ATLANTA (Oct. 26, 2011) – Irisys, the global leader in people counting and real-time checkout line management solutions, continues to invest in its North America operations with the hire of its 100th employee. Experienced retail industry professional, Lorie Fontaine– who served Publix Super Markets Inc. in various capacities for 15 years – has been appointed as retail business consultant to bring first-hand insight for counseling Irisys’ current and potential clients on the company’s advanced checkout management technologies.
London (Oct. 14, 2011) – Medical ethical approval has been granted to a test programme designed to cut healthcare-associated infections across the NHS. Testing is now under way at a London NHS Trust. NHS figures show that about nine per cent of patients actually acquire infections during a hospital stay. This costs the Health Service around £1billion annually – money that could be saved by something as simple as regular hand washing.
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NHS figures show that about nine per cent of patients actually acquire infections during a hospital stay. This costs the Health Service around £1billion annually – money that could be saved by something as simple as regular hand washing.
As part of the Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI), the National Institute for Health Research Invention for Innovation programme has awarded a two year contract to British infrared specialist, Irisys, to develop sensors to drive improvement in compliance with hospital handwashing regulations.
Together with associated communication and reporting systems, the result will be a groundbreaking automatic monitoring and alerting system that will be affordable and non‐intrusive. Initially designed for the NHS, the system will subsequently be applicable to all healthcare providers, and to other industries such as food processing and handling.
The impact of pathogens such as MRSA and C‐difficile on the NHS first came to prominence in the 1990s. Many people carry these bugs with no effect on their day‐to‐day health. But in a hospital environment, the situation becomes potentially life‐threatening. Hand cleansing is a key way to cut infection rates. To reduce the possibility of passing infection between individuals, any person having contact with patients should wash their hands thoroughly...
AC Systems will focus on providing its People Counting System based on Irisys Thermal Imaging sensors to the Retail & Mall Sector and will also offer their technical solution to international partners.
AC SYSTEMS s.r.o. has been developing its Traffic Counting system since the year 2000. The system includes both the communication system and the presentation software. At the end of 2006 AC SYSTEMS began co-operating with Irisys, working towards the implementation of Irisys thermal imaging sensors to create its new TC System. The system consists of a web server enabled data logger unit communicating with IRISYS sensors and with a local LAN or remote WAN server by means of sophisticated communication software. The Data Presentation Software is provided in web page format compatible with popular browsers like Internet Explorer, Mozilla and Opera. The great advantage of this solution for customers is that they need no client software installation on their PCs to access the data and presentation software and further they have the possibility to access their data from anywhere in the world.
Amongst AC SYSTEMS TC customers there are an impressive range of Shopping Malls of various sizes, as well as interesting installations from the retail sector like Telefónica with around 120 stores all over the Czech and Slovak Republics or Vodafone CZ with around 60 stores. Recently AC SYSTEMS has extended its activities to offer its TC System integration to various business partners all over the World.
”We are very pleased to see AC SYSTEMS joining our partner program. They have a unique position in the fast growing market place in the Central and Eastern Europe with a strong portfolio of software products. By integrating Irisys technology with AC Systems software we are accessing their already large installation base. We are understandably very excited about the new possibilities this provides” says Tony Carpenter, Irisys’ Sales Director for People Counting
AC SYSTEMS s.r.o. has been developing its Traffic Counting system since the year 2000. The system includes both the communication system and the presentation software. At the end of 2006 AC SYSTEMS began co-operating with Irisys, working towards the implementation of Irisys thermal imaging sensors to create its new TC System. The system consists of a web server enabled data logger unit communicating with IRISYS sensors and with a local LAN or remote WAN server by means of sophisticated communication software. The Data Presentation Software is provided in web page format compatible with popular browsers like Internet Explorer, Mozilla and Opera. The great advantage of this solution for customers is that they need no client software installation on their PCs to access the data and presentation software and further they have the possibility to access their data from anywhere in the world.
Amongst AC SYSTEMS TC customers there are an impressive range of Shopping Malls of various sizes, as well as interesting installations from the retail sector like Telefónica with around 120 stores all over the Czech and Slovak Republics or Vodafone CZ with around 60 stores. Recently AC SYSTEMS has extended its activities to offer its TC System integration to various business partners all over the World.
”We are very pleased to see AC SYSTEMS joining our partner program. They have a unique position in the fast growing market place in the Central and Eastern Europe with a strong portfolio of software products. By integrating Irisys technology with AC Systems software we are accessing their already large installation base. We are understandably very excited about the new possibilities this provides” says Tony Carpenter, Irisys’ Sales Director for People Counting
Irisys are pleased to announce, that leading UK data networking installation services company J Brand, has joined the iConnect partner program.
”Irisys are very pleased to see J Brand join our partner program. They have a unique position in the UK retail, banking, and services sector, as an experienced, and highly respected installation partner” said Tony Carpenter, Irisys’ Sales Manager for People Counting.
Originally set up in 1933 by Joseph Brand as an electrical contracting and repair business in Margaret Street W1, the company operates today with the same guiding principle of "Customer Service" underpinning all its many core activities. With Headquarters located in central London, J Brand directly employs over 120 Staff many located regionally, and offers a nationwide and European service.
With the addition of a dedicated support desk facility, configuration centres in London and the North West of England, and continued investment in personnel, J Brand is able to offer customers a total network solution for projects across technologies, and vertical market sectors.
The success of J Brand is all about listening to clients, and tailoring a solution to meet specific business needs.
While the industry trend seems to be towards sub-contract staff, J Brand does not believe this to be the best way forward. J Brand can guarantee the quality of the installations by employing over 100 engineers, and never using sub-contract labour.
“J Brand has worked with Irisys for over 10 years, and has fully embraced the concept of the iConnect Partner Program. As an Irisys Approved Service Provider, J Brand will be able to work with the Irisys reseller community to provide services to complement the Irisys product set”.
“We are specialists in working as a strategic partner to a primary reseller, and our nationwide workforce of directly employed engineers means we are ideally suited as an installation and maintenance partner. I welcome the opportunity to meet the Irisys partner community over the coming weeks, and developing a mutually beneficial partnership moving forward” says Paul Jordan, J Brand Partner Manager.
”Irisys are very pleased to see J Brand join our partner program. They have a unique position in the UK retail, banking, and services sector, as an experienced, and highly respected installation partner” said Tony Carpenter, Irisys’ Sales Manager for People Counting.
Originally set up in 1933 by Joseph Brand as an electrical contracting and repair business in Margaret Street W1, the company operates today with the same guiding principle of "Customer Service" underpinning all its many core activities. With Headquarters located in central London, J Brand directly employs over 120 Staff many located regionally, and offers a nationwide and European service.
With the addition of a dedicated support desk facility, configuration centres in London and the North West of England, and continued investment in personnel, J Brand is able to offer customers a total network solution for projects across technologies, and vertical market sectors.
The success of J Brand is all about listening to clients, and tailoring a solution to meet specific business needs.
While the industry trend seems to be towards sub-contract staff, J Brand does not believe this to be the best way forward. J Brand can guarantee the quality of the installations by employing over 100 engineers, and never using sub-contract labour.
“J Brand has worked with Irisys for over 10 years, and has fully embraced the concept of the iConnect Partner Program. As an Irisys Approved Service Provider, J Brand will be able to work with the Irisys reseller community to provide services to complement the Irisys product set”.
“We are specialists in working as a strategic partner to a primary reseller, and our nationwide workforce of directly employed engineers means we are ideally suited as an installation and maintenance partner. I welcome the opportunity to meet the Irisys partner community over the coming weeks, and developing a mutually beneficial partnership moving forward” says Paul Jordan, J Brand Partner Manager.
Indian’s leading retail and hospitality software specialist ShawMan Software has joined Irisys iConnect Partner Program with the aim to provide fully integrated people counting solutions to the Indian and Asian markets.
Says René Schrama, Irisys’ Sales Director for People Counting:”We are very pleased to see ShawMan Software joining our partner program. They have a unique positionin the fast growing Indian market place with a strong portfolio of software products. By integrating Irisys technology with these products whilst leveraging their already significant install base we are understandably very excited about the new possibilities this provides.”
An established IBM Business Partner and Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, ShawMan Software has a strong reputation in the market place. “The addition of people counting to our established portfolio will allow us to up sell to our existing customer base as well as target incremental sales to new customers,” says Jimmy Shaw,
Managing Director of ShawMan Software. “As a part of our M&A we acquired a Retail Management solution called “RetailMagiK”. ShawMan’s Retail POS manages POS Till operations for large retailers. Irisys is closely integrated with ShawMan’s Retail,
Hospitality & Leisure products that would surely increase the value delivered to the customers. In order to achieve this we are pleased to have selected Irisys based on their leading position in the market today as well as their robust technology and
unrivalled market knowledge.”
The partnership and combined products will be announced with a launch event in India in January 2009
Says René Schrama, Irisys’ Sales Director for People Counting:”We are very pleased to see ShawMan Software joining our partner program. They have a unique positionin the fast growing Indian market place with a strong portfolio of software products. By integrating Irisys technology with these products whilst leveraging their already significant install base we are understandably very excited about the new possibilities this provides.”
An established IBM Business Partner and Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, ShawMan Software has a strong reputation in the market place. “The addition of people counting to our established portfolio will allow us to up sell to our existing customer base as well as target incremental sales to new customers,” says Jimmy Shaw,
Managing Director of ShawMan Software. “As a part of our M&A we acquired a Retail Management solution called “RetailMagiK”. ShawMan’s Retail POS manages POS Till operations for large retailers. Irisys is closely integrated with ShawMan’s Retail,
Hospitality & Leisure products that would surely increase the value delivered to the customers. In order to achieve this we are pleased to have selected Irisys based on their leading position in the market today as well as their robust technology and
unrivalled market knowledge.”
The partnership and combined products will be announced with a launch event in India in January 2009
About Irisys
As a leading supplier of people counting sensors, we have over 20 years of experience and have deployed more than 500,000 units.
Our latest product, Vector 4D, is the most advanced people counter ever with innovative features such as staff detection and dwell time monitoring.
Combined with highly accurate counting algorithms, our people counters are used in many scenarios, such as retail analytics, supermarket queue management and space utilisation applications.
Ultimately, we provide our end-users with accurate and reliable data that can transform their business.
