Does The Digital Signage CMS Software Sector Have A Security Issue? December 17, 2021 by Dave Haynes Coders at a whole bunch of digital signage management software companies, as well as all the solutions providers and integrators out there who use CMS software, may be paying close attention to the status and fixes for a security vulnerability found last week in widely-used logging software that’s based on Java. The vulnerability in what’s …
Re-booted DSE Revives Awards Program Under A Very Vegas-Appropriate Handle: The DIZZIES December 16, 2021 by Dave Haynes The re-boot of DSE is continuing, with the Digital Signage Experience team announcing today it has revived the awards program that was directly tied for many years to the now-defunct version of that trade show and conference. What were the APEX awards before the original show backers Exponation ran into crippling financial troubles will now …
LG Starts Showing TV That Runs On Batteries, Pivots To Portrait, And Has Wheels December 16, 2021 by Dave Haynes Hat Tip to Display Daily for noticing this … LG In South Korea has started showing a new TV that can swivel from landscape to portrait mode, be easily moved around a house, and run on batteries for as long as three hours. The LG 27ART10 TV, which also goes by the much more marketing-friendly …
Creative Technology Shop StandardVision Starts Marketing Own LED Display Product December 15, 2021 by Dave Haynes LA-based StandardVision has developed a reputation for designing and delivering great-looking digital experiences, particularly in the commercial real estate sector. But the creative technology shop recently took the unusual step of starting to market its own display technology. The company has launched Luma Canvas – modular, fine-pitch LED cabinets that are aimed primarily at the …
Exertis/DCC Says Almo Acquisition Makes It Largest Pro Av Distributor In North America December 15, 2021 by Dave Haynes More consolidation news out of the pro AV sector this morning, with word that the big global technology distributor Exertis has acquired a U.S. rival, Almo Corporation. The deal is technically DCC Technology doing the deal, with that Irish company doing business as the Exertis brand. It comes on the heels of Exertis also acquiring …
Swedish Solutions Provider Visual Art Wins Deal For 15,000 Screens For Finn Retail Group December 13, 2021 by Dave Haynes Digital signage has matured through the years to a state that networks announced with 1,000s of screens is no longer big, encouraging news, but I still think it’s a pretty big deal to get word of a screen network that would hit 1,500 stores and have some 15,000 displays. The Swedish solutions provider Visual Art …
BrightSign, Four Winds Take Over 1,000 End-Point Screen Network For Big Plumbing Supplier December 10, 2021 by Dave Haynes BrightSign and Four Winds Interactive have released details on what would have been a very nice swap-out win for the two companies – updating roughly 1,000 end-points across the wide U.S. network of a big wholesaler of commercial and residential plumbing supplies. A case study brief on the deal suggests the supplier – Ferguson – …
Tech-Filled SoFi Stadium’s CTO Set For Keynote At DSE; Sony In As Sponsor/Exhibitor December 9, 2021 by Dave Haynes The company re-booting DSE as Digital Signage Experience has announced a second keynote speaker for the March trade show and conference – the CTO of a technology-filled new sports stadium in Los Angeles. Skarpi Hedinsson oversees the technology set-up for SoFi Stadium – the home field for the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams AND the Los …
First Arriving’s Digital Dashboard Displays Add Real-Time Dispatch Info To Content Options December 7, 2021 by Dave Haynes I’ve noted in recent weeks my enthusiasm for the absolute focus a small tech company called First Arriving has placed on its narrowly defined but big vertical market – digital dashboards on displays in police, fire and paramedics stations. The company – based in Richmond, VA – has developed and announced a new data integration …
Have A Virtual Look Around Skykit’s Sleek, Minimalist Twin Cities Digs December 6, 2021 by Dave Haynes The CMS software firm Skykit spun out from its cloud software parent Agosto back in March 2020, and the team now has its own sleek, minimalist office digs in Minneapolis – nice enough to attract a feature on a site called OfficeLovin’. “The new Skykit office space is a retreat; a place to focus, reboot …
