New Digital Signage Platform Aims To Offer More Communication Options
A consortium of companies is offering a new digital
signage platform intended to improve communication and safety in both
K-12 and
higher education.
Hypersign,
Google and Samsung have created "theconnectEDU," a
platform that should allow students, faculty and staff to receive a wide
range
of content via a similarly wide range of displays and devices. That will
include everything from campus broadcasts to emergency
alerts.
Each of the three partners in the consortium brings
something
to the platform:
- Hypersign's cloud-based signage software allows users
to
create and publish content that can then be distributed to digital
signs and
desktop PCs all over campus, managed from a single dashboard;
- Google Chrome Devices and its Management Suite
enable
administrators to manage all of their school's Chrome devices,
including
Chromeboxes, from a central location that can be accessed from
anywhere at any
time; and
- Finally, Samsung Commercial Displays produces the
high-quality
images using commercial grade components in a wide range of sizes
ranging from
as small as 10 inches to as large as video walls.
"We are very excited about the benefits this solution
brings,"
said Hypersign CEO Neil Willis. "Our objective is to deliver a system
that
helps protect, educate and inform students, staff and visitors."
The seeds of the partnership were sown late last year
when
Hypersign introduced a new version of its digital signage software that
supported Samsung's D Series Smart Signage displays. That development
allowed
the display of RSS feeds, YouTube videos, live television, PowerPoint
files and
a built-in emergency notification system, Hypersign Alert.
About the Author
Michael Hart is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer and the former executive editor of THE Journal.