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01732 759725 INNOVATIONS 26 Secure multimedia messaging Multitone has released two new secure mobile messaging apps for its i-Message unified messaging platform. Already used by a number of healthcare and retail customers, i-Message brings together an organisation’s disparate communications including phone, email, paging, BMS and security and fire alarms. The solution’s Appear smartphone app shows the status and availability of contacts and ensures that voice, text and video messages are properly routed and acknowledged. Multitone Appear+ provides new multimedia functionality so that medical clinicians can securely share clinical information, images and video content and includes a SIP phone client and conference bridge for multi-party collaboration. Designed as a pager alternative, Multitone Appear Lite can be operated on or off-site over a Wi-Fi or mobile network. It ensures messages are sent to the right team members, with acknowledgement, proof of delivery and escalation to a supervisor if messages go unanswered. www.multitone.com Digital alerting system JOAN Classroom helps higher education institutions manage their classrooms and resources more efficiently by showing a daily schedule outside each classroom door. Visionect’s classroom scheduling display also functions as an information screen in case of emergencies, delivering alerts and warnings across the campus without the need for wires or access to the power grid. JOAN Classroom uses 99% less power than LCD and can run for as long as 12 months on a single battery charge. www.visionect.com All-in-one conference kit The ASUS Hangouts Meet hardware kit is a smart video-conferencing solution that provideas HD, wide-view visuals and crystal-clear audio for secure meetings with up to 50 participants. The package includes: the compact ASUS Chromebox 2 computer powered by up to an Intel Core i7 processor; a 4K UHD camera with a 120-degree field of view and auto-zoom technology; a 10.1-inch touchscreen control panel for one-touch meeting management; and a high-quality speakermic box featuring echo-cancellation and noise-suppression technologies. www.asus.com/uk/ LCD video wall Barco UniSee is a modular LCD video wall platform ideal for meeting rooms, control rooms and lobby and reception areas. The mounting system uses gravity to self-align the LCD tiles for a bezel-less video wall. It also hosts all input and power modules for reduced set-up and maintenance requirements. www.barco.com Secure headset Sennheiser and Kudelski Group have developed a Bluetooth headset with hardware-based encryption for secure end-to-end, headset-to-headset voice communications. The Secure Headset embeds WHITE NOISE encryption in the headset itself, which, in combination with the accompanying WHITE NOISE app, ensures that voice calls and group chat across the entire communication chain, including between the headset and paired mobile device, cannot be intercepted. The headset features a seven-hour talk time and three digital noise-cancelling microphones with SpeakFocus technology to optimise speech intelligibility in noisy locations and WindSafe technology to reduce wind noise when outdoors. www.sennheiser.com/whitenoise What’s New Call flexibility Blackwire 5200 Series and Blackwire 3200 Series headsets from Plantronics are designed to switch between devices for seamless communication. The headsets work across a range of devices supporting USB-A or USB-C and 3.5mm connections and feature folding ear cushions and one-touch call, volume and mute controls. The 5200 series features passive noise cancellation and dynamic mute alert which warns the user if they talk while muted. www.plantronics.com Maxwell certified The entire Gigaset range of desktop and cordless phones is now certified for the Broadsoft cloud PBX and UC platform, following certification of the Maxwell range, including the Basic, Maxwell 3 and new Maxwell 2 desktop IP phone. Eric Baremans, Head of Interoperability and Technical Sales at Gigaset Communications GmbH, said: “Our German quality products can now be offered in combination with Broadsoft cloud PBX and UC solutions. From now on, we offer both resellers and end users a complete portfolio of IP desktop and IP DECT telephones, suitable for the best-in-class platforms.” All-touch BlackBerry TCL Communication has unveiled BlackBerry Motion, the newest BlackBerry smartphone. The all-touch model features a 5.5in Full- HD Premium Anti-Scratch Display; IP67 water and dust resistance; the largest battery ever in a BlackBerry smartphone (4,000mAh); Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0; and a hardened aluminium frame with a soft-grip textured back for durability. www.blackberrymobile.com