TCS, Citrix, and Salesforce & Siemens Roll Out Return-to-Work Solutions

Workplace safety and contact tracing take precedence as companies plan to bring back employees in a phased manner. Leading service providers Citrix, TCS, Salesforce & Siemens are assuaging the complexity with cloud-based, AI-powered remote work software to manage the pandemic.

As the markets emerge from a quarter of lull and uncertainty, it is impossible to look past the changes that may become the norm. As Tim Minahan, Executive Vice President, for Business Strategy at Citrix puts it, “Most companies are realizing that back to the office will not mean back to normal.”

TCS Launches AI-Driven Return-to-Work Solution on the Cloud

CS has launched IUX for Workplace Resilience, a solution designed to help employees transition back to their workplaces. The company is targeting it at banks, retailers, corporate offices and campuses.

Ashvini Saxena, Global Head, Digital Software & Solutions at TCS saidOpens a new window , “As workplaces reopen, businesses are under great pressure to ensure the safety of employees, customers and visitors as well as monitor compliance and mitigate risk.”

IUX for Workplace Resilience is cloud-based and is underpinned by robust analytics and artificial intelligence for infection monitoring, contact tracing, cash flow accounting, etc. The solution can support businesses for ensuring workforce safety, compliance and operational support.

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Citrix Builds on Internal Platform to Enable Return-to-Workspace

CitrixOpens a new window has released a back-to-office solution that can help organizations create a safe environment for employees heading back to offices. Shannon Kalvar, Research Manager, IT Service Management and Client Virtualization for IDC said, “The most reliable path forward will be engaging in the difficult discussions to find a path forward that both bolsters preparedness and accepts uncertainty to create a different relationship with partners, employees, and clients alike.”

Citrix’s back-to-office solution, built on the Citrix Workspace platform is geared at enabling business collaboration, communication and engagement across several functional areas like HR and administration, IT, legal dept and more. It also packs social distancing protocols, readiness and health screenings, contact tracing features.

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Salesforce and Siemens Join Hands To Deliver Touchless Office

Salesforce and Siemens have joined forces to position their technologies and cloud-based solutions in realizing a safe workspace experience. Salesforce’s Work.com and Siemens’ Smart Infrastructure will be leveraged to deliver a touchless office experience for office-related tasks, so employees can adhere to COVID-19 mandated protocols.

Alex Dayon, President and Chief Strategy Officer at Salesforce saidOpens a new window , “Organizations worldwide are beginning to reimagine the future workplace experience, putting their employees’ health and safety at the center of their digital transformations.” The solution will see the implementation of IoT sensors for data collection on several parameters to enable multiple capabilities like occupancy management, contact tracing, analytics driven decision making, all in real-time.

A spokesperson for Salesforce said the joint solution, based on Customer 360-rooted Work.com and Smart Infrastructure-based Comfy and Enlighted, will be first deployed in the Zug, Switzerland Siemens office as well as Salesforce’s San Francisco office.

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