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Jabra and Lenovo are expanding their collaboration to offer a seamless, easy-to-use meeting room system optimised for use with Microsoft Teams Rooms—the Jabra PanaCast 50 Room System.

The purpose-built, modular room kit provides companies looking to upgrade their meeting room technology for the hybrid working world with enhanced business productivity and collaboration capabilities. The plug-and-play full-room system is a first from Jabra and is certified for and preloaded with Teams Rooms software.

The system features the Jabra PanaCast 50 and Lenovo ThinkSmart Core Kit. The PanaCast 50 offers innovative 180-degree Panoramic-4K video and works seamlessly with Microsoft Teams Rooms’ front-row layout to make hybrid meetings more inclusive and engaging.

Clockwise from Left: Lenovo ThinkSmart Controller, a 10.1inch, 10-point touch HD display; Jabra Panacast 50 (centre); and Lenovo ThinkSmart Core

Lenovo’s ThinkSmart Core Kit includes the ThinkSmart Core and the ThinkSmart Controller, a 10.1inch, 10-point touch HD display that allows users to initiate and control meetings, as well as share content and work with colleagues working remotely.

“The typical meeting is not what it used to be, and it is time for meeting room technology to catch up,” said Aurangzeb Khan, Senior Vice President of Intelligent Vision Systems at Jabra.

“We’re delighted to unite the PanaCast 50’s unique capabilities with Lenovo’s innovative solutions to equip offices with solutions to foster inclusive and interactive meetings for everyone, regardless of where they are. The system works at the touch of a button and can connect employees seamlessly whether they’re in-person or connecting from home,” said Khan.

“The shift to hybrid work has undoubtedly led to more demand for video-enabled conference rooms, which is why we’re working with companies like Jabra and Lenovo to develop purpose-built Microsoft Teams Rooms,” said Albert Kooiman, Senior Director at Microsoft Teams Devices Partner Engineering and Certification.

“Bringing together Jabra and Lenovo’s hardware with Microsoft Teams software allows users to experience key Teams features such as front row and Intelligent Camera, both for those in the meeting room and remote,” said Kooiman.

The new product bundle provides everything needed to set up a Teams Room. The Jabra PanaCast 50’s 180-degree view allows for every attendee to be seen, no matter where they’re sitting. This is further amplified by Dynamic Composition, an intelligent camera technology Jabra co-developed with Microsoft and released earlier this year. It helps to bridge the gap between in-person and remote meeting participants by providing a close-up view of in-room participants when they speak.

Lenovo’s ThinkSmart Core is powered by an 11th Gen Intel® Core™ vPro® processor and delivers connectivity to support any meeting room configuration.

Its understated yet stylish design means it can be placed discreetly, and it has ports to support multiple audio and visual accessories, along with integrated cable management. The ThinkSmart Controller’s easy-to-use Teams Rooms interface makes it ideal for meetings and collaboration.

It has Integrated Infrared sensors that detect when participants enter the room and automatically turns the system on and off.

“Lenovo is excited to collaborate with Jabra to provide businesses with a way to accelerate their conference rooms into the hybrid work era,” said Rory Martin, Asia Pacific Lead, Smart Collaboration Business, at Lenovo.

“Combining the power of our Lenovo ThinkSmart Core solution with the new Jabra PanaCast 50’s intelligent video system, the solution is engineered to be the first new-normal-ready intelligent Microsoft Teams Rooms and Zoom room solution. The combined technology will allow our partnership to empower users to have more productive and inclusive meetings,” noted Martin.

This joint offering will be the most updated and complete Microsoft Teams Rooms system from Jabra. It will be featured at InfoComm SEA to be held in Bangkok from the 2nd to the 4th of November 2022.

For more information, please visit the Jabra PanaCast 50 Room System website.

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