The access control industry has been focused on and tethered to hardware since its inception and still clings to traditional reader hardware upgrades for its next steps in mobile access innovation. Software development companies like Sentry Interactive are leading the transformation of the hardware centric model by eliminating the need for replacement upgrades by applying SaaS to legacy access control systems, enabling enterprises to migrate users to mobile credentials for building access, while saving on hardware and labor costs.
The first phase of future access control innovation came when mobile access launched, designed to improve user experience and streamline administrative tasks like physical card provisioning. With the right platform and technology, many front desk operations in commercial, leisure, and hospitality settings can be managed digitally for greater efficiency.
Where are we now?
The second phase, driven by the ever-increasing power of the smartphone that propels the industry forward is now providing even better performance: fewer queues, faster processing, higher accuracy, smoother experience and encrypted security for tenants and visitors, all at an affordable rate with minimal disruption. This phase is about unlocking entirely new business value and operational upside for the enterprise by eliminating the need for the replacement of card readers.
Sentry Interactive, now provides the first readerless mobile access software integration for access control OEMs and their enterprises with powerful and secure mobile credentials that can unlock doors in under half a second and be managed remotely. Enterprises can optimize their operational efficiencies by including mobile access software as the most cost-efficient path to extend the life of their legacy access control systems, with minimal implementation disruption.
With SaaS solutions like Sentry’s, cost barriers associated with hardware upgrades and replacements are also removed for enterprises. A simple software update to extend the life of the original legacy access control system purchase is all that’s required.
What comes next?
As the industry becomes more SaaS oriented and vertical market driven, mobile access can be offered as part of enterprise management platforms and third-party apps to benefit from the much wider opportunity, i.e. mobile access integrated within identity, HR, CRM platforms, PropTech building apps, member management platforms, campus management platforms, leisure and hospitality applications.
If a smooth, simple and secure NFC mobile access user experience that’s operationally efficient and cost effective is what you consider to be innovative to you and for your legacy system, then get in touch to learn more about readerless mobile access innovation.
