Uniguest Boosts Hotel Tech Suite With Acquisition Of Solutions Provider JANUS Displays February 11, 2021 by Super User Nashville-based Uniguest, which does a range of guest-facing things in hotel chains, has again used strategic acquisition to broaden its suite of services, in this case acquiring Janus Displays. Uniguest was long-known for running the business centers built in to many chain hotels, but it has broadened its technology offer in hotels to include digital …
ISE Opens Up Mandatory Online Registration For June Hybrid Live/Virtual Show February 11, 2021 by Super User Integrated Systems Europe 2021 has opened up registration today for the big pro AV trade show, still planned for early June in Barcelona. Registration for what’s currently billed as a hybrid live/virtual show must be done online, as there will be no on-site registration for the event, the idea presumably being that asking people to …
Pro Hockey Challenge Uses Fine Pitch LED Screen As The Target For Slapshots. It Survives. February 10, 2021 by Super User As a diehard Canadian, I am expected to be a rabid hockey fan – but the hard truth is I am barely aware of the NHL. I have somehow managed to retain my Canadian passport despite this. The last NHL season, and the league’s All-Star weekend, all happened, to be totally accurate, sometime in the …
How (Not) To Communicate Effectively: Podcast Tips On Industry Press And PR February 9, 2021 by Super User People who do marketing and public relations in this and related tech sectors might benefit from listening to this interview I did recently with Visix, from its Digital Signage, Done Right podcast. For a change, I was the one fielding questions, and I said what I’d like to talk about. Visix’s Derek Dewitt called the …
NDS Pivots PADS4 From Digital Signage-First To Broader User Experience Platform February 9, 2021 by Super User We’re starting to see companies in the digital signage sector starting to refine and re-package what they do in ways that gets them out of the box of being just a digital signage provider. On the heels of merging with the smart building platform LCS last year, the Dutch software firm NDS has started calling …
Microgigantic Acquired By Another Creative Shop, Miami-based Mod Op February 8, 2021 by Super User The Minneapolis digital creative and solutions studio Microgigantic has been acquired by another agency, Miami-based Mod Op. Mod Op has been growing, in part, through acquisitions and this is the third such deal in two years for the company, which has offices across the U.S. and an office in Latin America. This tie-up expands Mod …
DOOH EV Charging Network Volta Does Special Purpose Merger; Hopes To Raise $600M February 8, 2021 by Super User Volta Industries, which has a Digital OOH ad network built around electric vehicle charging stations, has announced plans for a merger with a special purpose acquisition company with hopes of generating $600 million for its network buildout. The overall value of the deal is estimated to be $1.4 billion. The deal comes just three weeks …
Survey Requests Suggest ISE, InfoComm Weighing Go/No-Go Options On June Shows February 3, 2021 by Super User Both InfoComm and Integrated Systems Europe sent out surveys in the last couple of days asking previous attendees (I assume) about their attitudes towards trade shows and travel as the pandemic wears on. There are several questions in the survey (did them both) about travel intentions, as well as interest and receptivity to things like …
Appspace Acquires The Marlin Company, Growing Its Workplace Experience Offer February 3, 2021 by Super User I am pretty sure this happened months and months ago, but the Dallas-based CMS software firm Appspace is just now announcing it has acquired The Marlin Company, a longtime workplace messaging company. Marlin solutions, says a press release, “are now part of the Appspace workplace experience platform. The acquisition also provides Marlin customers with new …
SageNet Acquires Convergent, Boosting The IT Services Firm’s Turnkey Digital Signage Chops February 2, 2021 by Super User SageNet, a Tulsa-based managed network services and cybersecurity solutions provider, has acquired Convergent, the longtime digital signage solutions provider operating out of suburban Atlanta. Convergent will now be branded as Convergent, a SageNet Company, and the leadership in Atlanta and Toronto will “operate as usual as the integration process proceeds.” Convergent, until this deal a …
