With ProdataKey (PDK), your access control system will be the worst it will ever be on the day you install it. Why? Thanks to PDK’s cloud-based automatic updates, your access control devices will only get stronger and more efficient every day.
What Are Automatic Updates?
Automatic updates are software and firmware updates that get automatically sent to your PDK system. These updates help your security devices stay up-to-date with any new features and functionalities developed by the PDK team. Furthermore, as new threats emerge, these automatic updates help to ensure that your devices remain secure, sophisticated, and ready to tackle any perceived threats to your security.
Updating Your System: Cloud-Based vs. On-Premise
Automatic updates are made possible by ProdataKey’s cloud-based method of access control. Cody Baptist, an integration specialist from the Utah-based dealer partner WireTech, shared some insight into what updates look like without cloud-based solutions. “In on-premise systems, in order to update anything you'd have to download it on your flash drive,” says Cody. “And in a lot of places, their IT protocols may not allow you to bring in your own flash drive or plug anything into their systems.” Such protocols can create a difficult roadblock for dealers who hope to keep systems up-to-date.
For more information on benefits that come from cloud-based access control, check out this blog all about upgrading existing systems.
Why Are Automatic Updates Helpful for Installers?
While automatic updates work hard to keep end-users’ systems high-functioning and secure, this feature is also a direct benefit for installers. ProdataKey sends automatic updates to devices remotely over a cloud-based connection, meaning that there is no need for installers to run software updates manually on-site. Automatic updates also guarantee a degree of future-proofing for PDK devices, reducing the need for installers to return to job sites and make fixes.
In addition to saving time and effort for dealers, automatic updates also function as a key selling point for many partners, helping them close deals with end users. “In particular,” Cody explains, “it helps us to be able to say that PDK is constantly working on the systems and providing new features, and as soon as those are available, they roll out and nobody has to request them or follow-up to do anything to activate them.” By showing end-users that ProdataKey is committed to keeping access control solutions up-to-date and secure, dealers can assure their customers that they are bringing forward one of the best solutions on the market today.
Updates Shaped Directly by Dealer Feedback
ProdataKey wants to create the greatest possible access control experience for every dealer and end-user–that’s why PDK is enthusiastic about listening to as much feedback as possible. WireTech’s Cody insists that this attention to feedback and partner fanaticism is a key part of why he chooses to install PDK:
“ProdataKey is constantly working on new features and new ways of doing things, taking feedback from us integrators and implementing those on updates, which I think is huge.”
By listening to feedback, ProdataKey is able to create and send out effective new features to guarantee the most positive security experience possible for any and all users.
The day you install your ProdataKey system will be the day your system is at its worst–it’s only uphill from there. With automatic updates, devoted attention to feedback, and a fervent fanaticism for partners, PDK puts forward a powerful cloud-based solution to meet any access control need. As each new firmware and software update is released, your system gets stronger, faster, and more secure. When choosing an access control system, don’t go for one that will get left behind in the evolution of technology. Instead, make automatic updates a priority and install PDK today.
Cole explains how automatic updates help to simplify the management of your ProdataKey system.