#rwc2010 – Retail Week Conference 2010 Summary
signagelive and Retail partners Imagesound sponsored the Retail Week Conference 2010 at Park Plaza Hotel, Victoria, London.
Retail Week Conference is THE event to attend for executives in the Retail sector and the topics and agenda for the conference are set by Retailers and not the organisers.
The two day event seen Retail leaders such as Charlie Mayfield, Chairman of John Lewis Partnership and Stuart Rose, Chairman of M&S take to the stage and cover a range of topics from the economy through to the challenges facing Retail going forwards.
From a Digital Media in Retail perspective, a recurring theme across the two days was the importance of multi-channel strategy to retail ensuring consumers connect with products and brands through every possible ‘touch point’ from ‘iPhone to Interactive TV’ as one speaker said.
Another recurring topic was the need for retailers to differnitiate from competitors by providing exceptional service and ‘retail theatre’.
Whilst I was disappointed that digital signage, interactivity or in-store audio was not specifically covered during the two day event, the opportunity for our industry to meet retailers objectives in the coming years is exciting. Hopefully, next year one or two of the keynote speakers will be talking about how the use of digital media in-store has been instrumental in assisting them to deliver their multi-channel strategy.
DailyDOOH coverage of Imagesound/signagelive at #rwc2010
signagelive unbranded solution now available
In addition to our free co-branded signagelive offering for reseller and partners, we now offer a full unbranded signagelive solution for major companies looking to enter the digital signage sector with their own branded offering.
The signagelive ‘unbranded’ offering is available in two variants, as follows:
- Hosted service – a complete white label SaaS service hosted on the signagelive infrastructure.
- Self-hosted service – we will assist in the setup of signagelive in your datacenter and provide the support necessary to enable you to deliver a signagelive powered digital signage network to your distributors, resellers and customers.
If you’re are a hardware manufacture or major organisation looking to enter the exciting, high growth digital signage sector then please contact sales@signagelive.com with your details and we will be delighted to assist you to build your digital signage offering.
The Digital Signage Evolution
Jason Cremins – Founder and CEO of signagelive has signed up as a contributor to The Digital Signage Expert website, his first article ‘The Digital Signage Evolution‘ has been published and looks at the move from proprietary digital signage solutions, to a world of open standards and collaboration that is driving down costs and giving customers real choice when selecting the products and vendors required for their digital signage network.
DailyDOOH #DSTop10 signagelive review
With several hundred digital signage software products available across the world, we are delighted to be recognised as amongst one of the best.
The globally recognised DailyDOOH has recently written a review of signagelive as part of their Digital Signage Top 10 feature in the run up to their new top 10 being announced Tuesday 23rd February at the Digital Signage Expo in Las Vegas.
The full review can be seen here, however the comment we really liked and appreciated is:
Signagelive is like all the products in our #DSTop10 a good product, simple to use, easy to setup. What we really like about signagelive though is that the company itself is very easy to deal with and do business with. We haven’t ever heard a bad word said about dealing with these guys and VARs seem to love ‘em – judging at least by the number of VARs who have dropped other products to sign up with them (Kreatevee most recently).
Thanks to the DailyDooh for the write up and we await with anticipation the new #DSTop10 announcement next week.
Distributor AVM adds signagelive to portfolio
Audio visual distributor AVM has announced that it will be distributing the award winning signagelive from Remote Media through its specialist digital signage division SignLabs.
Software as a Service – Delivering Digital Signage over the Internet
Signagelive allows anyone anywhere in the world to log in and manage their digital signage network as it’s managed through remote servers on the internet. Signagelive uses standard Internet connectivity to deliver and manage digital media content. No requirements to setup FTP servers, Ports and Firewalls ensure maximum adoption from IT managers.
Zero onsite configuration: Installation couldn’t be simpler. Plug in the power and connect to the Internet and you can begin managing the signagelive® device immediately saving huge amounts of time and money. Security is not an issue as the players are looking out of the firewall to the internet server. There are a whole range of reporting and pro-active monitoring tools to make managing the system extremely simple.
Add to that fast deployment timescales, zero onsite configuration, totally secure hosting and automatic software upgrades and you can start to really see the appeal.
It also benefits end users, with the ability to use any type of content created in any application, and a focus on simplicity with touch screens and one click operations which increases user acceptance.
According to Mark Nisbet, AVM’s MD, “SignLabs is growing rapidly and the addition of signagelive really strengthens our portfolio. We will be offering the software preloaded on ultra small form PCs.”
Jason Cremins – CEO of Remote Media said ”AVM has a great reputation for working closely with resellers to deliver turn-key digital signage solutions. Adding AVM as a signagelive Distributor provides us with the focus and expertise required to strengthen our offering to the AV sector.
For more details about signagelive contact 01252 510363 or visit www.signlabs.net
Press Contact details:
Karen O’Mahoney, Market Energy 07545 321107 Email Karen@marketenergy.co.uk
