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How Far We’ve Come
As we turn on final and approach the end of the 3rd quarter, all eyes are on the future, the nearest of which is the 4th quarter. The main concern for marketing and sales is how to fill the pipeline, or better yet how to keep it filled. The speed-bump in the sales cycle has always been and will be in the future: content. When the sun goes [...]
Samco Machinery Limited Uses Digital Signage to Greet Guests
Regardless of its size or industry, when a company’s stated goal is to be the best in the world at what they do, you know they’re accustomed to aiming high and thinking big. In the case of Samco Machinery Limited, a Canadian company whose vision is “To be the World’s Leading Rollforming Systems Manufacturer,” that kind of thinking is [...]
Heritage Valley Health System Communicates to Staff and Visitors with Digital Signs
Customer Overview Heritage Valley Health System provides health care to residents of southwestern Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio and West Virginia. With a history that goes back to 1894, the current healthcare system is comprised of two hospitals — Heritage Valley Beaver and Heritage Valley Sewickley — as well as community satellite offices and [...]
Arooga’s Sports Bar Adds Digital Signs for Advertising Specials and Events
Customer Overview Only two years after its first location opened in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Arooga’s Grille House and Sports Bar is collecting some of the restaurant industry’s highest accolades — including, most recently, being named America’s Next Top Restaurant Franchise. With three current locations and a fourth under construction, [...]
Bell Micro Digital Signage Solution Day
The early morning mist was still blanketing the countryside when a group of people met in Chessington, England on the 8th of July this year. I know, because I was driving through it. It was an important day, like a new dawn, BellMicro and Avnet were beginning the long planned kick-off to a new and powerful company. Bell Micro/Avnet, an [...]
Grace Point Church uses Digital Signs to Communicate with Members
Customer Overview Grace Point is a church that hopes to create an environment that is warm and welcoming for all. “Without people, our ministries are not very effective. We can’t meet people’s needs if they don’t know what ministries we offer, or how they can be involved to help us meet the needs of others.” Project Summary Steve [...]
Wayzata High School Equips Cafeteria with Digital Menu Board
Customer Overview For both hungry students and hard-working staff, the cafeteria at Wayzata Senior High School in Plymouth, Minnesota is a busy place around lunchtime. “We have six different serving lines, two à la carte lines and a multitude of staff behind the different lines,” explained René Maas, technical coordinator of Culinary [...]
Infinitus – Outside Forever
At the Scala Connected Sign Conference in Amsterdam I had the opportunity to meet with infintus, the Outdoor Digital Signage Specialist, Established in 2006 after a two-year development period, branded as iMotion, which includes all elements for a sustainable outdoor application. The system is patented in 58 countries. All incorporated into the [...]
The Juilliard School Uses Digital Signage to Communicate Events
Customer Overview Business schools aren’t the only educational institutions that are turning to digital signage to help them get their messages out. For example, New York City’s famous Juilliard School, the country’s pre-eminent performing arts academy, recently updated their campus communication strategy by installing large LCD screens [...]
Avans Hogeschool – Education in a different way
One of the presenters at the Scala Connected Sign Conference in Amsterdam 2010 was Avans Hogeschool in the Netherlands. Together Rene van der Burgt & Yvonne Koert presented the speech. The core was Combining Digital Signage & Social Communities. We are all aware of the Changing World. Change is coming via the world at home, Publishing [...]