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RMG Networks unveils largest digital signage platform upgrade in 5 years

Software updates includes more than 100 new features and improvements designed to increase usability, efficiency and security, company says.

July 24, 2015

RMG Networks Holding Corp., or RMG Networks, a provider of technology-driven visual communications solutions, today announced its largest software upgrade in five years. The company said its digital signage software provides companies greater functionality at a lower cost, with a 500 percent increase in scalability. Feature changes and enhancements to the software architecture enable even more efficiency and usability, RMG said.

The new software features eight significant advancements and more than 100 new features and improvements designed to save companies time and money with easy-to-use interfaces, enhanced security controls, increased scalability, comprehensive monitoring, enriched visualization and integrated social media, according to the announcement.

Features/benefits of the new software release:

• Easy Usability: The improved user interface expands content creator capabilities to any user. A modern, intuitive layout offers graduated levels of features and controls with content creation that is scalable from basic to advanced, depending on the user's knowledge and skills.
• Greater Scalability: The software supports up to 10,000-plus endpoints on a single server, a 500 percent increase, designed to lower hardware, maintenance and administration costs for growing businesses. A new communication layer more efficiently moves data, updates players and reduces chatter on the network.
• Enhanced Security: Added encryption provides robust, end-to-end security for networks.
• Comprehensive Monitoring: A new Web-based portal for managing multiple player and server configurations from one easy-to-access location creates comprehensive monitoring capability for users. The easy-to-use portal manages one or many media players, allowing for updates to be configured quickly en masse. Automated alerts offer enhanced proactive monitoring and increase player network uptime.
• Enriched Visualization: An enriched visualization experience adds the ability to collect and display data in new formats including customized charts, graphs, gauges and infographics. This deployment is intended to drive productivity and ultimately higher customer satisfaction and profitability by giving access to more usable information and gamification.
• Integrated Social Media: The ability to monitor social media messaging enables real-time customer service and increased productivity. Internal messaging can also be promoted while leveraging existing messaging platform investments.
• Live HDTV: Live HDTV can be streamed in full 1080p to any screen.
• Enhanced InView Desktop Broadcast Software: An enhanced InView messaging experience provides more end-user controls for optimal employee engagement, maximized productivity and a seamless viewing experience.

"RMG Networks' focus remains on developing and delivering innovative tools that help companies save money and increase productivity via efficient visual communications," said Robert Michelson, CEO and president of RMG Networks, in the announcement. "Beta test customers have been excited by their experience. This software release has something for everyone -- operators will benefit from the enhanced interfaces and messaging capabilities, employees receive pertinent content that's engaging for them and leadership gets greater assurances that their software is secure and within compliance."