APPOINTMENTS & COMPANY NEWS 41ADF FEBRUARY 2020 WWW.ARCHITECTSDATAFILE.CO.UK
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ALTO Systems has been selected
to provide a smart access control
solution for Venture X, a modern
workspace community located in Chiswick
Park, West London.
This business hub, with great transport
links into Central London and Heathrow
Airport is home to some of the world's
leading companies working in the oil and gas,
media, entertainment, technology, food and
drink, and health and beauty markets.
It comprises 1.8 million sq ft of award
winning accommodation, arranged as a
necklace of 12 office buildings. Each building
faces the Park's 'inner garden' with a featured
two-tier lake, waterfall, decked boardwalk,
pathways, events space and landscaping.
Chiswick Park also houses over 45,000 sq ft
of retail including the on-site Virgin Active
gym, restaurants, convenience stores and an
ever-changing array of pop-up traders and
street-food vendors.
Part of the global Venture X United
Franchise Group, Venture X provides a brand
new inspiring, diverse, and collaborative
working environment that is so much more
than just shared office space. Housed in a
cutting edge sustainable building
development, which includes solar fins, it
offers a place where individuals and
businesses can lease hot desks, private desks
or private offices.
Hot desks offer 24/7 access to common
working areas (hubs) including phone booths
and high speed Wi-Fi. Private desks add a Cat
6 Ethernet port, meeting and board room
access, a business address with incoming mail
handling, lockable office space and a private
locker. Private offices top the package by
proving all the previous offerings but in a
fully furnished office space including SALTO
access control.What did they need?
With some 30 internal office and meeting
room doors to secure, Venture X was looking
for a technologically modern locking solution
that would satisfy the needs of both the
business and its customers. Key requirements
were the ability to grant access rights
instantly for new customers and revoke them
in real-time for former customers. No hassle,
costs or security issues with mechanical keys
were wanted. They needed an audit-trailoverview of who accessed which door at
which time. Flexibility allocating office
space, meeting rooms etc on a day to day
basis as required. Easy meeting and
conference room access, and finally, easy,
wire-free installation without software
installation and IT configuration.Solution and benefits
To meet these needs, SALTO’s KS ‘Keys as a
Service’ cloud based locking solution was
recommended. This provides a flexible access
control management system that requires no
software installation or the added expense of
a fully-wired electronic product. All that is
needed is an online device with an Internet
connection. Providing end users with cloud-
based SALTO KS Keys as a Service reduces
cost and almost eliminates the need for
maintenance. Highly secure, thanks to its 2-
factor-authentication and 128 bit AES
encryption; it provides flexibility, scalability,
reliability, and the ability to manage access
control from any Internet platform.
Venture X Director Andrew Ross
comments “When you’re providing a
working and meeting environment for
entrepreneurs, and business people and large
corporates, many of whom will be involved
with technology businesses, security,
efficiency and design were all essential aspects
of the brief when we selected our preferred
access control solution.One of our key requirements was a
product that offered both a card and mobile
app solution that would enable us and our
members to remotely open doors, i.e. for
customers, tradespersons or postal deliveries
to gain access for example without the need
for a staff member to be physically present in
the building.
Another feature we wanted was office
mode, so instead of having to present an
access card or smart phone app to a door
every time someone used it, the door would
function just like a normal door during pre-
set times but auto lock when required. The
SALTO KS we’ve now installed meets those
requirements and gives us comprehensive
24/7 access control that covers our entire
property. We are looking forward to utilising
SALTO KS across the new Venture X
locations that are in development for 2020
and 2021.”01926 811979 http://www.saltosystems.com/enSALTO access control chosen for
Venture X London
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