LOUISVILLE, Ky. March 3, 2010 – Honeywell (NYSE:HON) today announced that
nearly 1,000 end-user sites — ranging from retail and restaurant locations to
small-to-mid-size commercial and manufacturing facilities — are using the
company’s remote-managed services to simplify security operations. In 2009,
Honeywell doubled the number of security dealers using its remote-managed
services, which allow security dealers and central monitoring stations to
remotely manage access control systems and generate recurring monthly revenue
(RMR).
“Customers across industries today are tasked to do more with less, and
managed access control addresses this reality,” said John Smith, senior
marketing manager, Honeywell. “Managed access control has emerged as a viable
solution to maintaining facility security while reducing associated costs. In
turn, we’re seeing a paradigm shift as dealers evolve from installers to service
providers.”
Dealers can offer remote-managed access control as both a convenient
alternative to customer-managed access control and as a value-added service.
Powered by the company’s WIN-PAK® PRO Central Station, Honeywell’s remote
managed access control can reduce overall expenses for end users by eliminating
the need to install software and house servers at their facilities. End users
also save time and money by not having to manage IT tasks including operating
systems, software upgrades or computer compatibilities.
Additionally, dealers can offer end users a wider variety of remote
management services, including access control alarm and event notification and
reporting, live door control, and badge management. These services help increase
recurring monthly revenue for dealers while freeing end users from the
responsibility of managing an access control system.
“Managed access control is a way for us to do what we do best while removing
the administrative burden on the end user,” said Kohler Brandon, sales manager
of Minnesota-based dealer USA Security, which currently manages the remote
access control setup for end users such as Haberman Machine in Oakdale, Minn.
Haberman, a provider of machining services, opted for managed access control
after it was awarded tightly regulated government machining work. The work
required increased security of the company’s facilities, including entrance door
and shop floor area access for the six shifts that comprise the company’s
round-the-clock operations. Now, instead of requiring a full-time staff member
to manage access control, Haberman relies on USA Security to administer the
system.
With managed access control, end users like Haberman are able to perform
simple functions like running basic reports or adding and deleting access cards
via Web access. Dealers manage the rest of the system’s capabilities, including
cumbersome processes like administering card databases and issuing cards and
photo ID badges, as well as creating detailed, customized reports, upgrading
software, maintaining door time schedules and backing up customer databases.
“Prior to our access control installation, it was very difficult to
constantly manage the coming and going of employees and vendors,” said Wayne
Morris, general manager, Haberman Machine. “Now, instead of having areas
unmonitored at certain times and doors open for potentially anyone to enter, we
have a set of virtual ‘eyes’ constantly monitoring and regulating access to
ensure the security of our facilities and safety of our employees.”
Honeywell will demonstrate remote managed access control at ISC West 2010 in
Honeywell booth #14023. For more information, please visit www.honeywellaccess.com.
