Uniguest’s M&A Flurry Continuing; Adds Volara’s Interactive Voice Platform To Solution Set November 3, 2021 by Super User Nashville-based Uniguest is continuing its acquisitive ways – with the “digital engagement technology” firm announcing of Volara, an NYC firm specializing in voice-based engagement software. Already managing more than 20,000 voice assistant solutions at over 400 locations, says the announcement, Volara now launches Uniguest’s voice technology division, positioning the company to bring voice-based contactless engagement …
LianTronics Boosts North American LED Sales And Solutions Via New Deal With 3Dot Technologies November 1, 2021 by Super User LianTronics is by volume on one of the larger direct view LED manufacturers on the planet, but the Chinese is not all that well-known in North America – a situation it hopes to change via a new distribution agreement with a Toronto-area company focused on video wall solutions. 3Dot Technologies, based in my old home …
AVI-SPL Launches New Experiential Tech Business Unit October 26, 2021 by Super User Pro AV integrator giant AVI-SPL has launched a new business unit – XTG (Experience Technology Group) – focused on servicing the increasing demand it says it is seeing for immersive, and interactive brand and employee experiences. XTG is building on AVI-SPL’s rich heritage and reputation, says the company in announcing the service, by specializing in …
Philips Hires Schuster To Run Its N.A. Pro Display Business; King Shifts To Hotel TV Vertical October 21, 2021 by Super User PPDS, the company that markets Philips Professional TV and Philips digital signage solutions, has brought on industry vet to Vince Schuster to run the commercial pro display business and put another pro AV lifer, Joe King, in a new leadership gig running the hospitality TV business. Schuster will be well-known to pro AV people, having …
Appspace Buys Workplace Communications Firm Beezy To Boost Workplace Experience Offer October 20, 2021 by Super User There has been quite a bit of news lately about digital signage companies being acquired or getting major cash infusions, but here’s a variation on that – a digital signage CMS company buying a company outside the industry to bolster its vertical market capabilities. Dallas-based Appspace Inc. has acquired Beezy, described as a leading digital …
Workspace Design Giant Unispace Acquires Experiential Content Shop Downstream October 18, 2021 by Super User In another sign that companies specializing in workplace design need digital experience chops, Unispace has acquired the Portland-based experiential design firm Downstream. Unispace, which is based in Sydney, Australia but has offices all over the place, says it has bought a firm that is great at integrating interactive digital and physical experiences in global tech …
Private Investment Firm Buys Majority Stake In BrightSign October 15, 2021 by Super User The PR kinda low-balls the story here, but BrightSign has new owners. The announcement says the private investment firm Graham Partners “has made a significant investment” in the digital signage hardware firm BrightSign, but the headline on the release says Silicon Valley-based BrightSign has ‘accepted’ majority investment. “The investment,” the announcement suggests, “is expected to …
ISE Opens Registration For Feb. Show In Barcelona October 7, 2021 by Super User Integrated Systems Europe has opened registration for its 2022 trade show, set for Feb. 1-4 in Barcelona, Spain. The timing seems a bit odd, as show co-owner AVIXA has a full court press on right now convincing pro AV people to come to InfoComm at the end of this month. That show’s attendance and exhibitor …
The Uncertain Return Of Tech Trade Shows October 6, 2021 by Super User Guest Post: Meghan Thompson, STRATACACHE As we march toward 2022 with a still uncertain live event outlook, B2B leaders are looking closely at the business value of these high-cost, face-to-face events and asking the question: “Will the trade show of the past, remain just there … in the past?” You’ll perhaps recall walking the floor …
Digital Display Usage In Drive-Thru Spiked In COVID Era, But Research Suggests Industry Far From Built Out: Study October 6, 2021 by Super User QSR Magazine covers guess what and does an annual, very thorough study of what’s happening with the drive-thru side of that business. It is required reading for anyone selling display hardware or software into that space, and provides some intriguing insights about how much things changed when COVID-19 turned up. Under a headline suggesting the …
