HID CEO Interview At SNG
The CEO of the largest access control / reader manufacturer, HID's Björn Lidefelt, comes from its mega-parent Assa Abloy. Now, nearly four years since he came over, HID faces a new era of access control.
HID's CEO spoke at the SNG conference in NY this week. In this note, we cover HID's CEO's comments on:
- Transitioning into access control
- Emphasis on acquisitions
- Internal leaders
- WaveLynx investment / acquisition by Triton
- Mobile credentials
- Biometrics
- Data From Access
- Mercury App Store
- Biometrics
- Interest Rates Selectivity
For background, see HID Access Control Usage Statistics and HID Favorability Falls (2023 Statistics).
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****** ** ***, ** ******** ** needed ** ***** **** ******** ******* he **** **** *** **** ****:
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Data **** ******
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Mobile ********
************ *** ****** *********** **** ********* briefly:
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******* *****, ******, *** ******* **** mentioned ** ****, *** *** ** already ********** **** *****. *** ***** companies ******* ** ******* **** *** will ** * *** ***-**** *********** factor.
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Logical + ******** *** ******** *******
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******* *** ******** ******** ** ******* one **'** ******* *****. *****, * think **'*one ** *** ******* ******** ******** today when you start to have hundreds of logins passwords, it's best to store them in an app that after you're done, I think there's a better way to do that. And I think that the access side of the access industry hasn't played there.
Mercury *** ***** ** *** ******?
** *** ***** ****, **** *** had ***** ***** *** **** **** * decade,*** ** *** ****** **********. ***'* ********** *******, *** ****** used ****** ******* ***** ************, **** not **** ** **********.
*********** *** ***** *****:
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** ****** ******* ******** *** ******** engineering ********** ** ******* **** (**** itself *** ******* ****, *** *****, its *** ***** ** *** ******* used). ***** *** **** *** ***** for *******, ** ***** ****** **** to **** **** ***** ** ******* unless *** *** ** ******** *********** resources *** ************** ** ****.
Improve ******** **********
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**** *** **** *** *****, ******** complaints ***** *** **** ************* *** to ********; ****** ************ ***** (**** **********)
Interest ***** *******
** *** ********* ****, ***'* *** said ** ** ********* ***** *** impact ** ******** *****, ***** ** observed ******** ***** *****, *** ******* of *** ***** ** *****, *** their ******* ** ******* *** *****:
* ***** *** ******** ***** **** have ** ****** ** *** ********. I ***'* ***** **'* ***** ** be * ******** ***. * ***** cost ** ********* **** ** ******. Space ** ***** ** ** **. Capital *********** ** ***** ** ** off **** ** * ****** ** choice. * ***** **** **** **** drive **** ********** ******* *********** **** end *****. *************, **** ** **** innovation *** ******** ** ********** ***** money. * ***** **** **** ***** institutions **** **** ********* ************ ** return ** **** * ** ******* to *** ***** **** *** *** that ***** ***.
*** *******, ** *** ****** **** impact ** *** ***** **** ** the ******** ** ****,*** ****** ******** ***** *** ********* Alarm *********, **** ****** **********
Acquisition ***********
** ***** ******** *******, ***'* *** acknowledged, ****** *** ** ***** ***** more ********* ***** *****:
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Product *********