Case Study Offenburg University Education Sector May 2010

Case Study Offenburg University Education Sector May 2010 PegaSys intelligent access control system supplied to University Campuses in Germany Introduction They wanted to introduce an access control The University of Applied Science for Technology, system that was cost-effective to install and Economy and Media in Offenburg is one of the capable of growing with their changing needs most renowned educational institutions in the and that could provide a solution to the challenge southern Upper Rhine region, and is divided into of managing secured access over a number two campuses: Offenburg and Gengenbach. of sites or buildings, whilst providing multiple applications to assist in overall site automation Founded as a state college of engineering in and management. 1964 the university now has faculties including technical business administration and, more A robust solution was essential that would be able recently media and information sciences. to stand up to daily use in a student environment yet still look stylish and contemporary to complement this new building. The Brief The key requirements for the system were that The university needed an electronic access it had to work with Mifare credential technology control system to provide a means of ensuring and had to be capable of utilising only one data security and safety of employees and staff sector on the Mifare card, leaving other data through identity authentication and movement sectors available for multi-applications, such as tracking, as well as securing valuable assets and vending, PC access, registration and library cards. sensitive information. This restriction was a stipulation of the German a level of complexity to suit their environment government and Ingersoll Rand was the only and access control needs - however it also supplier that the University could find that could allows users to expand their system to suit their meet this criteria. changing requirements. The Solution The PegaSys system is also able to support The PegaSys intelligent access control system existing technologies and credentials so that sites from Ingersoll Rand was able to meet all the that already have systems using Mifare Classic or University’s needs and is now in use across both Legic can easily incorporate it. campuses. The University has been so pleased with the PegaSys provides an instant and economical way system that during recent construction of the to upgrade mechanical doors to an electronically new media complex they extended the access controlled access solution. It is an easy to manage control scheme and installed PegaSys terminals system designed for site managers looking to on all the laboratories to control access and to improve security and the control they have over protect the expensive and sensitive equipment. their premises but who are unable to commit to a significant investment or don’t want the The University is supported, serviced and inconvenience of having to replace existing supplied by ASAL GmbH Offenburg, an Approved doors. It provides many of the benefits of a Installer for PegaSys systems. Mr. Martin Gaß, networked hard-wired access control system in Technical Operations Manager at the University terms of functionality, flexibility, control and and member of the board for occupational security but at a fraction of the cost. safety, attests to the high degree of reliability and user-friendliness of the PegaSys system The system is designed to reduce the time and and comments, "The close proximity and the level of expertise required to manage it, without fast, reliable service make this partnership very compromising functionality, flexibility, control or valuable." security. To achieve this, users are able to choose Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies is a leading global provider of products and services that make environments safe, secure and productive. The sector’s market-leading products include electronic and biometric access control systems; time and attendance and personnel scheduling systems; mechanical locks and portable security; door controls, exit devices and architectural hardware; performance steel doorsets and automated openings; and other technologies and services for global security markets. Tel: 01922 707400 Email: [email protected] www.security.ingersollrand.co.uk Whilst Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies has taken every care to ensure the accuracy of information, data or advice contained in this literature, no liability in respect of such information or advice, whether given negligently or not, can be accepted by the company. Ingersoll Rand retains the right to amend the technical specification of any range of equipment shown without prior notice. © 2010 Ingersoll Rand - CS033.

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