User:Missingspace/Borer Data Systems
Company type | Limited |
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Industry | Access Control |
Founded | 1975 |
Headquarters | Wokingham, England, UK |
Website | www.borer.co.uk |
History
Borer Data Systems Ltd are a UK manufacturer in the field of access control, alarm monitoring systems and attendance management.
Founded in 1975, Borer were the first company in Europe, in 1977, to offer a complete solution of a custom-designed card readers and software, intergrating access control, alarm monitoring and attendance recording on the same system.
The Borer access system has been designed to comply with EU environmental directives including RoHS (2002/95/EC) and WEEE (2002/96/EC).
Borer Data Systems have ISO 9001:2000 and are the first and only access control manufacturer to hold the “Secured by Design” licence.
Secured by Design licensed company status is awarded to those companies producing security products that pass standards and tests nominated by the police service as “Police Preferred Specification”.
Carbon Footprint
"A Carbon Footprint is a measure of the impact human activities have on the environment in terms of the amount of green house gases produced, measured in units of carbon dioxide." [1]
Instead of the conventional method of powering access control readers via a standard power supply, Borer's access control system are powered via CAT5e cables resulting in less raw materials needed and less energy consumption.
Timeline
- 1975 - Founded
- 1977 - First company in Europe to offer a full complete all-in-one hardware/software solution for access control, alarm monitoring and attendance recording
- 1999 - Release of ATRACS (Automated Time Recorded Access Control and Safety) - A pioneer system amond UK based access manufactures, ATRACS was the only product to have it's own client/server capabilities allowing it to be implemented over the client's ethernet network system and across the sites using intranet/internet
- 2000 - Release of ATRACS Web for Attendance Recording
- 2001 - Release of first Controller Area Network card access reader, using power over LAN technology
- 2002 - Release of ATRACS Web for Visitor Management
External links
- Borer Official Site
- The Borer ATRACS Locker Manager
- ProActive Partnership
- Mifare Partnership
- IIPSEC 2007
- Clear Image Partnership
- LayerOne 2007 - Zac Franken - Access Control (Video on Youtube)
- Carbon Footprint Official Site
- ^ Carbon Footprint Official Site
References
- SMT Security Management Today Publication (Jan 2003) IT, partnership and customer care
- Industrial Safety Management Publication (Dec 2002) Borer's ATRACSWeb Passes Muster for Industry
- Security Installer Publication (Oct 2002) One Controller for 250 Doors [1]
- SMT Security Management Today Publication (Aug 2002) Get Yourself Connected [2]
- FMJ Facilities Management Publication (Aug 2002) Distributing Intelligence for Access Control
- SMT Security Management Today (Publication July 2002) CCTV solutions for the small-scale end user [3]
- Health Estate Journal (Jan 2002) Bringing Web Power to Visitor Management
Card Types
- Magnetic strip card
- Wiegand protocol card
- Proximity card
- Barium femite card
- Concealed Barcode card
- Smart card
See Also
- Access badge
- Access control
- Biometrics
- Common Access Card
- Credential
- Fingerprint
- ID Card
- Iris recognition
- Keycard
- Magnetic stripe card
- Photo identification
- Physical Security
- Proximity card
- Retina scan
- Security
- Security engineering
- Smart card
- Swipe card
- Veinal hand scan
- Voice recognition
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deletion_review#Borer_Data_Systems [1]
- ^ Draft article for undeletion review .