Sharry Mobile Badge And ID Management Startup Profile + CEO Interview
Sharry touts itself as a "workplace experience platform" with a focus on connecting mobile credential management with traditional on-premise access control systems. As more access control companies move to the cloud, how is the company positioned?
IPVM interviewed Sharry CEO Josef Šachta to discuss the startup's offering, where they are positioned, how it interconnects cloud mobile credentials with on-premise systems, its go-to-market strategy, and plans for growth.
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Differentiation ******* ******** *** ** *******
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****** ** **** ** * ******* subscription **** * ******* ******* ******.
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*** ******** ********** *********, ** *** "GLA", ***** ******** **** ** *** building. ***** ** **** *** ************** fee, ***** ** ***** ** *** number ** ************ **** ** **** to *******.
******* *** ****** *******, *** ********** pricing ** **** *** ****** ****, meaning **** ******* ****** *** ******* new ******, *** ***'* **** ** buy * *** *******:
**** *** **** **** ********* *** to **** *** ***** ******* *** mobile *********** ********, ******* **'* *** project **** *** ******* **** ** invest **** ********, ***** ** *** on ****, ********* **** **** ** upgrade ***** ****** ******* ******. **** also **** ** *** *** *** credentials, ** *** ********** ********* **** HID, *** **** ** *** ** on, ** ** *** ********* *** us ** **** *** ******* **** that ***** ***** *** *** ******* when ***** *** **** ** ****** standard.
***** ****** **** *** ******** *******, Sachta *****:
** *** *** ******* *** ******, but * *** *** ** ******* that, *** *******, *** *** ******* management ******, ** ****'* ********* *** us ** **** *** ***** *******, because **'* ****** ************ ******. ** I ******* **** ** *** ** the **** ***** ** *** ****** is.
** **** ***** **** ****** *** resell ****** *********** ** **** ** its ********, *** **** ********* *** purchasing **** ******* ***** ********, *** Sharry **** ********** ****.
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************ (*** *******)*** ****** ***** **** ******* ********** capabilities, ********** ****** ******* ******** **** different ****** *** ** ******** ********** solution, *** **** ** *** ***** access ******* **********. ****, ** *** other ****, ****** ****** ******* **********, allowing ***** ** ****/****** ***** *** generate *** ****. *******, **** ***** integration ** ****** ****-** ********* (*.*., Okta, ********, ***.).
***** **** ****** *********** ** ****** offers ****** ******* ******** **********, ******* management, *** **** ************ ******* *** mobile ****. *******, ************ ** **** better ******, ******* $**+ *******, ****** 10x **** ****** *** ******, ** a **** ******* **** *****.
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