Dave Path, one of my very favorite people at work, helps LockNet out sometimes by cleaning the building on the weekends. He does it at night and he’s always the only one in the building. One Sunday morning I woke up to a text from Dave briefly asking me to call him as soon as […]
Read moreWhen I was a kid, my older brother’s prized possession for a short period of time was his G.I. Joe Cobra Terror Drome Command Center and all of the figures that went with it. (He had quite the collection.) Naturally, because I was informed on a regular basis to never touch it, it was the only […]
Read moreIf you cornered almost any employee at LockNet and brought up the topic of access control or wireless access control, they could go on and on and on about the benefits. Trust me. We are super fun to have at parties. But, before you dismiss the topic as something as simple as a lock, let […]
Read moreI regularly scour the web for interesting or relevant door and lock industry news. It’s helpful to keep up with the latest trends if customers have questions on a new product or idea. That’s one of the reasons we created the Locks and Links series. It lets our readers scan some of the latest information […]
Read moreLast week, Whitney Fay shared with you her amazing seven year old self’s vision of what the security of the future would look like. And oddly enough, some of her outlandish dreams have actually come true. Today I want to dive into what security credentials actually exist in today’s market. Security credentials are used to […]
Read moreI’m back and you guys didn’t even know I was gone! But, it’s true. Last week I headed out to Philadelphia for the PRSM trade show held at the Philadelphia Convention Center and I got a little taste of hotel access control in the wild. Our hotel was located smack dab in the middle of […]
Read moreWant to know a secret? (Of course you do.) Wireless locks can totally overwhelm the buyer. Shocker, right? There are so many components and options that if I hadn’t gotten the inside scoop from some pretty knowledgeable electromechanical technicians, I would probably curl up in a ball and demand simple bicycle locks on all of […]
Read moreDo you remember the word problems in math class that always had two trains about to crash into one another? One travels at one speed and the other travels at a different speed and you had to figure out what time the trains were going to crash, which, now that I think about it, seems […]
Read more“Access control locks” is kind of a confusing term in the door and lock industry. When I was assigned a post on access control locks my immediate reaction was something along the lines of, “But aren’t all locks technically access control locks?” While technically speaking, that is true, since the actual point of locks is […]
Read moreRestroom locks might not be something you think about everyday, but if you’ve experienced paying to repair damaged property, you probably think they’re pretty important. LockNet services a multitude of different facilities, ranging from restaurants to clothing stores. In fact, one of the most common issues we face is restroom vandalism, particularly in urban areas. […]
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