Mobile credentials have been a much touted and talked about technology in recent years — from the first unsettled times when no one knew if NFC or Bluetooth would be the preferred platform, to more recently as prominent manufacturers and their partners have introduced a host of solutions to the security marketplace. The question is where do we go from here? Will mobile credentials be the smart card of the 21st century, always “just around the corner” but taking many years to become mainstream? Or will it be the next IP video that transforms the industry in a matter of a few short years?
“Within the enterprise marketplace, mobile credentials are starting to pick up a little bit of steam,” says Art Perez, senior applications engineer, Honeywell, Melville, N.Y. “Some of that trend to use mobile credentials is coming from hotels that offer mobile check-in and credentials.”