Business news TIG opens brand-new Experience Spaces


Technological Innovations Group (TIG) has opened two of its brand-new series of Ex- perience Spaces - in Frankfurt and London. These innovative spaces will welcome integra-


that TIG represents integrate. These events will see safety measures in place and virtual elements to reach those unable to travel. The new Experience Spaces


They are located in: WeWork - Fifth floor No 1 Poultry London EC2R 8EJ UK


Midwich Group Plc has an- nounced the signing of a glob- al distribution agreement with award-winning collaboration solutions manufacturer, DTEN. DTEN’s innovative communica- tions technology creates the ide- al environment to communicate and collaborate, regardless of whether in the office or working from home. DTEN solutions are Zoom certified and designed for ‘plug and play’ integration with the Zoom Video Communica- tions platform.


Midwich Group global agreement with DTEN “We are pleased to have signed


a global distribution agreement with DTEN. Midwich has seen a substantial increase in demand from our channel partners for DTEN products in North Amer- ica, so to be able to extend this partnership around the globe is very exciting.”


With ISE 2021 postponed, and many other industry events being cancelled, TIG is planning to host bespoke and small-scale events in its Experience Spaces over the coming months, which will offer an intimate and safe platform to see first-hand how the technologies that TIG represents integrate.


tors, consultants, specifiers and end-users and showcase TIG's impressive ecosystem of AV, UC, IT and control solutions from brands at the forefront of leading-edge technology devel- opment, in a safe and socially distanced way. With ISE 2021 postponed, and many other industry events being cancelled, TIG is planning to host bespoke and small-scale events in its Expe- rience Spaces over the coming months, which will offer an in- timate and safe platform to see first-hand how the technologies


will serve to demonstrate how TIG's ecosystem of world-class brands work together to form bespoke bundles that match the client's exact brief, and help integrators deploy fully integrated, tailor-made and futureproof smart spaces in a wide range of environments including corporate, retail, res- idential, hospitality, education and healthcare.


The locations of the new Expe- rience Spaces were carefully chosen for their ease of acces- sibility and central


positions in both Frankfurt and London.


CenturyLink rebrands as Lumen Technologies CenturyLink says it has “a new


brand name and bold new pur- pose”. As Lumen Technologies, or simply Lumen, the compa- ny will help lead enterprises through the challenges and opportunities of the 4th Indus- trial Revolution – a time when smart, connective devices are everywhere. Lumen brings a new focus to how it views the marketplace and the world with the purpose to further human progress through technology. The 4th Industrial Revolution represents the latest technolog- ical shift to change how every- one lives, works and thrives. At its core, this new age requires companies to


effectively ac-


quire, analyse and act upon their data to stay ahead of the curve and to be competitive. Lumen's combination of glob- al technology infrastructure, powerful business solutions and industry-leading services creates the platform to help our customers excel in this new in- dustrial age and produce amaz- ing things. Lumen president and CEO Jeff Storey comments on new brand name, new purpose: “Our people are dedicated to furthering human progress through technology. Lumen is all about enabling the amazing potential of our customers, by


utilising our technology plat- form, our people, and our re- lationships with customers and partners.”


The Lumen Platform helps our customers capitalize on emerging technologies of the 4th Industrial Revolution to deliver amazing things such as smart cities, retail and indus- trial robotics, real-time virtual collaboration and automated factories, as well as power to- day's business applications that require high-performance networking and security. The platform brings together our highly interconnected global fibre network infrastructure, edge cloud capabilities, and se- curity and communication and collaboration solutions to deliv- er a fast and secure foundation for the application and data services vital to our customers' success. Lumen executive vice president and chief marketing officer Shaun Andrews com- ments on the platform: “All of our futures will be driven by smart things, applications and digital services that use data for transformational purposes. To serve this colossal need and further human progress through technology, we have launched Lumen and are delivering our technology through the Lumen Platform, a platform for amaz-


ing things.” Lumen's worldwide fibre net-


work infrastructure and com- plementary capabilities deliver unique competitive advantages to customers in four key areas: •Adaptive Networking: Lumen provides hybrid network solu- tions built to quickly respond to customers' ever-changing data and application needs. •Edge Cloud & IT Agility: Lu- men enhances application ex- periences by delivering low-la- tency, high performance data access and by moving data and workloads closer to where cus- tomers need them.


•Connected Security: Lumen offers global threat intelligence, network-based security controls and deep security expertise to help customers protect their data and applications against constantly evolving threats. •Communications & Collabora- tion: Lumen's communication and collaboration solutions make it easy for people to stay connected, productive and en- gaged wherever they are locat- ed.


The legal name of CenturyLink, Inc. is expected to be formally changed to Lumen Technolo- gies, Inc. upon the satisfaction of all legal and regulatory re- quirements.


Marienforum - Seventh floor Mainzer Landstr. 1 60329 Frankfurt am Main Germany


Guests can book their person- alised visit with one of TIG's experts by going to: www.tig. eu/events#booking-form. TIG is committed to adhering to Covid-safety and strict


social


distancing regulations, and all meetings will be held in private with the most relevant TIG spe- cialist on hand.


The full range of DTEN prod- ucts is available to Midwich Group channel partners in the UK & Ireland starting today im- mediately, with a phased roll- out across Continental Europe and Asia Pacific [in the coming weeks]. This global agreement expands on the Group’s existing partnership with DTEN in North America through Starin Market- ing, inc. (recently acquired by Midwich Group), where there has been a rapid increase in demand for ‘Zoom Rooms’ and ‘Zoom for Home’ solutions. Stuart Mizon, Commercial Di- rector, Midwich Group, com- ments:


The Genee Vision range quickly became the market leader in visualisers and rapidly became the visualiser of choice in hun- dreds of classrooms around the world. Since its inception, the Genee Vision has always focused on high quality stat- ic and moving images with its CMOS and CCD lens technolo- gy as well as its host of features to complement today’s learn- ing environment and changing pedagogies.


The new portable Genee Vi- sion adheres to the high quality of the Genee Vision range with added flexibility and manoeu- vrability removing the need for cables and giving more class- room options to teachers and students. The new portable Genee Vision range is available in two models - Genee Vision Wireless and Genee Vision Wireless Elite.


The new Genee Vision Wire-


less range is designed from the ground up to revolutionise today’s learning environments and reduce cable clutter on a teacher’s desk. With its simple plug and play core, the Genee Vision Wireless is the perfect hands on portable visualiser for use in all education and busi- ness environments. The Genee Vision Wireless Elite allows you to connect up to 60 visualisers together which can be controlled with our powerful software. This al- lows the teacher to place a vi- sualiser on each student’s desk and instantly share their work to class. The Genee Wireless Elite 200W also has built in au- dience response system which student can answer question which have been pre-set by the teacher.


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The wireless range of visual- isers aids in keeping teachers safe as they do not have to touch a student’s work to share it to the class. Instead they can place the visualiser on the desk


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“At a time where simple and effective Unified Communica- tions (UC) is a requirement for the meeting rooms and WFH setup, DTEN’s purpose-built ‘Zoom Rooms’ and ‘Zoom for Home’ appliances make it eas- ier than ever for our customers


working with DTEN to deliver these solutions across our global customer base.”


Doug Remington, Gener-


al Manager & Head of Sales at DTEN EMEA, comments: “DTEN is excited to deepen our partnership with Midwich Group through this agreement. Our rapid growth across EMEA and APAC, makes expanding our partnership with Midwich Group key to our ability to ac- celerate delivery of our award winning DTEN solutions. We look forward to developing our core markets, expanding into


to scale, deploy, and manage meeting rooms within both en- vironments. We look forward to


Simple Connectivity


Setting up couldn’t be simpler; plug in your Wi-Fi dongle and enter your password and you are ready to go!


Eliminates the use of cables Clutter


free environment, no


cables are necessary except for charging.


Bespoke Software


Easy to use and created to be an all in one software for you to use with the visualisers. With the intuitive software you can easily capture images and rotate images or choose from negative, positive or black and white. The software also al- lows you to record the session, which you can later send to your students.


Keeping Safe


new areas, and building a con- sistently exceptional customer experience together.”


New wireless Genee Vision range


and show the work on the class- room display screen! Collaboration


The Genee Vision Wireless vi- sualiser give the ability to have students collaborate with each other while social distancing. Teachers can place the Genee Vision E100W and E200W on each students’ desk and can show all of them on the display simultaneously!


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