Prism Technologies Digital Signage News

2008 BIO International Convention June 17 –20, 2008 ¦ Attendees were happy to see the Interactive Tradeshow Wayfinder, assisting them in locating their companies of interest out of the 2200 exhibitors present. Many attendees expressed their appreciation for the GO Green initiatives provided on the tradeshow floor by the Interactive Tradeshow Wayfinder.

Prism Technologies and BIO came together this year to provide attendees with an easy, environmentally conscious solution to find their way around the tradeshow floor. Five Interactive Tradeshow Wayfinders were strategically located around the tradeshow floor. Attendees expressed appreciation of being able to quickly find exhibitors on the tradeshow floor and locating conferences and events. The Tradeshow Wayfinder offers several sponsorship and marketing for exhibitors. Our most popular opportunity is Request for Information (GO Green!) which allows for attendees to obtain exhibitor information by e-mail. Attendees scan their badges at the Interactive Wayfinder or type in their e-mail address and the documents are sent instantly to their e-mail.

Georgia Government Purchasing Conference and Products Expo March 26, 2008 ¦ The Georgia Government Purchasing Conference and Products Expo was excited to have Prism Technologies back at their show with the Interactive WayFinder. Attendees were thrilled with the environmentally conscious product and its new features.

Prism Technologies was contracted to come back with the WayFinders after the impression that was left last year by their Interactive Technology. Attendees were able to plan out their day by using the Interactive WayFinder. Attendees loved the capabilities of the Interactive WayFinder. The attendee could ask for information about another company to be sent to them, and with in seconds it would go to their pda or e-mail account. Exhibitors enjoyed the sponsorship opportunities of the Interactive WayFinder and experienced higher traffic through their booths.

Digital Signage Expo February 27-28, 2008 ¦The Interactive WayFinder’s new features made a big impression on the tradeshow floor. Attendees appreciated that the product is not only implementing an environmentally conscious product but encouraging other companies to go green.

Attendees were excited with the new features that allowed them to collaborate all the booths they wanted to visit using the MyRoute feature, swiping their badges at the screens to have information sent to them about another company, and the Green consciousness of the product. There were several opportunities for exhibitors to be recognized on the Interactive WayFinder. Opportunities ranged from decorating the surround of the kiosk with their logo and have an icon on the touch screen to having icons decorate all the WayFinders. The attendees were given more exposure to sponsors of the show and had greater opportunity to visit all exhibitors or their interest and attend workshops and conferences. Prism Technologies was complimented again with how nice, easy and accessible the Tradeshow WayFinder is on the tradeshow floor.

Expo! Expo! December 11, 2007 - Prism Technologies captures the attention of tradeshow managers and organizers at Expo! Expo! Attendees were impressed with the smooth functionality, superior quality, and unique features of the Interactive Wayfinder. Several people expressed how impressed they were with the rich media content of the Interactive Wayfinder.

Attendees were enthused with the multiple features and the ability to do the convention center and tradeshow floor plan in 3D. The 3D convention center/tradeshow floor plan is great for multi-level and multi-room tradeshows. Selecting an area or level will show the attendee the information of exhibitors, exhibitor information, sessions, conferences, meetings and events pertaining to that particular area.

Tradeshow managers and organizers were thrilled about the new sponsor area. The main sponsor has a permanent icon on the right side of the tradeshow floor map screen. The next level of sponsor take up the majority of the lower left hand side, which attendees can touch the icon and view a video, information on that sponsor and, if they are exhibiting, the booth in which they are exhibiting. Prism integrated another exciting feature for sponsors…sponsor by category! When categories are selected the section displays all levels of sponsors relevant to that category.

Prism Technologies strongly focuses on being green. Attendees were able to see how the Interactive Wayfinder helps in reducing paper at the tradeshows. The Interactive Wayfinder contains a map of the tradeshow, the ability to map out your day and send it to PDA, look up sessions, conferences, meetings and events, and use a magnetic card not only as an ID Badge but Lead Retrieval system as well.

Expo! Expo! is a great meeting place for exhibition and event managers to meet with suppliers of the tradeshow industry. The vast number of opportunities provided at IAEE’s annual tradeshow enriches the attendees and exhibitors professional as well as personal career.

Digital Signage Expo May 16 -17, 2007 - Prism shines at Digital Signage Expo with Interactive Wayfinder. Prism representatives impressed attendees with their hard work, professionalism, high quality customer service, dedication and interactive content on the Wayfinder. Compliments were given on the Interactive Wayfinder for the impressive advanced technology and smoothness of use.

Attendees enjoyed the unique features that were provided on the Interactive Wayfinder. Several companies could be selected and printed mapping the path effectively for the attendees to the exhibitors. The attendee could select the “Request Info” button and ask to receive more information about a company in their e-mails. Attendees enjoyed the readily available information while exhibitors benefited in the increased number of people visiting their booths.

Digital Signage Expo is renowned for being the largest, comprehensive conference and expo. DSE is dedicated to digital signage and interactive digital solutions displaying trend setting hardware, software, digital signage, and much, much more.

NSCA Expo March 15-17, 2007 - Interactive Wayfinders were a huge success and buzz of the show at NSCA’s Expo. Attendee’s were thrilled that interactive technology was placed on the tradeshow floor. Several comments were made about how the Interactive Wayfinder made the expo easier to navigate. Attendees enjoyed interactively requesting information about exhibitors, seeing new innovations in the What’s New category and watching video clips of sponsors and exhibitors.

Prism Technologies contracted with NSCA to provide our Interactive Wayfinders throughout the tradeshow floor. Seven Wayfinders were placed in heavy traffic areas allowing attendees to map their way to exhibitors maximizing their opportunities at the tradeshow. The Wayfinder offers opportunities for exhibitors and sponsors to advertise their company to attract attendees. Exhibitors could advertise through an Enhanced Directory Listing or announce new innovations in the What’s New category. Sponsors had icons on the screen and when touched brought up information or played a video clip. Prism offers a solution that displays how digital signage should work.

The NSCA expo provides comprehensive and high rated educational opportunities for commercial electronics systems. Attendees and Exhibitors are able to view new products, tangle with professionals and offers insight into the systems integration industry.

Prism Technologies specializes in Digital Signage & Kiosk Strategy & Design, Content Design & Development Services, Technology Solutions and Vertical Market Solutions. As subject matter experts we strive to enhance customer experience with our compelling content.

GlobalShop March 7-9, 2007 | For those interested in retail, Global Shop claims to be a one stop Trade Show. With six shows in one, Global Shop is the only show that features exhibitors covering all facets of store design and in-store marketing in six show areas - The Store Fixturing Show, The Visual Merchandising Show, POP Marketplace, Store Design & Operations, The Digital Store, and Retail Marketing Services. Digital signage was spotlighted in The Digital Store and evident throughout the show.

GlobalShop is exceptional in that it hosts six shows in one. Renowned as the world’s largest store design and in-store marketing show, with 900 exhibitors and 14,000 attendees, GlobalShop has earned the must attend status.

Prism Technologies specializes in Digital Signage & Kiosk Strategy & Design, Content Design & Development Services, Technology Solutions and Vertical Market Solutions. As subject matter experts we strive to enhance the customer experience with our compelling content.

Las Vegas, NV. January 8- 11 -- Prism partnered with Vira to illustrate our trend setting Wayfinder to attendees and exhibitors. The Interactive Wayfinder allows attendee’s to get the maximum experience by visiting the maximum number of booths for the duration of the tradeshow. Prism’s data driven content assisted attendees in planning out their schedule to effectively find and visit exhibitors. Exhibitors were provided great opportunities to advertise on the Interactive Wayfinder. Video spots popped up when exhibitor names were selected and detailed descriptions about their company. Attendees could see exhibitor’s new creations and events under the What’s New category or obtain more information from the company through Request for Information.

New convergences of broadband, content and consumer electronics was exhibited at the world’s largest consumer technology show, CES. The new and trend setting technologies that connected consumers with enhanced features, service and control blew attendees away.

Infocomm - June 7, 9, 2006 | InfoComm is renowned as the world's largest AV show. At InfoComm, the hottest emerging technologies are introduced. The eclectic array of products and services offer enhanced professional audio-visual systems and information communications to businesses covering the entire distribution chain. Hundreds of companies in the Audio-Visual industry exhibit at this show annually to show new and existing technologies to AV professionals who require the entire spectrum of solutions.

Prism Technologies provided the WayFinding (interactive directory) for the show so exhibitors and attendees alike could find booths they cared to visit and review the InfoComm agenda for issues of interest about which they cared to learn more. Prism's content application design and created content was in partner booths, once again proving why Prism is a market leader in ROI driven digital signage content design and development. With a host of hot emerging technology all around, Prism's WayFinding stood out as a strong solution for using technology to find specific locations at the trade show. High quality digital signage allowed exhibitors to find their way by a simple touch of the screen. The professionals that attend the show recognized that the WayFinding application also works well in malls, hotels, resorts, and corporate or educational campuses.

DRE May 17-18, 2006 | The 2006 expo included three power packed days of activities in 3 separate venues - Digital Retailing Expo, Retail Construction Expo, and the Retail Interiors Expo. Prism exhibited at the DRE conference which was exclusively devoted to digital signage, from screen-based in-store media networks to custom digital retailing solutions. The DRE was well attended by retailers who came to see the best of breed providers of digital signage. In addition to providing WayFinding
(a.k.a. interactive directory) for DRE and RIE, the DRE and RIE educational agendas were well received by a powerful collection of industry leaders who attended the show as exhibitors or to see the latest technology.

Prism's innovative technologies offer increased ROI for retailers who appreciate the need for compelling content with proven data driven technology. Prism offers trend setting- high quality content application design, content development and implementation that help boost productivity, making Prism's digital signage solution an intelligent way to prove positive ROI with Digital Signage from proof of concept to deployment.

GMSDC May 17-19, 2006 | The Georgia Minority Supplier Development Council welcomed minority businesses, corporations and government entities established in the state of Georgia, to create and expand mutually beneficial opportunities. The GMSDC offers great networking opportunities for vendors and corporate buyers and extensive information on the latest technology trends. New and enhanced opportunities offered support to minority businesses and established stability and greater services for society. Businesses that participated were exposed to significant business prospects and enabled them to augment competitive infrastructure.

Prism Technologies provided interactive digital display technology (Way Finders) to assist visitors in finding booths and other information on the show floor, highlighting sponsors on large screen LCD displays for Paragon Technologies Inc., which is a certified minority business. Paragon is an attractive diversity partner as a way to increase company productivity and competitive infrastructure in IT business, consulting, outsourcing and IT staffing.

NEC May 11 and 12, 2006 | The exclusive NEC hosted event invited the best of breed providers of digital media and display solutions to present to NEC customers and prospects that were interested in digital signage. Attendees that participated had the opportunity to establish relationships with customers and potential partners to enhance their company with total display solutions. NEC Display Solutions Summit offered insights on targeting technologies, interactive capabilities, transforming a business from paper to digital signage and much more.

Prism Technologies was invited to participate in this "by invitation only event" because of Prism's trend setting in quality content application design, content development and implementation and our support of the NEC LCD product line. The invitation was not surprising, considering Prism Technologies was named one of the top forty technology companies by the Technology Association of Georgia.

NAB April 22 - 27, 2006 | Billed as "The World's Largest Electronic Media Show", the NAB provides comprehensive business and technology insights and innovations covering every aspect of audio and video content production, management and distribution across all forms of media including broadcasting, cable, satellite, motion pictures Internet/streaming, wireless, telecommunications, education/training, corporate/enterprise, worship and more.

Prism Technologies joined our partner, Triveni Digital to present an end-to-end solution for companies interested in individual or enterprise-wide digital signage and kiosk solutions. With Prism as the message architects and Triveni's content management software, a custom engineered customer experience can be deployed across hundreds of locations with a seamless data driven digital signage solution that can be updated painlessly.

KioskCom April 10 - 12, 2006 | KioskCom 2006 delivers critical content and strategies to ensure kiosk success - directly from companies that deployed kiosks within their organizations. Interactive self-service kiosks provide a solution to the ongoing dilemma companies face - how to increase revenue, decrease expenses and improve the customer experience.

Prism Technologies and Smart Technologies partnered to present our interactive technology and creative, engaging content. Smart Technologies provides touch screen overlays to provide interactivity. Prism engineers customer experiences to meet or exceed management objectives with digital signage initiatives. Both Prism and Smart believe that ROI is best achieved by attracting, engaging and educating customers and our collective core competencies joined to show Kioskcom attendees how we do so.

Ogeta Forum March 31, 2006 | The objective was to further the development of neighborhood-level information systems and to facilitate community building, decision-making, and homeland security uses. There is a great need for localized, neighborhood-level information driving a growing number of data driven projects to provide direct access to detailed community-level datasets from thousands of local, state, federal, and commercial data sources.

Prism Technologies sponsored this event to support the local community and to present our data driven interactive technology as a potential solution to the challenges faced by members of the OGETA Forum.

Global Shop March 26 - 28, 2006 | For those interested in retail, Global Shop claims to be a one stop Trade Show. With six shows in one, Global Shop is the only show that features exhibitors covering all facets of store design and in-store marketing in six show areas - The Store Fixturing Show, The Visual Merchandising Show, POP Marketplace, Store Design & Operations, The Digital Store, and Retail Marketing Services. Digital signage was spotlighted in the digital store and evident throughout the show.

Prism Technologies joined two of our partner's - NEC and Smart Technologies - showcasing Prism's unique blend of technology and content application design, content development and digital signage deployment. By engineering customer experiences with our data driven technology, Prism brings the vision of management to the reality of the customer in the store, driving perceived wait times down and sales intent up with improved customer service. all of which create positive ROI with content that can be updated 'on the fly'.

NSCA March 16-18, 2006 | The National Systems Contractors Association's 2006 is the leading not-for-profit association representing the commercial electronic systems industry. The show offered a full range of seminars for designers and installers of commercial electronics systems. The exhibit featured hundreds of providers of the latest technology in audio/visual, access control, acoustics, control systems, digital signage, security/life safety, lighting, telephony, sound and video.

Prism Technologies joined two of our partners - NEC Display Solutions and Next Window (touch enabling technology) to present our Vision-to-Reality solution for digital signage. With best of breed partners that answer the hardware needs of a digital signage initiative, Prism completes the solution by engineering the customer experience architecting a company's message to achieve the ROI desired by management.

GAC February 26 - March 1, 2006 | This is the Credit Union's premier political event with regulatory-focused programming sessions. GAC's exhibition hall is renowned, making this a 'must attend' event for senior level Credit Union members.

Prism Technologies was asked to provide the technology of digital signage for one our partners, Consultants & Builders, Inc. We presented how Interactive Digital Signage with engaging content can be profitable for the credit union. Prism has learned how to reach, respond and relate to financial customers and deliver expected ROI from our history in the banking industry.

NRF January 16 - 18, 2006 | The National Retail Federation is the world's largest retail trade association, with membership that comprises all retail formats and channels of distribution including department, specialty, discount, catalog, Internet, independent stores, chain restaurants, drug stores and grocery stores as well as the industry's key trading partners of retail goods and services.

Prism Technologies presented our data driven digital signage solution to show attending retailers how digital signage can increase sales by improving company-customer relations, reducing perceived wait times, educating customers about where in the store products are located with interactive WayFinders, increasing sales intent through branded and informative signage content, and developing a revenue stream via alliance marketing.