# Sona > Sona develops and manufactures software and hardware for building and home > automation: automation servers, SonaHMI touch panels, and the applications > that run on them. It writes its own software, puts its own name on its > hardware, and reaches automation integrators through a dealer channel. Applications are installed onto the automation server from the Sona Application Center. The same platform serves commercial buildings and homes; what changes is the server and the application set, not the way the system is built. The site is published in English at the root address. Turkish, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Chinese, Hindi and Arabic versions are served under /tr/, /de/, /fr/, /es/, /it/, /ru/, /zh/, /hi/ and /ar/. Every path below exists in all of them. ## Platform - [The Sona platform](https://itsona.com/platform/): What the automation server does before any application is added: it handles the protocols itself, you draw the visualization, and the logic, schedules, trends and reporting all live in the same software. - [Compatible systems](https://itsona.com/platform/compatible-systems/): Shows which protocols connect directly and which need a gateway, and lists the device families and integrations that have been verified by name. - [Getting started](https://itsona.com/platform/getting-started/): Explains where an integrator starts with the platform: starter kit, training, certification and agreement. ## Solutions - [Building automation](https://itsona.com/commercial/): Brings HVAC, lighting, energy and alarm management onto a single server; the operator works from a browser without installing a separate SCADA package. - [Home automation](https://itsona.com/residential/): Brings lighting, blinds, climate and multiroom audio together; scenes keep running inside the house even when the internet drops. ## Products - [Sona Home](https://itsona.com/products/sona-home/): The automation server for homes and smaller projects: 3,500 data points, three modules in the electrical panel, running its visualization and its logic on itself. - [Sona BMS](https://itsona.com/products/sona-bms/): The automation server for buildings: it takes both the server and the client role on every protocol it connects over, and runs its alarms, trends and reporting on itself. - [SonaHMI SNTP08](https://itsona.com/products/sntp08/): An 8-inch touch panel that shows the screen designed on the automation server; the RGB LED in its enclosure is tied to whichever state the automation defines. - [SonaHMI SNTP10](https://itsona.com/products/sntp10/): Shows the same screen on a 10.1-inch display, and supports floor plan graphics, kiosk mode, and PoE or mains power. - [Sona Zigbee Gateway](https://itsona.com/products/sona-zigbee-gateway/): Brings wireless Zigbee devices into the system through the server's RS-232 port: 50 devices per gateway, two modules on the DIN rail. ## Applications - [Sona Application Center](https://itsona.com/applications/): The store the automation server installs its applications from; it shows the application catalog and how installation and updates work. - [Alert Plus](https://itsona.com/applications/alert-plus/): Collects every alarm in the building in one place, prioritizes them and writes them to an audit trail; it runs locally on the server. - [Emergency lighting and DALI faults](https://itsona.com/applications/emergency-lighting/): Runs the function and duration tests of emergency luminaires automatically, turns the results into reports, and monitors DALI lamp and ballast faults from one place. - [SonaHMI Manager](https://itsona.com/applications/sonahmi-manager/): Brings every SonaHMI touch panel on a site into one list, and manages settings, screensavers and software updates remotely. - [Spotify Connector](https://itsona.com/applications/spotify-connector/): Links a Spotify account to the automation server; the playing track appears on the panels, and playback, volume and playlists are managed over KNX. - [Opera PMS Local](https://itsona.com/applications/opera-pms/): Connects the hotel's Opera or Fidelio front-desk system to the automation server; it maps each room to a KNX address, and check-in and check-out apply to the room's automation. - [BMS Master and BMS Slave](https://itsona.com/applications/bms-master-slave/): Brings automation servers in different buildings onto one screen; each building's live graphics open without a second login, and the alarms collect in one place. ## Working with Sona - [About Sona](https://itsona.com/about/): Explains who Sona is: a company that develops its own software, puts its own name on its hardware, and reaches integrators through a dealer channel. - [Become a dealer](https://itsona.com/become-a-dealer/): Covers what a Sona dealership gives, how it starts, and the application form; the application is open to companies in every country. - [Sales support](https://itsona.com/sales/): The form for product selection and suitability questions; questions are answered by working out the right configuration for the project. - [Technical support](https://itsona.com/support/): The form for a problem with a Sona product or software; the request is routed to a dealer who will take care of it. - [Contact](https://itsona.com/contact/): Email, phone, and the address of the office in Kartal, Istanbul. ## Legal - [Privacy and the protection of personal data](https://itsona.com/privacy/): Explains why personal data sent through the site's forms is processed, where it is stored, and what rights the sender has. - [Terms of use](https://itsona.com/terms/): The terms of the site: it informs and does not sell; price, delivery and warranty belong to the sales agreement.