Back At HQ October 17, 2016 by Dave Haynes And we’re back … Have been traveling much of the last two weeks, so posts have been spotty, and there’s stuff to catch up on. Look for posts on Samsung’s system on chip platform going to the Tizen OS, NEC adding Raspberry Pi support for its displays, an upcoming webinar with Canonical and BroadSign, the …
New Scala Board Is Unsurprisingly STRATACACHE-Heavy August 24, 2016 by Dave Haynes STRATACACHE CEO/Owner Chris Riegel cleared out the board last week when he acquired rival software CMS firm Scala, and the company has now announced a new board, which does includes a Scala veteran. Gerard Bucas was the CEO of Scala from 2002 to 2011, and was as part of that a longtime board member. Everyone else is, not …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Jeff Hastings, BrightSign August 17, 2016 by Dave Haynes If you’re looking for concrete evidence that the digital signage business is now doing some serious volume, consider the word on this latest Sixteen:Nine podcast from Jeff Hastings, the CEO of BrightSign. His shipping department is packing and moving roughly 1,000 units a day. Let me repeat that … a day. BrightSign designs, builds and …
Raffi Vartian Leaving Signagelive July 25, 2016 by Dave Haynes I rarely write about staff changes in organizations, particularly hires, since I don’t really care, and my web stats confirm few others do. But … once in a while I get word on a change that’s notable, and today I learned Raffi Vartian is leaving Signagelive after roughly five years with the company. HQ is …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Randy Dearborn, MGM Resorts June 15, 2016 by Dave Haynes Randy Dearborn has been running digital signage networks since 1993, starting with a skunkworks set-up at Treasure Island in Las Vegas and building that up to a network that covers 1,000s of screens across the MGM Resorts International portfolio. Now he’s Vice President, Multimedia & Guest Technology, and oversees both the low-rise and high-rise screens in …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Stu Armstrong of ComQi June 1, 2016 by Dave Haynes In this episode of Sixteen:Nine Podcasts, I’m speaking with Stu Armstrong, President of the Americas for ComQi, a CMS software and services company with offices in London, New York and Toronto. Stu talks about the opportunities and challenges of working with the retail sector, and how after many years, signage is getting some serious traction …
Capital Networks Celebrates 25 Years In Business May 25, 2016 by Dave Haynes Digital signage is still a pretty young industry, so it’s interesting to come across a note that says one of the software companies active in the sector just turned 25. Capital Networks Limited was started in 1991 in suburban Toronto by Bill Trainor, who still runs the company. The company started as a software and …
Sixteen:Nine Podcast: Jason Cremins of Signagelive May 18, 2016 by Dave Haynes In this Sixteen:Nine podcast episode, I had a chat with Jason Cremins, the founder and CEO of the UK-based firm Signagelive. His company has been one of the very early adopters of emerging technologies that have really changed how digital signage is pulled together and run – from cloud hosting and distribution, to HTML5, to …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts Seeing Healthy Download Numbers After 1st Week May 13, 2016 by Dave Haynes The Sixteen:Nine Podcast series just launched a week ago but it’s already doing quite well – with more than 300 downloads off the host pages and more than 1,000 if you lump in other podcast platforms that grab, distribute and play episodes out using the RSS feed. Now … compared to something like Serial or The …
Now You Can Listen To Sixteen:Nine – The Podcast May 6, 2016 by Dave Haynes Sixteen:Nine now has a podcast – a series of 25-35 minute interviews with people who are running interesting companies, doing intriguing things, or have something valuable to say about digital signage. The plan is to release a new episode every week, but we’ll see what kind of rhythm gets established (and, of course, whether anyone …
