Indian digital services company Infosys is working with New York-based RXR Realty to develop a smart office platform running on Microsoft Azure to enable a safe return to work.

RxWell’s smart building, health and wellness platform, developed as part of Infosys Cobalt, will aid the reopening of New York city office buildings.

Infosys specialises in digital services and consulting. It has collaborated with RXR Realty to build and deploy a smart building health and wellness platform running on Microsoft Azure.

RxWell, a public-health-based, data-driven platform provides health and wellness insights and management tools for property managers, tenant administrators and office workers, to aid in the safe return to work following Covid-19. It is in place in 26 office buildings in New York enabling nearly 1000 businesses and 70,000 employees in returning to work.

“Infosys is proud to have worked alongside RXR Realty and Microsoft to create and deploy an intelligent, secure, cloud enabled scalable solution in just a few months that will empower the safe return to work,” said Nitesh Bansal, senior vice president at Infosys. “The insights and tools available through RxWell will help businesses stay ahead of public health threats like coronavirus and keep workers safe as they return to the office, helping to kickstart local economies.”

RxWell provides tools to help ensure adherence to critical safety protocols such as capacity thresholds, mask wearing, social distancing and air quality. Features include a tenant app that guides workers in making decisions about coming to and staying safe at work, a tenant command centre to help administrators manage the safe return of their workforce and a building command centre to help property managers protect tenants, beginning with the proprietary Building Wellness Index (BWI).

The team used Microsoft Azure IoT Hub, stream analytics, cognitive services, stack edge, IoT edge, maps creator, computer vision spatial analysis and more, all connected to an array of cameras and sensors throughout each building.

“Infosys’ contribution to RxWell, supported by Microsoft Azure IoT and other Azure services, provides customers with a comprehensive set of tools to support return-to-work policies and implementation,” said Bert Van Hoof, partner group programme manager for Azure IoT at Microsoft. “Infosys has delivered a scalable architecture for the suite of RxWell solutions.”

Infosys collaborated with Microsoft on smart buildings and spaces. RxWell, which was built combining Infosys’ engineering services capabilities with Azure services, is a scalable, secure platform combining cloud, on-premise and edge technologies.

“Infosys has been instrumental to the overall success of the RxWell programme, involved in every step of the journey, and collaborating across product requirements, design, development and deployment,” said Cory Clarke, vice president at RXR Realty.

Infosys’ deployment of RxWell across RXR Realty’s building portfolio is the first step in the optimisation of the product. It will be expanded with functions around energy efficiency and predictive maintenance, and features involving frictionless building access, space use and productivity. The platform is ready for deployment at commercial office real estate developers and operators, as well as enterprise companies with control of their campuses and buildings.

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