Broadsign Ends Long Holdout, Joins Crowd Of CMS Software Firms Supporting Smart Displays May 9, 2022 by Dave Haynes System On Chip “smart” commercial displays have been around for almost 10 years now, but Broadsign – one of the bigger players in digital signage content management software has steered clear of the technology … until now. The Montreal-based software firm, which is heavily focused on the digital out of home advertising sector, has announced …
France’s Cenareo Integrates Desktop Digital Signage With Microsoft Teams May 5, 2022 by Dave Haynes The French CMS software firm Cenareo has launched new desktop messaging capabilities that integrates directly with the Microsoft’s Teams collaboration platform and enables instant messaging to employees, whether they’re working in company locations, or at home. Key information such as KPIs can be broadcast directly in a company’s Microsoft Teams workspace, via Cenareo’s CMS. The …
Embed Signage Partners With Nexmosphere On Interactive Sensors And Controls For Digital Signage May 4, 2022 by Dave Haynes The UK digital signage CMS firm embed signage has worked a deal with the Dutch firm Nexmosphere to directly integrate with that company’s interactive sensors, controls and software platform. A handful of competing CMS companies already have partnerships, but embed says this is distinct. “With the integration in embed, users simply use the built-in drop …
Now I’m REALLY Going To Miss Next Week In Barcelona … May 3, 2022 by Dave Haynes Dinners and cocktail party invites regularly come along ahead of out-of-town trade shows, and while I often regret being able to go, few invites I have to turn down hurt as much as this one – a night at the Camp Nou watching Barcelona’s storied men’s football team (the women’s side is also awesome). The …
Nebraska Transport Company Using Digital Signage To Reach 1,000s Of Drivers When They’re At Facilities April 25, 2022 by Dave Haynes This is a relevant working example of how a company uses digital signage to reach a workforce that is very much deskless – some 5,200 truck drivers on the road for a Nebraska transportation company. Crete Carrier, based in Lincoln, uses screens at 17 distribution locations and at the head office to get messaging out …
LG Adds Three Tanning Booth-Bright In-Window LCDs To US Commercial Display Line-Up April 15, 2022 by Dave Haynes LG has added three tanning booth-bright flat panel displays to its line-up, with the use-cases focused on applications like in-window displays for QSR operations and street-level retail. The units – 49, 55 and 75 inches – are rated at 4,000 nit brightness, which is as bright or brighter than many purely outdoor-rated LCD displays that …
German Firm Markets Manufacturer-Agnostic Device Management Platform For Digital Signage, Kiosks April 13, 2022 by Dave Haynes Via Invidis … A Hamburg, Germany firm called Accenta is marketing a device and supporting platform – called Kiosk IQ – that makes it possible to monitor, diagnose and control digital signage systems in real time, regardless of manufacturer and location. “24/7 monitoring, cloud alarm rules with escalation management and notifications via email or SMS provide …
Upshow’s New Shift Formalizes, Focuses Back Of House QSR Digital Signage Solutions April 12, 2022 by Dave Haynes Chicago-based Upshow has formalized its digital signage options for the so-called “back of house” in restaurant businesses – enabling displays in kitchen, break rooms and other areas where it’s possible to communicate with steadily on-the-go workers. Called Upshow Shift, the platform makes it possible for workers to view and respond to real-time information via in-venue …
Raydiant Adds ArtPlayer’s Streaming Artworks To App Marketplace April 8, 2022 by Dave Haynes San Francisco-based CMS software and solutions shop Raydiant has put together a content partnership with a Danish firm, ArtPlayer, that’s mainly focused on using digital art to interest and calm customers and visitors in environments like healthcare and hospitality. ArtPlayer is now part of Raydiant’s app marketplace, says PR, enabling users to activate streamed art images …
116-Foot Tall LED Ribbons Front Expanded Phoenix-Area Casino Resort Tower April 8, 2022 by Dave Haynes This a super-nice integration of big LED on the side of a casino resort hotel in the Phoenix area – a 116 foot tall set of wavy 10mm pitch LED ribbon blended with an identifying sign for the property. The LED technology at the expanded Wild Horse Pass casino in Chandler is from Toronto-based Media …
