Appspace Acquires The Marlin Company, Growing Its Workplace Experience Offer February 3, 2021 by Super User I am pretty sure this happened months and months ago, but the Dallas-based CMS software firm Appspace is just now announcing it has acquired The Marlin Company, a longtime workplace messaging company. Marlin solutions, says a press release, “are now part of the Appspace workplace experience platform. The acquisition also provides Marlin customers with new …
Gary Feather Of NanoLumens On The Present And Future Of DV LED Tech February 3, 2021 by Super User The 16:9 PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY SCREENFEED – DIGITAL SIGNAGE CONTENT I’m just coming off a bunch of research and writing about direct view LED, so it would be reasonable to think I know my stuff. But this is technology that’s evolving rapidly, and when you get into the weeds, there’s still a whole bunch to learn and …
SageNet Acquires Convergent, Boosting The IT Services Firm’s Turnkey Digital Signage Chops February 2, 2021 by Super User SageNet, a Tulsa-based managed network services and cybersecurity solutions provider, has acquired Convergent, the longtime digital signage solutions provider operating out of suburban Atlanta. Convergent will now be branded as Convergent, a SageNet Company, and the leadership in Atlanta and Toronto will “operate as usual as the integration process proceeds.” Convergent, until this deal a …
Digital Signage Awards Night Pushed Off By UK COVID-19 Restrictions February 1, 2021 by Super User Almost all of the emails I get from industry awards that involve shifting dates have to do with extending submission deadlines, but in the case of the global Digital Signage Awards, the date for handing out the prizes has been necessarily shifted because of COVID-19. The prizes were originally intended to be handed out this …
MicroTouch Interactive Display Brand Back; TES America Revives After Buying From 3M February 1, 2021 by Super User If you were somebody who bought or specified 3M interactive touch products, the familiar MicroTouch line of touch monitors sold for many years by that Minnesota tech giant has been re-launched via a separate company, TES America. TES, in PR, says it has outfitted MicroTouch with an all-new look and is expanding the line of …
SF-based CMS Firm Raydiant Closes $13M Series A Raise February 1, 2021 by Super User There have been a few acquisitions lately, like Screenscape being picked up by Spectrio, but there is also investor money for backing existing companies in growth mode. San Francisco-based cloud CMS software firm Raydiant announced it has closed $13 Million in Series A financing co-led by 8VC and Atomic, and also backed by actor Mark …
Jakarta Integrator Gets Beyond Rectangles With Curvy, Ribbon-Stripped Lobby Video Wall February 1, 2021 by Super User This is a nice example of using flexible direct view LED modules to work with curves and make a relatively small video wall visually interesting. It is in the lobby of the Jakarta-based AV systems integrator V2 Indonesia, and is using the flexible product from Hong Kong-based Lighthouse. I like the curves, but also the …
How the Digital Signage Industry Can Benefit from Servitization February 1, 2021 by Super User Guest Post: Thomas Fraser-Bacon, Allsee Technologies When a company adopts a servitization model, it’s shifting from a product-based business model to a services-based one. The term was first coined in the late 1980s to describe how manufacturers needed to offer more than just goods if they were to survive in spite of the manufacturing declines …
New Gensler Austin Office Pairs Fine Pitch With LED Sticks For Unique Reception Display January 31, 2021 by Super User The global architecture, design, and planning firm Gensler puts an understandable premium on design, so it’s no surprise the reception area of the company’s Austin, TX office has a cool, very different LED video wall as its centerpiece. The display provides the Austin team with an ability to set the office vibe, but also work …
Horse Auction Firm Uses Data-Driven LED Displays For Running Sales Events January 30, 2021 by Super User This is not the most exciting use case I’ve seen for digital signage, but as noted endless times, useful and efficient is often more meaningful than Wow Factor jobs. In this case, it’s a horse auction company that uses DV LED screens, BrightSign boxes, and live data feeds to show the state of affairs on …
