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Frost & Sullivan Recognizes BlueWave Security's Excellence in Product Innovation Advancing the Integration of Security Systems

Posted on: Friday, 12 September 2008, 09:00 CDT

Based on its recent analysis of the electronic access control systems market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes BlueWave Security, Inc. with the 2008 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Innovation. The company's BlueLink IP door controllers have helped solution providers offer a flexible and cost-effective technology for integrating access control readers within a facility.

With the development of wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi), a wireless local area network (WLAN) was created to connect not only computers and servers but also other consumer electronic devices as well. Within the coverage area, the devices can securely access the LAN, wide area network, or the Internet over the Wi-Fi network.

"Currently, IP access control systems are managed by a central server over a LAN, with the signals from the readers being carried through a proprietary access control panel, over ethernet cables, to the central server," explains Frost & Sullivan Research Analyst George C. Paul. "However, all the readers and locking hardware must be connected to the controller panels using RS-232 cables, which is often a challenge."

Service providers are also often challenged by the building layout and/or construction, as it may present physical restrictions for laying cables. This dramatically increases the costs of installing traditional access control solutions. Since access control solutions account for more than 75 percent of the total solution cost, both service providers and end-users may be reluctant to adopt them. However, they can avoid such situations using Wi-Fi, since a single Wi-Fi router can handle multiple readers fitted with the BlueWave Wi-Fi door controller.

"Building layout and construction is less of a concern when using a Wi-Fi LAN for communications with the readers, as it increases the flexibility of the setup," observes Paul. "Costs can also be slashed by eliminating the expense and maintenance of the actual proprietary cabling."

Open standards has been one of the most important drivers of Wi-Fi. It went a long way in encouraging its acceptance when Wi-Fi was introduced for WLAN, as well as for Bluetooth in mobile phones. Open standards promote innovation and thereby, aid greater adoption and revenues.

BlueWave, by combining Wi-Fi and IP access control, has introduced a product that is based on an open standard. This product can be integrated with existing products for routing Wi-Fi signals.

"Since Wi-Fi controllers work on open standards, they can be handled like other Wi-Fi devices common to IT personnel," notes Paul. "This also applies to the distribution channel, where the entire IP access control system with the Wi-Fi controllers can be handled by both the security system integrators as well as the IT system integrators."

By primarily focusing on flexibility and cost reduction, and developing an access controller based on open standards, BlueWave has provided a solution that is compatible with existing Ethernet and Wi-Fi infrastructure.

Each year Frost & Sullivan presents this award to the company that has demonstrated excellence in new products and technologies within its industry. The recipient company has shown innovation by launching a broad line of emerging products and technologies.

Frost & Sullivan Best Practices Awards recognize companies in a variety of regional and global markets for demonstrating outstanding achievement and superior performance in areas such as leadership, technological innovation, customer service, and strategic product development. Industry analysts compare market participants and measure performance through in-depth interviews, analysis, and extensive secondary research in order to identify best practices in the industry.

About BlueWave Security, Inc.

BlueWave Security, the Wi-Fi Lock and Security Company, manufactures the only physical access control solution (both hardware and software) based solely on the 802.11 (Wi-Fi) and 802.3 (Ethernet) standards for IT data networking. The BlueWave access control solution scales from one to hundreds of doors. Each door can be managed locally over the customer's existing Wi-Fi or Ethernet network, or remotely over a Wide Area Network (WAN) or the Internet. Additionally, BlueWave manufactures patent-pending Wi-Fi technology custom designed for integration with stand-alone, battery powered locksets, enabling stand-alone locks to be centrally managed locally or remotely over IP networks. BlueWave products are available through many regional and national distributors in the physical security and data communications industries. BlueWave is privately held and headquartered in Austin, Texas. For more information visit http://www.BlueWaveSecurity.com.

About Frost & Sullivan

Frost & Sullivan, the Growth Partnership Company, partners with clients to accelerate their growth. The company's TEAM Research, Growth Consulting and Growth Team(TM) Membership empower clients to create a growth-focused culture that generates, evaluates and implements effective growth strategies. Frost & Sullivan employs over 45 years of experience in partnering with Global 1000 companies, emerging businesses and the investment community from more than 30 offices on six continents. For more information about Frost & Sullivan's Growth Partnerships, visit http://www.awards.frost.com.

Source: Business Wire

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