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Florida Institute of Technology adds Harris DOOH network

June 13, 2011

Harris Corp., an international communications and information technology company, announced today that it is deploying a campus-wide digital out-of-home network to help deliver information to students and faculty at Florida Institute of Technology, a Tier 1 ranked university with approximately 9,000 students.

FIT developed the DOOH network to simplify how various departments communicate on the campus, including dining hall menus and general information. The university expects to deploy nearly 100 signs that deliver targeted content to elevators, lobbies, walkways and other commons areas, according to the announcement from Harris.

The DOOH solution, powered by the Harris InfoCaster DOOH suite, provides FIT with a comprehensive creation, network management and content playout system offering a flexible toolset and automated capabilities for multiple users and departments.

"A variety of content owners and producers from across the campus were looking to simplify the way they delivered news, entertainment and information to the public," FIT Associate Director of Instructional Technologies Jody Bagdonas said in the release. "The Harris digital out-of-home solution pulls data sources from the university's central content management system as entered by various departments, such as menu board information for dining services. We wanted each department to use their existing data entry methods and then repurpose that data on the signage system."

According to Harris, Bagdonas expects that with the 14 dining hall menu boards now live, the next phase will concentrate on bringing campus news, entertainment and other information to walkways and commons areas. The ability to quickly introduce fresh content is useful for security alerts and other emergency information, while reducing the time, labor and resources spent on producing and posting paper flyers around campus for various events.

Future possibilities for the campus network include automated student services via interactive kiosks and the deployment of Harris Punctuate business software for advertising and network monetization.