Thursday 24 July 2008

Top 5 Suggestions when taking on a digital signage system - part1

If you need to implement a digital signage system for the workplace, then here's a list which may help you in deciding which to go for.

1. Make sure it works on your platform
For corporate digital signage to work, there have to be users (people) and players (hardware devices) who will use the system. There are support teams who will have to support the system.

Look at the common denominator in your corporate systems. What is your platform made up of ? Is it Windows XP, Linux, IIS

How to make sure a digital signage system will work for you
Here's a simple test link which will let you know if your platform is up to the job.

Try the following link
hopgood.eu test channel

If you see something like this
(live TV and news feed)

Then you're system is ready to create and view digital signage, with no further modifications. The sample provided is from a Software as a Service digital signage offering.

Software as a Service means that you don't have to set up servers or maintain the system, everything is done for you.


This is part 1 of a top 5 tips on using digital signage in the workplace by Mark Hopgood (c)2008 Mark Hopgood, all rights reserved. Please contact mark@hopgood.eu if you are interested in reproducing any of the content in this article or are interested in using Mark's services to create a digital signage solution.

2 comments:

Nate Nead said...

This is the kind of content we're looking for at digitalsignage.com. If you'd like to write articles for us contact us: info[@]digitalsignage.com. I'm subscribing to your reader and will be checking back for more the remainder of your "top 5."

Unknown said...

Are digital signage games actually an effective tool for middle to small size company?

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