Kinly – the new brand identity resulting from the merger of leading visual collaboration specialists Viju and VisionsConnected – is celebrating a highly successful launch at the recent ISE 2018 show in Amsterdam. The move makes the new company one of the largest audiovisual system integrators in the world.
Headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the combined company today serves corporate and public customers in over 120 countries from established office locations throughout EMEA, the USA and APAC.
The new brand’s management team optimizes the expertise and experience of both companies with former Viju cief executive officer, Odd Sverre Østlie taking the helm as Kinly chief executive officer whilst his opposite number at VisionsConnected, founder and chief executive officer Raymond Alves, will be spearheading Kinly’s solutions and services development in his new role as CSO (chief solutions officer).
“Our new venture is intensely exciting,’ remarked Odd Sverre Østlie. “The opportunity to create a world-leading global visual collaboration specialist under a fresh new brand that builds on the best of two already highly successful companies is a wonderful opportunity for our clients and us.’
“Our brand promise is Working Together. Everywhere,’ he continued. “Our role is to provide a seamless and reliable experience that enables people to work together effectively and with ease, wherever they are and regardless of whether they need to connect to one person or one hundred. Customer experience is one of our top priorities; as one of the world’s leading specialists, we aim to harness our collective talent, expertise and experience to make collaboration between people and organisations as fluid and harmonious as possible.’
Raymond Alves agrees. “The workplace is changing as traditional barriers that used to be defined by time and space become less relevant. The array of video communications, audiovisual and collaboration technologies available can be bewildering, which is why it is so important to have a trusted partner when it comes to bringing all these technologies together to provide a solution that is right for you. Kinly is committed to the continued development of our collaboration solutions and services to help you improve workflow and get the very best out of your business.’
“The reaction we got from clients at ISE was tremendous,’ continued Alves. “Our clients can all see the benefits of working with a larger organisation with a global reach, whilst still retaining the level of personal, customised service that is our founding principle. We’re so proud and excited to be doing this – we can’t wait to bring the benefits of our combined vision, experience and solutions to help our clients achieve their collaboration goals as fluidly and seamlessly as possible.’
