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Rise Vision, Inc. Signs Distribution Agreement with Ingram Micro

March 19th, 2008

news-Ingram-Micro130_thumbETOBICOKE, Ontario – March 19, 2008 – Rise Vision, Inc., a provider of a web-based content management system for the control of digital signage networks, today announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM), the world’s largest technology distributor to distribute the Rise Display Network digital signage solution.

Ingram Micro’s Digital Signage Division offers a unique ecosystem for digital signage vendors and service provider customers. Through this division, resellers can garner higher margins around solutions and services based on existing technologies that can be sourced through Ingram Micro. Ingram Micro Digital Signage Division’s dedicated team provides service provider customers with support, financing, leasing, trainings, sales, and technical support resources.

“We are pleased to be entering into this distribution agreement with Rise Vision as the digital signage market continues to be hot and driving new revenue and growth opportunities for our partners in the U.S and Canada,” said Kevin Prewett, vice president of vendor management, Ingram Micro. “Adding Rise Vision’s web-based content management system, Rise Display Network to our linecard enables us to provide our resellers with a solution that combines real-time content with content management and scheduling, offering end-users professional-looking digital signage quickly and easily.”

Rise Vision, Inc. has grown rapidly within the past year, with installations throughout North America in multiple markets, including education, financial, corporate, and retail. Its web-based content management system, the Rise Display Network, enables organizations to install digital signage systems quickly and easily, with no hosting infrastructure, software deployment, or live data sourcing. By partnering with the Digital Signage Division at Ingram Micro, Rise Vision will be able to extend its reach through the distributor’s large network of resellers throughout the world.

“Ingram Micro is a respected leader in the technology marketplace, and we’re pleased to sign this distribution agreement,” says Ron Levac, President, Rise Vision, Inc. “Our web-based content management system enables Ingram Micro resellers to provide turn-key digital signage solutions to their customers, and Ingram Micro’s extensive reseller network enables Rise Vision to continue on its path of strong growth.”

About Ingram Micro
As a vital link in the technology value chain, Ingram Micro creates sales and profitability opportunities for vendors and resellers through unique marketing programs, outsourced logistics services, technical support, financial services, and product aggregation and distribution. The company serves more than 150 countries and is the only broadline global IT distributor with operations in Asia. Visit www.ingrammicro.com.

About Ingram Micro Digital Signage Division
The Digital Signage Division of Ingram Micro Inc. is the leader in the digital signage market, offering the complete digital signage solution via existing technologies. Solution providers and vendors benefit from the Digital Signage Division as it offers premier support through a dedicated team of professionals. With offices and distribution centers across North America, Ingram Micro’s Digital Signage Division delivers a comprehensive portfolio of products and services to technology integrators around the region. For more information, visit www.ingrammicro.com/digitalsignage.

About Rise Vision, Inc.
With more than 15 years of experience in digital signage, Rise Vision, Inc. owns, develops, and operates the Rise Display Network, a web-based content management system for digital signage that brings live data, custom messages, and riveting content to thousands of displays. The Rise Display Network is a web service that does not require hosting infrastructure; users login from any Internet-accessible browser to update, control, and monitor their displays, or use their smart-phone browser to send critical alerts. Every display needs a message – we believe that it should be as easy as creating that message from the web, anywhere, anytime and knowing that it has been delivered. It’s that simple.

For more information, call 877.538.7473 or visit www.risevision.com.

Contacts:

Todd Hemme

Rise Vision, Inc.

913-538-6988

todd.hemme@risevision.com

Alison Harris

Harris Media Services

207-829-4500

alison@harrismediaservices.com

Digital Signage Software

Eight Business Schools Install Digital Signage from Rise Vision in State-of-the-Art Trading Labs

March 1st, 2008

news-McIntireT_thumbSHAWNEE, KS – March 1, 2008 – Rise Vision, Inc., a provider of web-based content management software for control of digital signage networks, announces that it is outfitting eight more business schools with digital signage solutions for their campus-based financial trading labs. These facilities are a fast-growing feature among business schools, as they offer real-life “Wall Street” experience that provides students with a post-graduate hiring advantage in financial services careers. Rise Vision, Inc. has worked with more than 100 business schools to deploy the technology they need to build a financial trading lab, including LED stock tickers, large format LCD displays, and financial quotes and headline news to create a dynamic financial atmosphere.

  • Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA deployed a unique 47-foot LED ticker on an elliptical curve to create a focal point for the four-story atrium of its new building, Snead Hall. The custom ticker attracts attention to the high-tech capital markets center, which faces the atrium through large windows that run along the curve below the ticker.
  • McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA installed a 284-foot stock ticker, giving them the distinction of having the longest LED ticker display in a US business school. The custom ticker wraps around two trading rooms and displays financial quotes and headline news.
  • University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee mounted two 46-inch LCD screens that display the latest market updates, as well as a 70-foot ticker that wraps around three walls in the trading lab.
  • University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware built a trading room that features three 65-inch LCD screens that function as one large video wall, with a 33-foot ticker installed above them. Another 36-foot long ticker and 65-inch LCD screen in the hallway draw attention to the new room.
  • Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI built its first financial trading lab several years ago, with two 40-inch LCD screens and a 10-foot LED ticker. In January, the trading room moved to a new facility, and added a three-foot by six-foot LED wallboard to its installation.
  • New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, NM installed a 21-foot ticker and two 46-inch LCDs in a custom wooden enclosure in its newly remodeled lobby, along with two 46-inch LCDs inside a financial trading room.
  • Spring Arbor University in Spring Arbor, MI outfitted its new financial trading lab with a 40-inch LCD, a 57-inch LCD, a 12-line-by-48 character LED wallboard, a 50+ foot LED ticker, and a four-zone world clock to create a high-tech learning center.
  • Washburn University in Topeka, KS has expanded its digital display system to include four LED tickers and six 46-inch NEC LCD displays throughout the hallways and classrooms in the school of business.

To receive a copy of the white paper published by Rise Vision about deploying a financial trading lab in a business school environment, contact Ryan Cahoy at rjc@risevision.com. The white paper details steps in the process, from finding funding to getting results. Included in the paper is information from a survey conducted of business schools that have deployed financial trading labs on campus.

About Rise Vision, Inc.
Rise Vision, Inc. owns, develops, and operates the Rise Display Network, a web-based content management system for digital signage that brings live data, custom messages, and riveting content to thousands of displays. The Rise Display Network is a web service that does not require hosting infrastructure; users login from any Internet-accessible browser to update, control, and monitor their displays, or use their smart-phone browser to send critical alerts. Every display needs a message – we believe that it should be as easy as creating that message from the web, anywhere, anytime and knowing that it has been delivered. It’s that simple.

Rise Vision, Inc. was founded in 1992 and has offices in Shawnee, KS USA and Etobicoke, ON Canada. For more information, call 877.538.7473 or visit www.risedisplay.com.

Contacts:

Todd Hemme

Rise Vision, Inc.

913-538-6988

todd.hemme@risevision.com

Alison Harris

Harris Media Services

207-829-4500

alison@harrismediaservices.com

Digital Signage Software