SA implements access control project in Canada
South African-owned biometrics group Fingerprint-IT today announced the
successful installation of the first residential building-wide biometric
access control system in Vancouver, Canada. The project is valued at C$100
000 (over R 524000).The high-end Grace Development, in the Yaletown
area of the city, already has a reputation as one of the more unique
buildings in Vancouver. Developers James Schouw and Associates have
completely secured the building, using only fingerprint access
control.This means that only the owners and their guests can access the
building, no one can steal a proximity-fob to get in, there is an
unforgeable record of who entered the building and when, and owners no
longer need to carry keys."Biometrics is the security of the future," says
CEO of Fingerprint-IT North America Warren Kimmel."Anyone can steal your
key or fob, and people lose them all the time - that's not secure at all.
With what is happening around the world today, security is everyone's
prime concern.""If you have guests they can be added to the fingerprint
recognition list for the period of their stay and then removed when they
have left. The system is totally customisable, so cleaners and gardeners
can be given access to the front door only, or the garden area only, or
whatever the building requires," adds James Schouw, chairman of James
Schouw and Associates."There are a lot of sub-standard systems out there
that just don't do what they promised. We have all seen fingerprint access
work on TV, but in the real world these things are tough to get right.
Residential installations are the toughest of all - apart from stopping
unauthorised access, the system can never deny authorised access - it
needs to operate at 100% efficiency, 24/7."Fingerprint-IT, says Kimmel,
had not been the developer's first choice: "The developers recently
threw-out a biometric system sourced from a large international company
that was not up to the job."South Africa is a unique testing ground
environmentally, politically and socially. Biometric software and hardware
has to be totally 'bullet-proof'. Take gold mining for example: In this
industry, the systems are exposed to the harshest weather conditions with
dust and dirt a normal and must not malfunction."Bryan Kimmel told ITWeb
that the company is set to release SA's first credit-based biometrics
system, aimed at the financial sector.
Posted: 8/10/2005 11:00:28 AM
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Grace is the first building to have fingerprint only access in Vancouver. James's next project Artemisia will also utilize this biometric security feature. I find the projects built by James Schouw & Associates are leading the way for developers in Vancouver. I hope all the rest fall into line and start using these environmentally conscious technologies to help improve society.
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