,...
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March 5, 2026
Alarm.com Connected Fleet: SMB Fleet Tracking Simplified
Discover Alarm.com Connected Fleet GPS tracking, fuel reports & savings for SMBs ($8-$12/vehicle/mo). Vs Geotab, Samsara – easy self-managed via Surety Business.
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Running a small or mid-size business fleet comes with a familiar set of headaches: fuel costs that seem to climb every quarter, vehicles sitting idle while the meter runs, maintenance surprises that pull a truck off the road at the worst time, and the nagging worry that you have no real visibility into where your...
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March 6, 2026
Alarm.com Video Intercom Mobile Directory: Modern Visitor Management for SMBs
Upgrade your Alarm.com business system with Video Intercom Mobile Directory—no new hardware needed. QR codes, app directory, video calls, and remote unlocks for seamless SMB visitor access.
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Managing visitor access at a small or medium-sized business is a persistent challenge. Deliveries arrive when no one is at the front desk. Clients show up after hours. Contractors need one-time entry to multi-door locations. Traditional intercom systems address some of these problems but require dedicated hardware, proprietary wiring, and expensive installation. Alarm.com's Video Intercom...
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March 9, 2026
Alarm.com Shooter Detection Systems (SDS): Gunshot Detection for SMB Safety
Integrate Alarm.com's SDS Powered by Alarm.com—indoor gunshot sensors for rapid active shooter alerts. Ties to video, alarms, access for business protection.
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Active shooter incidents in commercial spaces remain one of the most urgent safety concerns for business owners and facility managers. A significant share of these events occur in places of commerce—retail stores, offices, and warehouses where employees and customers gather every day. The window between the first gunshot and the arrival of law enforcement is...
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March 11, 2026
Press Release: Surety Business Launches Plug-and-Play Fleet Tracking for Small Businesses
Surety Business introduces GPS fleet tracking powered by Alarm.com Connected Fleet—starting at $12/vehicle/month with no contracts, no wiring, and no technician required.
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This is a press release originally distributed on March 11, 2026. Surety Business, the self-managed commercial security provider, today announced the availability of an affordable fleet telematics service built for small and mid-size businesses. Powered by the Alarm.com Connected Fleet solution, the service gives business owners GPS tracking, fuel visibility, vehicle health monitoring, and driver...
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March 20, 2026
What Is Vehicle Telematics? A Plain-English Guide for Small Business Owners
Learn what vehicle telematics is, how it works, and why small business owners are using GPS + OBD-II fleet tracking to cut costs and manage drivers — with Alarm.com Connected Fleet via Surety Business.
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If you run a small business with vehicles on the road — service vans, delivery trucks, work pickups — you probably have a few nagging questions that are hard to answer. Where are your vehicles right now? How much fuel did they burn today? Did your driver actually show up at the job site on...
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March 23, 2026
Bouncie vs. Linxup vs. Surety Business Fleet: Best GPS Tracker for Small Business?
Comparing Bouncie, Linxup, and Surety Business Fleet (Alarm.com) for small business GPS fleet tracking. Features, pricing, and which is right for your fleet.
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If you're a small business owner shopping for GPS fleet tracking, you've probably come across Bouncie, Linxup, and Surety Business Fleet (Alarm.com Connected Fleet). All three use OBD-II plug-in devices to track vehicles, but they take very different approaches to pricing, features, and who they're built for. Bouncie is a low-cost consumer-grade tracker that some...
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March 30, 2026
Alarm.com Multi-Site Management: One Dashboard for All Your Business Locations
Surety Business offers Alarm.com Enterprise management for SMBs with multiple locations — manage security, access control, video, fleet, and users from a single dashboard across every site.
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If you manage security for more than one business location, you already know the pain: separate logins for each site, separate user lists, separate camera feeds, no single place to see whether every location is armed and operating normally. Multiply that across five, ten, or fifty locations, and it becomes a real operational burden. Alarm.com's...
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