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Convergence of Time & Attendance, Access Control
Applications Signals Future of Integrated Enterprise Software
Solutions
MIRAMAR, FLA. – March 21, 2005 – Kaba Workforce
Solutions, the North American operating subsidiary of $900 million
Kaba Holding AG and worldwide leader in enterprise workforce
management systems, today announced a strategic alliance with
Synergistics, Inc., a pioneer in scalable web-based access control
systems. Kaba Benzing provides application solutions for time and
attendance, labor distribution, and material movement tracking for
exempt and non-exempt personnel. These systems capture and process
direct and indirect labor and calculate employee payroll in
environments ranging from simple to complex. As a result of this
alliance, customers will be able to integrate these applications
with Synergistics’ access control, ID badging and asset tracking
solutions.
“Leading companies have a growing awareness of the need for the
convergence of physical security with information technology, and
that holds true in particular for time and attendance and access
control applications," emphasizes John Edwards, President and
General Manager of Kaba Benzing. “Via our partnership with
Synergistics, we expect to fulfill the escalating customer need for
increased integration and communication between critical enterprise
applications."
According to Edwards, companies are seeking to integrate all of
their security and facility systems under one control system that
communicates both upstream and downstream. Therefore, today's
integrators are extremely concerned with combining the best in
enterprise system solutions. For instance, many companies are
realizing that access control systems should be integrated with
personnel/human resources/time and attendance systems to assure only
present employees gain access to the facility, track and control the
whereabouts of employees within the facility, verify that only
authorized individuals are accessing specific workstations and
tools, and collect accurate labor costing information in real
time.
“Our customers will be the ultimate beneficiaries of this
relationship, because we will be able to offer them a premium
solution for workforce management and access control,” said Greg
Goldman, Chief Executive Officer of Synergistics. “We are excited to
be working with Kaba Benzing to integrate physical access control
and time and attendance reporting and bring it to the next
level."
About Synergistics
Incorporated in 1960,
Synergistics, Inc., is a leading innovator and provider of complete
access control systems through the use of advanced cardholder
technology. Servicing industries and organizations that require
varying levels of restricted entry, Synergistics is large enough to
meet all access control needs, but flexible enough to offer
customized solutions and service. For more information about
Synergistics’ complete line of access control systems: contact
Synergistics, Inc., Nine Tech Circle, Natick, MA 01760; call
508-655-1340; visit http://www.synergisticsinc.com/.
About Kaba Benzing
Located in Miramar,
Florida, Kaba Workforce Solutions, Inc., is a subsidiary of US$900
million Kaba Holding AG and a worldwide leader in time and labor
management systems. From touch screen access and shop floor
terminals to complex labor costing algorithms and reporting for SAP,
Oracle/PeopleSoft, Cincom Manufacturing
Business Solutions and other leading enterprise business systems,
Kaba Benzing offers an array of time and attendance and production
data collection solutions. Kaba Benzing can be contacted in North
America at
954-416-1720; website is www.kaba-benzing-usa.com. In
Europe and Asia, website address is http://www.kaba-benzing.com/.
For more information:
Rohini
Uppal
KABA BENZING
954-416-1720, x361
ruppal@kbm.kaba.com
Tom Brigham
BRIGHAM
SCULLY
818-716-9021
tbrigham@brighamscully.com
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