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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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Key Control Systems Leave Nothing to Chance at Casinos

October 15, 2013
At sister properties Casino Arizona and Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona, the Morse Watchmans KeyWatcher® key control system is used to store, control and track keys that are used for access to all the most sensitive and highly secured areas of the casinos where money and chips are held, including the slot department and cages.
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Wireless Residential Access Control Closer to Mainstream Adoption

Wireless residential access control is inching closer to mainstream adoption. SDM examines why it is growing and how to manage the nuances of the technology to get installations done right.
Heather Klotz-Young
October 3, 2013

More of today’s homeowners are going with electronic wireless access control, eliminating keys and opting for keypads and codes or access via a smartphone, with keys playing a back-up role for access. 


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Digital Access Control Credentials

Stop thinking of access control credentials as strictly physical devices, or cards. Today’s technology brings credentials into the realm of the digital.
Karyn Hodgson
October 1, 2013

Stop thinking of access control credentials as strictly physical devices, or cards. Today’s technology brings credentials into the realm of the digital.


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Axis Communications Extends Its Network Expertise to Access Control

September 24, 2013
In a move that surprised some, but delighted many industry professionals, Axis Communications, Chelmsford, Mass., announced it has entered the physical access control market with the introduction of its first network door controller: the open, IP-based AXIS A1001 Network Door Controller.
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Social Media Company Standardizes on Tailgate Detection System

September 3, 2013
A leading social media company completed an internal pilot this year of Door Detective® Compact and has standardized on Door Detective to enhance door security with tailgate detection, announced Smarter Security Inc., Austin, Texas, a provider of entrance control and outdoor security solutions.
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