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” Honeywell Increases Security with New 30 Series Line \nHoneywell recently released a new series of IP surveillance cameras dubbed the 30 Series line.  These new cameras are loaded with features including 50-meter smart IR illumination, video resolutions up to 5 megapixels, wide-dynamic-range with great low-light performance, onboard SD card storage, and secure […]

”Maxpro Cloud is a cloud-based security platform built by Honeywell and installed, serviced, and managed by Honeywell partners like us.  It is a very flexible and scalable system for managing door access control, video and alarms.  It has many great features and benefits and the Maxpro Cloud rules engine is one of them.\n\nWith Maxpro Cloud […]

trong>Companies Explore Drones for Security Enhancements

Media outlets announced recently that the federal government had awarded a patent to Amazon for using drones for home security and surveillance.  If you didn’t see one of the article, this is the link to one of them from National Public Radio (NPR): Link to NPR Article

trong>The Power of True Platform Integration

Many of our customers have alarm systems, video camera systems, or card access control systems. Some have all three. But, often these systems are operated as stand-alone systems without any integrated functionality. This might mean using three different logins or three different mobile apps. Or, having to run three different reports to get data from three different systems. Not very efficient.

trong>Honeywell Enhances Maxpro Cloud

About two weeks ago, Honeywell launched the latest iteration of their cloud-base access control and video management platform, Maxpro Cloud. Maxpro Cloud has been available for some time and this was the launch of a new user interface with enhanced features and functionality.

trong>The Benefits of Integrating Video with Your Access Control System

As you may have heard, Amazon now offers a service called Amazon Key which provides a way for you to allow an Amazon delivery person to access your home to deliver a package.  The electronic lock provided by Amazon is paired with a cloud-based camera so the delivery process can be viewed and recorded.  Amazon also recently announced that it has acquired Ring, a manufacturer of a cloud-based video doorbell.

trong>Companies Develop Robots to Protect Commercial Facilities

I don’t know about you but I grew up hearing about the future of robots and their integration into our society.  From the world of the Jetsons on television to the stories of hobbyists building robots in their garages, it seemed to be a foregone conclusion that robots would be part of our future.

trong>Biometric Access Control May Grow in 2018

For years, we have seen futuristic movies in which fingers, eyes, and palms are scanned to grant access to high-security facilities with the use of biometric detection devices. In the real world, biometric device usage in facility access control applications has been growing but slowly.

trong>HID Global Issues Report for Top 5 Access Control Trends for 2018

Several weeks ago, HID Global, a leading manufacturer of access control technology and credentials, issued a report on their top five access control trends for 2018.  Security Sales and Integration magazine published an online story that outlines those five access control trends.