March 2011

An AgilQuest client is reaching great Green heights with a move to an award-winning office building and the implementation of AgilQuest OnBoard. The combination of a Green building with the ability to manage the workplace to reduce real estate and support workplace flexibility proves their commitment to its employees and the environment. In February, a leading government consulting firm moved into the Class ‘A’ office building at 20 M Street in Southeast Washington, DC. The office is an environmentally friendly building with added features that are mindful of energy efficiency and resource conservation. The US Green Building Council gave this building a Gold Rating under the LEED© rating system, the first office building in the city to achieve this certification. Green features of the building start at the top with a roof designed to reduce heat island effects. Other benefits include plumbing designed to reduce water consumption, storm water management for landscaping re-use and high efficiency HVAC systems to reduce energy consumption.

Read more: New office and OnBoard help client go super green

Before the phone rings, Darrel already knows what the caller will say. He knows its Angela from the Dallas office. She’s always the one who calls in to complain when something breaks in the Dallas office. But today, he’s ready. Before Angela can start venting, Darrel stops her with “Your kiosk is back in operation. It’s already been rebooted.”  She can’t believe it. “How… how did you know?” Darrel leans back in his chair, grins and says “psychic super powers” and mentally closes out a trouble ticket.

How did Darrel know what was wrong without sending a tech to the kiosk?

HFMUS (Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S.) is the publisher of Elle, Elle Décor, Car and Driver, Road and Track magazine among others. Their speed of delivering information, respect for design, quality of editorial content, and appeal to customers set them apart as an innovative media company. As part of an effort to reduce their corporate real estate, HFMUS chose AgilQuest OnBoard to implement hoteling for workspace and conference room management. Along the way employees discovered they are now in complete control of their meeting schedules and environment.

Read more: HFMUS test drives the latest workplace

Without opening Outlook, you can use AgilQuest's web-based Mobile interface to check people's schedules, room availablity and set up a reservation easily and quickly.

Organizing a meeting with more than just two people means time consuming back and forth emails just to find a time that works for all invitees.  Add the need to find a conference room that holds 15 people with a projector on a particular day, and it may take 10 to 15 emails, an Outlook calendar and a resource scheduler to complete your meeting reservations. Scheduling and organizing meetings can be such a chore… but no more now that OnBoard Mobile 5.2 is here!

Read more: Web-based Mobile gets direct connection to Microsoft Exchange

In a company where everyone can work virtually or telecommute from anywhere a problem becomes how to track down just where in that anywhere your employees or coworkers are!  Leave it to the geniuses at Google to help you solve this problem with their new Latitude.

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