Low Country Profiles
Alpha Integrated Systems, Inc.
Started in a garage in 1985 by local professional engineer Mark Oelhafen, Alpha Integrated Systems, Inc. has evolved from a provider of residential and small commercial security systems to an $8M a year provider of major security systems to hospitals and large industrial businesses.
Serving the entire state of South Carolina, Alpha Integrated Systems, Inc. engineers a comprehensive solution to cover virtually any security need: card access, photo ID, surveillance cameras, security and fire alarms. For hospitals, they install critical security systems such as nurse call, infant tracking systems, and patient wandering.
Alpha Integrated Systems, Inc. is a singlesource, turnkey provider; they do not outsource any of their services. Their growth can be attributed to a simple business philosophy: quality system design, excellence in installation, and reliable service.
"We wanted to set up a system where there was no finger pointing, so our own employees run the wire, install the equipment and attend to service calls," says Oelhafen. No splicing of wires is ever allowed as this is the number one cause of problems."
"We are centrally located so that we can be anywhere in the state in 1-4 hours." With the Platinum Total Care Service Response Plan, customers are guaranteed that if the part is not on our service vehicle, they will be issued a $250.00 credit voucher."
The strength of the service that they provide is that it is cutting edge equipment, delivered over Internet Protocol. While you may have heard about IP as it relates to providing Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP), you may be less familiar about how ALL security applications can run off IP. In a few years, digital and analog will be a thing of the past.
"We pride ourselves on doing the engineering at the beginning of the project. We can't emphasize enough the importance of having a standardized protocol that governs all of your devices," says Mark. "All of your components can talk to each other; all can be accessed from a single IP platform."
"We are a true systems integrator. We can either build a system from scratch or work with your existing equipment and come up with a long-range strategic security and communication plan for your business."
The coolest thing about Alpha Integrated Systems, Inc. might just be RIPU – the Roaming IP Presentation Unit. Sounds like something out of the movie Stripes, but Alpha Integrated Systems, Inc. can deliver its RV right to your business and demonstrate exactly what you will be buying right on site, right inside the RV. All systems are live, integrated, and fully functioning. Potential customers have the benefit of having the systems programmed to test in the RV just as they would use them in their organization so they are assured of exactly what would be implemented. No surprises.
Alpha Integrated Systems, Inc. is also a partner in Ideacom, a twenty-year-old industry group comprised of the world's leading distributors of security, healthcare and telecommunications equipment. Members benefit from improved buying power and additional resources giving Alpha Integrated Systems, Inc. the ability to widen their footprint implementing systems and services nationally for their corporate clients.
Above Photo: Mark Oelhafen with the Roaming IP Presentation Unit
©Photo by Molly Harrell
