Customers

Anadarko - The Woodlands, TX

Busy employees stay informed with the help of LCD screens positioned in the elevators of the Anadarko Petroleum Corporation in The Woodlands, TX.  The screens, which rotate quick information about weather, news and company announcements, are controlled by Anadarko administration using Rise Display Network software.

Archipelago - Chicago, IL

For a computerized financial trading firm like Archipelago, having live data available at a quick glance is crucial for its business. That's why the company made a significant investment in LCD digital signage powered by Rise Display Network at two of its key locations, in Chicago and New York.

Auburn University - Auburn, AL

As a world-class institution with an eye to the future, the Auburn University College of Business places special emphasis on both the role of technology and the impact of a global economy. That’s why they've now started using electronic displays to broadcast live financial information on campus. College administrators can make their own changes to the signs' messages using Rise Display Network.

Baruch College - New York, NY

Baruch College incorporates an LCD screen right into their display window, advertising its Zicklin School of Business programs to passers-by on the busy streets of New York City. Using Rise Display Network to control the sign’s content, College administrators are able to serve up an eye-catching mix of market and weather conditions on one side of the display, and details about their program on the other.

Bayer - Toronto, ON

A prominent feature in the call center at Bayer's Toronto office is the ceiling-mounted NEC 4000 LCD display that lists call-related data and shows special company announcements to call center employees. The LCD displays the latest call center stats from a Nortel Symposium switch, mixed with internal messages regarding Bayer products and service as well as employee recognition messages for special achievements.

BC Central - Vancouver, BC

Rise Display Network is also used by many companies to control the content of LCD displays at trade shows and special events.  At British Columbia’s Credit Union Central, event organizers use electronic signage to display both conference schedules and streaming news headlines.

Ben Franklin Partners - Bethlehem, PA

To increase the ‘Wow’ factor in their main lobby, Ben Franklin Technology Partners combined four large LCD displays into an impressive ‘quad’ data wall.  Tiling multiple screens not only attracts more attention, but with the help of Rise Display Network controls, also allows you to control the content of the screens to display information and graphics either individually or collectively.

BMO InvestorLine - Toronto, ON

The BMO InvestorLine Store has a contemporary glass-and-steel decor that is designed to catch the eye and bring visitors in. Central to its impressive visual appeal is a digital display network of four NEC 4010 LCD displays and one semi-circle custom LED ticker that collectively show a mixture of market data, business television programs, and schedules for upcoming seminars.

Brotherhood Bank - Kansas City, MO

In Kansas City, visitors to the Brotherhood Bank can watch information on a digital display while they wait in the lobby.  Rise Display Network is used to arrange the sign’s contents and to connect it to live data and television feeds.  Studies have shown that such signage can help to reduce perceived waiting times.

Capital Group - San Francisco, CA

The Capital Group ranked first in the Los Angeles Business Journal's 2007 list of the best places to work in the Los Angeles area.  Rise Display Network keeps real-time Reuters data in constant view for staff in this busy trading environment.

Careworks - Allentown, PA

CareWorks has adopted Rise Display Network as their preferred tool for managing the sign content at each of their locations that is outfitted with a 40-inch NEC LCD flat-panel monitor.  By allowing multiple users to gain access to its controls through a simple web interface, Rise Display Network gives CareWorks complete control over its displays at both the corporate and local levels. 

Creighton University - Omaha, NE

The eye-catching 40 inch LCD screens are situated very visibly in two of the College’s busiest areas. Two of the NEC LCD displays are ceiling-mounted in a high traffic hallway and provide news, weather, and market updates to students as they pass by between classes. The other two monitors are mounted side by side in a custom wooden enclosure and controlled as one large presentation, allowing the scrolling tickers to flow from one screen to the next to add to the visual excitement.

Crews and Associates - Little Rock, AR

When Crews and Associates moved to a new trading floor location, it gave them the opportunity to expand their digital signage network. They added a 30 foot LED logo Ticker showing the Dow 30 stocks and eight LCD displays focused on showing a television feed, news, weather, and corporate branding and messaging. The resulting electronic display network is not only effective in communicating current market conditions to the traders, but also provides the perfect atmosphere to impress guests and visitors that stop to look through the glassed-in visitors viewing area.

Darden School of Business - Charlottesville, VA

An LCD display in the Admissions office of the Darden School of Business, Charlottesville.  With Rise Display Network driving the sign’s contents, university administrators can inform students about admissions requirements, career opportunities, and any other announcements, videos or images they wish to show.

Dedham Savings Bank - Dedham, MA

More and more retail banks are using digital message boards in their branches, both to inform their customers and to sell their services. At the Dedham Savings Bank in Massachusetts, the bank management has installed a 42" plasma display and a 16 pixel-high scrolling ticker for these purposes. To ensure that the information on the plasma display stays current and interesting to their customers, Dedham Savings Bank uses special digital signage software provided by Rise Vision to prepare and post their own bulletin announcements.

Drake University - Des Moines, IA

Drake University enhanced their campus communications by installing 2 large format LCD display screens in the breezeway of the student union to catch a fair number of students as they walked around campus each day. Their display solution includes two NEC 40" LCD screens, a custom millwork enclosure, and access to the Rise Display Network, an online software system that allows the Drake student organization to add and modify their own on-screen messages every week.

Drexel University - Philadephia, PA

Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business first considered the use of electronic displays when it was designing the LCB Finance Trading Lab.  The College uses Rise Display Network to send the latest school information, news, and market updates to their prominently displayed 46” NEC LCD screens.

East Carolina University - Greenville, NC

The College of Business at East Carolina University is a prime example of a well-established institution that is having no trouble keeping up with the times. The display system that they’ve installed includes large-screen LCD displays, several live data feeds to fill the displays with relevant content, and online access to Rise Display Manager software that allows College of Business staff to design, change and control the content of their own displays.

Fidelity Investments - New York, NY

Rise Display Network can also be used to control full-color LED tickers, like this impressive outdoor stock ticker situated at the Fidelity Investment building in New York City.  Passers-by see the day’s stock prices thanks to RDN’s ability to connect to and display live data.

First State Bank and Trust - Tonganoxie, KS

The two 46" Samsung LCD displays that now inform customers at First State Bank & Trust’s Tonganoxie branch are their first foray into digital messaging. "We wanted to be able to create our own content that would mix with local news programming," said their Marketing Assistant, referring to the Rise Display Network, an essential part of their display solution that lets her and her colleagues design their own display messages and add them to the mix using user-friendly online software.

Global Television - Toronto, ON

A Rise scrolling ticker display showing breaking election results played a prominent role in the network’s “Decision Canada” coverage that evening. The background Ticker, powered by Rise Vision software that the broadcaster needed to control and configure that data as it came in, was seen by three quarter of a million Canadian viewers who tuned into Global to watch the election results.

Guggenheim Group - Chicago, IL

The Guggenheim Group began using display technology on their New York trading floor in 2002. Each location has slightly different content needs but each uses the Rise Display Network to achieve an online digital sign network that allows them to show the appropriate web pages, maps, market data, news, Live TV, and internal information in each location.

Home Builders Assoc. Chicago - Chicago, IL

The Home Builders Association of Greater Chicago (HBAGC) is a not-for-profit trade association representing more than 2,000 members involved in all aspects of home construction and remodeling. The Association provides its members with networking and educational opportunities, and represents them in matters related to government relations and advocacy. To enhance their communication efforts, they have installed an NEC plasma display in their main lobby to greet visitors and guests. Powered by Rise Display Network, the NEC plasma sign promotes association events and training seminars.

HP Press Event - New York, NY

Visitors to this Hewlett-Packard press event learned how to find the day’s events by checking this electronic sign.  Using Rise Display Network, event organizers also added other helpful details to their signage, such as the current time and the top news headlines.

Indiana State University - Terre Haute, IN

When Indiana State University received a grant to build a new computer laboratory for their College of Business students, they decided early on that it would be a state-of-the-art financial trading room, and that digital signage would be a prominent feature of the facility. As they put it, “The presence of the displays really helps us present our message to students and other stakeholders, and communicates that we are a cutting edge business school.”

ING DIRECT - Chicago, IL

The new Chicago café features a series of seven LCDs operating as one cohesive unit facing the street, which enables passers-by to see a variety of information on mortgage rates, bank products, or even the café’s daily coffee drink specials. The LCDs are controlled using Rise Display Network, and networked using multi-display graphics cards developed by Matrox Graphics Inc., each of which can control the output of up to four LCD screens.

Ingram Micro - Santa Ana, CA

Ingram Micro Inc., one of Rise Vision’s distribution partners,  is the world’s largest technology distributor and a leading technology sales, marketing and logistics company. In the lobbies and waiting areas of their Santa Ana headquarters, they use Rise Display Network-powered LCD signage to inform and entertain their visitors.

Innovant - New York, NY

A Rise LCD digital display and Rise Ticker are front and center at the Innovant showroom in New York City. The digital displays are used to keep visitors informed. And, we hope, impressed.

JP Morgan Chase - New York, NY

Many a corporate lobby has adopted digital signage to keep both visitors and staff up to date.  Using Rise Display Network to both design their screens and connect to live data, JPMorgan Chase & Co. helps everyone at their New York headquarters to stay on top of current market conditions.

Kansas City Chamber of Commerce - Kansas City, MO

The Kansas City Chamber of Commerce has discovered the value of digital signage in informing their visitors of Chamber news and upcoming events. They partnered with Rise Vision to operate four LCD screens at each monthly event, and they use Rise Display Network to refresh the screens constantly, keeping their staff and visitors up to date on all the latest announcements, which include notices of upcoming events and acknowledgements of the latest Chamber sponsors.

Kansas City Royals - Kansas City, MO

The major league baseball team's motto is "True. Blue. Tradition", but the Kansas City Royals are certainly using some non-traditional technologies to promote their team and feed their fans' love of the game. And at their offices, they're using prominently displayed electronic LCD sports tickers and signs to serve up the latest sports scores, action shots and notices of upcoming promotions to staff and visitors alike.

Lynchburg College - Lynchburg, VA

At the School of Business and Economics at Lynchburg College in Lynchburg, Virginia, two LCD displays are installed to provide students with instant access to news, financial information and campus announcements. In addition to bringing in the data, the LCD displays also help set the business school's facilities apart from other classrooms on campus.

McIntire School of Commerce - Charlottesville, VA

The University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce employs a variety of digital signage solutions to simulate a real-world trading environment for their commerce students.  With the help of Rise Display Network, students can visit the trading lab to get the latest financial news, stock quotes and other time-critical data.

Marquette University - Milwaukee, WI

The College of Business Administration created the AIM Research Room during the winter of 2004-05 to provide a real world environment for its students. The AIM Research Room provides hands-on training using real financial information and market data, which helps students with their investment research and their understanding of financial markets. The research lab employs several electronic displays to display real financial information and market data. One LCD continuously displays CNBC financial news whenever the financial markets are open, and the other serves as an instructional tool and a display for additional financial and news from Bloomberg.

Mellon Bank - Pittsburg, PA

Trading floors are a prime example of the type of environment that benefits most from having information prominently displayed and instantly available. At Mellon Financial Corporation's new trading floor in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, two LCD displays keep the traders abreast of the latest market conditions. The electronic signs show real time bond and other market information combined with charts and tickers for popular indices and stocks. To compose and broadcast all of this information, which comes from a combination of live data feeds and internally produced spreadsheets, Mellon takes advantage of Rise's unique digital display software, Rise Display Network, which features a user-friendly interface and convenient online access to all of their display content and controls.

Missouri Southern State University - Joplin, MO

The Business School recently developed an investment center to give students real-world experience in international markets. To help the School achieve its communication goals, Rise Display Network is used as the LCD sign content management software to control and host the content.

Missouri State University - Springfield, MO

“We wanted to provide a variety of information on one screen to all our students, faculty, and staff,” explained Dick Laird, the College of Business’ Director of Development, about their decision to install an entire network of displays throughout the building. “We also wanted to provide a method to relay emergency information to the occupants of the College of Business Administration.” When severe weather systems such as blizzards or tornados arise suddenly, for example, the College can use Rise Display Network’s convenient ‘Alerts’ feature to quickly type in a message that appears in red and white flashing letters, complete with an audible tone, to let everyone know of the danger immediately. When necessary, they can also switch the content of all their screens from their regular campus communications messages to a full-screen broadcast of the Weather Channel, thereby bringing up-to-the-minute weather information to everyone simultaneously.

Montana State University - Bozeman, MT

The College of Business' administrators use the LCD display to broadcast live web feeds of business news and stock quotes, to welcome students, visitors and special guests, and to display important announcements, deadlines, student highlights, faculty spotlights, and acknowledgements of appreciation to donors.

The content of the NEC 4000 LCD display is kept up to date by College staff themselves. Administrators can access and modify their screen's content by logging on to the Rise Display Network, an online interface where they can add and format their own headlines, messages, photographs and specialized content.

Motorola - Seguin, TX

Take a tour through the plant at Motorola in Seguin, Texas and you'll see pairs of 40" LCD displays mounted back to back and extending down from the ceiling at the ends of several machinery lines. Five pairs of NEC LCD screens are distributed through the plant and networked together to give managers and employees alike easy access to internal stats and messages, as well as additional information about the company's stock price, news, and local weather.

Nebraska Credit Union - Lincoln, NE

This display at a recent Nebraska Credit Union event is a perfect example of how Rise Display Network is ideally suited to let display owners design their own screen content.  At events and conferences that require constant changing of announcements, welcome messages and other details, event coordinators can simply log on to RDN and make the changes in a user-friendly, web-based environment.

NEC Display Solutions - Itasca, IL

The NEC Display Solutions Pavilion in Itasca, Illinois is a special technology center that showcases different NEC display technologies in various applications and uses. Rise Vision contributed the Rise Display Network digital display software that lets NEC control their screens' contents from one central location anywhere on the Internet.

Nec Summit 2007

Another example of using LCD displays to impart timely information at a special event – in this case, at the NEC Summit 2007.  Positioning the display in a portrait orientation allowed conference organizers to show a longer list of events; Rise Display Network allowed them to keep that list up to date with ease.

New York Police Department - New York, NY

The New York Police Department has a custom array consisting of three NEC 30" LCD displays installed in portrait mode, all surrounded by an attractive custom millwork enclosure. Though the new electronic displays don't take up much more room than their old floor directory did, they now display vast amounts of additional information, thanks in part to the LCD display software, Rise Display Network, that helps the Police Department keep its signs current.

New York Public Library - New York, NY

The New York Public Library’s Science Industry and Business Library is the nation's largest public information center devoted solely to science and business. It recently unveiled an impressive Business Information Wall in its main lobby which features electronic hardware, software and data. The signs show relevant financial information such as US and world market news, currency charts, trading activity, as well as information on activities at the library, such as schedules of classes and training seminars. The LED stock ticker provides continuous streams of the latest stock prices and financial headlines, customized for the unique needs of library patrons.

Pacific Lutheran University - Tacoma, WA

The School of Business at Pacific Lutheran University in Parkland, Washington recently installed a large NEC public information display in their new building, the Morken Center for Learning and Technology. With the help of a grant from the State Farm Insurance company, the School not only installed the electronic display in a prominent area of their new building, but also arranged for the display to be filled with content that is relevant to their students and staff. Their NEC public information display features cable news programming, stock quotes and financial data. The electronic display also shows notices of university announcements and special events.

Powerex - Vancouver, BC

A digital signage strategy that has proven to be very effective for focusing attention on crucial information can be found at the trading floor of Powerex Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BC Hydro, where multiple 40" NEC LCD screens are mounted around a single central pillar to create a pivotal information hub that is visible from anywhere around the room.

Prosperity Advisory Group - Overland Park

Prosperity Advisory Group has been helping individuals and families to grow their financial nest eggs since 1989. At their headquarters in Overland Park, Kansas, the company has recently installed several state-of-the-art LCD displays to welcome their visitors and guests and impress them with customized electronic messages. With the help of Rise Display Manager software, Prosperity Group has the ability to design and post their own custom messages and other display content, without the need for additional programming or extensive support. This allows them to post both personalized announcements and relevant live financial data for their clients’ benefit. Said a spokesperson for the company, “Our clients are definitely impressed,”

Puget Sound Energy - Bellevue, WA

Puget Sound Energy is a good example of a company that uses the full range of options that electronic sign messaging offers to modern companies. Starting in 2001 with a simple 6-foot long ticker, Puget Sound has since added plasma displays to their lobbies and trading floor, and additional LCD displays spread throughout their call center and help desk areas. Each display has a slightly different purpose: the plasmas in the lobby mainly show messages to welcome guests, the trading floor displays show the latest Bloomberg prices and futures, and the LCD displays show data relevant to their call center staff. In all cases, Rise Display Network electronic sign management software was up to the task. It is versatile enough to allow the company to craft tailored screens for each new type of display that they add to their network.

Purdue University - West Lafayette, IN

To communicate with students the faculty at Purdue University installed several LCD displays connected to the Rise Display Network. These displays allow them to create graphical and animated messages about upcoming events that are instantly displayed on each of the digital bulletin boards.

RBC Action Direct - Toronto, ON

The RBC Direct Investing Investor Centre is one of the most noticeable storefronts in the Merchant's Mall situated on the subway level of Toronto's Royal Bank Plaza. That's because it's hard to ignore the three LCD displays and two LED readerboards that are so visible through the storefront's glass windows. RBC Action Direct strategically situated their electronic displays to maximize exposure, inform visitors and win new customers from among the tens of thousands of workers and commuters who pass by the store daily. All of the displays are focused on providing real-time market information for the US and Canadian exchanges, to educate, inform, and attract investors. By combining LCD displays with LED readerboards, RBC Action Direct can deliver a very effective mix of financial data and marketing messages to their investor target market.

Rivier College - Nashua, NH

The Center’s real-world trading room includes: a 40-inch LCD monitor broadcasting live world headline news and financial market data; an eight-foot LED ticker with scrolling real-time financial data from a variety of sources, including the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ, as well as domestic indices such as the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) and S&P 500; and a six-foot wide LED Tracker with customized market data.

Roger Williams University - Bristol, RI

In Rhode Island, the Gabelli School of Business at Roger Williams University has installed numerous electronic displays, including five large NEC 4010 LCD and one world time clock, both inside and outside their trading lab. Inside the classroom, three of the LCD displays are mounted side by side to provide an impressive combined show of electronic data that includes the latest market information for currencies, bonds, stocks, and futures, along with Reuters headline news. Above the LCD screens, a world time clock adds an international feel to the focal point of the room, showing times in various financial markets around the world.

Saint Joseph’s University - Philadelphia, PA

Saint Joseph's University asked Rise Vision to connect their displays to Rise's digital signage content management system, Rise Display Network. "We wanted to update the display boards in our Trading Room with software that would provide more dynamic presentations – real-time charting, news headlines, ticker and portfolio displays," said the dean.

Sam Houston State College - Huntsville, TX

Sam Houston State University’s College of Business has developed a one-of-a-kind degree program in Banking and Financial Institutions, which has been recognized in such prestigious publications as The American Banker, Texas Banking, and The Texas Independent Banker. To add realism to the theory being presented in the program, Dr. James B. Bexley, Smith-Hutson Endowed Chair of Banking, convinced his colleagues and key contributors to create a “state-of-the-art” banking room complete with picture book paneling, teleconferencing equipment, wireless Internet access, LED displays, and stock tickers.

Samco Machinery Limited - Toronto, ON

As part of their lobby renovations, Samco Machinery Limited installed a new LCD digital sign in the reception area as a replacement for the old letter board they used previously to display greetings and messages to visitors. Rise Display Network software gives Samco the power to enter and display their own daily messages on the LCD digital sign.

Sandell Asset Management - New York, NY

The larger the trading floor, the more digital displays you need to keep everyone informed. Sandell Asset Management has installed numerous LED and LCD displays in their large New York trading floor to ensure that all of their traders can look up at any time, from anywhere in the room, and have the instant access to real time Bloomberg and Reuters information that they need to do their jobs well. To make sure that all types of data are available and properly displayed, Sandell also employs a mix of different types of digital displays, including Tracker LED wallboards, tickers and NEC LCD screens.

SF Human Resources - San Francisco, CA

Dual displays at the City of San Francisco’s Human Resources offices.  Rise Display Network software makes it easy for city officials to post current job openings and other important announcements.

Southeast Missouri State University - Cape Girardeau, MO

Two new state-of-the-art digital signs now greet visitors near the front entrance of the state-of-the-art Robert A. Dempster Hall. An LED stock ticker showing quotes is mounted directly above the main elevator banks just inside the front entrance of the building, and an LCD digital sign displaying news and announcements is built into the wall just a little further away from the entrance, in another high traffic area. Together, the new LED stock ticker and the LCD digital sign work well to add the desired ‘business flare’ to the facility.

Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville, IL

Recently, the SIUE School of Business decided to boost its on-campus profile and increase its communication capabilities by installing a projector in a prominent atrium area of their main building. According to the School’s Dean, Dr. Gary A. Giamartino, “We were looking for two things: a way to communicate to all who entered our wing of the building that they were now in the School of Business, and a way to bring business news and a 24/7 ‘always on’ awareness of business to our students.” To drive their display and fill it with meaningful and appropriate business content, the SIUE School of Business turned to Rise Vision ’s web based digital signage software.

Southern Utah University - Cedar City, UT

To meet the communication and teaching needs at Southern Utah University, a dual-screen system consisting of two large format NEC 4610 LCD displays mounted prominently in the Lab display both live financial data feeds and custom University-specific messages. The digital signs have had a “great impact”, said Dean Templin. “We have received rave reviews by students, faculty, university administrators and visitors. The displays are impressive and give a lot of information for anyone spending a few minutes looking at them.”

St Johns - Queens, NY

St. John’s University uses digital signage at its New York campuses for two important reasons: to inform its students, and to promote its Peter J. Tobin College of Business.  The prominent signage shows live TV feeds, Reuters stock quotes and special announcements for students, faculty and staff.

Synnex Corporation - Greenville, SC

SYNNEX Corporation distributes technology products from more than 100 world-leading IT OEM suppliers to more than 15,000 resellers throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. An LCD lobby display greets guests and visitors to Synnex's office. The display, controlled by Rise Display Network software, is used by the company to communicate with its employees and guests.

Temple Inland - Austin, TX

Temple Inland wants to keep its employees informed, to communicate the current stock price to them, and to help create awareness about the company's daily performance on the market. The company installed two large 46" LCD displays at the main employee entranceways. Both LCD's are connected to a digital sign network that lets administrators modify and control the screens' contents at will. Along with the company stock price, the displays also include a custom ticker showing all of their peer group stocks for comparison purposes, along with live TV and local weather reports.

Texas State University - San Marcos, TX

The Texas State University – San Marcos crafted a custom electronic display solution that included hardware, software, live data, and access to the Rise Display Network, an online display console that allowed the College to gain control over the content of their own displays.

The RiverBank - Wyoming, MN

When planning the construction of their new Wyoming branch, representatives at The RiverBank’s head office in Osceola, WI asked Rise Vision to help them control their planned displays. The digital display solution that The RiverBank chose for their new branch was an attention-getting combination of large format LCD screens, an LED stock ticker, live data, back-end display appliance, and online access to the entire system using special Rise Display Network software for digital display content management.

University of Arkansas - Fayetteville, AR

If you’re a business student with a keen interest in acquiring real-world, hands-on trading skills, you’d be hard-pressed to find a better teaching facility than the one recently opened at the University of Arkansas’ Sam M. Walton College of Business. “Our new Global Financial Trading Center will enable students to learn how to apply complex financial concepts in an exciting virtual real-world environment,” said Dr. Craig G. Rennie, Managing Director of the College’s Garrison Financial Institute,

University of Michigan Flint - Flint, MI

The content of the side-by-side LCD signs, which includes stock prices, exchange rates, breaking financial news, campus announcements and live news and headlines, is all controlled on campus by University officials, using Rise Vision's unique LCD digital sign content management system, the Rise Display Network. Using an online interface, they can log on to the network from any computer, create their own announcements, and then send them directly to their LCD digital signs. This allows them to keep the information fresh and interesting for the students and staff who pass the displays daily.

University of Missouri Kansas City - Kansas City

When the decision was made to install four large 40" LCD screens on campus, school administrators had them mounted not inside a classroom, but in a highly visible student commons area where students and guests can easily see them. Says Associate Dean Dr. Lanny Solomon, "Although the LCDs display financial data, they are housed in our Student Lounge, which is far from what one would call a financial trading room. We wanted the digital displays to help us market the School in a variety of ways, by showing a mix of school announcements, business facts, financial data, alumni spotlights, general news, and live TV."

University of Nebraska - Lincoln, NE

Recognizing the eye-catching appeal of large electronic displays, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) recently installed large plasma screens in a public study area of its College of Business Administration. While the appearance of the new public information displays attracted much initial attention, college administrators soon found that the appeal of the screens was being limited by their content, which was essentially just continual television broadcasting. "We wanted a system which would also allow us to display a TV news channel as well as our own event announcements and other news items," said Nathan Morris, the College's Technical Services Manager. "We chose Rise (Display Network) because we wouldn't have to create and maintain any templates ourselves, and the templates that Rise offered were much nicer looking than anything we saw elsewhere."

University of North Carolina - Charlotte, NC

On the Charlotte campus of the University of North Carolina the Belk College of Business has transformed an ordinary classroom into a high tech trading room by installing the latest computers and trading software along with 2 large format LCD displays, a scrolling ticker, and a 6 zone world time clock. Together these displays create a unique trading room environment not found in anyother classroom on campus.

University of Texas Pan American - Edinburg, TX

Digital display, powered by Rise Display Network, in the student union at the University of Texas Pan American in Edinburg.  With RDN’s easy to use, web-based access to the sign’s content, authorized staff and students can update the messages as often as they wish.

Via Christi - Witchita, KS

Wichita's Via Christi Health Network recently installed new electronic LCD displays at the center of two of their busiest ‘hubs’. The colorful digital signs serve up a steady mix of external news from live news feeds, and internal announcements that they design and post themselves with the help of Rise Display Network online display management software. Says their Director of Communications and Public Relations, "My team likes it because it doesn’t take nearly the time that creating new bulletin board displays did, much less going to different campuses to put them up and down. Plus, we can run our new ads and get feedback on them. Soon we'll be doing messages from the CEO as well."

Washburn University - Topeka, KS

The School of Business at Washburn University decided to kick-start their electronic communications with 4 Tickers and 6 LCD screens, strategically placed in high visibility areas of the School. The School displays live market data and news on their Tickers, and CNBC, FOX, PBS, and CNN on their LCD screens. In addition, the LCD’s also regularly display an internal web page controlled by the Rise Display Network, an online digital sign content management system that gives students a good way to get the latest University news and administrators an easy way to change the content of their announcements.

Wachovia - Charlotte, NC

The new ‘ticker tape’ sign was an instant hit at the recent opening of Wachovia Security’s new offices in Charlotte, North Carolina.  Welcomed both as a new landmark and as a sign of coming prosperity by everyone from the Mayor to News 14 Carolina, the outdoor LED ticker is powered by Rise Display Network software.

Wayzata - Plymouth, MN

For both hungry students and hard-working staff, the cafeteria at Wayzata Senior High School in Plymouth, MN is a busy place around lunchtime.  To help it run smoothly, the School posted a large LCD screen high up on the wall, where students could see all the menus without blocking any of the lines. User-friendly Rise Display Network software lets Wayzata staff change the menus themselves from day to day.