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Electronic Access Control Systems can deliver improved security for university campuses, while in the same time helping organizations in the educational segment significantly reduce their costs, experts have argued. Using electronic locks and smart cards for access control on doors located in dorms and residence halls provides enhanced credential control, making them the solution of […]

Biometric identification systems are becoming increasingly popular in providing reassurance and comfort to the education sector across the UK, an expert report has recently revealed. Ofsted guidelines clearly state that all schools should provide a safer environment as best practice including securing the perimeter of the school to prevent unauthorised access, while Ofsted inspectors also […]

Mobile time and attendance apps are the natural extensions of time and attendance systems aimed at catering to the needs of the modern, ultra-mobile and always connected workforce. Integrated time and attendance solutions, which provide mobile app users with a set of features comparable to that of their desktop counterparts, enable the easier management of […]

The lack of construction site security across various London projects should be a major reason of concern, especially since it could potentially lead to some very unfortunate accidents caused by thrill seekers. Video footage that has been recently posted on video sharing website YouTube of three young men posing high above the London skyline walking […]

Biometric Time and Attendance clocking units provide significant benefits over their standard counterparts, since biometric technology delivers a superior level of safety and security compared to various other employee identification methods. One of the key advantages provided by biometric time and attendance clocking units is the fact that it all but eliminates time theft, while […]

Stress has become the most common cause of long-term absence and the second most common cause of short-term absence, after minor illness, data from the 2016 CIPD/Simplyhealth Absence management survey has been able to suggest. Almost a third of organisations say they have seen an increase in stress-related absence over the past 12 months, with […]

Remotely-operated CCTV surveillance systems could actually represent the future of border control, especially in small and remote border crossing areas, where maintaining fully manned control points is not economically viable, as a recent trial by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has been able to reveal. At the tiny Morses Line crossing between Quebec and […]

Biometric access control systems are set to be rolled out across “at least two airports” in Egypt as a means to improve security and prevent terrorist attacks, a news source can reveal. Egypt’s Civil Aviation Minister Sherif Fathy said that the new biometric access control systems will track the arrival and departure of airport employees. […]

Time and attendance software can help companies easily set up a variety of shifts for their employees, including night shifts, which seem to be increasingly popular with UK employees, as new analysis published by the TUC shows that the number of people who work night shifts increased by 275,000 (9%) between 2011 and 2016 to […]

Large project sites in the construction sector involve operations that are equipment-intensive and performed in evolving outdoor environments that are not amenable to conventional access control methods. For this reason, enforcing construction and building site security is among the most difficult tasks any site manager has to undertake. Since expensive equipment, tools and materials are […]

Latest-generation time and attendance and workforce management systems could be among the best choices for British firms looking to increase their innovation spending in the wake of Brexit, a recent CBI survey has been able to find. The poll of over 800 businesses found that that 70% of respondents plan to increase or maintain their […]

Implementing a comprehensive fire roll call system linked to the access control and attendance marking software / school information management system can help ensure the swift evacuation of students out of a school in case of a fire. This is exactly the type of situation that has recently occurred at Wolstanton High School in Newcastle-under-Lyme, […]