Webinar tomorrow on where CMS platforms are going September 21, 2010 by Super UserDigital Signage Magazine and NEC asked me to present on a free webinar tomorrow about content management systems for digital signage. Mike Zmuda – a nice, sharp and straight-talking guy who handles biz dev for NEC – will give the skinny on VUKUNET, but I had free reins to blabber on about whatever I wanted. …
DSE Industry Forum in San Diego looks fully subscribed September 13, 2010 by Super UserDigital Signage Expo’s Industry Forum next month in San Diego appears to be fully subscribed with the sponsors needed to make this all click. The first (I think) of its kind targeting the sector, the forum borrows on a popular tech sector event formula that invites some 30 C-level types for a weekend retreat, at …
"Well, duh" Dep't: DSF and DSE are BFF September 9, 2010 by Super UserIn an announcement this evening I would describe as, ummm, quirky … the Digital Signage Federation (DSF) has rather grandly named Digital Signage Expo (DSE) its official trade show, and in turn the DSF is the exclusive trade association sponsor of DSE, the industry’s largest annual gathering. The agreement is described as historic, but I’d venture …
Tour of Ogilvy's Innovation Lab part of next NYC The Screen event September 8, 2010 by Super UserThe Screen USA is holding another one of its morning breakfast briefings in New York later this month, this one focused on creative. The event is being held in cooperation with the global creative agency Ogilvy & Mather – with a morning briefing to be held at Ogilvy’s Manhattan headquarters on Tuesday the 21st, followed by …
Masters Series: Review from Wednesday's event in TO August 19, 2010 by Super UserBoth Lyle Bunn, who organized, and Dmitry Sokolov, who attended, have sent along their reports from the Digital Signage Masters Series event held in Toronto Wednesday. I couldn’t go, but saw a pile of Tweets from Dmitry (Ingram Micro’s DS guy up here amid the ice floes and polar bears), about the proceedings. My first …
Digital Signage Expo tweaks, expands 2011 conference program August 10, 2010 by Super UserDigital Signage Expo is only six months away and with luck, that will be the next time I am in Lost Wages. Been there a little too much this year. The DSE folks have announced changes to the conference program for 2011, breaking it up into nine tracks to serve different target audiences: • Digital …
DSA takes micro-show to big printing expo August 5, 2010 by Super UserI wrote the other day about how companies that take the trade show road less traveled are being smart, and I see now the Digital Screenmedia Association is thinking along those lines, as well. The DSA has a digital signage zone in October at the specialty Imaging and Printing Technology Expo in Lost wages in …
PRN exec to talk at next "Masters" series event in Toronto August 3, 2010 by Super UserCathy Stauffer, the VP of Customer Experience for Premier Retail Networks, gets the mike at the next Digital Signage Masters Series event, set for Aug. 18th in Toronto. The session is called Digital Signage in Retail and Dining and will be at the St. Lawrence Hall in downtown Toronto. Address and registration stuff is here. …
Going vertical – the trade show road less traveled July 30, 2010 by Super UserSay what you will about the software company Wireless Ronin and the sinking ship it may well be, but its execs deserve credit for identifying a vertical and going after it hard. The company has clearly laid down sector knowledge and service delivery in quick service and fast casual restaurant markets, and unlike many of its …
GSTV skips cocktail party; does beer pong tourney instead July 26, 2010 by Super UserYou have to hand it to the DOOH companies that are duking it out in the gas station space – they don’t necessarily stick to the well-beaten path. We have Pumptop TV doing things very differently with its content mix (this week it is clips from the World Hop Hop Dance Championships). And now we …
