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HID Opens $50M, 250,000-Sq.-Ft. Global Headquarters in Texas

January 21, 2014
Before an audience that included representatives from Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s office and U.S. Rep. Bill Flores (R-Texas), and other state and local officials, Denis Hebert, president and CEO of HID Global, and U.S. Rep. Michael T. McCaul (R-Texas), chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, cut the ribbon that officially opened the company’s new world headquarters and North American operations center in Austin, Texas.
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RS2 Conference to Descend on the Big Easy

January 21, 2014
The RS2 Dealer Conference heads back to New Orleans, setting up camp April 22 through April 25 at the Renaissance New Orleans Pere Marquette Hotel, a historic hotel built in 1925, which was completely refurbished recently.
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Cloud Access Control Offers RMR Opportunities

Cloud access control opens up RMR opportunities for dealers and integrators.
Karyn Hodgson
January 14, 2014

It’s hard to go about daily life now without hearing about “the cloud.” Apple, Amazon, Dropbox, computers and even your local bank now offer cloud storage. People use the cloud every day, whether they realize it or not, says John Szczygiel, executive vice president and chief operating officer, Brivo Systems LLC, Bethesda, Md.


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Matrix Announces New Divisions

January 7, 2014
Access control and security solutions provider Matrix Systems, based in Miamisburg, Ohio, has created two new strategic business channels, Frontier and Xentry Systems Integration.
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Facial Recognition Will Always Remember a Face

Getting older is just a weird experience. Although my body says differently, my mind still thinks I am 18 years old.
Dave Engebretson
Dave Engebretson
December 13, 2013

My recent visit to the ASIS show in Chicago demonstrated that my “18-year-old” brain just does not work the way it did when I was younger. Walking through the show, I saw a number of people that I’ve known in our industry for many years, but in many cases I could not remember their names.


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Secure “Non-traditional” Doors and Access Points

Offer locking solutions for “non-traditional” openings and boost the bottom line.
Karyn Hodgson
December 13, 2013

For security integrators and dealers many sales often don’t go beyond the front door the customer wants to secure, which can represent a lost opportunity. There are a multitude of applications for security locks (both mechanical and electronic) that go far beyond external or even internal doors.


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Requirements for Specking & Installing Access Control Equipment in Extreme Environments

Before you sell your next access control system, brush up on the requirements for specking and installing equipment in your customers’ extreme environments.
Karyn Hodgson
November 14, 2013

When Matthew Petnuch, vice president of sales and marketing, Intertech Security, Pittsburgh, Pa, needed to install access control readers in a pharmaceutical plant, he knew that those readers would have to be chemically washed on a regular basis.


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