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Card Lock Company Celebrates 150 Years of Service with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks!

Card Lock was proud to be a part of the 2018 National Elks Convention in San Antonio last month. Celebrating 150 years of service, this was a special convention and Card Lock was honored to be one of the preferred vendors. Card Lock has a long history of partnering with Veterans Clubs, fraternal organizations, and…

STRIKING OUT PT 2

Jimmy Thompson

Tips on troubleshooting electric strikes (Under Pressure – The Problem with Preloading) Thank you for joining us for the second half of our troubleshooting electric strikes special! In our last article we covered the basics of troubleshooting including checking for correct installation, wear and tear, and what to do if the issue with your electric…

STRIKING OUT

Jimmy Thompson

Tips on troubleshooting electric strikes PT 1 (First Things First & It’s Electric) If you’ve been with us—or the access control industry at large—for any length of time, you’re likely familiar with electric strikes. They’re the younger, cooler cousin of fixed strike systems and are becoming a standard fixture in the industry. What may be…

Our Heartfelt Thanks for Memorial Day

Jimmy Thompson

In honor of Memorial Day we would like to take this time to give our heartfelt thanks to the Veterans who serve this country every day, especially those that have lost their lives in service to our safety and freedom. Memorial Day offers us a chance to remember those members of our armed forces and…

Now That We’re In The Door…

Jimmy Thompson

A closer look at mobile access control Mobile access control is one of the biggest trends in our industry for 2018, sure. But it’s a trend that’s been on the horizon since Borders began disappearing from shopping malls. Or Steve Jobs & Co. made it possible to have most of the world’s recorded music in…

Arriving on the Go

Jimmy Thompson

Why we love mobile access control Wind the clocks back twenty years and the smartphone as we know it wouldn’t even exist. Think about that. This technology has become so deeply integrated with just about every moment of our waking life, it’s amazing such a shift didn’t take longer. As we’re all well aware, the…

Anything You Can Do, IP Can Do Better

Jimmy Thompson

What’s the deal with IP-Enabled Access Control If you’re new to all of this access control business, getting a feel for the state of the art can be a little daunting. IP-Enabled Access Control — or access control that makes use of the internet is to a basic card reader what the iPhone X is…

KEYS IN THE CLOUDS

Jimmy Thompson

AN ACAAS PRIMER Cloud technology has a wonderful way of making tasks easier across countless industries. So, now that Access Control as a Service (ACaaS has started to gain steam, IHS’ projection that it will play a role in 1.8 million facilities by 2018 doesn’t seem all that surprising. Below, we’ll take you through why…

RFID Attacks: What They Are and What They Might Mean For the Key Card Access Industry

Jimmy Thompson

Though the key card access industry actually uses a number of different technologies to provide the types of services that its customers can depend on, one of the most popular is radio frequency identification, or RFID for short. RFID uses a series of radio waves to actually read and capture information stored on a tag or…

The Major Trends in Key Card Access to Be Aware of in 2018 and Beyond

Jimmy Thompson

One of the best ways to make sure that your important environments stay protected is to make sure that you’re up-to-date on all of the latest trends that are making waves across the key card access industry. There are a number of new advancements that already have people talking that you’re absolutely going to want…