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Less Whiz-Bang, More Purpose

Less Whiz-Bang, More Purpose

Dave Haynes May 9, 2012 0

I am on the road, in the Carolinas chatting with a company about Preset. One of the things we talked about in the meeting was the whiz-bang concepts and prototypes the biggest companies in

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Social TV Is Interesting, But Is It The Answer?

Social TV Is Interesting, But Is It The Answer?

Dave Haynes March 23, 2012 1

There have been a pair of lengthy posts in the last 24 hours – manifestos, of sorts, on the wobbly state of the Digital Out Of Home space and calls for the industry to

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CETW: Why I’m Not Going, And Reasons To Go

CETW: Why I’m Not Going, And Reasons To Go

Dave Haynes March 19, 2012 0

A few people have sent me notes recently asking if I was going to CETW and could we meet up? Unfortunately, I’m not. And I think that’s the case for a lot of people

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rAVe: Kayye On Extron’s Opting Out Of Major Pro AV Shows

rAVe: Kayye On Extron’s Opting Out Of Major Pro AV Shows

Dave Haynes March 14, 2012 0

Since breaking the news that Extron is no longer exhibiting at the InfoComm USA or Integrated Systems Europe shows two weeks ago, we’ve had a deluge of comments on our website, our LinkedIn page,

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Three DSE Pre-Show Education Sessions To Consider

Three DSE Pre-Show Education Sessions To Consider

Dave Haynes March 1, 2012 0

Just a few more sleeps and one very early alarm setting before I head to Lost Wages for Digital Signage Expo. Admittedly, I have been so freaking busy getting the Preset Group Mixer sorted,

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Communications Are Critical When SaaS Loses The Second S

Communications Are Critical When SaaS Loses The Second S

Dave Haynes February 9, 2012 0

Much of the software side of this business runs on a SaaS (Software as a Service) basis, meaning it is the job of those companies to fully support the servers, power, security, data pipe

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Company’s New Up-Time Service Seems To Just Keep Up With Industry Joneses

Company’s New Up-Time Service Seems To Just Keep Up With Industry Joneses

Dave Haynes February 6, 2012 0

Retail marketing agency/digital signage software vendor and consultancy John Ryan has announced the launch of a bank-centric digital signage monitoring application designed to maximize up-time. The company is calling its service very different, but

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Tech Blog Declares The Minority Report Moment Is Here (It’s Not)

Tech Blog Declares The Minority Report Moment Is Here (It’s Not)

Dave Haynes January 19, 2012 3

In what is an almost epic reach, Mashable is describing a trade show-bait thing put together by Razorfish and Microsoft, for NRF this week, as the arrival, finally, of that big, frighteningly invasive moment in

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