Phunware's Smart Campus software listed on Cisco's Meraki Marketplace

Phunware Inc (NASDAQ:PHUN) announced Tuesday that Cisco Meraki will now feature its Smart Campus solution for higher education in the online Meraki Marketplace.  Developed on Phunware’s patented Multiscreen-as-a-Service (MaaS) platform, Smart Campus is the company’s fourth listing on the marketplace. The program is designed to address the critical challenges of operating colleges and universities in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The Meraki Marketplace is an exclusive catalog of apps from Cisco Meraki’s partners, including Phunware, that have been developed on top of the Meraki platform. Customers and partners are able to view, demo and deploy commercial solutions through the platform.  READ: Phunware sees deal with Baptist Health South Florida grow to include advanced wayfinding creation “The platform approach we took to developing MaaS enables large corporations like Cisco to efficiently distribute our software globally for digital transformation initiatives in mobile environments,” Phunware CEO Alan Knitowski said in a statement. “The Meraki Marketplace enables thousands of Cisco Meraki customers across more than 100 countries worldwide to easily purchase and deploy our solutions to optimize healthcare, government, corporate and higher education operations where engagement is critical.” Phunware’s Smart Campus platform allows for seamless integrations with existing campus services and platforms via any available application program interface (API), which the company said drives awareness and utilization of other key resources including parking management, maintenance requests and campus security broadcasts. The offeirng includes the ability to: Notify and route users to on-campus or local healthcare facilities and testing locations by engaging users with contextual triggers Decrease congestion by safely routing users to designated points of interest Track and prevent potentially harmful exposure by contact tracing and monitoring device locations, including both real-time and historical lookbacks Manage and enforce social distancing and quarantine policies through proactive and reactive messaging, reminders and notifications Coordinate the sharing of information to ensure messaging is specific to each segment and their individual needs. Smart Campus is Phunware’s fourth listing on the Meraki Marketplace, following its COVID-19 pandemic response listings and its patented Location Based Services (LBS) software.  Contact Andrew Kessel at andrew.kessel@proactiveinvestors.com Follow him on Twitter @andrew_kessel