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11Giraffes launches digital signage software for Google Chrome

Charlotte, North Carolina-based digital signage software company 11Giraffes announced it now supports Google's Chrome operating system with its digital signage content management platform.

July 30, 2015

Charlotte, North Carolina-based digital signage software company 11Giraffes announced it now supports Google's Chrome operating system with its digital signage content management platform. The company said it worked closely with Google to build an application for use with the Google for Work platform. A Google Android version of 11Giraffes digital signage media player has been available since 2012. A variant of this Android version of 11Giraffes Digital Signage player now runs on Chrome OS.

Using the 11Giraffes Digital Signage Chrome app, users can remotely manage the presentation of video and audio through the 11Girafffes Web-based content management system, the announcement said. The 11Giraffes Digital Signage app lets users upload and schedule media, create touchscreen interactive applications and video walls, monitor playback, and traffic content to individual or groups of displays worldwide, the company said.

As a Google for Work Partner application, the 11Giraffes Digital Signage app can be deployed and managed on Google Chromebox devices using Google's Chrome Management Console. The Web-based Chrome Management Console is designed to allow IT departments to configure and manage Chrome OS devices across enterprise networks in corporate, education and nonprofit environments.

"Based on our success with Google Android digital signage, adding support for Google Chrome made good business sense," said Jim Marascio, 11Giraffes chief technology officer and vice president of operations. "Chrome OS devices provide a powerful, yet low-cost, PC hardware platform for digital signage. And Google's ARC project made migrating from Android to Chrome, then maintaining a single code base for both platforms, very efficient."

11Giraffes Digital Signage media player app is immediately available with Chromebox devices sold through Seneca, the company said. The 11Giraffes Digital Signage app also is available through the Google Chrome Web Store to be deployed via Chrome Management Console. The app can also be run without Chrome Management Console and on Chrome OS devices sourced through other distribution channels.