ISE 2017: STRATACACHE CEO Riegel Forecasting $1B Annual Sales By End Of 2018 February 9, 2017 by Dave Haynes Chris Riegel, CEO of STRATACACHE and aspiring conquerer of all before him, is at ISE this week and did a sit-down talk Wednesday at the Digital Signage Summit put on by the German firm invidis. Riegel and I have been trying, and failing, at syncing up a time to talk and do a podcast, so …
ISE 2017: Intel Announces Smart Display Module As Answer To Embedded Smart Signage Panels February 9, 2017 by Dave Haynes Tech giant Intel has announced a plug-in module spec and reference design – called the Intel Smart Display Module or Intel SDM – that is intended, at least in part, as an answer and alternative for all those display manufacturers shipping all in one displays using ARM-based system on chip processors. The implications for the digital …
ISE 2017: Embedded Displays Turning Rapidly Into Digital Signage Standard February 8, 2017 by Dave Haynes When Samsung came out with its Smart Signage series in early 2013 there were lots of people casting serious doubts about the notion of all-in-one pro displays going anywhere. And the combination of underpowered processors and hard to work with software didn’t help boost much confidence. Four years on, system on chip “smart” displays have rapidly …
16:9 Podcasts Special Episode: Chats From ISE 2017’s Exhibit Halls February 7, 2017 by Dave Haynes This is a special edition of Sixteen:Nine, the digital signage podcast, with interviews from the crowded aisles and noisy hallways of Integrated Systems Europe in Amsterdam. I’m here at ISE to take in the biggest pro AV show on this planet, and possibly any planet. I’m in Amsterdam all week and have already done a pile of …
Day I Impressions – ISE 2017 February 7, 2017 by Dave Haynes ISE is now in full roar in a wet and now chilly Amsterdam. I’ve only been in 2 or 3 of the 14 or so halls at this crazy maze of a convention space, but have already seen and heard some interesting things. LG, like last year, is kinda killing it with their OLED eye …
5 Reasons Digital Signage Is Best for Internal Communications February 6, 2017 by sixteenninewpadmin Guest Post: Danica Trapara, Rise Vision As companies grow, it’s common for leaders to feel like they’ve lost touch with their employees or can’t keep internal messages organized and in control. It’s at this point the benefit of internal communications is really seen. Internal communications teams are responsible for sharing a lot of different messages with …
Half-Day Digital Signage Summit Set For Next Week At ISE February 3, 2017 by sixteenninewpadmin Munich-based consulting and events firm invidis is running a half-day Digital Signage Summit next week in the midst of Integrated Systems Europe, with a series of industry experts from around the globe. The Digital Signage Summit is one of several events that are a joint venture between Integrated Systems Events and invidis. The primary event is in …
France’s Telelogos Latest To Adapt Digital Signage CMS To “Smart” Displays February 2, 2017 by Dave Haynes The French digital signage software firm Telelogos is the latest platform to integrate with smart display software – in this case Samsung’s Tizen-driven Smart Signage displays. The company will be showing the integration with Samsung’s 4th-generation smart panels next week at ISE in Amsterdam. Its Media4Display software started on Windows, and then added Android and now …
If Your Pitch Is All About Simple, Easy And Affordable, You’re Dead February 1, 2017 by Dave Haynes If your company is in the digital signage software business, and your big pitch through this trade show season and beyond is all built around what you have being simple and easy to use, you’re a dead company walking. Scores of companies say their content management system is some variation on simple, easy, friendly and affordable. …
DOmedia Partnership Blends DOOH Buy-Sell Platform With STRATA’s Ad Management Toolset February 1, 2017 by Dave Haynes Columbus, OH-based DOmedia has worked what appears to be a well-positioned partnership with a major media buying and selling platform, integrating its planning and buying tools into STRATA, a software toolset used by some 1,200 ad agencies. Under the deal, DOmedia will blend its planning and buying tools with Chicago-based STRATA’s order management and billing platform. The integration, …
