Rise Display

If you are attending the FMA conference next week (October 19-22) in Denver and you have a finance lab or are considering a finance lab please stop by the Rise booth (#2 and #3) and say hello.

We will be highlighting our latest display technology including a 32 pixel LED Stock Ticker and an Interactive Market Wall showing some of our latest content designed for trading rooms.  In addition to digital signage our booth will also include two dual monitor set ups fully loaded with all of the software tools you need to make your room a success including Rotman Interactive Trader, TraderEx, Telemet, and Stock Trak.  Or you can talk with representatives from YJT Solutions about virtual lab managers and how to properly configure and support a trading lab.

Trading lab at SMU in Dallas, TX

If you are unable to attend FMA feel free to sign up for our webinar “What you need to know when building a finance lab” or considering Baruch Colleges 2 day seminar on Running a Trading Room.

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We have a couple of webinars coming up later this month for anyone interested:

What you need to know when building a Finance Lab

• October 27th at 1pm CDT – sign up for free here
• November 2nd at 10am CDT – sign up for free here

I borrowed this post from our Giving Recognition Site

One mistake many people make when starting to define the design for their interactive display is attempting to do too much.  Technically yes it is possible to put up maps, directories, RSS feeds, videos, announcements, and countless other pieces of content.  But the question is by trying to do everything, does it accomplish what you want?

If your primary goal is to recognize key donors do you want that message to get watered down or lost amongst all of the other content?

Here is a really simple example.  If you want to search for something online you can go to Yahoo – where you may get distracted with the latest news, weather, sports scores, dating advice, etc.  Or you can go to Google – where all you see is a giant search box.

Yahoo is a fantastic information portal, but I think we can all see why Google is the number one search engine.  When you want to create an interactive experience for your users define your top 2 to 3 goals and then work to keep your content simple and elegant.  If down the road you want to add to it you always can, that is the beauty of digital signage.

Want to see more examples or ideas for using interactive displays for digital donor recognition?  Check out our informative webinar this Wednesday Sept 28 at 1pm central – sign up for free at https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/946939818

Below is a photo of a recent video wall installation at a professional financial trading firm on the west coast.  The video wall utilizes the latest NEC X551un displays with 5.5mm bezels to ensure the best possible picture quality and the least obstruction of bezels between screens.  This display is 3 lcds wide by 2 lcds tall making the overall dimensions 54″ tall by 144″ wide and is tied back to a HDMI matrix router controlled via a touch screen that allows the traders to easily switch between live Reuters data and TV sources.

3x2 LCD Video Wall

Technology is rapidly evolving as a result of new social networking sites and creative methods of computing. With these changes, universities must rapidly adapt so their students are prepared for the fast-paced business world.  To help business schools with specialized finance labs, YJT Solutions has created a Virtual Lab Manger which not only helps students adjust to new technologies but also provides proper ongoing maintenance.

Through email, instant messaging, phone calls, and personal video chats, YJT provides students and faculty with 24x7x365 IT support and constant monitoring of the technology infrastructure within trading lab.  The Virtual Lab Manger helps professors manage the environment with weekly, monthly, and quarterly status reports and planned monthly updates to ensure all software tools are optimized and running the most current version.

YJT is generously offering a one semester trial that includes up to 10 hours of management along with weekly status reports to any school that fills out the questionnaire to have their schools profile posted on the Google Map showing all of the Finance Labs across North America.

If you would like to learn more we would encourage you to attend the free webinar on Tuesday September 27th at 1pm EDT.

If you are interested in learning more about mock trading rooms for business schools feel free to check out www.universityfinancelab.com or join the discussion group on Linked in.