Detailed White Paper on ‘Smart Phones: The Future of Access Control?’ issued by Abloy UK

Despite consumer usage of smart phones increasing significantly over the last decade, many organisations haven’t been as quick to tap into the uses and benefits smart phones can provide.

Abloy UK recognises that smart phones should be an extension of IT infrastructure and that end users can benefit from the devices by viewing them as being far more than just a phone on a network. Integrating a device represents a more cost-effective, functional and secure proposition.

The White Paper evaluates how the cloud, integration, 5G and advances in battery life all mean that smart phones are now essential pieces of IT equipment which should be used when they’re the most efficient tool for the job. It explores how critical infrastructure organisations in particular can benefit from this transition as widespread roll-out can deliver financial savings and environmental benefits as well as improve operational efficiencies. The White Paper also outlines various solutions available to achieve this ‘keyvolution’.

Pip Courcoux, sales and product manager at Abloy UK, explained: “We believe that smart phones will become a much more integral part of the next generation of access control systems. They’re capable of so many functions that have become a central part of businesses’ network infrastructures.”

Courcoux continued: “We’ve probably only realised a fraction of the value that smart phones can bring and how they can provide the edge computing and connectivity necessary for true digital transformation. This will only be increased further by the introduction of 5G with the faster connection speeds and faster data transfers that this will realise.”

Ultimately, Courcoux believes that smart phones will revolutionise remote access control by bringing it into the digital era. He concluded: “The overall benefits of flexibility, time and financial savings, improved security and ease of use are too good to ignore. Smart phones’ role in helping to effectively secure and manage sites allows critical infrastructure organisations to provide service continuity while at the same time building resilience.”

*Download the White Paper ‘Smart Phones: The Future of Access Control?’ by visiting https://bit.ly/2J7F8rg