Windows XP Is Going Away: The Problem And Your Options March 21, 2014 by Staff Writer “Microsoft deals new blow to XP diehards by pulling malware protection” – V3 magazine, January 2014 “Failure to migrate from Windows XP could torpedo your business” – Computer Weekly, January 2014 Guest Post:Nick Donaldson, AVNET Embedded The two headlines above, which appeared in leading industry publications recently, are not only noteworthy for their crispness of expression, but …
The Internet Of Everything Is Coming To A Bank Near You March 20, 2014 by MarkJanke Guest Post: Tom Pritzker, John Ryan Flashy new smartphones and wearable devices may have got much of the trade press buzz, but the real story coming out of the recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is the technology inside all those devices, and the implications for marketers. The microprocessors and tiny graphics chips driving the latest …
Barco Buys X2O Media In $21M Deal March 19, 2014 by Dave Haynes The Belgian display firm Barco has acquired Montreal’s X2O Media in a $21M (CDN$) cash deal. “X2O Media perfectly complements our offering and skills portfolio, and is an important step in our strategy to expand our portfolio beyond video and imaging,” says Eric Van Zele, CEO of Barco in today’s announcement. “Customers’ expectations regarding workflow and …
Infographic: 3 Steps To Successful Digital Signage In Retail Banking March 18, 2014 by Dave Haynes I like infographics. They’re relatively new to the online world but anyone who came out of the newspaper business can tell you they really come out of the late 70s and through the 80s, arguably started by USA Today. Where was I … oh yeah … here’s a nice one pulled together by NanoLumens which doesn’t pump …
Harris Broadcast Re-Brands As Two New Entities March 17, 2014 by Dave Haynes Harris Broadcast has re-branded itself with a pair of new handles – Imagine Communications and GatesAir – and laid out its future path which, not surprisingly, makes no mention of continuing to play in the overcrowded digital signage sandbox. The companies had a MediaDay at Madison Square Garden in New York today to outline its marketplace directions: Imagine Communications …
Google Q&A: How The Tech Giant Plugs Into Digital Signage March 14, 2014 by Dave Haynes I had quick chat with Vidya Nagarajan of Google in the Intel booth at DSE. She was there answering questions about the Chrome platform and the potential use cases for digital signage. I followed up with a series of questions, via Google’s communications folks, and Vidya kindly got back to me with answers. Here’s what the …
Store Everything On Your Signage Network For Maybe $10 A Month March 13, 2014 by Dave Haynes In another sign existing business models are getting disrupted and pushed by a combination of cloud, dropping costs and plain old clout, Google has announced today that users can store 100 GB of files on its Google Drive cloud storage infrastructure for $2 a month. You can store a terabyte for all of $10 a …
$150 Matrix Mini-PC Can Hop Between Android, Linux March 13, 2014 by Dave Haynes Here’s a possible alternative for the crowd using HDMI sticks and Raspberry Pi kits to restrict hardware costs on their digital signage networks: the Matrix Mini-PC. The Chinese-made Matrix, from a company called TBS, is a single board mini-computer with an ARM A9 quad core processor and quad core graphics, and a set-up that allows …
Google Chromebox Gets Thumbs Up From Respected Hardware Tech Blog March 12, 2014 by Dave Haynes The much respected hardware tech blog AnandTech has put one of those new Asus Google Chromeboxes though some lab testing and come out with a pretty thumbs up review on the $179 version of the units. There is a lot of propeller-head stuff in the review that may or may not make any sense, but …
NFL’s Jaguars To Get World’s Biggest HD LED Displays March 10, 2014 by Dave Haynes The NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars don’t have much of a team on the field (6-26 last two years) but the club will soon have a couple of very big-assed LED score boards the fans can look at when the visiting team scores … again. The Jaguars have “partnered” with Daktronics to manufacture and install what they …
