"We've been providing our monitoring solutions to the security, retail, government and banking industries for over 30 years. Sentinel provides a reliable platform and a seamless application to deliver effective, integrated solutions to meet our customers' challenges"

Stuart Stephens

Customer Services Director
Stuart joined Monitor with 10 years IT industry experience. He has served as Customer Services Manager for a further 20 years, now leading a team of 9 support professionals. Stuart became a Director in 2002.

Michael Askew

Managing Director
Michael founded Monitor Computer Systems in 1984, and has seen the company grow to become a leading provider of alarm monitoring software in the UK and round the world.

Jason Williams

Development Director
Jason started his career with ICL, where he worked on a long term project for the Ministry of Defence. He joined Monitor as a support engineer in 1996, and gradually moved into Software Development. He became a Director in 2002 and now leads the development team

Michael Askew

Managing Director
Michael founded Monitor Computer Systems in 1984, and has seen the company grow to become a leading provider of alarm monitoring software in the UK and round the world.

Stuart Stephens

Customer Services Director
Stuart joined Monitor with 10 years IT industry experience. He has served as Customer Services Manager for a further 20 years, now leading a team of 9 support professionals. Stuart became a Director in 2002.

Jason Williams

Development Director
Jason came to Monitor from ICL, where he worked on the CHOTS project for the Ministry of Defence, and has been with the company for 12 years. He became a Director in 2002 and leads a team of 9 developers.
Monitor Computer Systems Ltd. has been a premier supplier of alarm monitoring systems to the UK market and abroad since its founding in 1984. Our customers include major security companies, local authorities, telecoms companies, financial institutions and police authorities.

Monitor Computer Systems is privately owned, fully independent and not part of any larger organization.

Currently around 600,000 live signalling systems are monitored to the relevant British, European and US standards with software provided by Monitor Computer Systems. Our objective is to provide resilient, advanced technology systems which will enable our customers to meet their market demands profitably. Our customers enjoy support contracts that guarantee conformance to all current and future standards at no extra charge.

In September 2002, Sentinel was granted UL 1981 approval for use in the US. We understand that this is the first time that the UL 1981 standard has ever been met on first inspection, and provides a strong platform for growing the product in North America. We also have customers in Portugal, France, Italy, Greece and Ireland.

By working closely with other industry leaders, Monitor is able to offer a wide range of monitoring services to allow your business to grow.

Monitor Computer Systems is a limited company registered at 3 Pine Crest, Holywood, North Down, Northern Ireland, BT18 9ED. Registered company number NI 17805.