This week, Intel have announced: "Since we first introduced Intel Unite®, we have been on a mission to work with partners to eliminate meeting room complexity for customers. It’s rewarding to see the continued traction and ROI we’re driving. Internally, our IT department has deployed Intel Unite in 3,500 meeting spaces around the world (a number that will grow to 4,000). Intel IT estimates that our company has saved 50,000 hours with more efficient meeting-time starts. That number is expected to jump to 180,000 when Intel Unite is deployed across all 4,000 spaces.
While some organisations have invested hundreds of thousands – or even millions – of dollars in collaboration tools, the meeting room remains the one space where digital transformation is often left behind.
That’s why the opportunity to help customers transform meeting spaces is significant – and growing. Gartner estimates that customer spending on unified communications products will grow to some $43.5 billion by 2020. Moreover, according to Wainhouse Research, there are somewhere between 40 million and 60 million conference rooms that are in dire need of modernisation.
This week, at InfoComm International, we’re excited to welcome seven Open Pluggable Specification (OPS) partners to the Intel Unite community to extend our collaboration platform across more smart displays and digital signage with: Advantech, Axiomtek, Centerm Edge I&D, J&W IPC, Honghe and ViewSonic.
We continue to work with our broader ecosystem of partners to develop customised capabilities that both enhance and modernise the meeting room experience. At InfoComm, we’re highlighting a plug-in developed with FlatFrog, our customised plug-in for Microsoft’s Skype for Business and our collaboration with Avocor and Nureva.
We’re working with FlatFrog to take creative brainstorming to the next level with digital whiteboarding in meetings. With the FlatFrog Whiteboard plug-in for Intel Unite, employees can use FlatFrog Whiteboard during their Intel Unite meetings on interactive displays.
We’re also spotlighting Avocor’s interactive display solution designed specifically to enhance collaboration with intelligent touch using InGlass technology with Intel Unite solution.
