Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Lenovo is rolling out today a new suite of back-to-work solutions focused on Internet of Things capabilities to help businesses reopen offices and operations. And the effort-coordinating group is based in the Triangle where Lenovo operates one of its two headquarters, as well as its business server group.
“IoT solutions have promised great results for the past decade but have not delivered,” said John Gordon, President of Commercial Internet of Things at Lenovo. “Our main goal is to make a change in the technical challenges of the Internet of Things systems so that it will help to make them work on a scale basis.
On industry-first IoT management software and a proven partner ecosystem, we build on our global strength in services and supply chain and layer to help customers finally get the value they’ve always wanted from IoT, quickly and without any trouble.”
The Back to Work Solutions package is called ThinkIoT.
Offering includes the ability to:
- Control who gets into the location
- Manage behaviours within the space; and
- Prepare to respond to incidents
This includes what Lenovo describes as “a set of end-to-end, pre-tested and validated IoT solutions which incorporate carefully selected and proven hardware and software partners,” including CXApp, Inpixon, L Squared, Openpath, Relogix and Viper Imaging.
Lenovo defines the offerings in this way:
Touchless Building Access: Modern access control, enabling touchless access, phone-based authentication, easy cloud management, and integration with legacy IoT solutions and access control systems.
Elevated temperature screening: Using U.S. thermal screening technologies Food and Drug Administration has approved thermal cameras to detect individuals with elevated body temperatures as they pass through access points. (Viper Photography) Digital Signage and Policy Communication: Integrated approach for digital communication and content management in order to convey policies and knowledge efficiently to the employees. (La Quadratura)
Safe Workspace Monitoring: Workplace occupancy monitoring system to follow social distancing requirements with granularity to a seat level and recognize the use of workspace for target cleaning. (Relogxt)
On-Premise Contact Tracing: Employee and visitor monitoring using an existing Wi-Fi network to monitor safety in the office area and allow for a coordinated response in the event of an incident. (IT) (Inpixon)
Customers can select what matters most to them, and mix and match strategies based on their desired outcomes. Lenovo is the one-stop-shop to deploy and manage these Back to Work Solutions.
