How to Achieve Access to ACaaS Success

  • May 28, 2023, 6:45 pm

By Rodney Bosch Senior Editor, SDM As seen on SDM The recurring monthly revenue (RMR) business model has become a chief indicator of long-term profitability and increased business valuation for installing security contractors. Access Control as a...

The Coming Of Age For Mobile Credentials

  • April 30, 2023, 8:10 pm

INDUSTRY EXPERT THE COMING OF AGE FOR MOBILE CREDENTIALS   People everywhere are increasingly using their smartphones to interact with the world, writes Carl Fenger, Technical Communications Manager, LEGIC Identsystems   Tasks such as opening...

Popular Access Control

  • March 28, 2022, 5:06 pm

By Scott Lindley, General Manager,  Farpointe Data Source Why smartcards and their derivatives provide increased security   Today, 13.56 MHz contactless smartcards are used to provide increased security compared to 125 KHz proximity cards. Systems...

The Power of an OPEN PROTOCOL

  • August 2, 2021, 9:01 am

By STEPHEN “SHEP” SHEPPARD, Key Accounts Sales Manager for Farpointe Data Source Interoperability and securing security lies at the heart of the revamped Open Supervised Device Protocol (OSDP). Learn the what and why of OSDP,...

No Hackers!

  • June 29, 2021, 6:54 pm

By Scott Lindley, General Manager, Farpointe Data Source Protecting your customers’ organisations from hackers is imperative. Threats have grown from teenage mischief-makers to sophisticated government-backed entities and, now, even advertising and analytics companies. With knowledge...

Tech Tip: Mount Hardware In The Correct Location

  • May 16, 2021, 10:22 pm

This year I have had a number of ‘oddball’ faults, on assorted equipment, and strangely the root cause of all of the faults was identical. This is across a number of products, installers and locations....

Leverage Mobile Access

  • May 4, 2021, 9:39 pm

Integrators well positioned to take advantage of mobile technology By Scott Lindley, General Manager, Farpointe Data Source Mobile technology in access control applications is a growing trend and schools and integrators are well positioned to...

Farpointe Readers Earn OSDP Verified Mark by SIA

  • March 18, 2021, 5:49 pm

Open Supervised Device Protocol Recommended for Higher Level Applications   San Jose, Calif., USA - March 2, 2021 – Farpointe Data, the access control industry’s OEM for RFID credentials and readers, today announced that the...

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