Organizations around the world are recognizing the benefits of digital signage as a transformative technology with many applications. Digital signage replaces static images with dynamic displays to enhance business communications and create a more powerful marketing message.
Unlike traditional print signage that pushes advertising onto the customer, digital signage pulls customers in with vivid video and audio and relevant information. Digital signage can also be used to entertain customers during wait times, facilitate wayfinding, display schedules of events and more.
The benefits of digital signage over static media are well-documented. Here are the top five:
While the term “digital signage” focuses on the flat-screen displays, there’s a lot more to it than meets the eye. A content management system (CMS) is used for the creation, management, scheduling and distribution of video, audio, images and text. A media player integrates with each monitor, taking all of the information from the CMS and sending it to the display.
While it’s possible to have the CMS run locally on a media player or desktop computer, it would quickly become unmanageable as more displays are added. To take full advantage of the benefits of digital signage, organizations need to implement an enterprise-class CMS that delivers content to media players and displays over the corporate network. That means you need a robust network with the capacity to support bandwidth-hungry devices. Digital signage systems must also be secured — your organization could suffer considerable reputational damage if a hacker were able to infiltrate the system and alter content.
The benefits of digital signage are many but how do you implement it? What challenges might you face? How is digital signage integrated into your network? Few marketing departments have the technical expertise to answer these questions.
Rahi Systems can help. Our A/V specialists will work with your team to design a solution that supports your content strategy, then select and implement the right hardware and software to handle the technical requirements of content distribution. The result is a holistic system that will enhance your brand and create a high-quality customer experience.
Rahi is a Global IT Solutions Provider. We are uniquely capable of combining data center, IT and audio/video solutions to create an integrated environment that drives efficiencies, enhances customer service and creates competitive advantages. We offer a full suite of products in physical infrastructure, storage, compute, networking, power and cooling, and audio / video. In addition, Rahi offers professional and managed services to aid customers in logistics, delivery, set-up, and ongoing support of their technology solutions.
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