StrandVision Enhances Digital Signage Player

Feb 21, 2006 3:26 PM

StrandVision, a provider of hosted digital signage services, announced a significant upgrade to its player that receives digital signage content at customer sites over the Internet. The player increases redundancy and local caching to enhance reliability. In the same vein, StrandVision put an additional server into service to meet the demands of its growing customer base.

StrandVision takes a radical new approach to digital signage. Rather than require expensive and complex onsite installations, StrandVision hosts digital signs on its servers and delivers signage content over the Internet directly to local personal computers for showing over local computer monitor, flatscreen, or television displays. In this way, single location companies or multi-branch businesses, such as offices, banks, distributorships, medical providers, and other organizations, can economically deliver the same or regionalized messages to multiple locations at a fraction of the cost of more complex systems. StrandVision adds local weather and news to further personalize the service to each individual location.

StrandVision's player is the software "receiver" at customer sites that accesses and displays StrandVision digital signage information. The new player automatically communicates with a primary server and rolls over to two backup servers in the event of an interruption. It further assures consistency and uninterrupted signage presentation by preloading pages while others are being displayed. It also uses previously downloaded information when the Internet is slow or entirely disconnected.

The new server, capable of supporting more than 12,000 customers, enhances speed, stability, and security. It will also provide additional capabilities and serve as a platform for planned future enhancements to the StrandVision digital signage network.

"The new server and player are direct results of the tremendous response that we've had to StrandVision digital signage," states Mike Strand, StrandVision founder and CEO. "Our customers are thrilled with our hosted service, yet, by adding this technology, we are making our offering wider and deeper. We'll continue to enhance our infrastructure as we grow and as our customers discover new ways to use our digital signs."

Additional information about StrandVision is available at www.strandvision.com.