Deloitte's The Edge building is equipped with Sony's visual and security technology

The Deloitte office, The Edge, in Amsterdam it is equipped with Sony technology that has provided more than one hundred professional Bravia 4K monitors for meeting rooms, the SRX-T615 4K projector for the auditorium and 29 video surveillance cameras that secure the facilities.

in 2008, the consultant Deloitte construction began on the iconic building located in the heart of the economic and financial centre of the Netherlands, The Edge, which opened its doors in November 2014 and was defined as the most innovative and sustainable office building in the world.

For the construction of this innovative building, Deloitte knew it had to look for the most cutting-edge technology. It needed state-of-the-art solutions that support 4K and HTML5 that would provide a fully centralized audiovisual backbone and that equates its offices with future technologies for years to come.. In addition, solutions needed to be simple for the more than a thousand employees who work at The Edge.

Deloitte has a long history of collaborating with the integrator Avex, who understood that achieving attractive visual communication was a fundamental aspect of the company's business. This made The Edge require the industry's most advanced image resolution standard., 4K, that offers sharp and detailed images thanks to a resolution four times higher than Full HD (1080Q).

As Sam Beesems explains, audiovisual coordinator of technological services and labor market of Deloitte Netherlands, what they were looking for was "to establish several audiovisual pillars and one of them is 4K technology. Today, we are working on opening our own internal studio to be able to offer 4K content to employees and customers. We expect the full implementation of this technology at Deloitte Netherlands within two years.".

In addition to 4K solutions, Deloitte was also looking for solutions that offered the best image quality, were energy efficient and versatile enough to cover a wide range of applications, from presentations to digital signage. Avex recommended professional monitors Sony as they offer the required resolution with IP and HTML5 control.

"Deloitte's office is certified as the most innovative and sustainable in the world., even knows each worker's lighting and temperature preferences. Our goal was to make The Edge the best workplace. All office technology is based on Sony's professional 4K monitors, that also combine perfectly with the design of the building. We also use the SRX-T615 4K projector in our auditorium, which is very advantageous to show managers a large amount of essential data during important meetings. last, even the security cameras are from Sony", explains Erik Ubels, Director of Labour Market and Information Technology at Deloitte Netherlands.

Visual equipment

Bravia 4K B2B professional monitors were the chosen option for this project. More than 100 professional Led monitors, some of which included U-Touch overlay technology. These included thirteen FWD-85X8600P monitors from 85 Inch, twenty FWD-55X8600P 55 inch and sixty-five FWD-65X8600P 65 Inch.

Bravia 4K monitors helped Deloitte instantly attract attention, either with digital signage or with video conferencing, thanks to the realism of its details, the richness of the color and the wide contrast they offered.

The HTML5 capability of these professional monitors also enabled Deloitte to quickly create digital signage., efficiency and at an affordable price. Bravia 4K monitors are very easy to install and manage, whether it's standalone dynamic communications or multi-screen applications.

On the other hand, Deloitte chose to install the SRX-T615 4K projector to visualize and simulate applications in its presentation rooms and auditoriums. with 18 000 Lumens, projects bright 4K images, consistent and high contrast, as well as offering easy installation in a wide range of environments and extensive operational versatility.
The SRX-T615 includes features such as lamp interleaving to extend service life or fail-safe mode for stable operation.

Security of the facilities

Sony's solution also includes 29 video surveillance cameras used to secure Deloitte's modern facilities.

Sony installed 17 SNC-DH280 and twelve V-series SNC-CH280 video surveillance cameras. Both models are outdoor cameras with IR, offer high definition and have lighting system for day and night. These features provide high image quality that allows effective detections to collect evidence.

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