How Companies Can Fight Room-Sharking in the Workplace February 20, 2017 by AdMobilize Guest Post: Neil Rieger, Signet Ever needed a meeting room right away, and taken one that seemed available? However, you were unaware that it was already booked and the next group is walking in shortly. Now, they feel awkward about asking your group to wrap up and give them the room. Room sharking is not …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Mike Tippets, Hughes February 15, 2017 by Super User Hughes is one of those big billion-dollar tech companies that have found their way into digital signage in recent years. Most of them come in making noise and exited quietly. But Hughes has stuck around. This week I’m chatting with Mike Tippets, who is Hughes Global Media Solutions Group, working out of Utah but pretty …
Visix Adds “Connect” Entry-Level Meeting Room Sign Option February 14, 2017 by Super User Atlanta-based Visix has launched a standalone meeting room sign solution that can work outside of its flagship CMS, and reduce end-user costs. The new Connect interactive room sign can publish schedules from Exchange, Exchange 365 and Google Calendar to small widescreen displays that have those nice little red and green availability lights to show at a distance whether a …
Why the (Bleep) Aren’t You Using Digital Signage – Responses to 10 Objections February 14, 2017 by Kenneth Brinkmann Guest Post: Debbie DeWitt, Visix It seems everyone these days is getting digital signage. But there are still some holdouts who have not yet realized the benefits a good system can offer an organization. Here are some common objections, and responses to them. 1. It’s too expensive. It doesn’t have to be. Sure, it’s a …
ISE 2017: STRATACACHE CEO Riegel Forecasting $1B Annual Sales By End Of 2018 February 9, 2017 by Super User Chris Riegel, CEO of STRATACACHE and aspiring conquerer of all before him, is at ISE this week and did a sit-down talk Wednesday at the Digital Signage Summit put on by the German firm invidis. Riegel and I have been trying, and failing, at syncing up a time to talk and do a podcast, so …
France’s Telelogos Latest To Adapt Digital Signage CMS To “Smart” Displays February 2, 2017 by Super User The French digital signage software firm Telelogos is the latest platform to integrate with smart display software – in this case Samsung’s Tizen-driven Smart Signage displays. The company will be showing the integration with Samsung’s 4th-generation smart panels next week at ISE in Amsterdam. Its Media4Display software started on Windows, and then added Android and now …
If Your Pitch Is All About Simple, Easy And Affordable, You’re Dead February 1, 2017 by Super User If your company is in the digital signage software business, and your big pitch through this trade show season and beyond is all built around what you have being simple and easy to use, you’re a dead company walking. Scores of companies say their content management system is some variation on simple, easy, friendly and affordable. …
Pattison Adds Visual Proof Of Play To Digital OOH Ad Delivery Platform January 31, 2017 by Super User The Canadian OOH media company Pattison Outdoor has beefed up its ad planning and management platform to meet growing pressure from brands and agencies for advertising performance metrics and transparency. The new version of what’s called Eyewitness Proof of Performance (POP) now includes the ability for clients to capture data and images for their digital …
Signagelive To Debut Content Marketplace At ISE January 31, 2017 by sixteenninewpadmin UK-based CMS developer Signagelive is launching a digital signage content marketplace next week at Integrated Systems Europe in Amsterdam. That marketplace, aimed at subscribers to the SaaS platform, will have some 500 pre-built digital signage content elements, ranging from layout backgrounds, pre-built applications to functionality widgets. The company is also planning to show off a …
Understanding The P Word January 20, 2017 by Ricard Fortin Guest Post: Stephanie Gutnik, BroadSign If you spend anytime thinking about advertising in digital signage these days, you have likely come across the term programmatic. You might also be unsure of what that P Word means, as the term has been co-opted and used in many ways. To further the confusion, throw in all of its …
