Good afternoon, European #AVtweeps! I hope you’ve all had a lovely week. How is it already August? I have plenty of news and some fantastic columns to read. First, Bob Snyder writes about epaper company Ynvisible — the company signed a big deal with a European customer to provide large, custom outdoor information signs. Read more here.
Also, Gary Kayye writes about Zoom’s announcement — it’s making all employees return to the office for a hybrid work schedule.
Also, check out the latest insight from Futuresource Consulting. This looks at the hybrid model and how we can prioritize the needs of the future workforce. Enjoy!
Ynvisible announced a deal with a prominent European customer specializing in smart solutions for the fuel distribution business to provide large, custom outdoor information signs designed to be regularly updated regardless of weather conditions. Ynvisible expects to deliver a minimum of 40,000 units in the next year. This deal heralds a rising demand for sustainable, low-power digital signage solutions, which serves as an opportunity in Europe for companies like Ynvisible that specialize in epaper displays.
I am sure, by now, you’ve likely read all the stories about Zoom demanding all its employees — living within 50 miles of any Zoom office — start working in the office at least two days a week, some three days a week. This, to me, is a bit ironic as, in 2022, Zoom published a survey (that it funded), showing that 69% of workers wanted to choose whether or not to work remotely some of the time or all of the time. So, Zoom seems to be bucking its own data.
Amid the physical changes to office design over the last seventy-odd years, the role of offices has remained static. But COVID-19 turned the world as we knew it upside down, taking the workplace along with it. Remote working has become ubiquitous, and in the post-pandemic landscape, the hybrid model is likely to endure.
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