Sony Pro upgrades TEOS workplace management

Sony Professional Solutions has announced TEOS Manage 2.0, a major update to its workspace management solution. Designed as a way to manage facilities in corporate and education environments, it comes with over 65 new features and functionalities, including a new mobile room-booking app for employees, advanced analytics, remote firmware updates, a newly-designed universal remote control, and a more secure visitor check-in process.

According to research undertaken by DEGW, employees waste 27 minutes each day arranging meetings, which equates to more than 117 hours or 15.5 working days of lost productivity per employee each year. Sony says its family of TEOS solutions, including the new employee-focused mobile room-booking app TEOS Mobile, directly addresses these and other challenges organisations are facing.

New features of TEOS Manage 2.0 include Universal 2.0 remote control, a newly-designed universal digital remote control that shows live device status alongside updates to provide greater compatibility with third-party AV products; reducing time spent troubleshooting connectivity issues; a TEOS mobile app for room booking processes, device control and mirroring and TEOS Room Control, an in-room tablet control solution gives employees the power to control meeting room devices.

TEOS Manage 2.0 also sports a new interface design, remote installation, configuration and maintenance, and digital signage options. The platform is compatible with Vision Exchange, Barco Clickshare, NEC and C-Touch display.

“The key to optimising workplace productivity is ensuring employees get the most out of the spaces around them and the devices at their disposal. At the same time, organisations need solutions that collect and present data in a clear way, and that allow them to make smart decisions to meet their strategic real estate goals,” explained Thomas Issa, Corporate and Education Solutions Manager, Sony Professional Solutions Europe.