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THE MASS BLOG THE MASS BLOG
A Fresh weB CentRalS new InteRfaCe

New ARCHIBUS

2019 Issue 1

As a New Year starts, not only are we setting introduced within the new version. But, I will
New Year’s resolutions (as discussed in leave all the technicalities for the ‘techies’, so
Eve Feeney’s blog), but we are also looking at for now, I will simply cover ARCHIBUS’ Fresh New
the work we have set for the upcoming year. In Look and the new capabilities within
my role here at MASS as Sales Account Self-Service.
Manager, I take the beginning of a New Year to
seek new opportunities, learn new things in the
world of ARCHIBUS, and to share this with our
clients and beyond.

Which brings me on to my main topic. At MASS,
we are all fired up and excited to tell you more
about the latest version of ARCHIBUS, V.24.1;
“2019 – Marks a Year of Major Change in
ARCHIBUS”. The full release will include the Moving on... ‘Self-service at the Speed of Business’ - in V 24.1, the new self-service ARCHIBUS
Enterprise Suite (“load it and go”), the Workplace interface will be a responsive Web application. Making it easy for anyone to request
Professional Suite (for full-time staff to leverage maintenance and services, reserve spaces and to also find anything else they may need.
advanced productivity) and finally the Essential ARCHIBUS Workplace will be a seamless experience across all devices, from phones and tablets
Suite (for organisations needing a highly to desktops and kiosks. The idea behind this being that it connects all users, be it at their
customisable, multi-domain solution). If you workstations, conference rooms or equipment, all achieved through an easy online system. This
want more in-depth information on the suites is all complimented with the ability to create and access interactive floorplans and QR-Codes
and their functionalities I am more than (Quick Response Codes) - how jazzy!
happy to help. MASS will share more in relation
to release dates in our next couple of blogs. Some pictures from the event and then a Going forwards, all users of the system will be able to launch the application from a URL or from
selection of ARCHIBUS Business Partners,
a QR-code which is attached to a workstation, conference room or equipment. Managers will
I, alongside MASS’ Project Manager David including some MASS staff! be able to track all requests in one place, with alerts and metrics - optimising workplace
Perkins, attended the ARCHIBUS Connect 2018 strategies.
event, which is the main regional event for the Let’s start with Web Central’s new interface. The
ARCHIBUS Business Partner community. This new interface has new layout elements with On phones and mobile devices, the application will support an “Add to home screen” function.
year’s event was hosted at a venue new fonts to help legibility (this is especially
This means that even though it appears on the home screen application, it doesn’t require any
within Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris. This handy on those complex forms!). Some installation or syncing.
was a very fitting venue in which to showcase examples of Web Central’s new interface can
the launch of V24.1 to the Business Partner be seen over the page with the login screen Guests can use this application or use a kiosk as a guest, or sign in. If signing in, you can then
community. view, then the Space Gap Analysis view ending view and manage your personal queue of requests. As briefly mentioned above, Managers will
with the Define Employees view. I think the new
also be able to use ARCHIBUS Workplace to track employees, space, moves and requests.
Following on from this week’s introduction blog, look is definitely a positive change in the right
we will be sharing a course of blogs direction. Ravi Girn 16/01/2019
going through all the new capabilities

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