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Access & Video
Cloud Powers
Possibilities
Modernizing Defenses
Through Integrations
While the security challenges end users face may
vary by company, industry or environment, integrated
technologies are key to enhancing access
control systems, manufacturers say.
The value to the end user is the strength
of the partnership between the access control
company and the video provider, says Ken
Francis, president of Eagle Eye Networks. Eagle
Eye has a " best-of-breed " business model with
an open platform that has APIs with many integration
partners.
Says Francis, " If I'm an access control user,
why do I want to see a video of the door my
access control badge is opening? The video enables
the access control platform to capture a
little 15-second clip. Now they can look at the
video clip associated with Ken's badge. "
control systems with integrated video, as well
as hospitals, and finance, he adds. Property
management and critical infrastructure facilities
like power plants and jails can benefit from
such integrations. " There's some areas you need
to manage access, and you need more than just
security at the door, " Challa says.
Says Acre's Sturges, " We have customers
looking to integrate access control solutions
with IoT equipment at fitness centers, others
integrating with dry cleaners to remotely manage
their machines, and others are integrating
our systems with smart buildings. "
Introduced late last year, Acre's ACT Mobile
Service has an open API that provides the building
blocks to connect to any business system,
including human resources, ticketing, parking,
messaging, food services or other concierge services.
It also offers the ability to broadcast mass
notifications and initiate facility lockdowns.
Additionally, ACT Mobile's
Cloud-based
Emergency Management Platform allows for
real-time accounting of people in an emergency.
If a security system combines access control,
video surveillance, intrusion or other systems
from different parties, managing those components
could be an administrative burden.
" Even if separate systems are 'integrated,'
the customer still has to maintain and move
Motorola Solutions expects to
see greater mobile adoption,
more advanced analytics and
increased use of AI to
proactively identify and
respond to threats. Pictured is
its Video Intercom Reader Pro.
Businesses need to modernize and improve
upon their safety mechanisms and defenses to
keep up with modern threats. Access control
needs to tie into other safety mechanisms, not
just at the access point itself. For example, if
the security system detects a weapon, the door
could automatically lock, essentially " prearming "
the access control system by giving it information
from video analytics.
" I see the future containing more and more of
these types of integrations, " Salient's Challa says.
" The value is so compelling, you're a leg down
not having that kind of integration. Any investigation
takes you longer because you don't have
an easy way to tie in that information. It is hard
to be proactive in locking down a site ... a video
system gives you much better coverage than just
the front door someone's trying to force open. "
Schools have been big adopters of access
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among three different software applications, "
says Brian Lohse, general manager of Alarm.
com for Business. " By natively unifying the
technologies together into one app, Alarm.com
simplifies management enabling efficient workflows
such as disarming the alarm, unlocking
the door and adjusting the thermostat all with
the tap of a single button. "
Alarm.com for Business is a Cloud-based
property management platform that combines
intrusion, access control, video surveillance, energy
management and more. The company has
recently expanded its third-party camera support
and soon plans to release the Alarm.com
Cell Connector for Access Control, which will
enable the installation of access control using a
cellular network rather than a wired connection.
Analytics and Artificial Intelligence
Manufacturers continue to add third-party integrations
by companies that offer analytics and
AI-driven technologies. " Our strategy isn't to
be an analytics solution. It is to integrate with
what is out there, especially camera-based analytics, "
says Salient's Challa.
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