What is the Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies vision for access control?
A. People have recognized the Schlage brand for years. It’s on their office doors, their homes and many other places. When we look at electronic access control, we look at it from the door out. We are especially cognizant that a user might need a mechanical lock today but require a basic standalone electronic locking solution in the future. They may need to add credentials, such as proximity or smart cards, and later migrate to video integration and a networked system deploying both wired and wireless access. Users need an easy migration path from one technology to the next, and that’s exactly what the new security management system from Schlage provides. Q. What is the legacy of the new Schlage security management system? A. For more many years, Geoffrey Systems served the international access control and video marketplace. Geoffrey joined the Ingersoll Rand family in 2003, and we are now aligning Geoffrey’s reputation for product innovation and service with Schlage’s range, quality a
