Dwell time is key to understanding how long employees stay in a space, and for what purpose. The insights it generates can promote both employee comfort levels and the efficient use of space in a workplace.

This metric is a key part of how indoor location technology paints a dynamic picture of how space, and the resources within it, are actually used. In fact, the popular pathway metric can be seen in our dashboard as a data visualization, illustrating movements of any employee groups a company wants to filter.

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. We revisit this critical subject by focusing specifically on the use of WiFi. WiFi is also an important instrument in the data privacy toolbox. That’s because this technology remains the best-case solution when it comes to balancing both privacy and efficiency.

In one particular study, our teams installed the InnerSpace platform in the main office of a global leader in lodging and hospitality. The goal was to understand the behavior patterns of two distinct teams of employees in a space. The client wanted to design the space efficiently, putting resources where they were needed most. 

September typically marks many things – the end of summer, a return to school, the resumption of routine. Yet, amidst an ongoing pandemic, it also marks another important milestone: getting back to some semblance of normalcy.  The rising concerns over the Delta variant, however, have placed a cloud of concern over how to safely facilitate the return “back” to all of what we used to know.

We’ve written previously about the importance of measuring density, and moving beyond occupancy data alone. Now we’re taking a deeper dive into frequency – which extends past counting how many people are in an office or zone, and seeing where they go, to distinguishing between who are first-time and repeat visitors. 

As the return to the workplace sets up to be flex-first for most companies, assigned seating will give away to the need for hot-desking, hoteling, and neighborhood arrangements. With any strategy, the ability for employees to find and reserve a desk is key to productivity and a frictionless experience. 

In the new office paradigm, understanding and leveraging the data you need to maintain a safe office environment is critical. That’s where the importance of density is paramount – but not just in terms of the number of people in an overall space.

Now more than ever, we all want to visit grocery stores and other essential businesses when they’re not crowded. Before the pandemic, this information helped us to save time and avoid lines.  Now, knowing how busy a place is adds an extra layer of safety and comfort.

Outdoors, when walking, driving or cycling, apps have replaced paper maps when it comes to figuring out where we are in relation to where we are going. GPS technology is omnipresent – except when it comes to the indoors. In offices, malls, museums and airports, it doesn’t work.  In the past 10 years, indoor location technologies have emerged to tackle this problem.

There’s no question that real estate in cities around the world is, well, expensive. Of all the line items impacting a business, real estate is one of the most pressing – and one over which companies often have the least amount of control.  

Business leaders have the opportunity to embark on a thoughtful pivot to create flexible spaces that will boost productivity, ensure safety, and serve the needs of employees. But how? Indoor location data.

Data captured by our leading WiFi-based indoor location platform enables companies to take advantage of their two greatest resources: people and property. The InnerSpace People Overview in our inTELLO analytics dashboard includes three key metrics.

As the future of work evolves, so too does the role the office will play and this raises questions critical to its evolution: How much office space is needed? How should it be designed? What is the purpose of the office? How can it help improve culture, communication and productivity? How will it serve my company’s growth?

The honeymoon phase of working from home is officially over. And despite misleading headlines touting that most companies will move to permanent virtual operations, the reality is that we’ve learned something during this pandemic. The office is a desired destination that provides opportunities for greater team cohesion, collaboration, social connection - and yes, even actual work.

We’re now six months into a global pandemic. Spring lockdowns gave way to gradual reopenings, and now the threat of closures loom large again as case numbers in many regions creep upwards. For retail owners, office managers, and campus administrators who are trying to keep people safe and their doors open, there’s never been a more critical time to manage how many people are in a space. Enter: occupancy data.

Just as society is opening back up in stages, InnerSpace believes the workforce will follow a phased approach too

Keep your employees safe and healthy while maintaining business continuity and public health compliance. Choose the only always-on, WiFi based solution that puts your employees’ privacy first.

Whether an office has already re-opened, is planning to re-open, or never fully closed during the COVID-19 crisis, each business shares two common goals: 1) keep employees and visitors safe; 2) keep the doors open. 

InnerSpace, the world’s most accurate WiFi-based indoor location intelligence platform, announces WiFi based contact tracing solutions InnerSpace inTRACK.

This is the final article in a three-part series exploring what lays on the other side of COVID-19 for businesses.

InnerSpace, the world’s most accurate WiFi-based indoor location intelligence platform, announces it will provide its platform free-of-charge to retailers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

InnerSpace, the world’s most accurate WiFi-based indoor location intelligence platform, today announced its product capabilities to support all levels of government to analyze the patterns and movement in public spaces using existing WiFi networks.

Gartner recently published two reports on the Indoor Location market. Its coveted Magic Quadrant for Indoor Location Services, and the Market Guide for Indoor Location Application Platform both include InnerSpace. Find out more.

InnerSpace outfitted one such multinational coffee franchise with our indoor spatial intelligence platform. By studying customer traffic patterns, we wanted to uncover opportunities to improve operations and boost revenue by making data-driven adjustments.

Toronto, Canada - December 10, 2019 - InnerSpace, an IoT-based indoor location intelligence platform for Smart Buildings, today announced it was selected to support the Center for Innovative Technology’s (CIT) active shooter training exercise held on November 18, 2019 at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. The exercises were part of the Smart City Initiative funded by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Anyone who’s worked in an office can attest to the fact that meetings can sometimes be a waste of time. But as it turns out, trying to find space to even hold a meeting can be wasteful on a far greater level. Client calls that go long and delay the next meeting; three people taking up a 15-seat boardroom; unannounced issues that require private space to chat – the reasons are varied and often frustrating.

Adoption of indoor location to create Smart Buildings remains highly customized and consultative. Indoor location technology is really hard to make autonomous and scalable. Using our platform, decision makers can understand insights related to their indoor spaces. The creativity ahead is unlimited.

Beacons can be thought of as one-way transmitters from a fixed location. Beacons continuously transmit a signal, which are then detected by devices like smartphones when within range of the beacon. On the other hand, sensors are fixed-points that are connected directly to a control system - in our case the InnerSpace platform. Sensors only transmit a signal when a device, like a smartphone is detected. Sensors actively interact with the devices to gather information or track movements and then send it to the central platform which can then disseminate the gathered information to a wider variety of devices or applications.

Wait Times is our latest product that works with our indoor location platform. Eliminate unproductive time, improve building operations, increase sales all by reducing how long people wait in lines. Wait Times is ideal for concession stands at sports venues, campus dining experiences, and more.

LiDAR, or Light Detection and Ranging, measures distance to a target by sending out pulsed laser light and measuring the reflected pulses that come back with a sensor. One of our goals at InnerSpace, is to make the process of enabling location intelligence as simple as possible for our customers.