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16:9: STRATACACHE Buys Monster Warehouse Space In Suburban Dayton

Were there any question Chris Riegel is serious about the growth he expects at STRATACACHE in the next two or three years, consider this: the software and services company now owns a 380,000 square foot distribution facility on 50 acres in suburban Dayton. And the address will be One Stratacache Way. The company will be moving about 50 people over from other warehouse sites around Dayton. […]

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Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 9:31 AM

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16:9: New Scala Board Is Unsurprisingly STRATACACHE-Heavy

STRATACACHE CEO/Owner Chris Riegel cleared out the board last week when he acquired rival software CMS firm Scala, and the company has now announced a new board, which does includes a Scala veteran. Gerard Bucas was the CEO of Scala from 2002 to 2011, and was as part of that a longtime board member. […]

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Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 3:30 AM

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The Table Stakes of Digital Signage

“Table stakes” is an appropriated term from the card table, used in the business world not for poker bet limits, but on what a company needs to have to really be competitive. I was asked the other day what the so-called table stakes now in digital signage – those “things” a company must have to be taken seriously as a software vendor or solutions provider. […]

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Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 12:28 AM

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16:9: Sweden’s ZetaDisplay Buys Up Norwegian Competitor ProntoTV

The Swedish digital signage firm ZetaDisplay announced today it has completed a deal to acquire ProntoTV AS, which is touted as the largest digital signage supplier in neighbouring Norway. […]

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Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 12:20 AM

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16:9: Another Quarter, Another Big Loss For Creative Realities/Wireless Ronin

Another quarter, same story for the blended digital signage vendor entity that rolls up as Creative Realities. The latest financial filings show the Wireless Ronin-Creative Realities-Broadcast International-Conexus World combination is still losing a pile of money, and issuing a lot of promissory notes. […]

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Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 10:46 AM

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16:9: STRATACACHE: CEO Riegel Says Scala Deal Not The Last

Chris Riegel, the founder, sole owner and CEO of STRATACACHE, kindly took a few minutes Monday to call and brief me on the deal that saw his company acquire controlling interest in software rival Scala. Riegel says his contact with Scala on a potential deal traces back about three years, and was on and off. […]

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Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 4:00 AM

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Go Vertical, Or Go Home

A few conversations in recent weeks have reinforced a conclusion I made some time ago about software and solutions companies in the digital signage business: they need to get vertical. Many companies, particularly the smaller ones, badly need to find a vertical market and make it their own. Being a generalist, in a field crowded with generalists, could be deadly. […]

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Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 3:15 PM

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5 Tips On Increasing Employee Commitment Using Digital Signage

Guest Post: Richard Fortin, ITESMEDIA Richard Fortin Sadly, many employees show up at work day after day without any real motivation. Worse still, some are there only to work their hours and collect their paycheque. It’s hard to imagine they’re very committed to the success of their company. […]

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Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 5:13 PM

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On The Road – Limited Posts

Traveling this week and tied up with a consulting client, so posts will be limited … at best. Back to regular frequency later this week. […]

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Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 7:48 AM

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16:9: Curious: OOH Media Firm Acquired By Insurance Holding Company

Most of the mergers and acquisitions that happen in this industry have some obvious rationale behind them, but news that the Canadian OOH firm Rouge Media Group is now owned by an insurance holding group isn’t one of them. […]

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Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 6:01 PM

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16:9: Samsung Just Bought A Rich Media Ad Serving Company

Samsung Electronics now owns Montreal-based AdGear Technologies, Inc, a software company that has a rich media ad buying, targeting and serving suite that works across all kinds of screens. […]

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Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 2:07 PM

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Novra, International Datacasting Merge

A pair of Canadian companies that have been either directly in or around the digital signage business in recent years have merged. Ottawa-based International Datacasting Corporation will now operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Toronto’s Novra Technologies. […]

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Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 9:43 AM

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Adoption Rates Of Digital Signage in Corporate Office Spaces On Rise

Guest Post: Ben Davis, Futuresource Consulting We’ve been looking closely at the adoption rates of digital signage solutions in corporate environments, and based on feedback from some 500 organizations across Western Europe and the US, there’s some clear growth happening in corporate office spaces and meeting rooms. […]

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Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 7:31 AM

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Digital Meeting Room Signs Start-up Gets $7M Series A Raise

I keep reading and hearing how venture capital is hard to come by these days, in digital signage and well beyond, but one Boston-based company has scored a $7 million investment to drive its business in digital meeting room signs. Yup, that boring little killer application that sells itself as soon as people see it. […]

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Tue, May 31, 2016 at 11:56 PM

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16:9: Convergent Is Back, With New Management Team, Focus On Genuine Turney Offer

Atlanta-based solutions provider Convergent has re-packaged its marketplace offer and given it a new handle: Digital Signage As A Service, or DSaaS. That kinda sounds like a ski resort in Austria, but I assume people will talk it up as Dee-Sass and all will be fine. […]

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Fri, May 20, 2016 at 9:46 AM

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