As we watch confirmed COVID-19 cases surge across the country, even as businesses have started re-opening, the case for technology to support safe workplaces becomes stronger by the day. Employers can hardly afford to lose large portions of their workers to illness, and employees need to feel safe as they return to their jobs. HT […]
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Mobile on-demand app vendor Zappix has launched a mobile-based visual solution to help GRM Document Management adapt their workforce management to COVID-19. The new Zappix “Back To Work” Solution delivers proactive daily symptom assessments pushed to employees via dynamic SMS or email links to keep employees, visitors, and customers in multiple GRM locations across the […]
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To support COVID-19 demands and deliver an entirely new digital approach for emergency patient engagement, Awrel, a dental software solutions company, unveiled its new Emergency Dental Virtual Assistant. The turnkey chatbot, deployed by embedding a single snippet of code into an existing website, uses artificial intelligence (AI) to empower remote triage and management of dental emergencies. […]
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While many companies are hard at work developing solutions to promote safe workplaces and employee safety, the COVID-19 pandemic has seen an increase many technologies that were already emerging as dominant trends. Among them is online shopping. Perhaps not surprisingly, given the lockdowns and simple fear of becoming infected, 76% of consumers have turned to […]
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By, Rashmi Vittal, CMO, Conversica The COVID-19 pandemic has clearly placed an inordinate amount of challenges for businesses across nearly every sector around the world. The International Labour Organization (ILO), which is the United Nations’ labor body, recently forecast that the equivalent of 195 million jobs could be lost worldwide as a result of the […]
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As businesses continue to try to re-open their doors and resume operations, many states are seeing an increase on confirmed COVID-19 cases. This makes it even more imperative that companies invest in workplace safety measures. That means appropriate disinfecting procedures, distancing policies, education, screening, and other means of ensuring safe work environments for employees whose […]
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The contact center is proving quite resilient, as it seamlessly shifted gears from the physical to the virtual. Innovation is allowing a way through COVID-19 and WFH mandates. And, it will be innovation that guides society back to normalcy. Still, there is a need for pandemic technology to help companies and the economy re-open their offices […]
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Consulting company Ovatio Technologies has a new office safety app that aids in social distancing. Using a Microsoft 365 identity, it allows users and admins to reserve socially distanced equipment and offices. It further provides training and procedure reminders pertaining to Covid-19. In addition, it automates logs of sanitation notifications at each booking ensuring the […]
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A COVID-19 dashboard that has been helping people better understand data related to the disease since March has added new features to help everyone make better decisions as businesses reopen and employees return to work. The COVID-19 Live Report with TIBCO Spotfire is a joint project of two leaders in technology innovation, Arria NLG and […]
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Safely reopening the world will require a group effort, from contact tracing and social distancing, to office density levels and wearables. As the technology community puts its efforts toward the problem launching creative solutions for the enterprise, the coming months will offer case studies on the post-COVID world. Los Angeles-based market research and experience management […]
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According to a recent announcement, KORE and Dexcom, a continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) company, are partnering to deliver a remote patient monitoring solution to assist care providers during the COVID-19 global pandemic. In order to successfully monitor the glucose levels of patients who are being treated for COVID-19, healthcare professionals (HCPs) must equip themselves with […]
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Food banks are facing a particular demand due to the stress of Covid-19. The United Nations projected that, because of the virus, the number of people facing severe food insecurity worldwide could double to 265 million. To keep them safe, A UV-light robot built by MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) has disinfected […]
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Lenovo’s Think IoT Workplace Solutions ecosystem — with help from partners like The CXApp — will validate, deploy, and manage global end-to-end solutions via a turnkey offering that will unlock the power of the Internet of Things (IoT) in the workplace. Lenovo validates each partner in the Think IoT ecosystem with a 140 checkpoints pertaining […]
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If you want to reopen your small business safely, it’s necessary to take some precautions and comply with federal and local regulations. In fact, it may make sense to exceed them when possible. The Supearior Automated Temperature Screening Kiosk (ATSK) can play a part in helping you avoid any costly closing orders by ensuring that your staff […]
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As more of us begin to resume our normal lives – whatever that means, we will undoubtedly come into more contact with other people. We will want to know if our friends, relatives and coworkers are infected or are potentially shedding virus. Numerous companies have announced solutions for the workplace. UDoTest, a Massachusetts-based software company […]
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Maplewood Senior Living, a senior living provider with a flagship Manhattan high-rise location, is now helping residents reconnect with their loved ones with safe in-person visits amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The visitations are made possible by a two-way communication technology launched this week by Eversound, allowing individuals to socialize through their window, from their balcony […]
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With businesses and other activities starting to open up after a three-month COVID-19 hiatus, naturally, there are ongoing concerns about the continued spread of the virus. More than half of U.S. states have seen recent upticks in confirmed cases, with a dozen seeing record numbers of new cases, after initiating their re-opening phases. Because most […]
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The Indoor Lab, a leading provider of sensor solutions for monitoring foot traffic today announced the launch of Safe Space for businesses of all types to ensure cleanliness, distancing and occupancy with its patent-pending WipeAway technology using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and 3D LiDAR. A Safe Space enabled business will provide a health performance index system […]
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Squadle, a technology company that enables multi-unit operators to simplify complex operations and streamline food safety, today announced the Squadle Sense Thermal Scanner, a new offering that enables restaurants, convenience stores, and food retailers to screen employee and guest health. Squadle Sense combines contactless devices, mobile apps, and web analytics so individuals can safely self-screen […]
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Ken Hosac, VP, IoT Strategy & Business Development, Cradlepoint has a great article at our sister site IoT Evolution World. He argues the need for reliable connectivity goes way beyond just the office or remote work. In fact, he says, it is a crucial and necessary need for a wide variety of groups working on […]
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