More Smart Parking Systems Should Mean More Smart Digital Signs December 29, 2018 by Dave Haynes Digital signage systems for parking lots is not the sort of thing that’s going to set the hearts of industry people racing, but there’s reason to pat attention to this use-case because of the way these very utilitarian venues are going smart. A recent piece in SmartCitiesWorld news suggests smart parking solutions are on a big …
STRATACACHE Owner And CEO Riegel Buys Office Tower In Dayton December 21, 2018 by Dave Haynes The dollar goes a bit further in Dayton, Ohio, the head office city of the digital signage solutions company STRATACACHE. The company’s owner and CEO Chris Riegel has purchased a 12-storey office block in the city’s downtown – the Courthouse Plaza building at 10 N. Ludlow Street – for $1.67 million. Riegel confirmed the purchase …
Navori Debuts “Insane” Capability To Drive 16 Different Signals To 16 HD Screens Off One Player December 17, 2018 by Dave Haynes The Swiss software firm Navori will be showing some new in-house technology at ISE that it says gets an “insane” amount of display performance out of a single playback box. The Swiss as people aren’t typically known for hyping the hell out of things, so Navori’s marketers must be dead-serious when they take an internal …
Signagelive Adds Easy, Template-Based Creative Via PosterMyWall Integration December 14, 2018 by Dave Haynes UK digital signage CMS software shop Signagelive has always been fast and smart about tying in to capabilities it can add to its overall offer, choosing to partner rather than build. Its integration is with the US-based firm PosterMyWall – a template-driven, cloud-based platform that allows end-users to build promotional spots without having a lick of design …
Intuiface Adds Deep Analytics To Its Interactive Design Suite December 14, 2018 by Dave Haynes The French software firm Intuiface is the latest vendor in the digital signage ecosystem to add analytics capabilities to its overall offer – though in this case it is less about viewer movement and time as it is about the specifics of interactive display sessions. The company describes Intuiface Analytics as a “product set enabling any …
RMG Brings Symon Brand Back To Its Digital Signage Offer December 13, 2018 by Dave Haynes RMG Networks has revived the Symon brand – which was disappeared some five years ago when RMG acquired the Dallas-based business visual messaging company, Symon Communications. RMG is still the corporate entity, but the enterprise (on-premise) software platform will be called Symon. The relatively new cloud-based CMS will continue to be marketed as Korbyt. Says …
Spectrio Buys Codigo; Gets Footprint & Experience In Financial Services December 12, 2018 by Dave Haynes Tampa-based in-store marketing solutions provider Spectrio has acquired Louisville-based Codigo, a digital signage and kiosk software and solutions shop that has long focused on the financial services industry. “Over the years, Spectrio has focused on client growth in automotive, healthcare, hospitality, veterinary, and retail verticals. We are excited to add a fresh focus on the financial industry,” …
Nine Keys For A Successful Workplace Digital Signage Content Plan December 11, 2018 by Vpetersson Guest Post: Kaijus Asteljoki, Valotalive Digital signage content strategy helps you outline the plan for a successful implementation and to maximize the impact of the investment. With proper planning you can also avoid the possible simple mistakes. In this post we will review everything you need to know about the content strategy: How do we …
How To Decide Between Cloud And On-Premise Digital Signage December 10, 2018 by Stu Armstrong Guest Post: Sean Matthews, Visix The old saying goes “All roads lead to Rome” and if “Rome” is an informed, engaged audience, and digital signage is your vehicle, it’s really just a matter of which path you want to take to get to your destination. There are two options for any organization considering digital signage: …
Visix Releases Beta Of New Alerts And Warnings Platform For Digital Signage Networks December 5, 2018 by Dave Haynes Atlanta-based Visix has for many years been a big advocate of integrating alert messaging into its signage management platform – at least in part because higher education is a major vertical market for the company. Now the software company has released a beta version of its new AxisTV Alert – an alert management application that …