IP Communications Leads to Innovation in Access Control
Thursday, May 27, 2010
The turn of the 21st century ushered in a wave of innovation that has brought together several legacy applications onto the IP network. Since Cisco Systems shipped its first IP telephone set in September 1999 as part of its voice/data/video integration strategy, technology developers have engineered solutions that offer cost savings and productivity benefits through consolidation over powerful switching platforms. The universality of IP networking has allowed savvy integrators to bring together security, access control, and surveillance solutions for efficiency and ease of use in the single residential and multiple dwelling environments.
