Mobile, biometrics and managed services among top disruptive trends in access control

Mobile identities, biometrics, hosted/managed services and IT integrators are among the most disruptive trends set to affect the access control market over the next two to three years, researchers from IHS have recently forecasted.

Research from the IHS has revealed that the global electronic access control market (excluding China) grew by 6.3 percent in 2014 and exceeded $3.1 billion. The company also managed to thoroughly identify some of the major trends that are likely to influence this market over the next few years.

Blake Kozak, principal analyst for security and building technologies at IHS, further detailed some of the firm's findings: "Mobile credentials are becoming a mega trend globally. IHS expects that the bulk of the installations will first come in the hospitality/resorts and residential markets. IHS also expects that universities will be early adopters, while SMEs and large enterprise continue to learn how to deploy the technology among existing workers most efficiently.

"For hosted/ managed services, IHS expects that as more developing nations see an increase in wages, there will be a demand to automate processes and reduce manned guarding services. The access control industry is expected to become more IT centric and as the market moves in this direction, integrators will become better prepared to sell ACaaS and end-users will be better prepared to accept these technologies."

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