Temple University Fox School of Business Installs 177-foot Web-Based LED Ticker from Rise Display
Posted on Tue, March 17, 2009
Rise Display has completed installation of a 177-foot, web-based LED ticker for Temple University’s Fox School of Business. The new ticker uses eight-color LED technology, and displays business headlines, stock quotes, and university messages. It is the largest elliptical ticker installed in a business school, and the longest indoor, eight-color ticker in North America.
“We wanted everyone who entered our new facility to understand that this is a serious business operation, and our LED ticker from Rise Display does it dramatically, and does it well,” says John Deangelo, Associate Dean for Information Technology Business and Management, Fox School of Business at Temple University. “Rise Display offered us a 21st century solution, with full-color display and web-based technology. It includes a simple, direct software solution that is plug-and-play.”
Temple chose the ticker from Rise Display because of the company’s extensive experience working with business schools, because it offered a complete hardware and software solution, and because its web-based interface enabled the university to manage updates from any device with Internet access.
“The ticker has garnered tremendous excitement from everyone who enters the building,” says Deangelo. “It really knocks everyone’s socks off, and the students are very proud of it.”
Mauer Eye Center’s 8 new displays boost their image and generate more sales
Posted on Wed, March 11, 2009
When the Mauer Eye Center moved into its new facilities in Waterloo, Iowa, they wanted their office environment to be both modern and informative. They soon concluded that the best way to achieve those dual goals would be through the addition of digital signage. As IT Manager Steve Bantz explained, “We wanted to add our own branding to the televisions in our new facility, to achieve the look of being on the cutting edge of technology. This would allow us to market effectively to our patients for the services and goods that we make available to them.”
As a business with a variety of services to offer, the Mauer Eye Center already knew exactly what they wished to broadcast, and to whom. “We wanted to be able to communicate directly with our patients, letting them know about specials we might be running on goods and services within our eye center and medical spa. We also wanted them to be able to learn more about brands we sell and the employees who sell them.”
Because their communication needs were so well defined, Mauer also wanted an easy way to control the content of all of their displays. That’s why they chose Rise Display to provide their signage and setup, said Mr. Bantz. “Rise was the only company I could find that offered complete digital signage solutions. I needed a template-based design that was easy to drop content into, through an intuitive interface. I wanted to be able to update often, but not have it be labor intensive. Basically, I needed something that was packaged and easy for me to manage.”
They hired Rise Display to install a total of eight displays, all controlled by their user-friendly Rise Display Network software. “We have a 65” LCD in the front entrance and several 42” displays in waiting rooms and retail end caps. The 65” is just an amazing sight as it is built into a shadow box and looks ultra tech.”
As for their new web-based control system, Mr. Bantz said “I now have content going everywhere, managed right from my desktop. Everything is clean and professional looking.”
Mr. Bantz was also impressed by the Rise solution’s ease of use. “Friends of mine in the IT field are amazed at how we are getting all of this to these televisions over CAT5e network cable. Having eight displays centrally managed by a Rise Engine is as easy as it gets. I send all content to the displays over a matrix switcher and VGA extenders. Nothing could be cooler or easier.”
Most importantly, said Mr. Bantz, the new displays are a big hit with both staff and customers. “The staff loves it. We’re very happy. It sure beats having plain old cable TV playing in our waiting rooms advertising other things for free. What do we get out of that? We wanted to advertise ourselves. Yes, we still show cable TV on a template within the Rise system, but now there’s a lot surrounding it to attract attention to our facility.”
“The customers also love the dynamic content,” he continued. “They can walk by a display and quickly catch an ad or a college basketball score.
“And patient recognition of brands and specials offered within our facility has increased. Given the increased volume of questions on our goods and services offered at the eye center and medical spa, we can say that it has generated more interest and purchasing by our patients and spa clients.
He said that adding the new electronic signs has also resulted in a boost in their company’s image. “People are seeing us as technologically ‘with it.’ We have had several people ask us how we did it, and we have referred them to Rise.”
Rise displays convey Cornell University’s cutting edge status in investment management education
Posted on Fri, March 6, 2009
When it was time to update the ticker tapes and install a flat panel display in the trading room at Cornell University’s business school, school officials chose Rise Display to provide their display solution. Explains Lakshmi Bhojraj, Director of Cornell’s Parker Center for Investment Research, “As director of the Center, I oversee the trading room and its resources and am responsible for all vendor-partner relationships for the software in the room. The Johnson School’s educational program in investment management, which includes a $11 million student-run hedge fund, is cutting edge and we needed a display environment that would convey its dynamism. After considering our available options, it was clear to me that Rise was the right choice for this project.
“We chose Rise because their displays were eye-catching and Rise offered the best value for money. We wanted to convey the dynamic nature of the trading room and the business school’s cutting edge status in investment management education.”
The result? “We couldn’t be more pleased with the selection of Rise displays for the business school’s trading room and lobby,” said Ms. Bhojraj. “The displays have succeeded in conveying the Johnson School’s leading status in investment research education, and the high energy environment of the trading room.”
“We have also found Rise customer service representatives to be very responsive and helpful and always enjoy working with them.”
