The Digital Signage Expert‘Ryan Cahoy’ Archives
Student Communications at The Blake School
Customer Overview The Blake School is a private, college preparatory, coeducational school serving approximately 1,370 students in grades pre-K–12. It is often described as one of the most prestigious prep schools in the Midwest with alumni providing leadership in a number of fields including service, business, medicine, education, [...]
Case Study: Bentley University
Customer Overview Bentley University is one of the nation’s leading business schools, dedicated to preparing a new kind of business leader and one with the deep technical skills, the broad global perspective and the high ethical standards required to make a difference in an ever-changing world. As one of the first business schools in the [...]
Case Study – Alabama Teachers Credit Union
Customer Overview With five branches throughout the state, Alabama Teachers Credit Union (ATCU) is a not-for-profit financial institution existing to provide safe, affordable and personal financial services to its members. As an innovative, service-driven financial institution, ATCU is committed to building member relationships by focusing on [...]
March Madness
It is that time of year where for the last 2 weeks sports fans have been glued to TVs watching March Madness. There are numerous studies each year about how much corporate time is wasted with employees filling out brackets, talking about games, and taking long lunches to catch the tournament. What would happen if companies just embraced it [...]
Digital Display Convergence
At Rise, we have been watching digital signage, technology, business and consumer trends and we have a few observations: Displays will no longer be passive one-way dialogue devices, within the next year or two it will be rare that you can’t touch and interact with a display, they will become two-way dialogue portals, communicating in all [...]
Setting Up a Demo Center
Heading into DSE 2010 in Las Vegas I anticipate one of the most popular questions from IT and AV integrators will be “what should I do first to get started?” My advice – select your vendor partners (hardware, software, mounts, video distribution, media players) and work with them to set up a demo center in your office. I don’t [...]
Are We There Yet?
Have you noticed digital signage software companies are always talking about what is being released next, not what they have today? I wish I could say I was different but in the rapidly changing world of digital signage what we have today is never good enough. The market is evolving quickly and it is important for clients to not only evaluate [...]
Emergency Alerts At The High School Level
A hot topic over the last 3 or 4 years in higher education has been the implementation of emergency notification systems to ensure efficient delivery of alerts to students and visitors across large campuses. But what about the High School level? High Schools tend to be 1 or just a few buildings so it isn’t as complex as a large campus but [...]