Articles Tagged with ''access control''

Envoy announced five new integrations with its visitor management solution: Openpath, C-CURE, Ubiquiti UniFi, Mist and Visual Compliance are all launching new integrations with Envoy that highlight the importance and need for better, smarter workplace security.

Corning High School, in Corning, Ark., has increased its security and greatly enhanced its lockdown capabilities by installing the ProdataKey pdk io wireless access control system. Pdk io is a wireless, cloud-based solution that provides advantages such as around-the-clock accessibility, remote management, superior backup and redundancy, automated updates, and strong cyber security. The installation was undertaken by Blue Sky Technologies of Jonesboro, Arkansas.

AMAG Technology, a leader in unified solutions that help organizations mitigate risk, announced that ACI Worldwide has selected AMAG’s Symmetry Security Management system to deploy at its 50+ offices worldwide.

Johnson Controls announced that its flagship access control and event management system, Tyco Software House C-CURE 9000, is supported on Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), enabling customers to take advantage of the many benefits of cloud computing with the choice of best-suited service providers.

When asked about their biggest challenge in the coming year, security integrators and manufacturers alike often say the same thing: attracting workers.

For decades the dominant story in access control has been that it was a victim of its own success: that is, customers were reluctant to change out what was still working — even 15 or 20 years on — and didn’t see the benefit in spending the money to upgrade, even for significantly new or different features.

While you may not have heard of 2N products, they have been big in Europe for years. Recently, the company was purchased by Axis Communications, which has brought this line of intercom, door station and access control products to the North American market.

Paxton, a global brand of electronic IP access control and video intercom systems, invites dealers to discover new opportunities to grow their business at its ESX booth on June 4 and 5 in Indianapolis. 

Nortek Security & Control LLC, a provider of wireless security, home automation, access control and health and wellness technology, announced that President Mike O’Neal has left the company. According to Bill Hensley, senior director of marketing and corporate communications, a search is now underway for a new leader.