EVENTS Mobile World Congress
“People have far more distributed working lives now between home and the office as their employers look to scale
down their office space and adopt this flexible working approach.” Paul Dunne, Head of EMEA Channels at Poly
MICROSOFT HOLOLENS 2
“This is a commercial device, not a consumer product”, said the Microsoft
rep as I went to have a go on the next iteration of the AR headset. The
display was incredible, the upgrade was compared with moving from a 720p
TV to a 2k TV. Microsoft has extended the field of view, from 34-degrees to
54-degrees, to increase immersion which also makes it easier to interact
with menus and objects. The applications for the technology are becoming
more apparent by the day. Training seems to be an obvious area, this
particular demo showed how medical students could use the technology to
improve their diagnosis skills.
their network! e network is
their value.”
On their UK activities,
Joggerst said “We sit behind the
carriers in the UK, we are looking
to become relevant to not just the
infrastructure side of the carrier
but also the go-to-market side
and Channel.”
“Web-RTC is our sweet spot,
we a have a pretty robust Web-
RTC gateway which is one of the
two major components sitting
inside our carrier-grade network.
We package that with something
called Kandy Link, if you want
to have something on-prem, for
privacy concerns, you can keep
in on-prem and connect to our
cloud. e signalling is coming
from the cloud and the data stays
local.”
Joggerst continued, “We are
working with some big cloud
contact centres in the UK.
Interestingly, they ship phone
books out to agents, where
ever they are in the world, and
because our products are so easy,
in-browser, the user can just re
it up instantly and the customer
can have agents on demand.”
As oce environments and
business models evolve so are
David Dungay trying out the Hololens with Haptic Feedback
the products coming to market.
Employers are increasingly trying
to save money on oce space,
but they need to equip their sta
accordingly.
Paul Dunne, Head of EMEA
Channels at Poly, commented
“Having a desk in an oce
could cost an employer £35,000.
People have far more distributed
working lives now between home
and the oce as their employers
look to scale down their oce
space and adopt this exible
working approach. However,
employees must have the right
tools for the job.”
Dunne explained that Poly
(recently rebranded following
the Polycom acquisition
by Plantronics) weren’t just
oering headsets and huddle
room equipment. “We are now
seeing our partners having
dierent conversations with
their customers about their
requirements.”
e new Elara 60, launched
at the event, is a desk phone
device which essentially converts
a smartphone into a business
desk phone by a simple docking
pad. e Elara will pick up
Microsoft Teams notications
and gives users one-touch access
to their collaboration tools.
It even charges your phone
when connected! ese type of
devices are perfect for those that
primarily use a mobile as their
communications ‘weapon of
choice’.
When in the oce workers
can often struggle with the
environment, Dunne explained
“We see these big beautiful
building being constructed,
particularly in London, which
have open plan spaces with glass
everywhere. ey look stunning
but they are terrible for noise,
sound just bounces around them
and many people really struggle
in those types of environments.
Noise-cancelling headphones are
now becoming a must for those
employees who need to block out
their noisy colleagues.”
Mobile rst - e
Elara 60 from
Poly
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