Navori's new software pushing broadcast-quality video out of $350 PCs January 19, 2011 by Dave HaynesThe Swiss software company Navori doesn’t make a lot of noise in the marketplace, but they quietly do a lot of business – with installs in 90 countries and some 75,000 active licenses. That number thoroughly blows away the installed base of a lot of much noisier competitors. The company IS making some noise this …
DSE Content Awards Dinner Deadline Approaching January 19, 2011 by Dave HaynesThe early purchase discount for Digital Signage Expo’s Second Annual APEX & Content Awards Dinner expires Friday, which means you can save a few bucks ordering now. Individual tickets can still be purchased online at www.dse2011.com at the early-registration price of $125.00, or $1,125.00 for a table of 10. After that, individuals will cost $150 …
Preset DSE Mixer – first details January 17, 2011 by Dave HaynesWe have settled on the core details for next month’s Preset Group DSE mixer in Las Vegas. It will be Feb. 22, at The Pub in the Monte Carlo hotel/casino/resort. It will run 6-9ish, and we’ll have room for about 250 people, up from 180 or so last year. New venue – Last year at …
OVAB expands to Middle East January 17, 2011 by Dave HaynesThis was hinted at a few weeks ago, but is now official – OVAB Europe has extended its reach into the Middle East region and signed up its first regional member – Abu Dhabi Media Digital Out Of Home, which runs the Al Barq Digital nework of screens/kiosks in major shopping malls over there. “Advertising …
Intel on its Connected Store (video) January 12, 2011 by Dave HaynesSpotted this video on Intel’s YouTube channel. It is built around the NRF show and shows how Intel, from its point of view, pretty much IS the eco-system of digital signage in retail. It’s a solid presentation about the many ways screen-based technology is and will be implemented in retail environments, but someone new to …
Intel shows off future digital retailing ideas at NRF January 10, 2011 by Dave HaynesIntel made some noise last year at NRF with its interactive station, and the chipmaker is going for it again at the retail trade show. Intel unveiled its Connected Store concept – a two-story, 2,400 sq. ft. retail storefront concept – with an assortment of whiz-bang technologies. Powered by 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ processors, previous-generation …
Christie announces managed services for digital signage January 10, 2011 by Dave HaynesChristie Digital has a pile of resources and experience in place from the work it does supporting its projection business, and the company has decided to “sweat those assets” a little more by introducing an end-to-end digital signage management offer aimed at retail. The company has a presence at NRF this week in New York …
Siemens uses SMS, digital signage screens to get CEO interacting with 10,000 staffers January 10, 2011 by Dave HaynesThis is an interesting spin I’ve not seen before that integrated mobile technology with digital signage for a corporate communications exercise. Siemens stuck its US CEO at a cafeteria table and did a “Fireside Chat” via live video streaming with 10,000 employees, in 50 locations, and across 4 timezones. Staff interacted with Daryl Dulaney by …
Acronym Alert: YCD and HP show RAMP at NRF January 10, 2011 by Dave HaynesYCD Multimedia is at NRF this week showing off some technology that at least suggests it auto-generates content to screens based on the integration with a partner’s POS back office system. “YCD’s solution will be changing the playing field for grocery and convenience store retailers. We are allowing retailers’ digital signage campaigns to be fully …
Wow: LG's 4 by 30 video wall at CES January 7, 2011 by Dave HaynesI was way too busy to go to CES this year, and it is such a crazy,exhausting show I kinda look for reasons why I can’t go. Hotel prices shoot up. Cabs are hard to get. There is sooo much walking. But, there’s always stuff you wish you could see in person, instead of reading …