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Minicom and Scala demo integrated POP and CMS

May 12, 2011

Minicom Digital Signage (MDS), a provider of advanced media delivery solutions and digital signage network management platforms, and Scala, a provider of end-to-end software solutions for digital signage and advertising management, are demonstrating the integration between MDS' Screengate Management Gateway management platform with Scala's CMS Content Manager.

The integration was recently shown at Scala's 2011 Connected Signage Conference in Philadelphia, and will also be shown at Screenmedia Expo in London, May 18-19.

Minicom Digital Signage's ScreenGate Management Gateway integration with Scala's Content Manager expands the management to all connected assets, from one unique interface. Up until now, with Scala's CMS, network operators were able to manage content and to control and monitor the distribution of content to the player. With SMG integrated into Content Manager, network operators and end users will be able to verify that the content is being distributed from the server, through the players, and is being displayed to the screens.

"By using SMG's patented proof-of-performance technology within the Content Manager, MDS and Scala are offering an integrated solution with a unified interface which will benefit the network operator by a fast intervention in case of problems, resulting in significant reduction of operational expenses and allowing for higher availability of the displays and thereby increased ad revenue," MDS CEO Ronni Guggenheim said in the announcement. "This proof-of-concept implementation demonstrates how proof of performance and instantaneous alerting of problems with any asset in a digital signage network bring an important added value to the network owner/operator."