BrightSign teams with Ingram Micro

Both organizations are also focused on making it easier for solution providers to go green.

Ingram Micro recently became the first technology distributor to sign onto the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Climate Leaders program. The BrightSign PC-less controllers complement this commitment since they only require about 3-5 watts, compared to 70-90 watts for an average PC and can help users substantially reduce their operating costs and their carbon footprint.

"Our partnership with Ingram Micro provides opportunities for growth--for us and their channel partners who want products that give them a competitive edge," BrightSign CEO Jeff Hastings said. "We've taken the high cost out of BrightSign's all-in-one digital signage solutions and made them so easy to use, even non-technical people can create, update, manage and monitor their digital displays. They cost less because they don't rely on a PC hard drive to play back full HD video and high-quality images. And with no moving parts to fail, our solid-state controllers are also more reliable."