Alocity Integrates Mercury Security to Bridge AI and Legacy Hardware

The partnership addresses a persistent friction point in physical security: the discrepancy between long-lived hardware, such as controllers and readers, and the rapid evolution of cloud-based AI tools. While traditional access control systems often require complete hardware overhauls to modernize, Alocity’s approach treats Mercury’s open foundation as a plug-and-play base for its Aimee AI operator and video analytics suite.

This shift enables security teams to move beyond static monitoring toward natural language interaction. Operators can now query systems for specific events—such as unauthorized tailgating or vehicle-linked access incidents—across a unified dashboard. For integrators, the move provides a pathway to propose system upgrades based on software capabilities and operational efficiency rather than forcing clients into a restrictive, single-vendor ecosystem. By standardizing the intelligence layer while keeping the hardware layer open, the company aims to mirror the modular transformation seen in enterprise IT, where infrastructure serves as a commodity for high-level software application.