Category Archives: Cisco Digital Signs
2011
Hot Technology Trend for 2012: Digital Signage
As we head into 2012, digital signage is proving to be one of the most intriguing video communications mediums for media companies looking to get their message out to the widest possible demographic. Video billboard networks are slowly but surely becoming a regular feature of the urban and suburban environment, with explosive growth predicted by a long list of industry analysts over the course of the coming years.
The numbers being trumpeted with regard to future digital signage expansion are certainly impressive. The Economist predicts an 8.3 percent global growth for out of home advertising in 2011, with digital signage spending doubling to $5.2 billion by 2016, while companies such as Intel project 22 million digital signs populating the media landscape by the year 2015 – a revised figure that is six million signs greater than the company’s original estimate. Independent think tanks such as ABI Research claim similar numbers, stating that the worldwide digital signage market will swell to $4.5 billion within the same period as The Economist’s projection, a figure which some media companies predict will be arrived at even sooner.
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2011
Telepresence and Digital Signage Offer 21st Century Tools for Schools
Is telepresence technology at the leading edge of a fundamental change in how future generations of students will be educated – not just at the grade school level, but also in institutions of higher learning? As the world becomes more oriented towards visual representations of information, the chance for video conferencing and delivery systems to play a formative role in bringing a fresh perspective to learning looms large over the entire industry.
Students at Pymble Ladies College (PLC) offer an interesting example of how administrators and teachers alike are partnering with telepresence providers such as Cisco in order to create a blended curriculum that places a heavy emphasis on participatory, image-based learning. The PLC campus has embraced connectivity as part of an effort to engage children and teenagers (from kindergarten to grade 12) who have grown up in a world where mobile phones and internet messaging and browsing software allow for instant communications and easy access to information, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Pymble Ladies College has deployed an array of technologies – including Cisco MXE and Digital Signage – to enhance its telepresence strategy and create an environment where students feel comfortable interacting with digital video media.
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2011
New Solutions Extend Benefits of Video Conferencing to Educational Institutions
Adopting video conferencing technology in a classroom setting involves more than simply purchasing and installing cameras, displays, and codecs. Taking advantage of the benefits of video conferencing when it comes to teaching means choosing a solution that has been specifically designed to be flexible enough to accommodate the needs of modern educators, while still offering a simple interface, advanced customization features, and a variety of different deployment options.
A 2008 fire devastated the Main Building at Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, TX. But the eschewing reconstruction gave administrators the opportunity to extensively integrate video conferencing and telepresence into the university’s technology infrastructure.
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2011
VideoPalooza West Coast Tour Highlights Cisco TelePresence and Cisco DMS
Eager to get a first-hand look at the latest Cisco TelePresence and Cisco Digital Media Suite products, KBZ Communications partners were in for a treat at the VideoPalooza West Coast tour. Three recent events in California and Washington State attracted considerable attention. VideoPalooza steams ahead on the East Coast, after completing a two week tour out west.
The 2011 edition of the VideoPalooza tour gives Cisco reseller partners the chance to learn more about their telepresence technology options as well as get more familiar with new digital signage solutions. Cisco DMS includes digital signage applications for creating and distributing digital content. Each stop on the 2011 tour includes product demos and information sessions about Cisco TelePresence and Cisco DMS, as well as inside information from KBZ Communications and Cisco on where the future of video conferencing and digital signage is heading.
2011
Cisco Digital Sign Technology Leads Global Market
Digital signage is steadily replacing traditional forms of advertising and commercial communication, and Cisco Digital Signs technology is at the forefront of this new wave of consumer outreach. The latest milestone in Cisco’s digital media campaign is the revelation that 3,000 customers are now employing Digital Signs, giving Cisco the lead in global market share.
The news of Cisco’s Digital Signs dominance comes by way of a report from Frost & Sullivan, which takes into account the fact that the company is now operating in 85 countries and a wide range of industries. The universal appeal of Digital Signs technology has helped the Cisco Digital Media Suite division grow rapidly, taking less than four years to go from its initial start-up campaign to leading the market in this critical area. Cisco counts more than half of the world’s top 20 banks, 80 percent of the top five global retailers, and a huge number of educational institutions amongst its digital signage clients.
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