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An update to the existing BoonConnect software tool will enable technicians to access a verity of door functions remotely to resolve issues faster and minimize downtime.

For smaller facilities wanting a low-cost, high-benefit access solution, it’s no longer an issue of wanting champagne on a beer budget.

The Honda Accord was the most stolen vehicle in 2010.
 

Movie theater chain Regal Entertainment Group has begun to check bags in response to shootings at theaters around the country.

First Tech Federal Credit Union announced a pilot program with MasterCard that will enable First Tech employees to authenticate and verify transactions using facial recognition and fingerprint biometrics. 

Hilton Worldwide introduced a mobile app that lets guests use their smartphone as a room key.

A movie theater chain in the Northeast banned moviegoers from bringing in backpacks and packages in the wake of attacks at theaters.

Alaska Airlines just completed a test program that allowed passengers to use their fingerprints instead of government-issued IDs and boarding passes.
 

Not surprisingly, radio frequency identification (RFID) and that technology’s “little sister” real-time location systems (RTLS) seem to be everywhere doing just about everything. Many times, solutions blend together security and operations at myriad enterprises, organizations and agencies. And, ironically, some of the most cutting edge applications are geographically far flung in areas where it makes business sense to leap-frog at times nonexistent legacy technologies.