Experts agree that we’re over the cloud-based access control adoption hump. Though some continue to lag behind, they also say there’s plenty of opportunity for growth in integration and managed services.

The security industry can expect a paradigm shift in the upcoming years: the move from on-premises security solutions to hosted methods for access control and video surveillance. In terms of revenue streams, redundancy, and user experience, this shift is immensely positive. It also comes with its own implications and questions.

Alarm Lock, a division of NAPCO Security Technologies, introduced AirAccess, a unique access control system as a service (ACaaS) designed to help locksmiths, security dealers and integrators build business and RMR-generating accounts faster than ever, purposefully sized for small and medium-sized businesses.

The Wave Wisenet and Keep by Feenics integration provides a unified monitoring experience for system operators and includes the ability to view live video, review archived video related to alarm activity and export recorded video clips, all from within the Keep Windows App. 

CloudForce is a premier partner program designed to distinguish best-in-class systems integrators whose performance, investment in supporting Feenics’ customers and commitment to promoting cloud-based solutions align with Feenics’ core principles and philosophies.

A continuing strong economy, end user desires to do more with their access control systems and increasing interest in new technologies, integrations and models all led to a positive outlook in 2019 and a general feeling of optimism for 2020, with a few notes of caution.

To understand how cloud-based access control can help boost your business, you first have to define what it is — and what it isn’t.

The Arcules service bundle provides video analytics, advanced video management of video surveillance data, and access control information in one unified solution.

Johnson Controls announced that its flagship access control and event management system, Tyco Software House C-CURE 9000, is supported on Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), enabling customers to take advantage of the many benefits of cloud computing with the choice of best-suited service providers.

For decades the dominant story in access control has been that it was a victim of its own success: that is, customers were reluctant to change out what was still working — even 15 or 20 years on — and didn’t see the benefit in spending the money to upgrade, even for significantly new or different features.