The Role of Access Control in the IP World

Swiping a card to gain access to a company building is now a perfectly accepted feature of everyday corporate life. Over the years, we have all grown familiar with the routine and the advantages it brings to access control. But where cards were once used exclusively to open doors, controlling who went where and when in a building, now they can be used for a wide variety of extra functions.

Developments in card technology allow for the card that gives you access at your workplace to be used for recording attendance, gaining access to your PC, as your identity card and even for cash-less transactions at a vending machine. The role of the multi-function card has evolved as card technology has developed. As ever, by pushing this technology envelope, we are seeing huge and dramatic gains in efficiency with more streamlined organisations and reduced staff numbers.