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//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// t cht lk Aruba’s smart digital workplace direction. This is an area where our teams have collaborated and expect to realise greater synergies in the future.” Francisco J Acoba, Managing Director and US Lead – Global Real Estate Transformation, Deloitte Consulting LLP, added: “Companies are re-evaluating their real estate strategies to better align with and enable the future of work. The smart digital workplace is now a major point of differentiation for organisations as employers look to attract, retain and grow today’s talent. The future of work will be defined by smart workplace experiences and corporate real esta te leaders along with their IT counterparts should consider embracing how mobility and enterprise IoT will transform the physical office.” Meanwhile, Jeff Gibson, Director of Advanced Business Development at Herman Miller, “What constitutes a great workplace experience is rapidly evolving with the addition of digital and data layers. “People need a variety of settings to perform their work activities and the digital layers that we are delivering are helping to maximise the experience. We are working with Aruba to create this vision where cloud connected furniture and devices can be deployed to support a mobile-first digital experience. Leveraging data and insights provides efficient usage of space www.intelligentcio.com “ OUR CUSTOMERS ARE INCREASINGLY INTERESTED IN MODERN WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENTS DRIVEN BY THE GROWTH IN MOBILITY AND IOT. for organisations as well as maximises the performance potential.” Enhanced collaboration and seamless workplace productivity In many digital enterprises, two or more collaboration applications are used simultaneously, such as Skype for Business for voice calling and desktop sharing and Zoom for video meetings and bringing in mobile and conference room devices. Zoom’s focus on frictionless meetings across conference rooms and teaming spaces is well aligned with Aruba’s smart digital workspace initiative. “The workplace has evolved into experiences in which people, content and tools must seamlessly interact,” said Eric Yuan, Chief Executive Officer at Zoom. “Zoom’s mobile, desktop and software- based room conferencing systems foster those experiences by allowing the most suitable tools to work together. That openness is a breath of fresh air for customers who for years had no choice but to buy their networks and telepresence from a single vendor.” To deliver a wide variety of proven digital workplace productivity and enterprise IoT solutions, Aruba has furthered its ArubaEdge Technology Partner Program, adding smart digital workplace partners AccelTex, HPE Pointnext, Lunera, Patrocinium and SpaceIQ to a list that already includes Envoy, Robin and Teem. These partners deliver integrated solutions that leverage a combination of location services, secure enterprise IoT management for personalised and automated digital workplaces. “Our customers are increasingly interested in modern workplace environments driven by the growth in mobility and IoT,” said Tony Balistrieri, VP, Corporate Field Sales, Zones, Inc. “These new trends increase the reliance on having a trusted partner for solutions architecting which is essential when bringing together multiple technologies to deliver smart digital workplaces.” n INTELLIGENTCIO 89