10 Mistakes To Avoid While Setting Up A Digital Signage Network July 16, 2019 by sixteenninewpadmin Guest Post: Balaji Kamineni, Zeetaminds Setting up a signage network might sound easy, but the range of hardware and the never-ending list of software providers can be too much to digest for a first-time researcher. Setting up a network and then deciding to change the software or hardware is a situation anyone wants to avoid. To …
What’s The Point Of Digital Signage? July 15, 2019 by Kenneth Brinkmann Guest Post: Debbie DeWitt, Visix Digital signage is often talked about in terms of technology, and that makes sense. At its core, it is hardware sending signal to other hardware. It’s often purchased by IT folks, and it runs on a network. But that’s not its purpose. The reason any organization spends time, money and …
Tightrope’s J.J. Parker On His Digital Signage Journey From Video Bulletin Boards To Apple TVs July 10, 2019 by Super User Tightrope Media Systems is one of the oldest companies in the digital signage ecosystem, with roots tracing back to 1997 in Minneapolis. Co-founder J.J. Parker bought a stack of books and taught himself coding to come up with what was then called a video bulletin board system for local schools. They managed to sell a …
Pop-Up Shop In Flashy UK Mall Uses AI To Highlight Trendiest Togs July 3, 2019 by Super User The major shopping center Westfield London has launched a pop-up store that uses artificial intelligence from Nextatlas to identify, curate and display the hottest fashion trends available in that mall. It’s a short-term demo, with proceeds going to the Save The Children charity. The online retail public Essential Retail reports: The Trending Store pop-up, which will …
If You Sell Digital Signage Solutions Into Food Services, You’re Now Competing With Coca-Cola June 26, 2019 by Super User Well this is pretty interesting – digital signage CMS companies chasing the food services businesses have long known they had many competitors, big and small, but they probably never envisioned Coca-Cola being among them. The beverage giant has announced a partnership on a digital marketplace, to launch this fall, “that connects its foodservice customers to …
Mall Campaign Uses Video, Mobile Analytics To Optimize Messages, Boost Foot Traffic To Stores June 5, 2019 by Super User This is an effective video from Cineplex Digital Media that shows how using video and mobile analytics, as well as machine learning tech, helped increase foot traffic into the outlets of a couple of beauty brands operating at Toronto’s big, busy and ritzy Yorkdale mall. The video explains it all, but briefly, a two-week test …
Skykit’s Parent Company Announces $6.5M Raise To Speed Growth May 30, 2019 by Super User The company behind the Google Chrome OS-centric digital signage solution Skykit has announced a $6.5 million funding round intended to drive what it calls an aggressive growth plan. Minneapolis-based Agosto Holdings, which describes itself as a cloud services and development company, secured funds from Bridge Bank and SG Credit Partners. Agosto’s core business is selling and supporting Google Cloud products for …
Intersection Does Deal To Equip LA Metro Line With Smart City-style InfoStations May 29, 2019 by Super User The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) has done a deal with the media and tech company Intersection to install a new messaging and advertising network on the southern portion of the system’s Blue line, as part of rail line improvements. Customers riding the Metro Blue Line between Long Beach and Compton Stations will see …
STRATACACHE Buildings Narrowly Escape Twisters In Dayton, Ohio May 28, 2019 by Super User Screen grab – CNN BIG tornadoes – one possibly an EF-4 or even 5 – tore past Dayton, Ohio last night – making for a long night for STRATACACHE CEO and his ops team. The digital signage solutions company has several buildings in the area, and when I saw a tornado report that mentioned Trotwood, …
Visix To Showcase Voice-Based Interactive Wayfinding At Infocomm May 28, 2019 by Super User Atlanta-based CMS software company Visix is going to showcase new a new voice-activated wayfinding application in a couple of weeks at its InfoComm 2019 booth in Orlando. “This is the next step in audience interaction,” says Jill Perardi, creative services manager for Visix. “People have embraced Voice User Interface technologies like Alexa, Siri and Google …
