Digital Signage Cooperative

Desired Features

Business

DHFS

Engineering

Law

Liberal Arts

Natural Sciences

Nursing

Pharmacy

Univ Comm

Univ Ops

ITS

1

Central/integrated emergency notification

8

8

8

8

10

2

Federated access

8

8

9

7

10

3

Popular content generation tools support
(PowerPoint, Illustrator, etc)

8

8

7

8

8

4

Live web content
(live updates from web and other data sources)

10

8

10

10

8

5

Wayfinding (maps/floorplans)
?interactive?ADA

6

7

6

5

7

6

Video (broadcast television/CATV, private sources)

8

6

7

8

8

7

Official Events (commencement)

7

7

7

9

8

8

Hierarchical information
UT-College-Dept-Building

6

8

7

8

7

9

Share content across university

9

8

8

8

8

10

Room scheduling screen support

5

9

6

5

6

11

Classroom display integration
(for emergency notification)

5

9

6

8

7

12

Support for mobile and other devices
(as a display target)

8

7

6

7

5

13

Indoor/Outdoor

6

7

5

8

7

14

Secure/Compliant (ADA)

8

8

8

8

9

15

Cost (low capital)

7

7

8

9

7

16

Cost (low operations)

9

7

9

10

9

Four Winds Interactive

http://www.fourwindsinteractive.com/

full featured

Local-unlimited $200K(capex) $33K(opex)

Hosted $950 setup plus $60/month/player

Haivision Coolsign

http://www.haivision.com/products/coolsign

mid-featured

Local-unlimited $30K(capex) $6K(opex) -- maybe

Hosted ? (offered not priced)

Visix

http://www.visix.com/

?
(Jackson School uses)

NCR/Texas Digital

http://www.txdigital.com/index.php/products/vitalcast

mid-featured
(DHFS uses)

?

?

Mediazone

http://www.keywesttechnology.com/

UT MD Anderson is interested in this company

Broadsign

http://broadsign.com

unclear

N/A (SAAS only)

Hosted $25/month

Community Sourced:

http://www.risevision.com
http://www.vodigi.com
http://xibo.org.uk
http://www.concerto-signage.org

low-featured