Ricola and ROOMZ: a long-standing Swiss partnership
Ricola has relied on ROOMZ meeting room solutions for more than nine years to support an efficient workplace experience across its offices in Switzerland.
Today, the installation continues to run with outstanding reliability, with devices in operation since 2017 and only minimal support required over the years. The wireless setup has helped Ricola maintain a simple and low-maintenance system for managing meeting spaces.
This long-term collaboration is built on trust, performance, and shared Swiss values of quality and reliability, recently reaffirmed with a new three-year subscription extension.
Pilatus Aircraft and ROOMZ: a long-term trusted partnership renewed until 2028
Since 2017, Pilatus Aircraft Ltd, the renowned Swiss aircraft manufacturer, has relied on ROOMZ to optimize its offices.
Headquartered in Switzerland and globally recognized for their world-class aircraft, Pilatus chose ROOMZ to bring the same level of efficiency and precision to its workplace management.
The partnership began in 2016, when Pilatus was looking for a better way to manage meeting room bookings. Like many large organizations, they were increasingly frustrated with manual processes such as printing weekly schedules.
Today, with 57 ROOMZ displays installed across its facilities in different locations, the system runs flawlessly, helping teams find and reserve meeting spaces while significantly improving workplace efficiency.
What truly speaks to the success of our collaboration is Pilatus’ continued trust in ROOMZ: they have just renewed their commitment for another three years, extending our partnership until at least 2028!
Remarkably, the displays installed back in 2017 are still functioning perfectly today and Pilatus has chosen to simply renew the licenses of these same devices, highlighting the outstanding durability of ROOMZ technology.
We are proud to support Pilatus in modernizing their work environment, powered by Swiss innovation and shared values of reliability and excellence.
Smart management of phone booths: lastminute.com chooses myROOMZ
lastminute.com has been a European leader in online travel for over 20 years. For its headquarters in Chiasso, Switzerland, the company chose myROOMZ to optimise the use of its 27 phone booths.
Finding space in a multi-floor office environment
Stefano Poli, End User Service Team Leader at lastminute.com, was given a challenge in 2024. How to make it easier for the 450 employees spread across two buildings – one with seven floors and the other with three – to find an available phone booth when needed.
Stefano explained: “These small spaces, used for short calls and confidential exchanges, are important, yet their occupancy status changes constantly. While we encourage our people to keep their step count up, traipsing around from floor to floor trying to find somewhere private was a waste of people’s time. We looked at a few suppliers with different offerings, before deciding ROOMZ had exactly what we needed.
Instead of displaying traditional floor plans, lastminute.com configured myROOMZ to show a real-time list of all phone booths along with their occupancy status.
Each resource includes a clear indication of its floor and a complementary note such as “in front of Caracas meeting room”, helping employees navigate more easily through the buildings and improving overall wayfinding.
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An inspiring office concept to manage phone booths
To take the concept even further, the phone booths were named after partner airlines such as Air Europa, Iberia, and KLM. This reference to the travel industry strengthens the workplace identity and helps with easy identification. It also demonstrates how myROOMZ can flexibly adapt to existing office structures and address specific workspace management needs.
Thanks to this smart configuration, lastminute.com successfully met a key challenge: providing employees with instant visibility on space availability according to their needs throughout the day, while leveraging collaboration across their work environments.
Stefano added: “We have had a super positive reaction from our people since introducing ROOMZ, 18 months ago. As an international company, with teams spread across the globe, being able to make our Google Hangout calls privately is really important. So having a system where you can grab a booth without wasting time, or even leaving your desk until you have to, can only be a good thing.”
10 years of ROOMZ: from the Kindle e-book tablet to global workplace innovation
It all started with a simple but innovative idea: simplify meeting room management, which was often complicated and costly due to wired display installations.
In 2015, Roger Meier and Patrick Terreaux, then MBA students at EPFL Lausanne, turned this idea into a project. To design a simple and energy-efficient booking display, Roger drew inspiration from his Kindle e-book, which he always carried on his travels.
The first project at ETH Zurich, which was seeking a wireless solution to equip 500 rooms across five historic buildings, quickly revealed the potential of the solution: an e-ink display, easy to install and low-power, a first on the market.
ROOMZ quickly captured the Swiss market. The arrival of Fabien Moine marked a strategic turning point, combining brand structuring with international sales expansion. New sensors for desks and phone booths were introduced, enabling smarter, connected offices.
In just ten years, ROOMZ has transformed an ingenious idea into a global solution that meets the needs of new ways of working.
“Behind every ROOMZ success is a passionate team and engaged customers. Ten years of collective effort dedicated to making technology simpler and more sustainable.” – Roger Meier, CEO.
Digital classroom management at the Music School of Sarnen: Zero maintenance since 2018
Back in 2018, the Municipal Administration of Sarnen equipped the city’s music school with 10 ROOMZ displays to manage its classrooms digitally.
The goal was clear: make classroom bookings easier and improve visibility for teachers and students by eliminating paper schedules. At the same time, the solution needed to avoid added complexity or maintenance overhead.
More than seven years later, the results speak for themselves:
not a single support ticket
not one display replaced
zero technical issues
The displays are still running flawlessly, just like on day one.
This remarkable longevity highlights one of ROOMZ’s core strengths: true zero-maintenance operation.
Thanks to wireless installation, no operative system and low power consumption, the displays continue to manage all music school classrooms efficiently, with no effort required from the IT team.
Just like a well-composed symphony, ROOMZ coordinates every classroom schedule with consistency and harmony.
Seatti & ROOMZ: a 360° solution to elevate the hybrid office employee experience
At ROOMZ, we believe the future of workspace lies in a 360° approach: reliable and sustainable hardware combined with powerful software, designed around employees and how they use their office every day.
That is why we have partnered with Seatti, sharing a common goal: to create a sustainable work environment where anyone can find a desk, book a meeting room, or find available spaces with ease.
Seatti: a complete digital booking platform
Seatti provides the software layer that connects the entire hybrid office experience:
Manage desks, parking, and meeting rooms from a single interface
Direct integration with MS Teams, Outlook and other collaboration tools
Accurate, actionable data on space usage and occupancy
The result: an intuitive experience for employees, making it easy to plan their day at the office.
ROOMZ display: reliable and sustainable meeting room booking solution
Installed at meeting room entrances, ROOMZ scheduling displays connect employees to the hybrid workspace:
Wireless E-Ink screens, no server required, and low energy consumption
Real-time display of collaboration space availability
Instant booking directly from the screen or via the Seatti platform
A simple action with a big impact: fewer frustrations, smoother collaboration and better use of meeting rooms.
Seatti + ROOMZ: a unique 360° solution for workspace management:
For employees: fast and easy booking with clear visibility of available workspaces
For facility managers: the best hardware and software to manage workspaces sustainably and without technical constraints
For companies: smarter space usage through actionable insights, lower real estate costs and real impact on sustainability goals
ROOMZ expands presence in the United Kingdom through strategic partnership with Westcoast
ROOMZ is pleased to announce a new distribution partnership with Westcoast, one of the United Kingdom’s leading IT distributors.
This collaboration brings a highly innovative and sustainable room management solution to the UK and Ireland markets, supporting the growing demand for smarter workplace technologies.
Westcoast supplies a broad portfolio of hardware, software and IT services across the UK’s technology sector. As part of ALSO Holding AG, Europe’s largest technology provider, Westcoast benefits from access to a vast ecosystem of solutions, services and expertise, extending its reach both locally and globally.
Through this partnership, ROOMZ will leverage Westcoast’s deep market knowledge and trusted reseller network to accelerate adoption of its meeting room booking displays, presence sensors and workplace analytics platform.
With no cabling, up to four years of battery life, easy calendar integration and tangible usage data, ROOMZ offers a distinctly unique approach to workspace management to support UK and Irish organizations.
ROOMZ and Iagona: empowering smarter workplaces
In today’s flexible work environments, effective workspace management depends on providing reliable, real-time information to employees. This shared vision has led ROOMZ and Iagona to combine their expertise and create a unified solution that integrates ROOMZ occupancy sensors with Iagona’s SignEx digital signage ecosystem.
«Through this integration, our clients gain instant visibility into room occupancy and can make better use of their meeting spaces without any extra effort», says Marc Florimond, Business Engineer at Iagona.
Benefits for employees:
This joint solution makes meeting management effortless and intuitive:
Accurate information in real time: automatic presence detection as soon as someone enters the room, with the “occupied” status instantly displayed.
Automatic room release: if no one is detected after 20 minutes, the room is automatically freed up, making it immediately available for others.
Reliable updates: real-time synchronization ensures that workspace information is always accurate and up to date.
Benefits for organizations:
The ROOMZ x Iagona partnership unlocks new opportunities for smarter space utilization:
Fewer ghost meetings: nearly one-third of booked rooms remain unused, wasting time and resources. Learn how to eliminate ghost meetings and optimize your collaborative spaces in our dedicated blog post.
Effortless integration: ROOMZ wireless sensors connect seamlessly to existing digital signage systems, enhancing automation and meeting room management.
Data-driven decisions: real-time, reliable insights help optimize space usage, reduce wasted capacity, and support a more sustainable workplace strategy.
ROOMZ x Comeen: Simple, sustainable workplace management
As work environments rapidly evolve, companies are looking for smarter and more efficient solutions to optimize their office spaces without heavy infrastructure.
Managing meeting rooms presents two key challenges: often underused spaces and solutions that are too complex to implement.
To address these needs, ROOMZ and Comeen have created a partnership to deliver an easy-to-deploy, user-friendly, and sustainable solution.
A shared vision for workplace management: simplicity meets sustainability
ROOMZ and Comeen share a common goal: to help organizations create a smarter, more efficient workplace that uses fewer resources. Together, we offer a fully integrated solution combining the best of:
-Hardware: ROOMZ’s wireless e-ink displays, featuring ultra-low energy consumption (up to 10,000 times less than traditional screens) and a 4-year battery life.
-Software: Comeen’s intuitive platform, natively integrated with Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, enabling smart workspace booking and delivering actionable usage insights.
Built for agile workstyles
The ROOMZ x Comeen partnership supports modern companies embracing agile work methods, delivering flexibility, simplicity, and sustainability:
–Fast deployment: No cables, no heavy infrastructure needed.
-Better employee experience: Book meeting rooms directly via Google Chat or Microsoft Teams.
–Smart notifications: Meeting rooms are automatically released when unused, eliminating ghost bookings.
–Data-driven management: Monitor no-show rates, real occupancy, and room usage trends.
Ready to optimize your meeting room management with ROOMZ and Comeen?
Let’s get in touch.
BOBST transforms its headquarters with ROOMZ
As part of its ambitious “New Workplace at BSA” project, global packaging leader BOBST is modernizing its headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland to create a more flexible, connected, and sustainable work environment.
Involving nearly 1,000 employees, the project aims to adapt office spaces to modern work models while integrating cutting-edge digital tools. Among these, ROOMZ has emerged as a key technology partner.
To support this transformation, BOBSThas implemented ROOMZ displays and sensors for meeting room management, along with desk sensors to enable a simple and efficient flex office setup. The wireless, low-energy system offers an agile solution that can be deployed progressively, building by building.
“ROOMZ stood out with its ease of integration with its simple wireless integration and its ability to evolve gradually with our project […] Furthermore, the low energy consumption of the screens reflects our commitment to a more responsible approach, while remaining true to our culture of innovation,” said Stéphane Mader, Head of Group Marketing & Communications & Workplace Program Manager at BOBST.
Data-driven insights are a major advantage of ROOMZ. By analyzing space utilization, the system enables BOBST to make informed decisions regarding office layout, helping them balance collaborative areas and individual workspaces. This ensures the effective use of resources, while improving employee satisfaction.
ROOMZ at ISE 2025 – A remarkable showcase of smart workplace solutions
ROOMZ is showcasing its second year at Integrated Systems Europe
ISE 2025 in Barcelona was a fantastic opportunity for ROOMZ to connect with workplace technology professionals from around the world. For the second year, we proudly showcased our innovative meeting room booking systems, desk booking solutions and workspace occupancy sensors.
Live demonstrations of wireless and sustainable technology
Attendees experienced how ROOMZ enables easy meeting room management. Visitors were truly impressed with our wireless meeting room displays with ultra-low-power technology, featuring a battery life of up to four years.
These features ensure companies can optimize workspace usage with minimal infrastructure changes and maximum efficiency.
Introducing the new ROOMZ Hybrid Work Box
One of the highlights of ISE 2025 was the launch of the ROOMZ Hybrid Work Box. It integrates desk occupancy sensors, meeting room sensors and huddle space monitoring to provide real-time insights into workspace utilization. With three months of access to myROOMZ and Advanced Analytics, companies can easily implement smart office management and enhance the employee experience.
ISE 2025 provided some great exchanges with facilities managers, IT leaders and workplace strategy experts. Discussions highlighted the growing demand for intelligent workspace scheduling tools and data-driven office optimization.
1 DISPLAY PURCHASED = 2 TREES PLANTED
ROOMZ is developing a carbon compensation programme with Tree-Nation
If you have known ROOMZ for a while, then you know that the sustainability aspect of our solutions is an essential part of our identity.
To achieve this, we recently entered into a partnership with the international organisation Tree-Nation, which has planted nearly 33 million trees since 2006*.
From 1 June 2024, two trees will be planted for every screen sold. This reforestation campaign makes it possible to offset the emissions generated during the production and use of our products and contributes to long-term carbon sequestration.
What are the benefits for our customers?
By choosing ROOMZ products, our customers not only acquire an energy-efficient technical solution, are also make an active contribution to protecting the planet:
– Reduction of carbon emissions: the carbon footprint of each ROOMZ display is offset over its entire lifetime.
– Contribution to biodiversity: our activities take place in tropical areas, where are the habitat of many plant and animal species.
– Supporting local economies: these ecological initiatives create jobs and sustainable resources for local communities.
*Since May 2025, ROOMZ has renewed its commitment to sustainability by continuing its partnership with Tree-Nation. We no longer plant trees for each screen sold, but now for every visit to our website. This initiative is part of the Net Zero Website label, which aims to offset the carbon footprint of web activity.
A look back at an incredible experience at ISE 2024!
ROOMZ presents its unique concept at Europe’s largest audiovisual show – ISE 2024
As you may have seen from our previous communications, in January, ROOMZ exhibited for the first time at ISE in Barcelona. With its excellent overview of the latest advancements and trends in the fields of systems integration and unified communications, ISE is the international meeting place considered key by all professionals in our industry.
Once again, this year the level was set very high, with nearly 74,000 visitors from over 162 countries – an incredible exhibition for ROOMZ and a great way to raise our brand awareness!
We developed a completely new booth specifically for the event, showcasing our entire ecosystem for every kind of workspace, while retaining our green identity, the pioneering concept that drives our values, and the way our products are manufactured.
The 4-day event showed that the market for workspace management solutions is still expanding, and that analytics are becoming an increasingly important part of corporate office design strategies.
The ROOMZ solution clearly caught the interest of the visitors; its wireless features, high security, and one-step solution were the most highly valued design features.
In addition to being a trade exhibition, ISE provided the ROOMZ team with a global market overview, and acts as an incubator for our next strategic action plan.
ROOMZ and Unified Communications: a new strategic partnership to rock the US market!
We are very happy to announce that our sales in the United Sates will be managed by Unified Communications, one of the biggest online B2B shops in the USA!
Unified Communications has been a leading expert of the UC market with an extensive product knowledge and a focus on user experience since 1982. Today, more than 12,000 customers around the world have been supported by Unified Communications with tailored collaborative solutions.
We are excited to be working with a partner with whom we share the same goal: “Help people and organizations communicate and collaborate in ways that enrich the human connection and elevate the daily experience of work and life.”
ROOMZ names Willy Kurmann as its new CTO
An exciting new step for Willy Kurmann and ROOMZ!
Willy knows the company very well as he has been working successfully with ROOMZ for the past 5 years as a Senior Software Engineer and Scrum Master. Before joining ROOMZ, for 13 years, Willy was part of the Rolex company as a Software Engineer and Industrial IT Support Technician. He is now taking over the position of CTO from Patrick Terreaux, who is taking on a new challenge after 8 years at ROOMZ.
Willy Kurmann has set the goal of bridging the gap between customers and engineering, alongside continuing to excite the existing customer base with fantastic new features and SaaS products.
To Willy, a successful company depends on two key elements: its team members, and a strong corporate culture.
As Willy Kurmann enthused: “I am very proud and extremely excited to be taking up my new position as CTO in the ROOMZ team. I would like to thank Roger Meier and the entire ROOMZ’ team for their trust in me. Accepting this exciting opportunity and contributing to the greater success of our company, especially in times of changes in the way we work, alongside strengthening our market presence in Europe, is decisive for me.”
Congratulations Willy on this next step, and the future intelligent office projects that come with it!
ROOMZ and Bechtle: Challenges are easier to overcome with good partnerships
We are thrilled to announce our new partnership with Bechtle, which for the past 40 years has become an expert in digital transformation and the modern workspace by delivering future-facing IT.
“Exceptional quality, no matter where you are”, is a core value promoted by Bechtle, and it is with this philosophy in mind, we have created this partnership.
In addition to being Germany’s largest IT System House, Bechtle also provides one of the strongest IT e-shops in Europe, covering: Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, UK, Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic.
This collaboration offers the opportunity to reinforce our presence in strategic countries, but also expand our brand more widely within Europe’s UCC marketplace.
HDI Global and the new ways of working: a success story
From a traditional office-based organization to flexible offices
HDI Global, an international company specializing in liability insurance, sought a modern solution to manage its Swiss workspaces for nearly 120 employees.
> INITIAL REQUIREMENT
Previously spread over nine floors, HDI aimed to bring the teams together on a single floor to encourage collaboration between departments. This new work organization required a shift from a traditional single workplace location to flexible desks.
> THE ROOMZ ANSWER
By choosing the ROOMZ ecosystem to manage its desks, phone boxes and meeting rooms, HDI was able to implement a modern and flexible working environment in a short period of time.
“Having ROOMZ in place really enabled us to work in hybrid teams, have different working models and operate in a way far different than I could have ever imagine. “
Marc Luginbühl
CEO – HDI Global Switzerland
Testimonial from the first ROOMZ customer, ETH Zurich
Seven years after the installation of the first screens, ETH Zurich looks back on its experience with ROOMZ.
There are now 800 screens are installed in the classrooms of the prestigious Swiss university.
Armin Brunner, Head of ITS Infrastructure, looks back on his experience with ROOMZ and on how the screens evolved over time.
> POWER CONSUMPTION
As ROOMZ’ first client, we can highlight the extremely low power consumption and outstanding autonomy of the batteries of the displays.
Back in 2016, when we installed our first 400 displays at ETHZ, ROOMZ estimated a battery autonomy of 2 years. This has not only been achieved, but the typical autonomy of a display in our installation is exceeding 4 years.
The battery replacement is easy and typically takes less than 1 minute by screen.
> DURABILITY OF THE DISPLAYS
400 displays have been installed in 2016 – we have now in total 800 displays installed. Out of theses 800 displays, we only had 10 defect displays (0.26% or 1.6 defect display per year).
After 7 years of operation, the displays show almost no visible degradation, and we can expect them to last for another 10 years.
> MAINTENANCE
And as the displays have no operating system, we have ZERO software maintenance on them – they just work.
UNESCO impressed by the eco-friendly features of ROOMZ
UNESCO sought an innovative solution to modernize the management of its meeting rooms at its headquarters in Paris. The environmentally sensitive organization wanted to use a low power technology.
ROOMZ displays naturally made the difference with theire-ink screens, sleek design and components.
After several months of implementation, ROOMZ was easily integrated into the employees’ new ways of working, as Vincent Rudent, Head of the Telephone and Sound Unit, explains:
“With ROOMZ, our organization has a simple, efficient and easy to implement room reservation system.”
Sunderland City Council moves to flexible working with ROOMZ
From old to new ways of working
The City of Sunderland sought a comprehensive solution to integrate agile working methods into its new city hall, which opened on 17 March 2022. Implemented simultaneously with the completion of the new building, ROOMZ proved to be the right product at the right time.
“Our offices are now designed for all types of work and especially collaboration. Meeting rooms can be booked by employees looking to collaborate face-to-face, while with ROOMZ there is also the option of booking individual workspaces. ROOMZ gives us the tools to manage this new way of working,” summed up Ian Crosby, Sunderland City Council’s Head of Facilities and Security.
ROOMZ and Jabra together at Orgatec
An event dedicated to hybrid work
What will the hybrid workplaces of tomorrow look like? This was the main theme of Orgatec 2022, the leading international trade fair for the modern world of work, which took place in Cologne, Germany.
To answer such questions, ROOMZ was there to present its solutions for managing the new collaboration environments. We had the opportunity to unveil our latest developments that make flexible working in companies even more accessible, while showcasing our digital solutions with low energy consumption.
A special shout out to our partner Jabra. We were delighted to share this adventure with them at a brand-new stand created especially for the event!
ABB was searching for a new room reservation system that allows bookings via Outlook, and which displays the occupancy and all reservations at the entrances to meeting rooms. One solution emerged as the clear favourite after a thorough evaluation: ROOMZ met all the requirements and with an attractive price.
Bartosz Patyna, Project Manager Headquarter Information System at ABB, was full of praise once the system was successfully implemented: “The booking system has worked flawlessly since it went live and our users are very satisfied.” He has already recommended the solution to others. “My colleagues in the Dubai branch ordered 120 units straight away.”
Pharmaplan chooses the ROOMZ’ “all-in-one” concept
Introduction of hybrid working practices with ROOMZ Display and myROOMZ
Pharmaplan is one of the pharmaceutical industry’s leading consulting and engineering partners.
The team in charge came across ROOMZ when looking for a system for their workplace and protection concept as well as their meeting room management.
In the course of further discussions, myROOMZ and ROOMZ Displays crystallised as the perfect solution for all current and future challenges. The system was incrementally integrated into the existing infrastructure. Markus Reuss, Project Engineer, Manufacturing IT & Automation, enthused: “ROOMZ meets all the requirements, inspires the employees and serves as the basis for the introduction of our hybrid working model.”
Kantonsschule Olten gets rid of its paper schedules
New room signage for classrooms and meeting rooms
New room signage was also on the to-do list as part of the overall renovation of the Kantonsschule Olten.
The Education Display was installed at the entrances to 100 classrooms – for a particular reason, as IT manager Isabelle Berger reported. Additionally, classic ROOMZ Displays were procured for the meeting rooms.
Isabelle Berger was extremely positive regarding the uncomplicated handling of the project, especially when it came to the seamless collaboration between the ROOMZ experts and KASCHUSO programmers.
WHU Business School – ROOMZ digitalises the school of tomorrow
ROOMZ technology has once again convinced the education field. The internationally renowned business school WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management – has selected ROOMZ displays and Flightboard to provide a better user experience for its students and staff members.
WHU wanted to replace its old display system to meet its new organisational needs and optimise the use of its rooms. With ROOMZ displays, students know in real time and in advance whether a room is occupied or not and can use it to study if it is available.
Feel free to discover our ROOMZ Education solution, specially designed for schools and universities.
ROOMZ goes Nordic with Isicom and Ergotel
Studies show that Scandinavians are among the happiest people in the world. One of the reasons for this is the Scandinavian work culture.
The Nordic people also carry their well-known flair for comfortable furnishings into the working world.
That is why it was only a matter of time before ROOMZ solutions found their way into companies and organizations in Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Workspaces can be managed efficiently and modern forms of work can be implemented intelligently with ROOMZ.
Scandinavian sales will be handled by the new partners Isicom Sweden and Isicom Norway, along with Ergotel Denmark. These companies specialize in solutions for the digital workplace – with a focus on intelligent working and efficient communication.
This means that ROOMZ solutions are now distributed in over 12 countries in Europe, the Middle East, Russia and in Africa.
ROOMZ says thank you and: Jag önskar er framgång, jeg ønsker deg suksess and jeg ønsker dig succes!
Lonza chooses ROOMZ Displays and myROOMZ
The pharmaceutical company Lonza has around 1,000 employees working at its Basel location. Management ordered wireless ROOMZ displays in 2019 to improve the inefficient occupancy of meeting rooms in the main building in Basel.
Just when the booking system was up and running, COVID-19 presented Lonza with new challenges. The decision was quickly made to expand the booking system to workspaces. Today, Lonza uses myROOMZ software to guarantee the occupancy of workstations in conformance with the Corona requirements. The maximum protection of employee health can be ensured despite tight space conditions.
Easily manage your deconfinement phase at work respecting safety measures
Despite an easing of restrictions, the work world is still subject to several COVID-19 safety rules. Primary among them are social distancing and hygiene precautions. Many companies are now confronted with the need to organize a safe and orderly return of their staff. ROOMZ Intelligent Offices is the perfect tool to handle this complex task to ensure that social distance and hygiene rules are adhered to.
Make your collaboration spaces more intuitive and easier to use
The new way of working (NWoW) requires new solutions for the administration, management and analysis of the complete working space. Make your company fit for the new way of work. ROOMZ Intelligent Offices supports companies during this profound structural change.
Our developer team has further developed the world’s only wireless display for professional meeting room management, adding sensor technology to create a complete solution for the efficient working environments of the future.
ROOMZ expands its distribution with eLink Distribution AG and Komsa Kommunikation Sachsen AG
A growing number of companies and organizations in 9 countries throughout Europe and in Africa rely on ROOMZ solutions. This allows workspaces to be efficiently managed and agile work environments to be intelligently designed.
With eLink Distribution AG and KOMSA Kommunikation Sachsen AG, two more distribution partners have been added in Germany to meet the constantly increasing demand and to benefit from synergies for the so important workplace optimization.
New quality labels for ROOMZ
External certifications are the proof for tested quality and proven security. We are proud that ROOMZ has been certified for ISO 9001 Total Quality Management and ISO 27001 Information Security Management System and was awarded the SEF.High-Potential quality label.
The Swiss Economic Forum awards the SEF.High-Potential quality label to SMEs with proven growth potential. The growth potential is reviewed in a three-step process by an interdisciplinary team comprised of recognized business experts.
ROOMZ Display: Even more user-friendly, more energy efficient!
We launched the ROOMZ Display in 2016. It very quickly grew into a real market hit. We have intensively worked on the further development of our display over the past few months. Requests and critiques from users have been considered during the development.
The new display is available now with a new 2.4/5 GHz chip set. This makes it around 40% faster to operate. This improvement especially impacts the “Update”, “Instant Book” and “Release” functions. The upgrade improves user-friendliness and makes the display even more energy efficient.
CIO Applications Europe lists ROOMZ among the TOP 10 facility management solution providers
«CIO Applications» publishes what is probably the most comprehensive collection of expert knowledge and is an indicator of technology trends. With its “Top 10 Solutions Providers” ranking designation, the organization distinguishes companies with solutions that the jury considers to be particularly valuable.
CIO Applications Europe named ROOMZ as one of the “Top 10 facility management and solutions providers”, an award that we are particularly proud of. Our CEO, Roger Meier, is interviewed in the lead article in “CIO Applications Europe”. He explains how the ROOMZ solutions can help companies to better manage their workspaces.
ROOMZ new webportal 2.0, Flightboard
ROOMZ stands for intelligent work environments and optimized room usage. Update V2 of our ROOMZ Server administration platform will impress you. You profit from an extended range of possible uses, simpler operation and a redesigned interface.
The update includes a range of improvements and was upgraded with many useful functions :
Setting up of individual buildings and floors
Flightboard displays listing occupied or available rooms, also on non-ROOMZ smart TVs
Reduction of the update interval for all displays when the company is closed, prolonging the device’s battery life
Inclusion of the business hours in the use analysis to show the real utilization
The option of placing sensors without a display, such as for analyzing room and workspace resources
The dedicated update portal contains all new features and also provides helpful tips: https://support.roomz.io
ROOMZ now present on the British market with the distributor Midwich
ROOMZ, the former Swiss startup, convinces more and more markets with its display of the same name for room reservation: After Switzerland, ROOMZ penetrated further markets. The solution is now distributed in Switzerland, Germany, Austria, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Africa. Now with the Midwich Group, ROOMZ will enter the British market.
400 convinced business customers opt for ROOMZ
When the company was founded as Setza SA back in 2015, the founding duo, Roger Meier and Patrick Terreaux, had already completed plenty of preliminary work. In close collaboration with their first client, ETH Zurich, the two engineers developed an easy-to-install central room booking system with wireless displays.
The careful preparation for market launch, including establishing the sales & marketing department, lasted until 2017.
And then one thing followed another: The company was renamed to ROOMZ in the same year, and ALSO was recruited as the exclusive Swiss distributor of ROOMZ displays. The broad market resonance was proven by customers including ETZ Zurich, Pilatus and Bank am Bellevue.
In 2018, the visionaries launched the new ROOMZ Sensor and, together with ALSO, expanded into the German and Austrian markets as well as with Sidev in the French market.
Highpoints of the current year 2019 included the new webportal, the partnership with the panEuropean company, ITANCIA present in France, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Africa, and the 400th satisfied ROOMZ customer.
We have grown from three employees at the beginning of 2017, to 12 today.
ROOMZ – a success story, to be continued.
Pioneering partnership between ROOMZ and ITANCIA
ITANCIA began in 1991 with sales of ecologically recycled business telephones and today also offers repair services and logistics services. The company is active around the world. The partnership now also opens the markets for ROOMZ in France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Africa and the Benelux countries – our displays are now going out into the world.
ROOMZ impresses with its product and service
Fast, easy and trouble-free – is an apt summary of the expectations placed on the ordered, installed and commissioned ROOMZ displays by COO / CIO Holger Schultes (until 2020). His unreserved satisfaction speaks in our favor.
In 2022, Bellevue Group made another major change: the migration of their ROOMZ system from On Premise to Cloud. Philipp Huber, System Engineer at Bellevue Asset Management (a Bellevue Group subsidiary) was in charge of the project, which progressed smoothly.
Innovative “must have” for intelligent workplace and room usage solutions
The ROOMZ Display was the first trick, and is now being following by the second: The new Room Sensor is the sensible addition to the successful Display. Both solutions work together as a team: The Display records new and updates existing room reservations, while the Sensor monitors whether the room is used according to how it was booked.
Common nuisance: Overbooked rooms
Meeting rooms and conference rooms are frequently occupied exactly when one needs them. Therefore, many rooms are simply preventively blocked – and remain unused. The new Sensor counteracts this grievance. It notices when a room goes unused and then releases it again. The sophisticated algorithms and additional room climate functions boost efficiency, improve internal procedures and increase employee satisfaction.
Also available for workspaces starting 2019
The Desk Sensor will also soon be available. With its support, the flexible use of workspaces in the “shared desk” sector will become more reliable and more effective.
roomz.io = ROOMZ Intelligent Offices
These steps move ROOMZ away from individual products towards intelligent workplace solutions. This new orientation is also reflected in our new website under the existing domain address: roomz.io. The top-level domain, .io, sums up our expertise in a nutshell. roomz.io stands for ROOMZ Intelligent Offices.
ROOMZ expands its market presence with ALSO Deutschland
ROOMZ has rapidly developed into a leading market player in Switzerland in the area of room management. With Thomas Freiherr, ROOMZ Sales Manager Germany, we are now venturing across the border. Thomas Freiherr had this to say: “We are pleased to start with the powerful ALSO reseller network so as to convince many companies of the advantages of optimal room and workspace usage with ROOMZ.”
Simone Blome-Schwitzki, media spokesperson for the ALSO Deutschland Management adds: “Meeting room displays and management systems from ROOMZ are a logical and very innovative expansion of our product range for the smart, digital conference room. They round off our portfolio of collaboration and video conferencing solutions perfectly.”
ROOMZ meets the high standards of isolutions, the smart work pioneer
When it comes to the digital workplace, the leading Microsoft business partner, isolutions, is blazing a pioneering trail: the technology cracks expertly support companies through the digital transformation. This lends even greater weight to their choosing ROOMZ – it is this recognition that fills us with pride.
ETH Zurich goes for ROOMZ
The optimal use and efficient management of rooms is more than merely a matter of weighing the costs and benefits.
For ETH Zurich, intelligent room usage also means creating the ideal conditions to enable professors, doctorate candidates and students to make the most of their resources. ROOMZ is making a lasting contribution to this aim.
To find out more about our ROOMZ Education Solution, don’t hesitate to visit our website page.
Setza SA becomes ROOMZ SA
The same thing happened to us as with companies such as UHU, Tempo, Post-it, Jeep and many others that launched a successful product: our product name became a byword for the company itself. And that is a good thing! It ultimately shows us that we picked a fitting product name that is pleasing to our customers, and that our company is thoroughly identified with our product ROOMZ.
We want to do justice to that, and not just by half-measures, but entirely: we are renaming our company to ROOMZ SA and are thereby also committing ourselves in name to our popular reservations tool, which is meanwhile in use at over 100 companies.
Everything else shall remain the same: a passionate team full of enthusiasm for innovations designed to help you better handle your daily work – easily, efficiently and with style.
ALSO lists ROOMZ
«ROOMZ is miles ahead of the competition…»
ROOMZ, our digital reservation and administration tool for rooms in use at leading companies, universities and public institutions also convinced those in charge at ALSO Schweiz AG, the leading Swiss IT logistics services provider. Effectively immediately, ALSO is adding ROOMZ to its portfolio – as the exclusive Swiss distributor.
Why was ALSO convinced by ROOMZ? Erich Steiner, Head of Division Solution and Member of the Executive Board at ALSO Schweiz AG had this to say in O-Ton: “ROOMZ is an innovative Swiss product from a Swiss company that is miles ahead of the competition. As the exclusive Swiss distributor we look forward to working together with ROOMZ and implementing the clearly defined channel strategy.”
As a startup, the partnership with ALSO represents an important and confirming milestone in our still early company history. We greatly appreciate the collaboration with ALSO as the exclusive distributor of ROOMZ. This offers us the opportunity to establish ourselves more widely in the world of work that is being increasingly shaped by UCC and new collaboration tools.
Fabien Moine begins at Setza
Welcome Fabien Moine!
As head of sales and marketing, Fabien Moine will take on the marketing of our reservation and administration solution ROOMZ, a move that represents a real transfer coup for us.
The issues of ICT and UC have accompanied Fabien Moine throughout his career: He began as head of sales at Combridge AG, and later became the area manager for business customers at Orange, the corporate customer department for SME. Most recently, he established business development and partner management for Plantronics in Switzerland.
We are very pleased that our visionary solution and our passion moved the ICT expert to switch from a large corporation to a startup, which he explained as follows: “I was immediately excited about the solution ROOMZ from Setza the first time I saw it. In the new working world, which is shaped by UCC and new collaboration tools, the efficient administration of shared work rooms is taking on an ever more significant role. To be able to help design the sales and marketing from the start and to successfully position Setza in the market represents a unique opportunity, one that I am really looking forward to.”
Fabien Moine is in charge of business development for Setza domestically and later also internationally, for sales and marketing, as well as for establishing and managing strategic partners, resellers and key accounts. Welcome to the power team Fabien Moine!
“ROOMZ” hits the nail on the head
Setza SA hired the branding agency, Asphalte Design, to develop a simple website in December 2015. The creative talents expressed their concerns about the name “Setza” during the kick-off meeting. Especially for Swiss-French speakers, the “tz” in the word is difficult to pronounce, and sounds rather harsh. They proposed providing naming proposals along with the design concepts. Roger Meier and Patrick Terreaux both immediately agreed, the two engineers were glad to be able to focus on their core competencies.
Just one look was all it took for all to agree
The creative director, Yannick Macheret, presented the design concepts and three product names with a logo a few weeks later. ROOMZ was one of these proposed names. The designers combined the word “room” with the “Z” from “Setza”. The two founders took one look and both nodded in agreement: “That’s it! ROOMZ is the perfect brand name for our product family, offering unlimited potential, such as with ROOMZ Server, ROOMZ Displays, etc.” And that is how ROOMZ™ was born.
Sleek logo with a certain something
The logo the designers presented also convinced the company founders. “The logo consisting of only letters is lean, quickly recognizable, clear, comprehensible and with no frills – just like our modular product family,” praised Roger Meier, who went on to point out a sophisticated detail: “The two letters ‘OO’ are represented as semi circles to symbolize two meeting rooms divided by a corridor.” Simplicity was also chosen in accordance with the corporate philosophy when it came to the corporate colors: the black and white logo matches the display screen. The only thing remaining to be discussed was the supplemental corporate color for use in designing advertising materials. The color “Fabien-Blau”* was ultimately chosen.
* The two founders did not know at the time that their future head of marketing and sales would be named Fabien.
Roger Meier and Patrick Terreaux found Setza
Putting an end to meeting room chaos
Roger Meier and Patrick Terreaux got to know one another during a program they both completed as part of their Executive MBA at the Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL). During one of their many discussions, the two engineers talked about the widespread problem with the allocation of meeting rooms: both had repeatedly experienced standing helplessly in the corridor with customers for upcoming meetings because no suitable meeting room was available. Such situations are unpleasant and time-consuming for all involved, besides being embarrassing for the person hosting the meeting.
Signage system developed with customers
As part of their program, Roger Meier and Patrick Terreaux developed a concept for a simple, battery-free, room signage system. They approached the ETH Zurich, which was planning a similar concept as a pilot project for the entire campus with 500 rooms to be provided with signage. The ETHZ’s intentions were frustrated by the fact that only cabled or radio-controlled solutions were available. In close collaboration with those in charge at the ETHZ, Roger Meier and Patrick Terreaux developed a product with specifications customized to meet their preferences and requirements. The challenge was to equip the entire campus with wireless, optically pleasing 8-inch displays that are connected to the existing WLAN.
Not FOR the customer, but WITH the customer
During the course of this pilot project, the two engineers entered into discussions with other companies to identify their needs. “In contrast to the ETHZ, corporate customers wanted to be able to also make reservations on their mobile displays,” explained Roger Meier. They upgraded their project with the desired function. “The simplicity of our product was, and remains, essential to us. It should be easy to install and to use. That’s why we teamed up with customers during the development and consciously avoided over-engineering.”
Company founded on a solid basis
Roger Meier (*1974) and Patrick Terreaux (*1982) founded Setza SA in May 2015. This was preceded by a great deal of preliminary work. Patrick Terreaux looked back: “We both had families and responsibilities. So we carefully weighed up the risk factors and excluded as many as we possibly could before founding the company.” The company name was rather a product of chance: the two founders looked for a free domain with few letters. The name also should not be too limiting, because there was great potential when it came to the product’s range of application. “It’s not just a matter of room signage, but far more complex topics such as the optimization of office spaces using sensor technology, for example,” confirmed Roger Meier, and Patrick Terreaux added: “The future will be exciting. We have gotten off to a good start and still have far to go.”
