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Want an Access Control Solution that Doesn’t Lock You In?

Discover DNA Fusion, the Open Access Control Platform

Want an Access Control Solution that Doesn’t Lock You In?

Commercial software products are built to solve specific problems. Long ago, almost all of them were highly proprietary and would connect or work only with products from the same vendor. When IT departments looked at solutions, they would standardize around a single vendor in a given area to avoid an assortment of solutions that didn't play well together, if at all. 

Access control solutions tended to be this way; they would only work with other security software from the same vendor. Open Options Access Technology, based just up the road from Waco in Addison, Texas, set out to change that with a philosophy of developing an open access control system platform that integrates easily with other solutions such as video surveillance and many more.

Read on to learn more about DNA Fusion and their open approach to security management systems.

Use Video Analytics to Help Enforce Public Safety Measures

Cloud-based video analytics provide a safe, low-contact solution for monitoring and enforcing safety measures in large spaces

Use Video Analytics to Help Enforce Public Safety Measures

Schools, businesses and offices are reopening in Houston, TX, even as the coronavirus continues to spread across the country. This creates a dilemma for business owners and managers: how can they open their doors for business as usual, but keep everyone on the premises safe?

Unfortunately, dispatching employees to the ground floor to monitor customers and enforce mask-wearing and social distancing is not the right answer. For one, it increases the risk that employees in close contact with customers will catch the virus. For another, it’s just not effective. If multiple people are moving around your location, employees can’t possibly monitor everyone.

That’s where video analytics comes in. Cloud-based video analytics is a low-contact solution that enables businesses to monitor and detect customers who are violating safety measures. Keep reading to learn more.

Three Current Trends in Access Control You Should Know About

Lower Touch, Integrated Solutions Lead the Way

Three Current Trends in Access Control You Should Know About

Access control has always been a key component of premises security in organizations and businesses large and small. The most common methods include magnetic key cards and fobs that are easily programmed and managed by a central system software solution. Many systems also still rely on numeric keypads for entering codes, to allow for temporary codes and backup access.

While these systems may not have changed drastically in the past decade, new technology from other sectors is beginning to show up in access control solutions. What are some that you may want to consider to secure your building or campus in the Texas Rio Grande Valley? Keep reading to learn about three of the latest trends.

How Avigilon Uses Smart Video Analytics for a Face Mask Detection Solution

A Scalable Approach to Reinforcing the Use of Face Masks

How Avigilon Uses Smart Video Analytics for a Face Mask Detection Solution

The COVID-19 pandemic is unfortunately still with us.  Everyone understands that it is a serious issue to deal with until two things happen: an effective vaccine is developed and drugs that mitigate the deadliest effects of the virus are validated and widely available. As we are not yet at that point, mitigation strategies are needed to curb the spread of disease.

While wearing face masks has become a political issue in some quarters, the science is straightforward. Wearing face masks protects people from transmitting the virus to others. In July, Governor Greg Abbott mandated the use of face masks in public spaces in counties with more than 20 coronavirus cases. And regardless of the state order, major retailers and supermarket chains like Costco, Wal-Mart, Starbucks, and HEB have mandated the use of masks for all customers inside their stores.

The issue now becomes: how do you effectively enforce the use of face masks for public safety? One solution, from Texas-based Avigilon, uses state-of-the-art video analytics to detect if someone is wearing a mask. Read on to learn more about how you can use this innovative solution to protect customers and staff in your Houston, TX, organization.