Access Control
Galaxy Control Systems Showcases Integration And Innovation At Intersec 2017
At Intersec 2017, Galaxy Control Systems is showcasing their advanced access control solution in interactive demonstrations that represent real-life applications. Visitors to the booth (Sheikh Saeed Hall 3, Stand E40) will see System Galaxy integrated with optical turnstile and door management solutions; time and attendance products; visitor management systems; and smart card readers, among others.
Feenics Rises To Platinum Partner Status With Mercury Security
Feenics, Inc., Ottawa, Can., has achieved elite Platinum Partner Status for Mercury Security, Long Beach, Calif., indicative of the company?s commitment to non-proprietary hardware cloud-computing environments. Authentic Mercury Security is one of the most widely used and specified access control hardware brands in the world.
Vanderbilt Delivers Freedom Of Choice Through Open-Platform Design And Technology Partnerships
Vanderbilt, a global leader providing state-of-the-art security systems, continues to demonstrate its commitment to delivering open systems solutions through its compliance with open standards and close collaboration with aligned technology providers. In its effort to further extend system flexibility and customer options, the company recently completed its integration with Mercury Security and is now an Authentic Mercury partner.
ZKAccess Announces Integration Partnership With Arteco
ZKAccess, a division of ZKTeco and leading provider of biometric and RFID security solutions, is pleased to announce the integration of its access control platform with Arteco, a global provider of video event management solutions. The integration of access control and video surveillance is of growing interest to end users in a wide variety of markets, which propelled both companies to seek a partnership to provide customers with the ability to combine data into a single management platform.
Wendi Grinnell Joins VIZpin As Director of Marketing
Grinnell is a marketing and digital communications professional with almost 20 years of both small business and large corporation experience. Most recently, she was an eBusiness Specialist for TE Connectivity Ltd., a global manufacturing company, where she was responsible for eCommerce application development and support, managing voice of the customer feedback, and supporting corporate marketing campaigns.
OnSSI?s Ocularis 5.2 Now Integrates With C?CURE 9000 v2.40 And v2.50
Ocularis 5.2, the latest version of OnSSI?s VMS software, now integrates with Software House C?CURE 9000 v2.40 and v2.50 security and event management system from Tyco Security Products, now part of Johnson Controls. OnSSI has completed all testing set forth to meet the highest standards for the integration. The integration of Ocularis 5 with C?CURE 9000 allows users to instantly launch video associated with access control events, investigate and verify activity at access points, and receive notification of events from the video system.
ASSA ABLOY Acquires Bluvision In The U.S.
ASSA ABLOY has acquired Bluvision, a leading US Bluetooth Low Energy (?BLE?) provider in the enterprise Internet of Things (IoT) market. Bluvision will expand HID?s offerings with BLE products and help us further differentiate from the competition.
Farpointe Adds Laser Engraving Option To Access Control Credentials
Farpointe Data, the access control industry’s global partner of choice for premium RFID solutions, today announced that security system access control manufacturers, integrators and dealers can order proximity and smart card credentials with tactile laser engraving. Whether clamshell, printable, printable with magnetic stripe card or key ring or disc tag, Farpointe will permanently laser engrave logos and text, URLs, signature blocks, messaging, other graphics or whatever the manufacturer, integrator or end customer wants.
Princeton Identity Upgrades Access Control System With Biometric Iris Recognition At Elder Care Facility
Princeton Identity has recently implemented an iris recognition system at Brevillier Village, a long term care and independent residential/retirement facility in Erie, Pennsylvania, that will make access control procedures easier and more convenient for both residents and staff. According to Jean LaFuria, Vice President of Residential Services, Brevillier Village, there were problems on-site when residents had difficulty using the access control keypads to move about the facility. A variety of options were investigated, including larger keypads to increase visibility, but none were an ideal solution.
How OSDP Will Help Security Professionals
The Open Supervised Device Protocol (OSDP) is a communication standard adopted by the Security Industry Association (SIA) that lets security equipment, such as card and biometric readers from one company interface easily with control panels and equipment from another manufacturer. In other words, OSDP fosters interoperability among security devices. It also adds sophistication and security benefits through features such as bi-directional communication and read/write capabilities.
MicroStrategy Collaborates With AMAG Technology
AMAG Technology (a G4S Company), a security solution provider specializing in access control, video management, policy-based identity solutions and visitor management, and MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of enterprise software platforms, announced a modern, next-generation physical access control solution combining MicroStrategy?s Usher and AMAG Technology?s Symmetry Access Control.
PRYSM Releases Low Cost Access Control Solution For ONVIF Controllers
PRYSM SOFTWARE has released AppEntry, its long awaited entry level access control and ONVIF 16 camera solution. The advent of open architecture door controllers is expected to grow significantly and replace proprietary systems since they offer more flexibility and choice for buyers.
Urbanova Standardizes On Boon Edam Turnstiles For All Its Lima Buildings
Boon Edam Inc., a global leader in security entrances and architectural revolving doors, announced that the real estate company Urbanova has standardized on Boon Edam turnstiles for all its Lima, Peru buildings. The real estate firm?s objective was to have an access control system that eases the control function for building guards with simple, robust equipment and a design consistent with the intended image of its buildings: solidity and modernity.
Open Options Announces New Bridge Technologies With Software House And Vanderbilt
Open Options, the industry leader in open platform access control solutions, has partnered with Mercury Security to offer two new bridge technology integrations –with Software House iSTAR Pro and Vanderbilt SMS– that provide even more choices to use access control products such as DNA Fusion™ software. The new bridge technology developed by Mercury and implemented by Open Options for its DNA Fusion access control software provides end users a simple, yet effective, way to transition to an open platform solution from proprietary Software House and legacy Vanderbilt SMS hardware.
Tom Schneider, Physics PhD, New Engineering Manager For Boon Edam
Boon Edam Inc., a global leader in security entrances and architectural revolving doors, announced the hiring of Tom Schneider as the company?s new Engineering Manager. Tom brings to Boon Edam 22 years of experience in increasingly responsible roles within scientific and technical disciplines at several companies. In his most recent position, Tom managed technical programs for KYMA Technologies.
Orchard Place Relies On 3xLOGIC Access Control Across Several Locations
3xLOGIC, Inc., a leading provider of integrated intelligent security solutions, announced Orchard Place, a Des Moines, IA-based provider of children?s mental health services, is standardizing on 3xLOGIC?s infinias access control across nearly all of its facilities. With the help of a large professional staff, volunteers, and individual and corporate donors, Orchard Place provides a wide range of mental health services for children including residential, outpatient, in-home and care coordination programs.
Vanderbilt Finalizes Acquisition Of Access Control Technology Ltd.
Vanderbilt, a global leader providing state-of-the-art security systems, announced the completion of its purchase of Access Control Technology (ACT) Ltd. The integration of ACT?s product line into Vanderbilt?s core offering brings significant depth to the company?s access control and video surveillance while also bringing a new cloud-based solution to the portfolio.
Senior Care Center Seamlessly Migrates To IP Access Control With Tyco Security Products
Tyco Security Products has announced that Kiwanis Village Lodge, a care facility for seniors in Nanaimo, B.C., has selected a new IP-based access control system from Kantech that features one-button door controller enrollment and the ability to leverage the facility?s existing infrastructure to ensure continuity of services to the lodge?s residents. With help from local systems integration firm, Securco Services, Inc., Kiwanis Village Lodge chose Kantech?s KT-1 Ethernet-ready door controllers for their ease of use, cost-efficiency, and ability to be integrated with the facility?s existing access control infrastructure, including wiring, access card readers, and card reader racks.
Camden Door Controls Expands Lazerpoint RF Offering Unprecedented Wireless Design Capabilities
Camden Door Controls, a premier provider of door activation and locking devices, has expanded their Lazerpoint RF™ family of 915Mhz. spread spectrum wireless products. The system encompasses the widest range of wall switch transmitters, 1, 2, & 4 button FOBs, touchless switches, and digital keypads available today, and qualifies Camden as the only manufacturer to provide all these activation devices in one suite offering.
Face Forensics? Access Control System Links Face Biometrics To ID Cards
It?s another example of the biometric access control and attendance tracking solutions emerging as such technology becomes more accessible to customers. For its part, in a statement announcing the new F2, Face Forensics says the system ?is designed to be straightforward to integrate into existing access control systems and connects easily to images in existing industry-standard databases,? which should help to heighten its appeal to organizations in the market for improved security or attendance tracking.