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and analytics also are installed at the school, and surrounding campus facilities.
Entry at the school is exactly as it should be. A person coming to the school can en- ter the first doors but will have to wait in
the vestibule until they can be certified for entry. The biometrics is the Butterfly MX cloud-based telephone entry system that is integrated with pdk io platform. People entering the vestibule can place a video call
to school management, who can choose to authorize entry via a one-time credential. If you’re not in the system, you will not gain access to the school unless staff allows entry. The same access control solution is placed at every outside entrance to the campus, as well as in strategic locations at inside entries. The ProdataKey solution plays a key role in man- aging the biometrics for facility-wide access.
It is a team effort in selecting the security systems used, said Carlos Acevedo, director of facility operations at Real Salt Lake. The Real Salt Lake team and Acevedo clearly love the biometrics platform in place at the school because it allows permission to open the doors only to those entered in the system. That goes for students, staff and contract construction workers.
“This is the highest security at the best value on the market,” Acevedo said. “Before we placed our security system in the facility, we looked at every possible threat and what solution would be best for our needs. We be- lieve that we have fulfilled that goal.”
ProdataKey is no stranger to Hansen, who owns nearly three dozen other busi- nesses and who has deployed the solution in every other instance. Hansen said he believes the company is the future of door security,
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