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Haltian Oy & Tieto Oyj
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Haltian’s IoT Platform Enables Tieto to Make World’s Workplaces Empathic
Oulu-based IoT and product development company Haltian and internationally-operating Nordic software and services company Tieto, have agreed a multiannual commercial cooperation concerning Tieto’s Empathic Building service. The smart office market is predicted to double in the next five years, and the shared offering of the two companies provides customers with a faster way of digitising their office facilities.
The aim of the Empathic Building service is to increase the happiness and satisfaction of office staff with respect to their work environments. The core of the service is a browser-based application that helps the person in a multi-room environment find the best facilities for each task. Real-time data from sensors can be imported to the application to show the booking state, temperature, noise level – and even the location of colleagues – within the facilities. The application also provides the user with the opportunity to influence the administration and development of the facilities by supporting interaction between different agents. The administrator can create better work environments by comparing the feedback with the information collected by the sensors.
According to the agreement, Haltian is to provide Tieto’s client facilities with sensor solutions that enable visualisation of, for example, data on the working conditions and the utilisation rate of the Empathic Building service. Setting up Haltian’s sensors has been made particularly straightforward, and they are delivered to the customer pre-connected to the service. The customer thus benefits from easier setup and cost-efficiency. In addition to Finland, Tieto’s Empathic Building service is already in use in Norway and Sweden. The companies will now aim at expanding together in international markets.
Haltian Oy’s Thingsee system facilitates rapid smartening of facilities. Haltian is developing a whole family of sensor devices and routers which can accommodate, for example, the collection of occupation data, utilisation rate data and conditions data from Tieto’s client facilities. Haltian’s Thingsee device management services facilitate transferring the data to Tieto’s Empathic Building system. Haltian maintains Tieto’s device base and is thus responsible for the smoothness of service around the world.
More information
Pasi Leipälä, CEO & Co-Founder, Haltian Oy tel. +358405434579 pasi.leipala@haltian.com
Reetta Ruusunen, Tieto Empathic Building, Head of Operations, reetta.ruusunen@tieto.com
Tieto
Tieto utilises the opportunities of a data-centred world, bringing value to individuals, organisations and society. Our aim is to be the best partner for our customers in the renewal of their business. In addition to our software and service expertise, we strongly utilise the opportunities of innovation and ecosystems.
Haltian
Haltian is a product development and IoT service company based in Oulu. Founded in 2012, Haltian currently employs more than 70 professionals in the fields of IoT and product development. Haltian is developing the perfect IoT platform and devices under its Thingsee brand, and has been nominated as a Cool Vendor by Gartner in 2018 in the area of IoT services
“We chose Haltian as our partner because they are able to provide us with a comprehensive solution and because Haltian’s Thingsee service includes options for different usage scenarios. Haltian provides Tieto with the devices, the connections and the system administration as a pre-integrated solution, thus streamlining the setup of new customer applications. The reliable data collection system allows us to focus on developing new functionalities that serve end users. Empathic Building is a fast-developing business function, and flexible partners such as Haltian facilitate international scaling of our business”
Reetta Ruusunen, Head of Operations, Empathic Building Partnerships, TietoEVRY
”Tieto is a true pioneer in the digitalisation of workplaces, and we are extremely happy about having been chosen as a partner by such a major service company with international operations to smarten offices around the world. Our aim is to grow to be the world’s leading data collector in the Internet of Things in selected segments, and this newly-agreed contract is an excellent step forward in the most interesting growth market in the world’’
Pasi Leipälä, CEO, Haltian