Zurich, Switzerland (January 10th, 2011) – Minicom Digital Signage, leading manufacturer of advanced media distribution and innovative management solutions for the digital signage industry, is again partnering with ISE to help create the Digital Signage Showcase, and is co-organizing the Digital Signage Expert Tour, along with OVAB Europe, at ISE in Amsterdam on Feb 1 – 3, 2011.

While many actors of the digital signage industry will be exhibiting at ISE 2011, they will present bits and pieces of digital signage networks in many different booths, showing their own parts of the overall application. The DS Showcase at ISE 2011 will provide a complete ‘end-to-end‘ overview of the digital signage eco-system with a perspective on how to plan, create, rollout and operate a full-scale digital signage network, from content to measurement.

André Koitzsch, Minicom Digital Signage Sales more

Hitachi America, Ltd., Digital Media Division, Business Solutions Group today announced the appointment of Debra Beckman as western regional sales manager. Beckman will be responsible for overseeing sales of Hitachi 3LCD projectors in the Western United States.

Debra Beckman has an extensive background in sales management. Previously, she worked as sales manager at Lumens Integration, where she was responsible for the company’s higher education document camera business. She has also worked at SMK-Link Electronics and Incline Corporation, and she has led her own advertising and consulting firm.

“Debra brings a diverse range of talents to Hitachi, with a proven ability to create and implement successful sales programs,� said Ray Soltys, director of sales, Hitachi America, Ltd., Digital Media Division, Business Solutions Group. “With the addition of Debra to our team, we are in a stronger position than ever as we expand our leadership in education, corporate and house more

Human-powered flight has been a dream sought after for centuries and accomplished only very recently. Red Bull® gave contestants a crack at this rarely achieved fantasy during its summer-long Flugtag competition, held nationwide. In Long Beach, California, 105,000 spectators watched teams push whimsical contraptions from a pier, and the event sounded as good as it looked, thanks to the open-sourced approach to the next generation of digital audio networking, IEEE 802.1 AVB Bridging protocol, enabled by AVB-compliant technology from Harman Professional. The signal control chain consisted of four dbx SC 32 Digital Matrix Processors and 24 AVB-capable Crown CTs 3000power amplifiers, as well a half-dozen network bridge switches from BSS Audio/NETGEAR® configured and controlled using Harman HiQnet System Architect™. On Stage Audio (OSA), led by vice president Jim Risgin, deployed the AVB system.

The crowd at the Long Beach edition of the Red Bull Flugtag was so enormous more

On Demand Video Capabilities Offer Comprehensive User Experience

PHILADELPHIA, PA – January 10, 2011 – Alteva, a Unified Communications (UC) solution provider headquartered in Philadelphia, today announced the availability of the industry’s first on demand video auto attendant. As the IP communications industry continues to expand, a significant portion of end users are seeking ways to integrate video capabilities into their business. By interacting with Alteva’s Video Auto Attendant, customers will experience a video greeting with routing options, acting in place of an automated receptionist, giving the user on demand video access to the highest levels of expertise even though they might not exist at that specific location.

Instead of being presented with an audio only auto attendant — “Press 1 for Sales, 2 for Service, etc.” — users with a video endpoint dial into Alteva’s network and are more