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ProdataKey Software Platform Introduces Built-In Integrations with Leading Camera Manufacturers
ProdataKey now gives PDK.io system users access to immediate, turnkey integrations with cameras from five manufacturers from within its settings interface: Digital Watchdog, Hanwha Wisenet Wave, NX Witness, Turing, and Spot AI. As of today, when users log into their cloud platform, they may pull up installed cameras from any of the five partnering manufacturers and use a simple dropdown menu to associate them with PDK-controlled doors.
ProdataKey Announces Full Release of PDK.io 2.0
ProdataKey announced the full availability of its new software platform, PDK.io 2.0. Previewed at ISC East in November 2023 and available in beta to installation partners since last December, the software is now ready for widespread use by PDK customers. Most notably, version 2.0 expands scalability to offer full support of enterprise installations managed across multiple buildings and sites.
ProdataKey Rounds Out Its Executive Team with Promotions and Hirings
ProdataKey has promoted Dallan Labrum to Executive Vice President of Sales, Brach Bengtzen to Vice President of Marketing, and Evan Orme to Chief Technology Officer and hired Brian Cropper as Chief Financial Officer. As Executive Vice President of Sales, Mr. Labrum will continue to lead revenue growth through expanded integration and channel partnerships and the pursuit of new vertical markets for PDK solutions.
ProdataKey Launches Version 2.0 of Its Award-Winning, Mobile-First PDK.io Software
ProdataKey introduces PDK.io 2.0 that expands features, functionality, and scalability to support enterprise installations managed across multiple buildings and sites. With version 2.0, doors connected to disparate PDK Cloud Nodes can be managed as a single customer system, and credential holders can reside in a single database and be distributed across one or many locations.
Altronix Adds ProdataKey Red™ to Growing Access & Power Integration Portfolio
Altronix once again joins forces with ProdataKey (PDK), manufacturer of the leading cloud access control platform, to offer a new access and power integration solution. The Trove2PD2 series allows security professionals to easily integrate Altronix power distribution with PDK Red™ access controllers and accessories.
ProdataKey Cloud Node Update Adds Credential Self-Help and Controller Continuity
ProdataKey announced an update to its PDK Cloud Node software that introduces two new features: Credential Self-Help and Controller Continuity. Credential Self-Help will be available to all PDK users who rely on mobile credentials, and Controller Continuity for all sites using PDK Red controllers. Mobile credentials are unique to each smartphone and cannot be shared across multiple devices.
ProdataKey and Turing AI Launch Cloud-Based Access Control and Video Surveillance Integrated Solution
ProdataKey and Turing AI announced a powerful integration that provides users with a seamless solution delivering the benefits of 100% cloud-based platform. Integrators can now offer customers a feature-rich, fully scalable video and access control system with low upfront costs, always-current software, embedded cybersecurity, and minimal support requirements from IT staff.
PdK Named to MountainWest Capital Network’s 2022 Utah 100, Marking Seven Consecutive Years in the Top 100
ProdataKey announced that the company has once again been named to the Utah 100, MountainWest Capital Network’s (MWCN) annual list of the fastest-growing companies in Utah. This marks the seventh consecutive year that ProdataKey has been designated with this elite status. This year, ProdataKey ranked No. 59 out of 100 companies. The annual Awards Event pays tribute to the state’s fastest-growing and most exciting companies in the state, representing a cross-section of industries. Honorees were chosen based on both their percentage and dollar revenue increase between 2017 and 2021.
ProdataKey and Invictus Integration Creates an All-in-One Community Management and Security Ecosystem
ProdataKey and Invictus have joined forces to create an all-in-one mobile solution for multi-tenant properties. Residents, guests, and visitors can now interact with PDK access control readers throughout their buildings using the same Invictus mobile app that they use for community notifications, virtual concierge services, visitor video intercom communications, and other technology-aided lifestyle conveniences. PDK mobile credentials within the Invictus app will permit unlocking of building entrances and doors to common spaces, including parking garages, clubhouses, playrooms, fitness centers, pools, mailrooms, laundry, and other secure areas.
ProdataKey Brings Sophisticated Access Control to Data Display Systems’ LobbyTECH Solution
ProdataKey and Data Display Systems announced an integration that will enhance the functionality of Data Display’s LobbyTECH Entry Compliance System. LobbyTECH is a comprehensive hardware, software, and back-end system that simplifies and centralizes control of reception desk services, visitor management and badge printing, health and vaccine monitoring and compliance, in-facility monitoring and tracking, emergency notifications, and –thanks to its partnership with PDK– sophisticated access
ProdataKey’s New App Combines PDK.io and PDK Touch Within a Single, Convenient Interface
ProdataKey released a new version of its ProdataKey App. This unique, all-inclusive app for Apple and Android combines the functionality of PDK.io, the powerful mobile-first management interface for PDK access control systems, with mobile credentialing and remote access previously available only through PDK touch. The new app delivers convenience for anyone who administers a PDK access control system and utilizes it to move about their workplace by eliminating the need to navigate two distinct interfaces. All things “PDK” are now accessible in one place.
ProdataKey and Altronix Future-Proof Premium Office Tower for Tenants
ProdataKey is combining efforts with Altronix. Both organizations announced today that their solution has been deployed to secure Fairbourne Office Tower, the newest premium commercial building in West Valley City, Utah. Summit Technology, an IT solutions provider headquartered in Salt Lake City, installed the building-wide solution at the behest of its client, Wasatch Commercial Management (WCM). Fairbourne Office Tower is a nine-story property with an adjacent parking structure located within Fairbourne Station, a new 40-acre, mixed-use development.
ProdataKey Adds Bluetooth to High-Security Red Readers
ProdataKey announced that its new high-security Red Readers will soon feature mobile credential functionality, allowing them to communicate with smartphones via Bluetooth. The Red Readers can be ordered to additionally support high-frequency smartcards and low-frequency communication, offering users the widest possible choice of credentialing options for use with a single device. Red Readers support OSDP protocol as well as Weigand.
ProdataKey Adds Custom Fields to Its pdk io Access Control Software
ProdataKey now allows for “custom fields” within the interface of its pdk.io software. Custom fields increase PDK’s solutions’ overall functionality by allowing administrators to include a wide range of pertinent data associated with each user. Address, location, floor, unit number, or any other field can be added to the pdk.io user database, providing more ways to identify employees and tenants accurately and categorize them into meaningful segments.
ProdataKey Adds Anti-Passback to Access Control Capabilities
PDK has added Anti-Passback to the programmable features of its pdk io cloud access control platform. Anti-Passback requires individuals who have scanned through an entry reader to scan out through a corresponding exit reader before their credentials can be used to re-enter the premises. By requiring credentials to be used in an “in–out–in” sequence, cardholders cannot “pass back” their access card or credential-enabled mobile device to another person.
PDK and Rhombus Introduce Access Control and VMS Cloud Integration
ProdataKey announced the release of a seamless integration with Rhombus Systems. In joining forces, the two companies –each known for their best-in-class cloud offerings– bring to market the industry’s easiest-to-implement, easiest-to-use, comprehensive access control and AI-assisted video management solution. The integration is free to PDK dealers and available immediately. The PDK/Rhombus integration allows users of a Pdk io access control system to easily associate readers with Rhombus cameras.
ProdataKey Adds Another Touchless Option to Its Pdk io Solution
ProdataKey introduces “Present-to-Open,” a new touchless way for Pdk io users to interact with their system’s Touch io Bluetooth readers. With Present-to-Open, users hold their smartphone within proximity of the reader to initiate immediate authentication of their credentials, eliminating any delay in unlocking the door or need to touch the reader. The phone may remain locked as long as the Touch App and mobile credentials have been installed on the user’s device.
ProdataKey Simplifies Third-Party Integrations with Introduction of Webhooks
ProdataKey announced that the company has made it easier to connect third-party solutions with pdk io software through the use of webhooks. Webhooks are an enhancement to the pdk io API, allowing the software to send automated notifications to a receiving URL when specified events occur. They can be created for any number of access control events, such as opening a specific door, opening any door, the entry of a specific employee, or the addition or deactivation of a user.
ProdataKey Releases Whitepaper, “Redefining Access Control with a Mobile First Approach”
ProdataKey has released a whitepaper that explores the differentiating features and distinct advantages of a Mobile-First access control platform. Built from the ground up with the needs of the mobile user foremost in mind, Mobile First platforms are designed with the mobile experience as the default method by which integrators, technicians, system administrators, managers, tenants, and employees engage with the system.
New ProdataKey and Systems Surveyor Partnership Streamlines Design and Delivery of PDK Access Control Solutions
ProdataKey (PDK) announced a partnership with System Surveyor. A complete catalog of PDK’s mobile-first access control system components is now available for import into the System Surveyor platform, making it easier than ever to incorporate PDK’s solutions into site plans and design drawings that can be shared by integrators, subcontractors, vendors and customers. Using an iPad or Android-based tablet or browser-based device, users upload a floor plan or Google Earth snapshot into the System Surveyor platform.