THE READER

News for the Access Control Professional

May 2025

(left to right) Shep Sheppard, Scott Lindley, and Kirk Bierach at Farpointe's headquarters in San Jose, CA, 2024.

My Journey…

Reflections on my career at Farpointe Data

By Shep Sheppard, Northern Regional Sales Manager and Key Accounts

As seen on LinkedIn

In the spring of 2008, I began my journey with Farpointe Data. The company was a small operation based in Mountain View, California. Its home was modest; literally a garage converted into an office with a cool glass roll-up door.

Product Spotlight: Rugged Readers that help you maintain access control security even in extreme conditions

In situations that may damage conventional readers, Farpointe's rugged Guardian™ and Gibraltar™ Series readers keep performing. As a result, end users eliminate costly repairs or replacements, while integrators avoid nuisance service calls.

Guardian™
Vandal-Resistant Readers

Impact-resistant construction
Resistant to harsh cleaning chemicals
Longer read ranges
Proximity and contactless smartcard options available
Broad support for other RFID technologies, including certain HID® and AWID® 125-kHz proximity protocols. Others available too!
Lifetime warranty on ALL readers

Gibraltar™
Bullet-Resistant Readers

Tough stainless steel exterior
ShotBLOCKER® fiberglass composite interior
ShotBLOCKER® is a UL-752 compliant material
Install indoors or outdoors
Broad support for other RFID technologies, including certain HID® and AWID® 125-kHz proximity protocols. Others available too!
Lifetime warranty on ALL readers

Product Details

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HID is a registered trademark of HID Global Corporation, an ASSA ABLOY company. AWID is a registered trademark of Applied Wireless Identifications Group.

François Brouillet from Genetec (center)

Thomas Segaert from Sega-Tech (second from left)

Andy Mussehl from Capital Security (left)

Winners of our ISC West Drawing

Congratulations to all of the winners of our ISC West 2025 drawing! During the show, each of the winners had the opportunity to demo our CloudCONEKT® solution supporting employee badges in Apple Wallet on iPhone and Apple Watch.

Our winners were François Brouillet from Genetec (Apple Vision Pro), Thomas Segaert from Sega-Tech (Apple Watch), and Andy Mussehl from Capital Security (Apple iPad). Congratulations again to our winners!

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