STRATACACHE announced Scott Oranen has joined the technology company as Director of Business Development, LINQ Platform. Oranen will apply his extensive background and experience in hardware, software and services sales to STRATACACHE's full line of digital signage hardware including media players and indoor and outdoor digital displays, with a specific focus on STRATACACHE's commercial-grade LINQ intelligent tablets. Marketing Technology News: Integral Ad Science Acquires Amino Payments Scott brings 20+ years of…

STRATACACHE announced that Erkki Rajamaki has joined the company as Director of Business Development Canada, leading the country's sales and business development of hardware, software and services across the STRATACACHE family, with a focus on Scala. Erkki has 13 years of experience in digital signage and consumer experience technology, and an additional 13 years on the client side at Loblaws, Tim Hortons and Canadian Tire, bringing in-store retail innovation to market for major brands throughout Canada. Marketing…

The solution is immediately available for clients across all STRATACACHE brands STRATACACHE announced the launch of Walkbase IntelliCount — an occupancy management solution that uses 3D footfall cameras, Walkbase cloud analytics and a mobile-friendly dashboard— in response to new government guidance to limit the number of customers and employees, as well as follow social distancing protocol, in physical spaces due to COVID-19. The technology has been field-proven for more than ten years, in thousands of locations, and is…

The Companies will Bring Global Customers and Leading Telco Providers Scaled Content, Media and Application Delivery Solutions STRATACACHE announced a partnership with MobiledgeX, who is making edge computing widely accessible and easy to consume, to jointly develop advanced content, media and application delivery solutions for the automotive sector on a global scale. As the world continues to change with Industry 4.0 towards being more mobile and interconnected, operators and application developers face increasing…

Leading global marketing technology solutions provider STRATACACHE announced a strategic technology partnership with Hakuhodo DY Holdings, a well-established international marketing, advertising and communications company based in Japan, to jointly develop innovative customer engagement experiences to influence shopper behavior and drive digital transformation. This partnership comes in the midst of a retail evolution driven by shifting consumer demands, which is seeing more…

SuperLumin will demonstrate enterprise content acceleration and caching solutions at Microsoft Ignite, "Microsoft's annual gathering of technology leaders and practitioners." From boosting internet performance to optimizing bandwidth and network security, SuperLumin provides a faster, richer quality experience for online and offline visitors. SuperLumin, part of the STRATACACHE family of marketing technology companies, leverages the most advanced technology available to minimize bandwidth consumption, eliminate unnecessary…

X2O Media Secured Top Tier Customers in John Deere, Verizon, Fox News and Accenture STRATACACHE announces it has acquired Montréal-based X2O Media from Barco. As the global market leader in digital consumer engagement and digital signage, STRATACACHE offers enhanced focus and new growth opportunities for X2O. After its acquisition in 2014, X2O became part of Barco's Enterprise division, which focuses on solutions for meeting and control rooms. Over the years, X2O secured top-tier customers including John Deere,…

Designer Cloud's Intuitive UI Empowers Any User to Create Engaging Digital Experiences Scala announced the release of Scala Designer Cloud, a powerful web-based composition and design tool featuring an easy-to-use, intuitive user interface that enables creation of compelling and engaging digital signage media. Scala first introduced Scala Designer, the PC-based software made for digital signage, more than 20 years ago as part of its core digital signage platform, Scala Enterprise. Today, Designer Cloud is the next evolution…

X2O Media, part of the STRATACACHE family of marketing technology companies, announced today that it has successfully completed Service Organization Control (SOC) 2 Type II audit examination of X2O Platform, a cutting-edge visual communications solution that significantly improves communications throughout the enterprise. X2O Media invested in achieving SOC 2 certification to give their customers the assurance that all critical service commitments and system requirements are in place. "As more of our customers outsource…

Solutions featured in the booth include full range of Scala-branded hardware and preview of cloud-based Scala Designer digital signage software Scala will debut marketing technology that modernizes physical spaces and increases consumer engagement at "the largest AV and systems integration show in the world," Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2020. Solutions from Scala's full scope of marketing technology including software, hardware and sensor-based insights will be on display, highlighting how physical spaces can be…

Scala announced the latest release of its core digital signage platform, Scala Enterprise version 11.07, featuring bolstered software security. Scala, part of the STRATACACHE family of marketing technology companies, has focused on improved security enhancements with version 11.07, including enabling authentication using single sign-on (SSO) and secure password enforcement through stricter policies. This release also introduces four new umbrella features for Content Manager, Scala's content scheduling and management…

GSMA Announces Additional Keynote Speakers, Programme and Event Updates The GSMA announced final updates for MWC19 Barcelona (formerly Mobile World Congress), including additional keynote speakers, participating companies, programmes and events. Taking place 25-28 February 2019, with events being staged at Fira Gran Via, Fira Montjuïc and La Farga L’Hospitalet, MWC19 Barcelona is set to attract more than 107,000 professionals from over 200 countries and territories. “With the anticipated arrival of 5G, this year’s…

MarTech Series Reviews the Top 20 Acquisitions of 2018 That Disrupted the Technology Landscape We begin the New Year with a round-up of the top 20 MarTech acquisitions in 2018. The article is part of the research that intends to shed light on the most-read MarTech topics focused on funding, acquisitions and product launches that were in demand in 2018. While one of the biggest acquisitions of 2018 was IBM acquiring Red-Hat, here are the rest that we found to be disruptive. Cision Completes Acquisition of PRIME Research…

Scala Content Accelerator Helps Ensure Media Players Are Successfully Delivering Dynamically Changing Rich-Media Content to Any Screen Scala announced the addition of a powerful content acceleration device, the Scala Content Accelerator, to their digital signage portfolio. Scala, part of the STRATACACHE family of digital media/ad tech solutions companies, is including the cache server solution to help clients optimize the digital signage experience by guaranteeing reliable, timely delivery of content to media players. The…

Argo Translation Provides Specialized and Professional Language Translation Services for All Industries Argo Translation is offering the CMS Connect plugin, cutting the steps in a typical content management translation by two-thirds and allowing transparency on all services, from the first uploaded document to the project's completion. This automation feature ensures flow from Argo's translation team to a company's content management system, saving time and money while reducing friction in the translation process,…

The Booth Features Innovations from the STRATACACHE Family and Top Scala Partners Scala will feature consumer engagement solutions from the STRATACACHE family of digital media/marketing technology companies at Digital Signage Expo 2018, displaying shopper engagement solutions that feature the intersection of intelligent visual display, consumer analytics and actionable shopper data used to impact the consumer journey. Also featured in the booth are some of Scala's top partners from Latin America, the US and Canada, giving…