Tapkey Connect Blog

The Big Five: What Every Coworking Software Should Bring to the Table

How Officemanager and Tapkey are Redefining Workspace Dynamics

What Does Open Really Mean In the Access Control Industry?

Explore the shift towards openness in the access control industry and learn why businesses are [...]

Team Spotlight: Get to know—Roger

Get to know Roger. Explore his insights, challenges, and what makes Tapkey stand out to [...]

What Every Access Control Expert Needs to Know

Discover the access control industry's challenges and insights: Lee Odess shares valuable expertise on its [...]

Sailing Through Tapkey Integration: Resources for Developers

Leverage extensive resources and advanced technology for successful mobile key integration.

A Day in The Life Of A Marketer At Tapkey

Behind the scenes with the Tapkeys marketing duo. From favorite words to marketing activities.

The 3 Main Challenges of The Access Control Industry And How to Deal With Them

Discover the main challenges and role of risk-taking in the acess control industry. Insights from [...]

Team Spotlight: Get to know—Martin

Today we introduce Martin. A passionate software developer who supports our dev team.

How Access Control Drives User Engagement in PropTech Apps

Tapkey integration revolutionizes your property management, providing convenience and security. Learn more!

Integrating Mobile Keys—Getting Started with the Tapkey Integrator Portal

Integrate mobile access management. Secure authentication, real-time updates and DIY functionalities.

Embracing Openness: The Future of Access Control

Explore the revolutionary shift in the access control industry: moving away from proprietary systems towards [...]

Tapkey at The Security Event 2023

Discover the highlights of The Security Event 2023, Europe's highly anticipated security conference, held in [...]

Checklist For Integrators: The Power of Tapkey

What can Tapkey do in detail? What should integrators know before implementing access control technology? [...]

A Day in the Life of Devs at Tapkey

Behind the scenes with Tapkey developers. Learn about their daily routines, development process, and commitment [...]

Access Control as a Feature—Leveraging Smart Access

Erfahre, wie Zutrittskontrolle das Benutzererlebnis verbessert, während sie Unternehmen einen Wettbewerbsvorteil verschafft.

PT Pods—Private Gym Accessed via Smartphone

PT Pods integrates Smart Access. For mobile access to training pods.

Nurturing Our Team Spirit at Tapkey

From team building activities to transparent communication practices: Discover how Tapkey fosters a strong sense [...]

Integration of Access Control Generates Real Added Value

From classic building technology to booking platforms: mobile access control can be integrated anywhere.

The Success Story of EasySecure & Tapkey

Werner Roest, CEO at EasySecure, speaks about the advantages of the Tapkey integration.

All About Tapkey

Take a peak behind Tapkey and all its integrations.

Access Control’s New Normal: The Upcoming Trends

The latest trends of access control: mobile access, face recognition and access control as a [...]

Team Spotlight—Get to Know Matteo

Our Customer Support, Matteo Tomasini, in an interview about job, private life and superpowers.

Team Spotlight—Get to Know Andrea

Our Marketing Manager, Andrea Sandru, in an interview about job, private life and superpowers.

Self Storage Meets Mobile Access

Miles Davison, Co-Founder of Storeganise talks about how mobile access helps the self storage business.

Team Spotlight—Get to Know Markus

Our CTO & Co-CEO Markus Minichmayr in a team interview about job, private life and [...]

Looking to the Future of OSS Mobile Access

Take a look at the OSS Mobile Access Showcase with our partners phg and DOM.

Online & Offline: The Combination Makes the Difference!

All the advantages and disadvantages of an online and offline access solution.

Team Spotlight—Get to Know Chiara

Our marketing manager Chiara in an interview about job, private life and superpowers.

A Strong Technology Partnership for Innovations

Head of WITTE Digital talks about technology partnership and cooperation with Tapkey.

Team Spotlight—Get to Know Eduard

Our software developer Eduard in the team interview about job, private life and superpowers.

The Success Story of Bookzo x Tapkey

Bookzo founder about the booking platform and integrating Tapkey.

Team Spotlight—Get to Know Gregor

Our Co-CEO & Co-Founder Gregor in the team interview about job, private life and superpowers.

Tapkey against Bluetooth Relay Attacks

Tapkey is not vulnerable to Relay Attacks on the Bluetooth Technology Standard.

Team Spotlight: Get to Know—Harald

Our Harald is telling us all about his job at Tapkey, his responsibilities as well [...]

The Success Story of anny x Tapkey

anny Co-Founder Oliver Wycisk talks about integrating mobile access into their booking platform.

Our Mobile Keyring App—Now Open Source

Making the Tapkey Keyring App available for iOS and Android as Open Source Code allows [...]

Team Spotlight—Get to Know Stefan

Our software developer Stefan tells us about his job, what it’s like working at Tapkey [...]

Open Platform for Locked Rooms

Case study by Bluetooth SIG about Tapkey, our technology and different use cases.

Team Spotlight—Get to Know Jochen

In this month's team interview, we are introducing to you a co-founder as well as [...]

Our Values and How We Defined Them

Last year, after a time of significant growth and changes, we redefined our values together [...]

The Last Mile—Smartly Planned

The logistical effort of package delivery is increasing yearly. Read to find out how mobile [...]

Team Spotlight—Get to Know Martina

From HR and the back office to process optimisation and workshops, our Martina is a [...]

2022: The Year to Integrate Mobile Access

Ensure your business model by integrating mobile access into your systems. Here are five reasons [...]

Tapkey is Pentest Approved

We have commissioned hackers to hack into our systems. To be more specific, we’ve commissioned [...]

Top 5 Smart Logistic Trends

From product development and manufacturing to material flow control and last-mile delivery, new smart logistics [...]

Top 12 Telematics Device Manufacturers

Here is a list of the top 12 telematics device manufacturers.

Latest Trends in Telematics

Here are the latest trends in fleet management.

Whitelabel App—One App With Many Faces

Developing an app in-house takes a lot of time and resources. That's precisely why white [...]

Cloud and Software as a Service

Traditional software, installed on individual devices, can hinder companies when different departments need to work [...]

New Version of the flinkey Box

New: flinkey Box. With compact dimensions & extended battery life.

OSS Mobile Access Standard: Tapkey is Ready to Start

The OSS Association has been working with its members on an OSS Mobile Access Standard [...]

Mobile Access Control: The Icing on The Cake

In this article, we explain to what extent mobile access control can be the icing [...]

Guide: 5 Steps Towards Tapkey Integration

What to do to integrate with Tapkey? Here are a few basics for all integrators [...]

Sustainable with Security?

The megatrends, security and neo-ecology are changing the world. Find out how they are leaving [...]

Ruptela Trusts in Tapkey Technology

New Integrator: Ruptela, a telematics company, who is developing hardware for GPS tracking.

Access Control Industry in Numbers

Growth, trends, COVID-19 impact and forecasts about the access control market.

Better Together: Why Companies Should Team Up

Strategic partnerships are fundamental to improving business outcomes—also in the access control industry. Learn why [...]

Rethinking Shared Mobility

We invited Venkatesh, Partnerships & Business Development at movmi, to talk to us about the [...]

Why Automation and Integration Are Becoming Competitive Advantages

No company can afford to run a collection of isolated applications. Organisations that have specifically [...]

What’s Next for PropTech?

PropTech expert Nikolai Roth explains in our interview to what extent the sector has changed [...]

The Secret Behind Mobile Credentials

How mobile credentials work and their benefits.

Vehicle Access: OEM or Retrofit Solution?

OEMs are developing proprietary technologies, other players are coming in with retrofit solutions. Find out [...]

The 12 Best Bike Sharing Platforms

Increasing demand for shared mobility is creating many bike sharing platforms. Here are the best.

Bike Sharing: Easier With Mobile Access

How mobile access control to bike hubs, bikes and more is changing the bike sharing [...]

Car Access Retrofit: 5 Reasons Why

Car access retrofit means the modernisation of access to existing vehicles. The flinkey car sharing [...]

Access Control as a Service: What Does That Mean?

What is Access Control as a Service (short ACaaS)? Find out here.

Innovative Access Control In Times of Corona

Now more than ever, the access control industry needs to meet the highest hygiene standards. [...]

The Future of Automotive Access Control

As populations become increasingly urbanised, inner-city transportation models need to evolve. Not surprising that car [...]

Tapkey Platform: What’s it About?

What is the Tapkey Connect platform? Find out!

Using Smartphones as a Secure Access Control

Gain access via your smartphone with the mobile access solution Tapkey.

Why Shared Mobility Calls for Mobile Access Control

The growth in shared mobility is closely linked to innovations in mobile technologies and applications. [...]

Hardware or Software: It Takes Both!

The access control industry has changed. While there can be some similarities in the business [...]

Visitor Management x Access Control: The Great Fusion

Organisations are using access control technology or a visitor management solution, or even both in [...]

Why Coworking Spaces Benefit From Mobile Access

Coworking spaces all over Europe use Tapkey and trust in it. Convince yourself of the [...]

Will Access Control Get Under Our Skin?

We interviewed Lee Odess, CEO and Founder of Inside Access Control, about how the future [...]

Your Tenant Experience App—With Mobile Access

A tenant experience app with mobile access control brings these advantages.

Hardware Simulator: How We Test Smart Locks From Home

We developed the Tapkey hardware simulator. Now our development team can simulate real locks without [...]

Biometrics vs. Smartphone: Who Wins?

The trend in access control is going towards smartphone use or biometrics. What are the [...]

Digitally Managed Access: A Must-Have for PropTech Apps!

Thanks to digital solutions the real estate industry is getting smarter and smarter. What is [...]

Why Open Interfaces Mean Everything

Tapkey offers a publicly available API to allow partners access their platform. For which industires [...]

6 Crucial Benefits of PropTech

There are several ways in which developments in PropTech can benefit the real estate industry.

NFC, BLE, RFID: What’s the Difference?

We live in an increasingly wireless world. Radio technologies are everywhere.. But what does NFC, [...]

Tips for Securing Your Self Storage

With this checklist you can secure your self-storage warehouse correctly.

When to Integrate Tapkey?

When does a Tapkey integration make sense? Find out here!

Influential People in Mobility

Would you like to delve deeper into the mobility industry? These 14 influencers know best. [...]

Tapkey and Garmin at the CES Asia 2019

Garmin and Tapkey present how to unlock a car with a smartwatch via Bluetooth.

Digital Access Solutions for More Flexibility

Digital access solutions offer more flexibility. Find out why here.

Coworking—Part of the PropTech Revolution?

What does proptech have to do with coworking? That’s the kind of questions we asked [...]

Tapkey World 2019 in a Nutshell

Tapkey World 2019 – a day full of insights about the access economy, inspirational talks [...]

Tapkey, FM Innovation of the Year?

Two days to go until the Future Lab in Munich. Guess who made it to [...]

A Car Sharing Box for Pullach

The Pullach Geothermal Society (IEP) invited to the congress "Kommunale Daseinsvorsorge im digitalen Wandel" on [...]

Tapkey at the Coworking Europe 2018

From November 14 to 16, Amsterdam will be the meeting place for the coworking scene [...]

Integrate Mobile Access: It’s That Easy!

Tapkey can be integrated into locking products and services. In addition the access software can [...]

Why DOM Security and Tapkey?

DOM, one of the largest lock manufacturers in Europe, decided to develop and launch a [...]

Tapkey Connects with Conrad Connect at IFA

When Conrad Connect shows off its latest offerings at Berlin’s renowned IFA tech trade show [...]

Tapkey goes IFA 2018

From August 31 to September 5, 2018, Tapkey will be a Conrad Connect partner at [...]

Helpful Software for Fitness Operators

Smart apps and tools support us in managing daily tasks. Also in the leisure and [...]

4 Facility Management Trends

Some of the most important discussions around the FM industry today focus on trends such [...]

SecurityExpo 2018: Become a Tapkey Expert now!

June 27-28, 2018: Tapkey introduces a complete access management solution and the new Tapkey Expert [...]

The Tesla of the Future Gets a Smartphone-Access Upgrade

Tapkey and WITTE Automotive have teamed up to propel a world-famous concept car even further [...]