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Navori Labs set to showcase enhanced QL Digital Signage Engine at ISE, DSE

Navori Labs said its new user interface and server platform are designed to 'enhance ease of use across every stage of the digital signage ecosystem.'

January 19, 2016

With two major trade shows on the horizon, Navori Labs has announced that it is emphasizing an improved user experience for its QL Digital Signage Engine customers worldwide. At ISE 2016 (Feb. 9-12 in Amsterdam) and Digital Signage Expo (March 16-17 in Las Vegas), Navori Labs will unveil a new user interface and server platform designed to enhance ease of use across every stage of the digital signage ecosystem.

Navori Labs has created an HTML5 version of QL Manager, the content management system at the core of QL Professional, the company's enterprise-grade digital signage software, according to the announcement. The HTML5 user interface delivers a template and media preview feature to improve insight into design quality, along with a more responsive user interface to simplify content creation and management. Additionally, the migration to HTML5 will support playlist and rules-based scheduling based on meta tags, enabling more effective targeting of content delivery across out-of-home networks, the company said.

The new user interface also will extend usability across more devices due to HTML5's compatibility with all enterprise Web and mobile browsers — enabling more flexibility for users of the Microsoft Silverlight-based, previous-generation user interface, which will continue to be an option for QL customers working on Windows-based architectures.

The company said it also will demonstrate how its new QL Server SDK can serve as the backbone for an entire digital signage infrastructure across content management, distribution, playback and monitoring. The new QL Server SDK allows for management and control of QL Professional from custom third-party software, providing an interface to ad booking, media planning and other systems and applications that ensures flexibility across projects of any scope or complexity, according to the announcement.

The open programmability of the QL Server SDK also is designed to ensure that systems integrators, resellers, network operators and end users can customize the QL user interface according to the customer's requirements and profiles. The QL Server SDK is compatible with both the new HTML5 and Silverlight user interfaces.

According to the announcement, the emphasis on improving the user experience aligns with Navori Labs CEO Jerome Moeri's vision of continuously evolving the QL digital signage engine portfolio based on emerging trends and customer requests.

"With nearly two decades of innovation and a presence in more than 100 countries, Navori Labs continues to build on its reputation for rock-solid, Swiss-quality technology and low total cost of ownership for digital signage," Moeri said. "By focusing on improving the user experience foremost, we have built a foundation to further strengthen QL with new features and innovations for our base of more than 15,000 customers." 

Moeri went on to say that many of the new features will be unveiled during the runup to ISE and the Digital Signage Expo.