Business opportunities Integrating the meeting room:


i3 Technologies Evoko


RedstoneConnect


A company can have a room full of cutting edge, fully featured products – but if staff / visitors are not fully aware the product is available, or are not suitably trained to use them, then there is little point having the technol- ogy in the first place. i3 Tech- nologies’ solutions embody the principle that user adoption starts with the user’s desire to want to want to use the facilities and solutions provided. i3 Technologies has built and developed the broadest range of interactive displays at a range of sizes and a variety of price points. This enables an organi- sation to turn almost any space into an interactive,


collabora-


tion environment. The i3SYNC screen-sharing device launches with a single push of a button and does not require the open- ing of a .exe file like most similar products on the market today. Being able to capture, share and access meeting content from any device (phone/tablet/ laptop) was a key driver for the development for i3MEETING- HUB. This cloud-based content/ collaboration platform facilitates the easy creation and manage- ment of content but can work flawlessly with all major UC platforms (ZOOM / MICROSOFT SKYPE 4 BUSINESS / CISCO


Also available from A+K, the Evoko Liso room manager can be closely integrated with OneSpace meeting room technology


allow the receiver and transmit- ter to communicate with each other without reliance on any corporate or guest network. i3SYNC is wireless so offers easy setup and sharing to take place seamlessly, allowing up to 3 presenters to share content on a single panel. As the i3SYNC does not encroach on the IT network this provides a benefit of less calls to a company’s IT team for support.


Also available from A+K, the Evoko Liso room manager can


portal to centrally and remotely manage EVOKO Liso Displays. A recent innovation, from A+K parent RedstoneConnect is One- Space Link This is a Microsoft Outlook Plug-In for meeting room management. The plug-In provides advanced booking fea- tures all within the MS Outlook calendar ‘invite window’ and is compatible with Office 365 and Exchange, adding a new level of sophistication. Users can man- age multiple sites, floors and departments through a highly graphical interface, with visu- al floorplans to see availability and location. Users can search for availability and book by room name, location, capacity and equipment, and order bookable resources such as flipcharts or portable display equipment. They can manage cost centre al- locations and authorisation lev- els, and enjoy comprehensive re- porting for occupancy analysis, cost centre and supplier man- agement. This SaaS platform -charged per room, per month.


SPARK). The i3MEETINGHUB has been designed to be ac- cessed from a browser on nearly any operating system ranging from Windows to MAC OS to Android.


As MEETINGHUB is a us-


er-centric each individual user keeps their own info private in their own account. HUDDLE has a reset option which means each session will be removed and wiped clean. The Huddle has easy share option so it is easy to distribute the meeting infor- mation before it is wiped. This can be achieved via QR scan to download a pdf, email directly or upload to meeting hub. i3 have designed the i3SYNC screen sharing device to launch with a single push of a button and does not require


to first


open a .exe file which differen- tiates it from most similar prod- ucts on the market today. This is liked by IT departments as it provides the least intrusive op- tion for their IT infrastructure. i3SYNC also sets up its own se- cure encrypted Wi-Fi network to


When Crestron Fusion was first announced it was an on-prem- ise tool for monitoring and managing the resources of a corporation or campus. The new Cloud Edition delivers similar benefits of enterprise management, without the physical investment or respon- sibility.


The Cloud Edition means that performing enterprise management no longer re- quires enterprise-grade exper- tise in installation, hosting, and maintenance – or a large enterprise. The latest release of Crestron Fusion available as a traditional software down- load or pre-loaded on a rack server, and, for the first time, as a private cloud service man- aged by Crestron, introduced the 3-dimensional Fusion In- Site.


So, in brief, Crestron Fusion


entire corporate campus. And that’s just the begin- ning, says Bargetzi. Users can then “drill down” to view each building on the campus, each floor in the building, each room, and all the technology in the rooms. They can check the status of and control devices in the room, such as occupancy or daylight sensors, turn lights on or off, and view lighting levels and set room scenes – and per- form all these functions any- time, anywhere, with Crestron Fusion Cloud Edition.


Managers can view all occu- pied or vacant rooms, as well as rooms that are booked, but vacant, so they can be released for use, increasing productivity in the process. Lights can be turned off in vacant rooms, re- ducing energy consumption. Hosted on a dedicated, pri- vate server, and employing


Crestron Fusion empowers


knowledge workers to view room availability and book spaces on the spot using a scheduling touch screen at the room entrance. Managers can use Crestron Fusion to stream- line help desk operations and perform preventative mainte- nance on every AV device in the room, ensuring maximum uptime and productivity. Cre- stron Fusion also provides valuable analytics and report- ing of real-time and historical energy usage, enabling orga- nizations to make intelligent and informed energy saving decisions.


Visualising the enterprise: Crestron


Crestron Fusion empowers knowledge workers to view room availability and book spaces on the spot


Cloud Edition delivers all the benefits of enterprise manage- ment without the responsibil- ities of managing additional servers on the corporate net- work. Fusion InSite provides facilities managers with inter- active, real-time 360-degree, 3D visualization of entire buildings across the enterprise and the status of the individu- al spaces within them, making it easy to visualise the physical plant.


be closely integrated with the i3


meeting room technology


and standard calendar applica- tions. Its physical presence in the building is revealed with a bright right 8-inch OLED touch display. It has an RFID / NFC Reader built-in, a proximity sen- sor and wi-fi connectivity. Users can see what is installed in the room. Importantly, the solutions is compatible with Office 365, Exchange and Google docs, with remote set up & management via the EVOKO Home Portal, a browser-based administration


OneSpace Link is a convenient tool for booking and managing meeting rooms and resources within an organisation, but a full implementation of OneSpace, says RedstoneConnect, can do much more, if required. For ex- ample, IoT software and physical sensors can be deployed as part of a space utilisation study or for continual monitoring resulting in complete management and con- trol of meeting resources.


“3D visualization isn’t just amazingly cool, it’s also an amazingly powerful tool for en- terprise management. Manag- ers will be able to see the en- tire building and manage it, as they never have before.,” said Fred Bargetzi, Crestron CTO. 3D Fusion InSite. Now, in addition to the hierarchical list of rooms and the technology in them, a click on the new Fu- sion InSite tab provides man- agers with complete 360-de- gree 3D visualization of the


standard security protocols, Crestron Fusion Cloud Edition is always “on” and available to you no matter where you are. Simply enter the unique URL and host name to access all the power and functionality of the application, just as if it resided on the network in your building. Optional multiple, redundant servers are available for addi- tional backup security. “Until now, enterprise man- agement software needed en- terprise support to install and maintain - you needed to en- gage database and IT staff to install it on datacentre comput- ers in addition to managing the network infrastructure and con- nectivity with your own serv- ers,” said Glen Marianko, Tech- nology Manager, Enterprise Solutions at Crestron. “Now, with


Crestron Fusion Cloud


Edition, we host and manage Crestron Fusion for you. Your connection to the Internet is all that’s needed.”


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