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Safe Workplace Monitoring
About VANTIQ
VANTIQ provides a low-code platform that allows companies to rapidly create and manage real-time software applications. VANTIQ recently announced their Back to Work Accelerator program to assist companies with their safe return to the office during and after COVID-19.
Our Work Together
VANTIQ turned to Rigado, part of their Back to Work Accelerator, to provide the Safe Workplace edge device network to power their Back to Work program – “Project Q”. They worked with the Rigado solutions team as well as their systems integration partner, Bits in Glass, to deploy a comprehensive Safe Workplace Monitoring solution that includes:
- Presence Sensors to track hand sanitizer usage & compliance
- Occupancy Sensors to monitor space utilization
- Intelligent Cameras to track Occupancy and Social Distancing
Why Rigado?
- Quick to Deploy
- Fully Integrated with VANTIQ’s Platform
- Easy to Extend with new Sensors & Devices
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About RXR
RXR Realty is the third-largest real estate owner in New York City, with over 25 million square feet of space across the tri-state area, including some of the most iconic addresses in Manhattan. Working with key partners McKinsey & Co., Infosys, Rigado, and Microsoft, RXR used Microsoft Azure to create and deploy an intelligent, secure, hyperscalable solution—in just a few months.
Our Work Together
When COVID-19 hit, a statewide stay-at-home order shut down all nonessential services in New York. RxR quickly developed a plan to re-open offices centered on several use cases, and launched the RxWell application, utilizing the Rigado Safe Workplaces solution to create a sensor and device network for restrooms and common areas, including:
- People counters to accurately track distancing protocols
- Digital displays to indicate occupancy and availability of restrooms
- Alert buttons for staff to indicate cleaning status to employees and management
Why Rigado?
- Accurate and reliable occupancy and people counting capabilities
- Certified Azure Plug and Play reduced time to market
- Easy to Extend with new Sensors & Devices
Smart Offices & Buildings
About CBRE
CBRE is the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm. They offer an integrated smart office solution to tenants who want to optimize space utilization and create a happier, more productive workplace.
Our Work Together
Rigado provides occupancy sensors and gateways that deliver office environmental and physical data directly to the Microsoft Azure Digital Twins cloud and CBRE Host system. This turnkey solution allows CBRE to easily add conference room availability and booking to any CBRE Host office installation, while being flexible enough to add future applications.
Why Rigado?
- Ease of Installation and Maintenance
- Direct Integration with Azure Digital Twins Cloud Backend
- Built for Scale and Future-Proofing
About ICONICS
ICONICS is a global automation software provider for energy, manufacturing, industrial and building applications. A longtime Microsoft Gold Partner, their software is recommended for automating, monitoring, and optimizing a customer’s most critical assets.
Our Work Together
ICONICS leverages Rigado edge data networks integrated with Azure IoT backend to power their Smart Office occupancy data visualization dashboard. Our solutions are bundled and distributed by Arrow Electronics as an out-of-the-box Smart Buildings Solution.
Why Rigado?
Wireless Networks and Cloud Experience and Expertise
Robust and Ongoing Support
End-to-End Security
About Steelcase
Founded in 1912, Steelcase today leads the way in creating great workplace experiences by offering a range of architecture, furniture and technology products and services designed to help people reach their full potential. Steelcase turns insights into innovations and pushes limits to transform and reimagine the workplace.
Our Work Together
Steelcase leverage Rigado gateway infrastructure to power their Workplace Advisor space management tool that helps accurately monitor, quantify and optimize workplace performance using unobtrusive, infrared technology. Multiple occupancy sensors collect and send presence data to multiple gateways, ensuring only precise information is stored on the secure Steelcase platform.
Why Rigado?
- End-to-end Security
- Edge Data Processing Capability
- Built for Scale and Future-Proofing
About OR Technologies
OR Technologies, a Fagerhult Group company, was established in 2017 following the acquisition of Organic Response’s revolutionary lighting controls technology. The business combines world-class research and development in IoT solutions, intimate customer knowledge and global reach to deliver the integrated Smart Lighting solutions of the future, today.
Our Work Together
OR Technologies leverage Rigado gateway networks to power their Organic Response commercial Smart Lighting platform – a wireless “plug & play” lighting control system that allows each individual luminaire to make and communicate data-based lighting decisions to the network. The Organic Response Sensor Node collects presence and ambient light data to inform the Distributed Intelligence architecture.
Why Rigado?
- Ease of Installation and Scalability
- High-Performance Bluetooth Connectivity
- Existing Networks Interoperability
Connected Retail & Restaurants
About Radius Networks
Radius Networks is the global leading provider of location-based guest experiences to restaurants and retailers such as table delivery and curbside service at Quick-Serve Restaurants. Their wireless tableside and curbside platforms are installed globally in tens of thousands of locations across more than 60 countries.
Our Work Together
The Radius Networks and Rigado teams partnered to configure a gateway solution with highly accurate Bluetooth performance with edge processing capability that is affordable enough to install and manage across 10,000+ global locations. Radius Networks installs 4-5 gateways in the ceilings of each restaurant that connect to table beacons and mobile apps to deliver precise customer location data to their employee-facing dashboard.
Why Rigado?
- End-to-End Security
- Flexible Connectivity
- Built for Scale and Future-Proofing
About Onset
Onset is a global leader in environmental asset monitoring solutions such as cold-chain and vaccine monitoring for healthcare supply chains. Onset has been designing and manufacturing its data loggers and monitoring solutions on site since the company’s founding in 1981.
Our Work Together
Rigado partnered with their team to configure a gateway solution that gathers, processes and sends sensor data from InTemp vaccine monitors to InTemp Servers via Ethernet or Wi-Fi – where data excursions trigger automatic email and SMS notifications. Onset InTemp loggers paired with whitelabel Onset CX gateways arrive to healthcare sites as simple plug-and-play kits – easily extended as deployment size increases.
Why Rigado?
Cost-effective and Secure
Reliable BLE Connectivity and Interoperability
Edge Data Processing and Storage Capabilities
About Asset Fusion
Asset Fusion is a specialist in IoT strategy and asset tracking software serving customers in complex environments including aviation, maritime, manufacturing and construction. They are a global company that builds business cases and develops solutions using their own asset tracking platform and accelerator program.
Our Work Together
Asset Fusion found the perfect solution in the form of the Presto Kit for Azure IoT. The Presto Kit includes an LTE gateway and 2 Hobo MX-100 temperature sensors, exactly what they needed to demonstrate the monitoring capability the customer was looking for.
Why Rigado?
- “Simple setup process from unboxing to getting the IoT Central environment setup. The Presto kit was nicely packaged and presented”
- “LTE option is a big plus – means zero client impact if desired”
- “One would struggle to get an Azure/IoT environment setup this fast without the IoT Central template approach – a big plus”
About WeissBeerger
WeissBeerger has developed the leading data analytics platform for the Food & Beverage Industry. They are a team of industry experts, AI and machine learning engineers and data scientists, working across 4 continents.
Having been acquired by Anheuser-Busch Inbev, the company now serves as an analytics arm of the largest brewery in the world.
Our Work Together
WeissBeerger relies on Rigado’s Cascade IoT Gateways for edge connectivity and computing in their Trayz solution – which provides real-time retail analytics to bar and restaurant owners. By tracking the status and operation of each bar tap – and integration with POS data – WeissBeerger is able to save their customers 45% or more in beer waste per location.
Why Rigado?
- Easy deployment – bar owners able to install the tap monitors and gateways themselves (DIY)
- Extensible – ability to add more sensors in the future (e.g. temperature monitoring)
- Large-scale management & reliability – support for tens of thousands of sensors & locations
Logistics & Asset Tracking
About Prologis
Prologis provides efficient logistics real estate solutions to the world. Operating in over 700 million sq. ft. of real estate globally, Prologis partners with manufacturers and distributors to ensure timely delivery of the products that make modern life possible.
Our Work Together
Rigado gateways installed in Prologis warehouses communicate with Wirepas anchor node end devices to deliver asset location data to the Prologis Cloud. This has allowed Prologis to offer large-scale secure and configurable edge networking capabilities as a service to their multi-tenant warehouses.
Why Rigado?
- Flexible and Open Device-to-Cloud Wirepas Mesh Networking
- Edge Data Processing Capability
- Simple Integration with AWS Greengrass
About Brambles
Brambles is a global leader in supply-chain logistics, operating in more than 60 countries and offering the world’s largest pool of reusable pallets, crates and containers.
Our Work Together
Rigado gateways installed in Brambles warehouses gather location data for pallets in storage and transit via BLE asset tags. This allows Brambles to guarantee their customers consistent pallet availability by more accurately tracking the status and availability of their global supply.
Why Rigado?
- High-Density Radio System Expertise
- Edge Data Network Capability
- Built for Scale and Future-Proofing
About Radiant RFID
Radiant RFID provides Asset Tracking solutions and services for enterprise customers. Their cloud-based (or on-premise) platform enables the management, tracking and analysis of large numbers of highly-mobile and high value production assets, non-production assets and work-in-process tracking.
Our Work Together
Radiant RFID leverage Rigado Cascade to integrate Bluetooth connectivity into their existing RFID-based asset tracking application for Enterprise IoT. The extended solution consumes real-time data from thousands of RFID & IoT sensors at multiple locations to locate critical assets and to enable preventative insights and analytics to monitor and protect their health.
Why Rigado?
- End-to-End Security
- OTA Updating Capability
- Flexible Connectivity (Wi-Fi . Ethernet . Cellular)
About Kontakt.io
Kontakt.io is a leading global provider of proximity technologies for enterprise applications. With their leading-edge beacon hardware and Simon AI analytics platform they aim to enhance quality of life by helping enable a smarter world.
Our Work Together
Rigado Cascade is the technology backbone of Kontakt’s asset tracking and location services platform. Signal strength from Bluetooth beacon advertisements are aggregated and used to determine precise asset location within a Smart Space.
Why Rigado?
- Configurable Edge Data Service
- Secure and Scalable Hardware Management
- Cost-Effective Pricing Model