Choose BluBØX with Mercury inside for your IP-based security solution and align yourself with open, industry standard technology. Never get locked into one brand or proprietary hardware. Always be able to pivot and move forward. With Mercury inside you have more than 20 brands to choose from giving you choice and compatibility that will future-proof your security system for years to come.
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As an end-user, if you have a Mercury-based system, you’re using a product that serves 20+ manufacturer brands of security systems. Once Mercury is installed in your locations, you have the freedom to change from what brand you currently operate to any of the other brands that will operate your system without further investment in your installed hardware.
As an integrator, you can sell the advanced capabilities of BluSKY and Security 4.0 as an upgrade to existing systems without replacing any of the hardware. That’s the benefit of an open hardware platform.
BluBØX uses the most current industry standards in all areas of security and technology to ensure our customers experience the highest levels of quality, compatibility and flexibility now and in the future. We are committed to ONVIF, OSDP, TCPIP, Wiegand, Bluetooth, and many more standards that are driving BluBØX’s compatibility.
No one has a crystal ball to see the future. But you can do things to reduce your risk and position yourself for continuous improvement. Your investment is always protected with BluBØX’s open platform since you are not locked into a brand. As new technologies emerge, our open platform will give you the best chance of being able to take advantage of it.
Mercury is the most widely installed open platform access control hardware in the marketplace. It is installed by the largest companies in the world and is host to the largest access systems in the world. From one door to thousands, Mercury open hardware is the most secure choice you can make. The BluBØX Cloud is hosted by Microsoft Azure, a leading cloud service platform. Microsoft has made an industry-leading commitment to the protection and privacy of your data. It is the first major cloud provider to adopt the new international cloud privacy standard, ISO 27018. LifeSafety Power® is the leader in Smarter Power Solutions and remote monitoring capabilities, providing modular AC, DC, and PoE power systems that meet the growing needs of the life safety industry. The combination of the integrated BluBØX BluSKY™ Cloud Solution and intelligent power provides a high-value solution to ensure system health and uptime, as well as greater efficiencies in overall system operations.
BluBØX’s set of Open Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) allows manufacturers to integrate their products into BluSKY. The Open API extends across all applications and is built on a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) using the open standards REST, SOAP and JavaScript to communicate. As the Internet of Everything (IoE) continues to march forward BluSKY Open API will be ready to connect to everything.
If you already have one of the 20-plus Mercury-based systems and want the advanced capabilities of BluBØX and Security 4.0, then you can easily upgrade without replacing your hardware. If you are stuck with an end-of-life CASI Picture Perfect system, make an easy migration to the advanced capabilities of BluBØX and Security 4.0 while preserving your investment in card readers, cabling and enclosures. Converting to BluBØX is half the cost of replacing your CASI system with new everything and without significant interruption of service. If you are stuck with a Proprietary system that hasn’t kept up with the world that we live in, upgrade to BluBØX and Security 4.0.and it is two-thirds the cost of replacing your Proprietary system, with limited interruption of service and no software to install.