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StrandVision Offers Free Digital Signage Software to House of Worship Organizations
StrandVision Offers Free Digital Signage Software to House of Worship Organizations
Menonomie, Wis. (PRWEB) March 27, 2012
StrandVision Digital Signage today announced that it is offering a free digital signage software system to churches, mosques, synagogues, temples and other places of worship. Qualified House of Worship customers receive one Basic Digital Signage Software package for free. The Basic Package normally sells for 9.99 per year. The House of Worship offer is a full-license that is free for five years (over ,499 value) solely for churches, mosques, synagogues, temples and other public places of worship.
The StrandVision Digital Signage Basic Package offer includes 80 hours per week of digital signage playback time for one playback location, 50 fully customizable pages that can be used to display text, including scrolling text and newsfeed crawls, graphics, photos and animated weather radar. It also includes page dwell time controls, advanced page scheduling, access to RSS feeds and five user-defined databases for membership, music, calendar and other lists, as well as 10MB of data, image and sound storage.
The system also can be configured to display prayer requests from the StrandVision Prayer Portal that are entered by members of the congregation.
Administrators simply log onto StrandVision’s cloud-based digital signage console to select and design their pages. Organizations must supply their own high-speed Internet connection, a standard television, such as a flat-screen LCD, and a personal computer to complete the system. StrandVision includes limited training/consulting/technical services and can also assist with additional digital signage player hardware and installation needs.
“Digital signage is a great way to communicate with members of congregations to make them aware of prayer requests, upcoming services and events and even to carry information to help members participate during services,” said Mike Strand StrandVision founder and CEO. “This offer enables organizations to use the complete capabilities of the full-function, StrandVision Digital Signage system for five years at no cost. The system provides the flexibility to create, update and schedule content anytime from anywhere and they will not have to spend a dime for their digital signage software services.”
Qualifying organizations must complete a registration form and be tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Upgrades from the free digital signage product to the Streaming Video or higher digital signage software packages are available for the difference in list price less the 15% nonprofit discount. StrandVision digital signage players or other hardware devices are available for a 2% nonprofit discount. Interested parties should visit http://www.strandvision.com/free_digital_signage_for_house_of_worship.html for more information and to apply for the free five-year StrandVision Basic Package.
About StrandVision
StrandVision LLC, based in Menomonie, Wisconsin, delivers low-cost, Web-based digital signage software through a patented Software as a Service (SaaS) approach that delivers content to subscribers’ LCD flat panel screens, as well as computer screens and websites. StrandVision’s service distributes text and graphics pages, video content and national and local weather and news. It is ideal for many large and small business marketing applications, including medical and dental offices (patient education); banks, retailers and industrial distributors (video merchandising); education (student communication, staff and visitor information); employee break rooms (employee communication of events and benefits); non-profit and religious organizations (member and supporter communication).
StrandVision also offers PC-2-TV.net, a fully digital, high-definition (HD) video extender to connect a computer to a television over long distances for use with digital signage and many other applications. $ sitedescription$ services and PC-2-TV.net are available directly from StrandVision and through registered affiliates and system integrators. Additional information about StrandVision Digital Signage is available at StrandVision.com, 715-235-7446 or email.
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Unicon Offers Rapid Start uMobile Package for Quick Deployment of Free and Open Source Campus Mobile Solution
Unicon Offers Rapid Start uMobile Package for Quick Deployment of Free and Open Source Campus Mobile Solution
Gilbert, AZ (PRWEB) March 07, 2012
Unicon, Inc., a leading IT consulting services provider specializing in open source for the education market, announced today that it will offer a Rapid Start uMobile package for institutions needing to deploy an economic, next-generation mobile solution quickly and easily. With the Rapid Start uMobile package, institutions can deliver on-demand, authenticated mobile content via mobile browsers or native applications. Modules in the package include announcements, calendar, campus map, campus news/ RSS feeds, directory, search, videos, and custom static content (e.g. text or imagery). uMobile is open source software supported by Jasig. The Jasig community has developed optional modules that can be integrated with campus feeds/ information. These include athletics, computer lab alert, courses, dining menu, and laundry alert.
uMobile provides an enterprise framework for an institution to target its applications, content, and data in a mobile environment. Designed by and for higher education, uMobile’s lightweight codebase contains authentication, groups and permissions, layout management, and preferences out of the box. uMobile is an extremely mature product with the support of a highly active open source community. uMobile’s native app currently supports iPhone™ and Android™ devices. Browser-based mobile support is available for iPhone and Android, as well as smartphones based on recent versions of the Blackberry®, Windows Mobile®, webOS®, Samsung bada®, and MeeGo™ operating systems.
Unicon deployment services for Rapid Start uMobile include:
Institutional Environment Assessment
uMobile Server Installation and Configuration
Authentication (CAS server authenticating to a campus LDAP or Active Directory server)
Person Attributes (Server configuration to consume person directory attributes from a single LDAP or Active Directory source)
Branding and User Experience
Content Configuration (e.g., announcements, calendars, maps plus the institution’s existing mobile elements)
App submission to the Apple® Store and Android Marketplace
Training
Institutions can deploy the Rapid Start uMobile package for ,000. Unicon can provide hosting services for the Rapid Start uMobile package at an additional cost, to relieve the IT burden associated with an on-premise solution.
Learn more about the Rapid Start uMobile package.
About Jasig
Jasig, Inc., is a non-profit 501(c)(3), international consortium of educational institutions and commercial affiliates supporting open source software development and promoting open computing architectures for higher education. Jasig has been in operation for over ten years, sponsoring open source software applications like uMobile, the next-generation mobile solution; uPortal, the enterprise-grade portal solution; CAS, a flexible Central Authentication Service deployed for single sign-on; and Bedework, an enterprise calendar system for public, personal, and group use. For more information, visit the Jasig website at http://www.jasig.org.
About Unicon
Unicon, Inc. is a leading provider of IT consulting services for the education market. Unicon works closely with colleges, universities, and corporations to find the best solutions to meet their business challenges. Unicon specializes in using open source technologies to deliver flexible and cost-effective systems in the areas of enterprise portals, learning management systems, identity and access management, online video, calendaring, email, mobile, and collaboration. Unicon is a Sakai Commercial Affiliate; an InCommon Affiliate and Participant; an Industry Member of Internet2; a Jasig and VMware Partner; an authorized Solution Provider for CAS, uPortal, and VMware; a Solution Partner of Kaltura; and a Services Partner and reseller of Liferay and Zimbra. For more information, visit: http://www.unicon.net.
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Ryma Announces Partnership with The 280 Group
Ryma Announces Partnership with The 280 Group
Montreal, Quebec (PRWEB) February 24, 2012
Ryma Technology Solutions Inc., the leader in product management solutions, and the 280 Group, a Silicon Valley-based product marketing and product management consulting and services firm, today announced a partnership that will see the 280 Group’s Product Management LifeCycle Toolkit™ templates, from their award-winning Optimal Product Process, integrated as an add-on to Ryma’s FeaturePlan software solution.
“The 280 Group’s products are used by tens of thousands of people in companies worldwide, ranging from startups to Fortune 500 enterprises,” said Michel Besner, President & CEO of Ryma. “We are very happy to be partnering with them to build on what is already the industry’s leading product management solution, and positively impacting the lives of product managers around the world.”
The 280 Group’s Optimal Product Process is their product lifecycle management process and methodology that was developed by a team of experts with over 150 years of combined product management experience. The Process supports the Association of International Product Marketing & Management’s seven-phase worldwide-standard product lifecycle with corresponding training, certifications and templates that covers everything a company or team needs in order to create products that delight customers and maximize revenues and profitability.
With the FeaturePlan add-on, users of the Optimal Product Process will be able to leverage its strengths through an integrated product management solution that also serves as a central knowledge base that stores all product-related information, aligns stakeholders and facilitates collaboration. Users can start with the Microsoft Office templates in the Product Management LifeCycle toolkit to implement the Optimal Product Process, or they can go straight to FeaturePlan for an effective software-based solution.
“Since 1998, it’s been our primary focus to help companies deliver and market great new products and achieve excellence in product management and product marketing,” said Brian Lawley, CEO and Founder of the 280 Group. “By partnering with Ryma, not only are we aligning ourselves with like-minded individuals, but we are helping to put an industry-leading solution in the hands of our customers so they can fully leverage our methodology.”
In addition, the 280 Group is joining the Ryma Affiliate Partner Program, which will see both parties combine on a number of joint-marketing activities. Pricing and availability for the 280 Group’s Optimal Product Process™ for FeaturePlan software will be announced at a future date. For more information, contact sales@rymatech.com.
About The 280 Group
The 280 Group LLC provides Product Marketing and Product Management Consultants,
Contractors, Training, Certification, Books and Templates to help companies define, launch and market breakthrough new products. The 280 Group was founded in 1998 by Brian Lawley, a veteran marketing professional in Silicon Valley with over 25 years of Product Management and Product Marketing experience including holding positions as Product Manager for the MacOS Human Interface at Apple, Director of Java tools at Symantec and Director of Product Marketing at Whistle Communications (acquired by IBM). For more information, please visit http://www.280group.com.
About Ryma Technology Solutions Inc.
Founded in 2000, Ryma is a leader in product management solutions – developing and selling processes, expertise and tools that enable our customers to develop better products. Our award-winning software solution FeaturePlan™ simplifies the implementation of any product management process and is used by industry-leading companies, such as: ADP, BMC Software, Camstar, EMC, GE Healthcare, NetApp, Sage and Trend Micro. For more information, visit http://www.rymatech.com.
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