InfoComm drew big crowds June 23, 2008 by Dave HaynesInfoComm International says its big AV trade show last week in Las vegas was a resounding success, at least in terms of numbers of bodies. Reflecting strong demand for AV communications technologies in business, education and government as well as the retail, healthcare, entertainment, worship markets, attendance at the exhibition so far has topped 34,600. …
InfoComm day 1 June 19, 2008 by Dave Haynes Crazy hot. Not a cloud to be seen. Pretty busy inside, though compared to Day 1 at DSE a few months ago the traffic was nothing. It was mercifully free (well … almost) of AV integrators wandering up and asking what we did. I expect that tomorrow, as day 1 at a show is usually …
InfoComm opens its doors in Las Vegas June 18, 2008 by Dave Haynes Technically, bits and pieces of the show have been on for a fews days and there is quite a big co-locates show called NexComm (I think) already running, but it was full of telephony and connectivity gear and people who love acronyms. The real show infoComm starts in an hour so off I got to …
The next wave of projectors June 17, 2008 by Dave Haynes The use of projectors for digital signage has always been limited by a couple of critical factors: the short lifespan of the bulbs, and the cost of servicing (mostly to swap those 2000-hour bulbs). So many people have been watching with fascination as projector systems get smaller and smaller … and smaller. This is still …
Using DS to keep a campus safe June 16, 2008 by Dave HaynesYou can tell alot about the quality of the presentations at a conference by how many people are firing up their laptops and fiddling about with their BlackBerries. Suffice to say, there was a fair amount of idle email checking this morning during the opening presentations at the Strategy Institute’s conference here in Las Vegas, …
InfoComm '08 opens with Strategy Institute conference June 16, 2008 by Dave Haynes There’s a lot more than digital signage going on with infoComm, a massive AV show whose organizers decided June in Las Vegas would be a smashing idea. It’s a little hot. But drinking a lot of beer is no longer recreation, just necessary hydrating. The latest incarnation of the Strategy Institute series of DS-focused shows …
CODA breakfast serves up content experts June 5, 2008 by Dave Haynes The Canadian Out-of-Home Digital Association held its second breakfast meeting this morning, this one hosted by Ari Blau of Bell, in one of the big event rooms at the company’s Bay Street building. I wasn’t counting, but I would guess maybe 50 people elbowed their way in to get at the coffee and danishes, and …
What does an ideal industry event look like? June 3, 2008 by Dave HaynesI was asked the other day to provide my point of view on what I think a good digital signage industry event would be all about, with the notion of this helping to pull something together that is not for profit and therefore not driven by vendor interests. I have my own thoughts, but would …
"Brand activation" conference announced for NY in fall June 2, 2008 by Dave HaynesThe Strategy Institute has announced a second Brand Activation Using Digital Out-of-home Media (there’s a mouthful) conference in New York on Sept. 9th and 10th. The conference agenda so far looks a little skeletal, but then it is three months out. According to a press release: “The Summit will serve as a forum for top …
