These changes continue to build on the flexible and innovative architecture allowing users to tune the system to suit their ever changing and evolving requirements for on-demand resource management. 

New Features include;

New Authentication Option - As well as the standard options of on-screen username and password and RFID card readers linked to Active Directory, a third option of on-screen Access Code can now be selected. This is both simple to configure and simple to use with no additional hardware required and can of course link to Active Directory.

Access Restrictions - Using one of the authentication options each resource can now be configured to only accept on-screen actions i.e. Check-in, Check-out or Extend by the meeting or booking organiser, organiser plus attendees or any registered user. This is a very powerful feature to prevent unauthorised access to reservations.

Per Resource Auto-Cancellation - Individual Resources can now be enabled for this option that solves the widespread 'No-Show' problem rather than this being a system-wide option.

Per Resource Settings for Screen Buttons - Individual screens can now have any combination of buttons available to users e.g. 'Check-in'/'Check-out' but no ability to 'Book Now' or just 'Extend' to allow users to extend existing desktop bookings but not create local bookings. The permutations are now endless!

Per Resource Authentication - Each resource can now be enabled for authenticated access or open access.

On-Screen Attendees - Any desktop booking with meeting attendees will now display an on-screen icon allowing users to check who is attending the meeting.

Multi-Room Summary Screens Now Display Future Meetings - As an option the multi-panel or vertical list style summary screens can now display not just the Now/Next events but all future same day events too.

Server 2008 Compatibility - Meeting Monitor is now fully tested and available for Microsoft Windows Server 2008^®

Floor Plan Layout Builder - There have been several usability improvements to this standard option making it even simpler to maintain the dynamic interactive floor plan based screens.

 V2.9 due out 1st October 2010 - watch this space for further news!