Technology solutions for businesses, offices and retail premises

Opening or refitting premises involves many technology installations that are often contracted separately: the ISP provides the router, one company the cameras, another the alarm and another the computers. The result tends to be equipment that doesn’t talk, several apps and nobody responsible for the whole. This guide offers a map for planning it properly — with the Spanish regulations that apply.

A business’s installations at a glance

Installation	Purpose	Relevant rule or requirement
Network and structured cabling	Foundation for everything else	Cabling certification
Staff and customer Wi-Fi	Mobility and customer service	Separate networks for security
CCTV	Security and loss prevention	LOPDGDD (arts. 22 and 89): notice and limits
Access control	Who enters, where and when	Data protection; emergency exits
Working-time records	Legal obligation	Royal Decree-law 8/2019
Alarm	Intrusion and fire	Private-security rules if monitored
IP telephony and remote work	Communication and remote access	VPN security
Automated lighting and climate	Comfort and savings	Building Code DB-HE for non-residential buildings
Cold-room temperature monitoring	Food safety	Records for health inspections

Offices

• A professional network with firewall, VLANs and connection failover (see designing an office network).
• Wired desks and business Wi-Fi.
• Remote work and IP telephony: VPN and cloud PBX (see our remote work service).
• Integrated access control and time records.
• Lighting with presence and daylight control, and zoned climate.

Shops

• Customer Wi-Fi isolated from the business network and card terminal.
• CCTV of the till, entrances and stockroom, with a warning sign.
• Alarm with detectors on the shop window and stockroom.
• Scheduled lighting, including the window display.
• Temperature monitoring of cold rooms and display cases in food retail (see our temperature monitoring service).

Warehouses and industry

• Wireless links between buildings without trenching (see networks and wireless links).
• Fibre for long distances.
• Perimeter and loading-bay CCTV, even solar-powered where there’s no supply.
• Vehicle access by plate recognition or card.

Why a single integrator

1. Joint design: cabling, network and security sized for everything.
2. Fewer apps: cameras, access and alarm integrated.
3. One point of responsibility: when something fails, someone knows the whole installation.
4. Complete documentation for future expansion.

Worked example: a food shop with a bakery workshop

• A rack with firewall, PoE switch and UPS.
• Isolated customer Wi-Fi and an internal network for tills and computers.
• Four cameras (entrance, till, stockroom, workshop) with a warning sign and local recording.
• An alarm with a contact on the roller shutter and detectors in the stockroom.
• Temperature sensors in two cold rooms and the display case, with phone alerts and inspection-ready reports.
• Working-time records for five staff via the access control on the back door.

Common mistakes

• Relying on the ISP router as the only security.
• Cameras installed without informing staff, or pointing at rest areas.
• Contracting each installation separately, with no shared documentation.
• Not running cabling during the shop fit-out.
• No UPS, so cameras and tills go down in a power cut.

Conclusion

A business’s technology works best when it’s designed as one system: a solid network, compliant security, access and time records sorted, reliable communications and automation that saves money. Starting with the infrastructure avoids redoing work later.

Domolife designs and installs technology for offices, shops and warehouses in Valencia: networks, CCTV, access control and more. Let’s plan your project.