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The Transition from Transactions to User Experience.
Today we talk about things in the industry from a transactional perspective, not telling a story. We talk about ‘unlocking the door’ or ‘keeping the wrong people out’ and sometimes even ‘the analytic can detect a person/object’ but this is all transactional, not truly telling the story of what happened, or what can be done beyond this.
Contributor: Security and Proptech: Market Drivers and Barriers to Growth
Historically, commercial real estate has underinvested in security technology due to a lack of skilled professionals to vet and onboard these solutions, which has been driven by both a wide range of solutions and the rapid, ever-changing nature of technology. It’s a lot for anyone in the industry to stay up to date with, let alone personnel that hasn’t been in the industry for years.
Top 3 Markets (& a Solution) for Visitor Entry
Physical security systems are used in nearly every industry, keeping people and property safe by only letting security-verified, trusted parties enter the premises. By design, these systems are configured to only let known parties enter the premises yet these trusted...
Emerging Services Disrupt Legacy Security
For many years, using keypads with personal identification numbers (PINs) has been considered to be a highly insecure option. This is mainly due to the ease of sharing a PIN, which happens frequently. PINs are also too easily seen by people who shouldn’t have...
Supervision Resistors – Why You Need Them & How to Install Them?
EOL/EOLR? If you’ve been an installer long, you’ve no doubt seen this noted somewhere. Supervision resistors having been around for a long time and they are such an important thing. So, why do some installers still put them in incorrectly, if at all? An...
Wires? We don’t need no stinkin’ wires!
Or do we? Today, many of the devices we use regularly are becoming less and less dependent on a plug and outlet to work. You can even charge your cell phone without plugging it in these days! But, is wireless the right approach for security? There are a variety of...