What are the hottest trends within the access control market right now?
– I think that the move towards TCP/IP is a hot trend, but then almost everyone will say that. Most will also mention biometrics, with which I disagree. I don’t think that biometrics are a hot trend at all. The hottest trend as far as Paxton Access is concerned is to make PC based access control relevant and practical for a large number of installers, and a larger number of premises. When I look at some of your readers, they are quite stylish, is it important to have “designer” products in an access control product portfolio? – Yes, I think so. We have had a designer range of readers for the last two years. It does get attention for sure. I think we in the security industry tend to get hung up on features that normal people find quite obscure. They don’t really care about them. Things like how the reader actually looks when it’s installed into your expensive building is often much more relevant to someone that is underway to spend 10,000 on an access control system. So yes, they give u
