Bis Econocom
Swift, Seamless Collaboration

usiness is a team game, and communication is key. As the stakes grow higher due to rapidly changing market conditions and increasing market competition, businesses strive to build bridges of communication between individuals and teams across the organizational hierarchy. The intent is to react faster in an increasingly dynamic world. The demand for seamless communication and collaboration has reached the highest level in the backdrop of the pandemic. As companies struggle to optimize their IT infrastructure, what is equally important is the AV equipment and solutions for seamless business communication. How can companies achieve frictionless collaboration and communication remotely? How can companies maintain a one-to-one relationship with internal employees and external partners and customers for stronger relationships? BIS | Econocom has the answer.

BIS|Econocom provides audiovisual and IT solutions, video collaboration and unified communications to facilitate its clients with digital transformation. The company is on a mission to ensure an optimum working environment where users feel comfortable and can transfer information efficiently and easily in a visual and interactive manner, share knowledge, develop ideas and work together. A subsidiary of Econocom, an organization that designs, finances and supervises the digital transition of companies, BIS|Econocom provides advice on designs, produces and maintains buildings and rooms customized to user preferences. It also provides maximum support for users in their work from the vision that technological intelligence will penetrate deep into every working environment, every building and every workplace. The company stresses design, audiovisual and IT technology to achieve an ideal match between them. The company has made a strong impact in rental and digital productions. Focusing on commercial and institutional end-users, BIS|Econocom produces and maintains thousands of presentation, information and communication rooms each year. Backed by expert knowledge in the areas of smart buildings and smart offices, IT & development, audiovisual solutions, collaboration and videoconferencing, narrowcasting (digital signage) and interior design, BIS|Econocom’s services encompass the whole spectrum of the market needs.

At a time when businesses are fast adopting the ‘as a service’ model to reduce cost, BIS|Econocom aligns with the client requirements and offers clients the ability to use its solutions as a service. Thanks to BIS|Econocom’s AV as a Service, the AV leasing enables companies to create a flexible, scalable and future-proof audiovisual and IT environment. Companies can continue their operations without compromising on their connectivity. No more capital investments, companies can pay as they go On the talent front, BIS|Econocom’s knowledgeable and experienced workforce further fills the gaps in collaboration and communication for its clients’ teams. The company’s teams share crucial insights with the clients’ R&D departments to innovate and build valuable solutions for their customers. The ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified company ensures its solutions and services meet the necessary standards and guidelines while delivering high quality and supporting environmental safety parameters. Led by a talented team of individuals, BIS|Econocom manages a proprietary innovation centre for AV and IT solutions.

The BIS|Econocom Managed IT services consist of IT Security, IT Patch Management and IT Monitoring and Reporting services. This service caters to the enormous networking needs of modern customers who stream huge amounts of AV data to a variety of digital devices. It delivers stability, reliability and security through networks that are automated and up-to-date. Clients also achieve shorter and more efficient implementation and improved security through better hardware and software. They can also save costs as they no longer need to invest in additional storage capacity. Alongside, automated software updates and streamlined maintenance bring high levels of agility.

In a case study, BIS|Econocom provided one of its clients flexible technologies that included an interactive kiosk at the reception to book desk via NFC; 200 desk licenses with accompanying app to book desk from home; 15 room licenses (with cleaning and catering functions and a lot more); 15 interactive door panels with NFC to display the status of the meeting rooms; complete digital reception bundle with a tablet, a textile label printer, SMS notification and support; and much more. In summary, the client company has been able to achieve highly flexible and efficient infrastructure under budget.

In another instance, BIS | Econocom helped Dutch’s central government employees work productively and effectively from home and remain connected to their colleagues. In collaboration with Cisco and AVIT group, BIS | Econocom deployed their solution for the client’s more than 100,000 employees. The employees were able to hold meetings through video streaming. Jean Pierre Overbeek, CEO of BIS|Econocom, said, “We have been working with different areas of the Dutch government for many years. An important aspiration in recent years has been to ensure that each government employee is well supported in the area of remote working. In a safe way, naturally. Nobody could have foreseen that our solutions would become indispensable in such a short time frame; not only to prevent the spread of corona, but also to ensure that the important work within the central government can continue in a high-quality manner. The fact Cisco is making the Webex solution available free of charge, is a wonderful initiative, for which we are deeply grateful”.

BIS|Econocom satisfies the ambition of modern companies to significantly reduce the environmental pressure and the number of commute and consultation hours. With further innovation in collaboration solutions, BIS | Econocom strides ahead to deliver immersive experiences to a wider clientele.