Making Multifamily Facilities Smarter and Safer: ProdataKey and Ambient
- ProdataKey
- 5 hours ago
- 3 min read
ProdataKey (PDK) provides access control solutions that help protect countless industries–but one area where PDK really shines is the multifamily residential space. With reliable cloud-based access control solutions that easily integrate with a variety of industry-leading security and management tools, PDK makes it easy for partners to create a security system tailored to the exact needs of any given user. One integration in particular allows dealers to bring a residential ProdataKey install to the next level: Ambient.
What is Ambient?
Ambient is a provider of smart property technologies, specializing in solutions for the multifamily residential industry. Saro Iskenderian, Ambient’s Vice President of Product, describes some of the many solutions they offer: “We can put in unit locks, thermostats, light switches, and sensors—and then we offer software features that leverage those devices.” By combining advanced hardware and smart software, Ambient empowers residents and apartment staff to set-up intuitive automations, adjust devices from afar, and even automate complex processes like move-ins and move-outs.
Protecting Multifamily Spaces from All Angles
Where Ambient exceeds is in the protection and management of individual unit spaces—but units are not the only spaces that need to be secured in an apartment complex. An average apartment building may include various communal spaces, like fitness centers, laundry rooms, and pools. Additionally, buildings need to monitor entrances and exits, making sure that only approved staff, residents, and guests can enter the space. Monitoring and securing these spaces is essential—and this is where the integration with ProdataKey comes in.
“Our integration with ProdataKey allows residents to use a single app to get that curb-to-couch access for all the spaces they need to enter—units, common areas, amenities, and more,”
Saro explains. By uniting platforms that provide enhanced unit and communal area access control, PDK and Ambient create a solution that empowers staff to protect their space from all angles.
Additionally, this integration allows apartment staff and residents to have advanced insight into activity in their space. “We provide access history for residents for their own unit, and staff can see other activities in the event history. And ultimately, I think we do a nice job of balancing resident privacy and staff knowledge.” With enhanced reporting and notification capabilities, staff and residents alike can have all the information they need, whenever they need it.
The Value of a Mobile-First Focus
PDK and Ambient share a similar core value: mobile-first control. Remote management is a key feature of ProdataKey’s cloud-based system, allowing users to unlock doors remotely, and manage their access control rules, groups, schedules, and more anytime, anywhere, and from any device. Similarly, Ambient allows users to control thermostats, adjust lights, lock doors, and more—all from a personal mobile device.
This integration unifies the ProdataKey and Ambient platforms, allowing users to complete all desired remote tasks from one location. “For people operating multi-resident buildings, it’s important for them that residents have a positive, unified experience with the devices that they use day-to-day,” Saro elaborates. “This integration helps them offer that experience, in a way that is both valuable and easy to use.”
This unified interface not only makes management easier for apartment staff, but it provides a more convenient and welcoming living experience for all residents.
ProdataKey and Ambient: Elevating Apartment Safety and Management
By merging PDK’s powerful cloud-based access control with Ambient’s comprehensive smart property system, this integration delivers enhanced convenience, visibility, and peace of mind for all residents and property managers. This partnership is a key example of the future of multimodal living: smart, connected, and secure.
ProdataKey (PDK) is a leading innovator of networked cloud-based access control products and services. The company’s PDK.io cloud platform allows for complete system management and control through any web-connected device, anywhere, anytime. PDK delivers an unparalleled user experience as well as the highest levels of security, safety, and data privacy. For more information, visit prodatakey.com.
Ambient provides smart access, automation, and building intelligence solutions that elevate multifamily management and living. Ambient delivers a time-saving and user-friendly solution that streamlines management processes while improving the quality of life for apartment residents.
