Ronin revenues up, but so is burn rate August 12, 2010 by Super UserThe latest required filings for publicly-listed Wireless Ronin show hardware, software and services sales are heading in the right direction, but the burn rate the company was trying to slow is actually up, not down. Sales are almost double that of Q2 2009 (aka depths of recession), which is good to see. However, despite something …
Adcentricity paints darker picture of DOOH spend from Q2 August 11, 2010 by Super UserI tend to run into Jeff Atley after hours at trade shows, after we’ve both had a few pops and are not all that eloquent. Or coherent. So when the VP and co-founder of Adcentricity rattles off this sort of thing in his writing, I’m amused. “This does not, however, translate directly to an equivalent spending ratio …
Digital Signage Expo tweaks, expands 2011 conference program August 10, 2010 by Super UserDigital Signage Expo is only six months away and with luck, that will be the next time I am in Lost Wages. Been there a little too much this year. The DSE folks have announced changes to the conference program for 2011, breaking it up into nine tracks to serve different target audiences: • Digital …
NASCAR Hall of Fame fan board lit up with 250-plus of Christie's MicroTiles August 5, 2010 by Super User(Disclosure: I do some writing for Christie, and prepared a case study on this project) One of the first BIG projects to come along for Christie Digital’s much-covered, much-praised MicroTiles technology is a signature installation at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, NC. The facility opened this spring and a focal point is a …
DSA takes micro-show to big printing expo August 5, 2010 by Super UserI wrote the other day about how companies that take the trade show road less traveled are being smart, and I see now the Digital Screenmedia Association is thinking along those lines, as well. The DSA has a digital signage zone in October at the specialty Imaging and Printing Technology Expo in Lost wages in …
Another digital signage patent granted August 4, 2010 by Super UserThe Marlin Company of Wallingford, CT has been granted U.S. Patent No. 7,743,112 for the Electronic Communication Station, its digital signage solution aimed at workplace communications. The official synopsis on the patent grant: A method and apparatus for the distribution of electronic media content for distribution to employees of a subscriber. The system includes an electronic …
PRN exec to talk at next "Masters" series event in Toronto August 3, 2010 by Super UserCathy Stauffer, the VP of Customer Experience for Premier Retail Networks, gets the mike at the next Digital Signage Masters Series event, set for Aug. 18th in Toronto. The session is called Digital Signage in Retail and Dining and will be at the St. Lawrence Hall in downtown Toronto. Address and registration stuff is here. …
Scala picks up Nix August 3, 2010 by Super UserCongratulations to Tom Nix, who has been scooped up by Scala, having bridged his departure from Dynamx with a year or so helping Magenta Research out with marketing. Says this morning’s news release, Nix is now Vice President of American Operations. In this role, he will be responsible for overseeing the U.S., Latin America and Oceania …
Going vertical – the trade show road less traveled July 30, 2010 by Super UserSay what you will about the software company Wireless Ronin and the sinking ship it may well be, but its execs deserve credit for identifying a vertical and going after it hard. The company has clearly laid down sector knowledge and service delivery in quick service and fast casual restaurant markets, and unlike many of its …
Media vet Wolff releases white paper on selling DOOH July 26, 2010 by Super UserIf you attend the annual Digital Signage Expo – and particularly if you are more deeply involved – the name Geri Wolff is probably familiar. She handles media and media relations for the event, as well as the Digital Signage Federation, through her firm Market Works. What you might not know is that she has …
