Infosys Launches 'Return to Workplace' Solutions to Help Enterprises Build Safe, Nurturing and Resilient Workplaces
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BENGALURU, India, June 11, 2020 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --
Infosys [https://www.infosys.com/] (NYSE: INFY), the global leader in
next-generation digital services and consulting, today announced the launch of
its enterprise-grade 'Return to Workplace' solutions to help clients ensure
safety and wellness of their employees as they adapt to new ways of working
amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The cloud and edge-based solutions offer a comprehensive framework that enables
enterprises to implement:
- Elevated Body Temperature (EBT) screening – Leverages automation and AI on
Edge to help enterprises screen their workforce or visitors in real-time for
possible infection to isolate them and prevent them from entering the
establishment.
- Contact Tracing – Redefining the contact tracing category using proven
technologies like GPS and BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) to provide completely
voluntary and Opt-In basis for building traceability.
- Mask Compliance / Social Distancing Compliance - Video analytics algorithms
to provide alerts when masks are not detected, or the distance between
people walking together or gathering at a place is not sufficient. Smart
wearables can also be incorporated based on the specific situations.
- COVID-19 Chatbot – An AI-powered Digital Assistant solution to help answer
employee queries related to return to work scenarios
- Contactless biometrics – Ensures employees and visitors enter workplaces in
a safe manner
- Occupancy and workspace analytics – To help real estate teams track metrics
on floor occupancy, density and automate sanitation routines in common
areas. Contactless elevator workflows, HVAC refresh cycles and many more
solutions towards ongoing workplace wellbeing.
These solutions do not collect any Personally Identifiable Information (PII)
and use the power of AI, IOTVision Analytics, Edge Computing, 5G, RFID,
Biometrics and Gesture controls to reduce the need for human intervention and
enable data-driven decision making. The underlying platform ensures ease of
maintenance and compliance reporting as required in various geographies.
Nitesh Bansal, SVP and Head- Engineering Services, Infosys, said, "The future
of work will demand innovative solutions that enterprises can deploy rapidly,
and at scale to ensure safety of their workforce while at the same time nurture
collaboration and productivity. We are pleased to launch our 'Return to
Workplace' offering that is aimed at positively impacting the re-opening of
workspaces in a seamless, automated, and systematic manner. We are implementing
some of these solutions, starting with EBT checks, across five million sq. ft.
of our own office spaces as we prepare for 20,000 Infosys employees to return
to their workplaces in a phased manner. We are confident that these solutions
will reassure enterprises and employees that their workplaces are safe,
collaborative, yet non-intrusive."
These solutions adhere to data privacy standards and practices with FDA, FCC,
ISO, and IEC compliance.
Mukesh Dialani, Program Director of Product Engineering and Operations
Technology/Services, IDC, said, "Infosys' scalable and flexible 'Return to
Workplace' solution is timely and well thought out. Adhering to data privacy
standards and built on a foundation of digital engineering elements including
computer vision, edge and AI, it will provide customers with processes and
solutions to restart their operations in a safe and resilient manner."
To know more on how 'Return to Workplace' solutions came about, and watch
Nitesh Bansal tell the story, click here:
https://www.infosys.com/newsroom/infytv/making-our-way-back-to-workplace.html
About Infosys Ltd.
Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting.
We enable clients in 46 countries to navigate their digital transformation.
With nearly four decades of experience in managing the systems and workings of
global enterprises, we expertly steer our clients through their digital
journey. We do it by enabling the enterprise with an AI-powered core that helps
prioritize the execution of change. We also empower the business with agile
digital at scale to deliver unprecedented levels of performance and customer
delight. Our always-on learning agenda drives their continuous improvement
through building and transferring digital skills, expertise, and ideas from our
innovation ecosystem.
Visit www.infosys.com to see how Infosys (NYSE: INFY) can help your enterprise
navigate your next.
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Certain statements in this release concerning our future growth prospects,
financial expectations and plans for navigating the COVID-19 impact on our
employees, clients and stakeholders are forward-looking statements intended to
qualify for the 'safe harbor' under the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995, which involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking
statements. The risks and uncertainties relating to these statements include,
but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding COVID-19 and the
effects of government and other measures seeking to contain its spread, risks
related to an economic downturn or recession in India, the United States and
other countries around the world, changes in political, business, and economic
conditions, fluctuations in earnings, fluctuations in foreign exchange rates,
our ability to manage growth, intense competition in IT services including
those factors which may affect our cost advantage, wage increases in India, our
ability to attract and retain highly skilled professionals, time and cost
overruns on fixed-price, fixed-time frame contracts, client concentration,
restrictions on immigration, industry segment concentration, our ability to
manage our international operations, reduced demand for technology in our key
focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication networks or system failures, our
ability to successfully complete and integrate potential acquisitions,
liability for damages on our service contracts, the success of the companies in
which Infosys has made strategic investments, withdrawal or expiration of
governmental fiscal incentives, political instability and regional conflicts,
legal restrictions on raising capital or acquiring companies outside India,
unauthorized use of our intellectual property and general economic conditions
affecting our industry and the outcome of pending litigation and government
investigation. Additional risks that could affect our future operating results
are more fully described in our United States Securities and Exchange
Commission filings including our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year
ended March 31, 2019. These filings are available at www.sec.gov . Infosys may,
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including statements contained in the Company's filings with the Securities and
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