TAIPEI — Many countries nowadays are focusing on having a smart cities, therefore the demand for companies such as Advantech has increased. Founded in 1983, the Taipei-headquartered Advantech is a leader in providing trusted innovative embedded and automation products and solutions. The Taiwanese company offers comprehensive system integration, hardware, software, customer-centric design services, and global logistics support — all backed by industry-leading front and back office e-business solutions. Advantech has always been an innovator in the development and manufacture of high-quality, high-performance computing platforms. The company focuses on producing industrial PC, embedded single board computers, and automation controllers and software. With operations in 23 countries, Advantech is focused on making countries' smart cities innovate smart hotels, smart security systems, including smart systems for healthcare facilities. It collaborates closely with its partners to help provide complete solutions for a wide array of applications across a diverse range of industries. Its corporate mission is “Enabling an Intelligent Planet” and to realize this, Advantech “will continue collaborating and partnering for Smart City & IoT Solutions.” The Saudi Gazette had visited the Advantech headquarters in Taipei as part of the recent media tour. An Advantech official said that in Saudi Arabia, King Khaled University in Riyadh has selected Advantech solution to be implemented in its hospital. “This system is AMiS-50 integrated medical cart with a PDC-W215 display. The AMiS-50 integrated medical cart features an ergonomic and seamless design for ease of use, easy maintenance, and effective infection control,” he said. It has a motorized lifter which adjusts height electrically and big casters to navigate the different floor types in the hospital. The advanced battery keeps it safe and in service throughout the day, he explained. Another Advantech solution for the hospitals is the PIT-1503W is a good system to entertain patients and keep them away from boredom. PIT-1503W –equipped with a 15.6" multi-function touchscreen, WiFi, RFID, handset, smart card reader and 2 megapixel camera – can provide patients with various entertainment programs such as TV, movies or computer games because of Microsoft Wiindows and Intel Atom Dual Core processor. Patients can easily communicate with families by Internet because 2 megapixel camera, WiFi and Ethernet (RJ-45) connectivity are standard functions of PIT-1503W. Likewise, identification recognition for both hospital staff and patients is possible with the RFID and smart card reader. Moreover, one of the company recent innovation is RadiForce – a full line EZIO medical monitor solutions that take full account of medical institutions. This innovation could help to reduce the mistakes of surgeries before leaving the surgery room since every part is shown clearly in the monitors. For hospitality services, Advantech created all-in-one and self-serviced touch computer which provides interactive and informational kiosk to satisfy services applications.
