Free Xibo Digital Signage CMS Adds Commercial LG webOS Player December 12, 2017 by Super User The open source digital signage CMS Xibo now has a software player that will work happily with LG’s webOS smart displays, but it’s not free like the mothership CMS. The new webOS player has a one-time fee of 120 GBP, or about $160 USD. If you equated that to a SaaS fee over three years, …
Why All Room Management Signboards Are Not Created Equal December 6, 2017 by Jami McGraw Guest Post: John Wang, IAdea The modern workplace is undergoing a digital transformation, reinvented with the latest technologies to strengthen employee productivity, improve returns of investments on the facilities and enhance corporate image for visitors. One of the most significant changes happening at the doorsteps of the meeting room is the installation of a “room …
Why Digital Signage At Scale Needs Enterprise Features November 29, 2017 by Super User Guest Post: Trey Hicks, Visix Even though digital signage can be as simple as a laptop playing a PowerPoint slideshow hooked up to a display, it’s really designed to reach large audiences. Some organizations spread out over multiple floors, multiple buildings or even multiple geographical locations. When you are operating at that scale, the basics …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Mike Kilian, Mvix November 15, 2017 by Super User Mvix is another one of those companies in the digital signage ecosystem that ticks along, doing its thing, without making a lot of marketplace noise. I assumed the software and solutions provider, based in the high tech corridor west of Washington, DC, had maybe 20-25 people. But I found out Mvix has about 70, mostly …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Sean Levy, MediaSignage November 8, 2017 by Super User There’s no question that consumers like the word free, and it’s a term that has certainly worked for LA-based MediaSignage, which sees about 100 new accounts opened up everyday for its mostly free digital signage platform. There are lots of software offers in this business that are free for the first account, but you pay …
MVIX Adds ChromeOS And Devices To Digital Signage CMS and Player Options November 1, 2017 by Super User The Washington, DC-area CMS and solutions company Mvix is the latest well-established software shop out there to develop a version that runs off the Google ChromeOS operating system and the variety of low-cost devices tuned to work with it. A just-launched product, Mvix Flex, supports the full Mvix platform and is available for download through the …
BroadSign Adds Vertical Audience Buying To Digital OOH Delivery Platform October 31, 2017 by Super User BroadSign is continuing its evolution from being a slick content management platform for digital OOH networks to one that also enables digital media planners to buy ad time on a variety of digital OOH networks. The Montreal-based software firm, which now also has an office in New York, announced this morning a digital OOH audience …
Sony To Debut Interactive Digital Signage Platform At CES: Report October 30, 2017 by Super User Sony is reportedly planning to introduce an interactive digital signage platform at CES in Las Vegas in January that mashes up gesture sensors, augmented reality, audience analytics and signage. The Sony MITENE system has been around in Japan for several years, but a new 4K version will be shown and marketed in North America. Let’s …
How To Use Digital Signage To Engage Millennials In Your Workplace October 26, 2017 by Stu Armstrong Guest Post: Sean Matthews, Visix Millennials currently make up a third of the workforce, and that percentage will only increase in the coming years (by 2025 it’s estimated they will account for 75% of employees). Who are they, what do they want, what do they expect and how can you get the most out of them? These are …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Peter Cherna, Scala October 25, 2017 by Super User This week we are doing a little wayback thing, talking to someone who has been working specifically at digital signage for almost 25 years, for a company that’s been at it for 30. One of the events that’s part of of all the digital signage week things in New York next week is one that’s …
