New generation integrated solutions are an important answer to labor shortage problems, writes Phil Campbell, Sales Director The evidence of staff shortages is obvious to anyone planning a flight just now – with constant news of flights cancelled, and reports of stressed-out queues at airports, it can feel like a gamble. At the same time [...]
Current, emerging developments in facial recognition tech are opening up exciting possibilities for identification, verification, and authentication for many businesses and industry sectors. Many of us are already reaping the benefits of being able to smoothly access our smartphones and banking apps using facial recognition. Not only is it more convenient, but we also know [...]
Just a year ago, how many of HSBC’s top managers could have imagined they were about to lose their prestigious offices on the 42nd floor of the landmark Canary Wharf HQ? Or that they would soon find themselves hot-desking in an open-plan area while their former private domains were converted into client meeting rooms and [...]
They both sound good – and they both are – but there’s a big difference between contactless access solutions and frictionless. ‘Contactless’ describes the latest generation of technologies that let authorised users get through a secured entrance without having to physically touch anything. In our newly hygiene-conscious age, these technologies have become more valued, and [...]
Business planners should look beyond the coming winter: multi-function access control and visitor management solutions can solve many of the operational challenges they are facing. As we head towards the predicted challenges of winter, many streets in our city centres remain eerily quiet, and many offices blocks are still deserted. City planners are wondering what [...]
A major shift is taking place in the way companies and organisations operate: the way they use their buildings and manage their people. This transformation is being driven by a combination of external pressures, including the rapid impact of the 2020 pandemic, and longer term trends that were already established, such as the need to [...]
"People think lockdown is finished,” the WHO’s European region director, Hans Kluge, said in an interview with The Telegraph this week. But it hasn’t, he cautioned – in truth “nothing has changed”. And for anyone tempted to relax as some of the appearances of normal life return, he had a sobering warning. We should now [...]
Visitors are always important. The next person who walks through that door might be an important customer, a potential partner or someone you want to join your team. And it’s not just business settings – in multi-purpose buildings these often encompass residential locations and visitors will include friends, family, and important guests. So, you should [...]
