Tag: Mobile
HID introduces Technology Partner Program for mobile solutions
May 23, 2023SSN Staff
AUSTIN, Texas – Identity solutions provider HID Global has announced the release of its HID Origo Technology Partner Program with a focus on mobile technologies.
HID said the program was designed in response to an evolving security landscape, growing regulatory demands, and mounting privacy concerns. The program is designed to provide technology partners with the tools they need to innovate and grow market share.
“When HID Mobile Access was introduced more than a decade ago, smartphones...
ProdataKey introduces Red Aux 8
March 10, 2023SSN Staff
DRAPER, Utah – ProdataKey (PDK), a mobile cloud access control platform has added to its line of Red high-security devices with the launch of Red Aux 8.
The Aux 8 is a input/output board designed to expand PDK’s footprint by extending support to auxiliary devices which require monitoring and control. The board’s eight inputs and outputs can be connected with door position sensors, motion sensors, alarm intrusion sensors, elevator controls, push buttons, and more. It connects...
Aiphone launches GT-1C7W multi-tenant station
December 1, 2022SSN Staff
REDMOND, Wash. –Aiphone has announced the new GT-1C7W app enabled dual audio and video tenant station that offers on-the-go tenants a convenient method of screening visitors while away.
The station is the latest installment in Aiphones GT Series analog multi-tenant video intercom systems. It’s addition Aiphone says is part of efforts to meet security industry trends towards mobile access solutions. With GT-1C7W tenants can manage visitors and deliveries from any location without requiring...
Five Questions with Identiv’s CEO Steven Humphreys
June 10, 2020Paul Ragusa
FREMONT, Calif.—Security Systems News caught up with Identiv’s CEO, Steven Humphreys, who talks about going from an orphan to CEO, and how his passions for education and robotics help him stay at the forefront of the industry. ARE YOU MARRIED? ANY KIDS? Yes, I am married and have two kids. One is working (yay!) and one is in college.DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS? I have two dogs, two cats and one snake. I know it sounds like a lot, but at least the parakeets, chickens, ducks, lizard, koi and turkeys...
The art of privacy
June 10, 2020Ginger Hill
The struggle is real in this COVID-19 world we’re all living in with so many uncertainties, concerns, distracted thinking, working from home … the list goes on and on. A huge concern that employers and employees must realize is that to enable continued, gainful employment and the ability to work from home, technology/hardware has to be protected from threat actors and processes have to be in place to fend off cyberattacks.
First, thinking must shift to that of protection,...
Allegion Ventures invests in Openpath
March 6, 2020SSN Staff
CARMEL, Ind.—Allegion Ventures, a $50 million corporate venture fund of Allegion, has made an investment in Openpath, a mobile access control solution with a next generation, cloud-based technology for the built world.
The two organizations are also planning a strategic technology partnership to offer customers a seamless security experience beyond the entryway, in addition to the frictionless access Openpath offers today.
Rob Martens, president of Allegion Ventures as well as Chief Innovation...
Convenience, security and savings drive growth of mobile credentialing
July 25, 2019Greg Berry
Access control cards and readers long ago replaced mechanical locks and keys for enterprise security. Now, those plastic cards are giving way to mobile credentials that communicate with readers using a smartphone virtual key.It's a rapidly growing solution. Mobile credential downloads are estimated to increase by more than 100 percent annually between the base year of 2017 and 2022. By 2022, about 20 percent of currently installed access control readers are expected to be mobile capable.Convenience,...
NFPA Mobile offers mobile solutions
October 10, 2012SSN Staff
QUINCY, Mass.— The National Fire Protection Association, a nonprofit devoted to enhancing fire safety based here, announced recently the availability of a host of products for mobile devices, according to a press release.
NFPA's library of mobile solutions now includes mobile-friendly eBooks in PDF format. Also included are apps for both Apple and Android products. NFPA codes and standards are available as eBook files for the Apple, Kindle and Nook platforms.
NFPA has made mobile access a core...