Registration Open for Second Annual Cloud Access Summit

ProdataKey (PDK), an innovator of cloud-based networked and wireless access control products and services, will host the second annual Cloud Access Summit on June 13, 2019 in Salt Lake City, UT. This exclusive event for dealers, integrators and security professionals offers a day packed with educational sessions focusing on the hottest industry trends and topics related to cloud access and its many complementary technologies, presented by executives and thought leaders representing a cross-section of the security industry. Sessions will address the security of the cloud, novel integration options, applications for new technologies, the business impact of cloud security solutions and much more. Sponsors include Altronix, Digital Watchdog (DW), Assa Abloy and Savance.

Conference organizer, ProdataKey, is thrilled to welcome the event’s keynote speaker Dell Loy Hansen, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Wasatch Group. The Wasatch Group is a fully integrated real estate development, construction, property management and guarantee capital company, with holdings that include over 16,000 apartments plus commercial properties with assets totaling $4 billion dollars and employing 900 associates. As its Founder and CEO, Mr. Hansen is uniquely qualified to address the evolving state of security technologies, in both the residential and commercial sphere, as seen from the highest levels of management. Mr. Hansen has served on the Governor’s Board of Business and Economic Development for the state of Utah and on the committee for Utah’s Industrial Assistance Fund. His generous philanthropy benefits a wide range of causes throughout the state.

The Summit will be held from 9:00 to 5:00 pm, June 13, at the prestigious Audi Executive Club in RSL Stadium located in Sandy, UT. The agenda includes the keynote address, an industry roundtable discussion, six learning sessions, complimentary luncheon, vendor expo, participant appreciation raffle and ample networking opportunities. Attendance is free but preregistration is required due to space limitations. For out-of-town attendees, a special room rate has been negotiated at the nearby Homewood Suites by Hilton in Draper, UT.

“The cloud is transforming the physical security industry and security professionals are eager to learn how to harness its power, whether that involves selling and supporting cloud systems or managing them within their own workplace. ProdataKey is proud to build upon the success of last year’s Cloud Access Summit to once again offer this free event, with the hopes that a better educated marketplace ultimately leads to a safer and more secure society,” said Jeff Perri, President of ProdataKey.

Register online at http://bit.ly/2Hy8snh.

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