Visionect and Midwich have agreed a new exclusive partnership deal that sees Midwich become the distributor of JOAN digital meeting room solutions in the UK and Ireland.
Part of the Visionect product line, JOAN is a user-friendly, plug and play digital solution for meeting rooms. It has been designed to improve office productivity, meeting room scheduling and improve efficiencies in workspaces by making sure employees can access a meeting space when they need it.
The simple interface and system enables people to know when rooms are booked, reserve spaces for a desired time slot and duration, and even find openings for immediate, ad hoc meetings.
JOAN is claimed to be the first ePaper solution for meeting rooms and is available in over 20 languages with companies including Microsoft, Hyundai, and the Huffington Post already using it.
Although most buyers focus on the energy-savings and the competitive pricing, JOAN is all about improving office productivity, while installers will benefit from its wireless operation and easy-to-mount system (which even works for glass doors).
Leading communications technology business based in Thirsk, TeleWare, has recently integrated JOAN into its workplace. With a busy office and only a limited number of meeting rooms, TeleWare faced challenges with meetings overrunning, which caused subsequent appointments to start late, as well as inefficient management of room bookings and cancellations. The company required an affordable solution that is free of cabling, suitable for glass and with long battery life.
TeleWare’s chief technology officer, Rob Corrigill, said: “The solution just started working – the on-boarding process was so easy and demanded so little configuration. The engineers were expecting something a lot more complicated and kept checking to make sure they had installed it correctly.
“JOAN is the simplest meeting room booking solution that I’ve come across. As JOAN is cable free, installation was quick and easy. In no time at all we were able to book meeting rooms through JOAN. It’s a perfect fit for TeleWare.”
Jon Dew-Stanley, technical director at Midwich commented: “We’re excited to welcome JOAN into the Midwich family. With smaller meeting rooms or so called ‘huddle rooms’ growing in popularity, there is a huge need in the UK market for technology that would enable companies to maximise the utilisation of such spaces. To equip those meeting spaces we need technology that is intuitive, flexible, and cost-effective – which JOAN absolutely is. Zero wires, a long battery and a simple mount, coupled with its user-friendly design make JOAN perfect for non-technical users and a wonderful collaboration product. After all, huddle rooms are about collaboration, ad hoc meetings and a relaxed informal work atmosphere. It’s about brainstorming and boosting creativity. We see JOAN as the ultimate enabler of huddle spaces, taking them to another level of productivity by optimising their use. All in a very user-friendly, yet advanced way.”
Even Matej Zalar, CEO of Visionect, added: “We’re very excited and honoured to be working with Midwich. They are renowned throughout the AV and document solutions industry for delivering extensive technical and logistical support for both resellers and integrators with specialists consistently at the forefront of technology, serving customers across the UK and Ireland.”
