Symon Releases Digital Appliance For Video Networks

Customer Inter@ction Solutions, Aug 2005 by Kalinoski, Glenn J

Symon Communications, Inc., a provider of employee and corporate communications and enterprise performance, workforce and productivity management solutions, announced the general availability of its Symon Digital Appliance (SDA-500). The SDA series of advanced network-manageable products delivers digital signage and a wide variety of broadcast content to visual displays such as televisions and plasmas.

"A major feature our customers will benefit from is the consolidation of numerous broadcast functions into one appliance, eliminating the need for multiple third-party hardware and software products to display professional broadcast content," said Charles Ansley, Symon Communications president and CEO.

The SDA-500 is an IP/Ethernet network-addressable device that can be collocated with the display signage for 24x7 operations. Being LAN-connected enables the SDA-500 software to receive content, scheduling and other instructions from a seamless integration to the Symon Enterprise Server (SES) single control site. Multiple display systems can be controlled and monitored from this central location, including proof of play with confirmation. Each SDA-500 has a large-capacity hard drive for storing multiple messages for playback according to schedule.

The SDA controller is built on open standards and supports a wide variety of PDPs, LCDs, CRTs and projectors with pre-installed drivers, and it integrates with a multivendor networking environment. The SDA-500 supports a broad range of standard screen resolutions.

A wireless option is available for locations where a wiring infrastructure is not available for Ethernet network connectivity. The SDA can control broadcast and digital signage in various applications for the business enterprise, hotels, restaurants, retail stores, transportation centers, schools, financial institutions, manufacturing, distribution centers and more.

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