01732 759725 19 magazine DISPLAYS Homegrown stack Rajkumar Vijayarangakannan, Lead, Network Design & DevOps at ManageEngine and Zoho Corp, says that to ensure this independence, ManageEngine likes to have control over the entire software stack deployed in its data centres. “The entire software piece that goes inside every aspect of our data centres is 99% homegrown. Customising at every level gives us an advantage over every public cloud deployment because public cloud at the outset is a very lucrative idea, but in the long run it ends up in multiple deviations in terms of data privacy, costs and multiple other aspects,” he said. “It is in ManageEngine's DNA to write our software in-house so that we can control every aspect endto-end. This gives us more leverage to run data centres efficiently and it means we control the data completely. If you buy an AWS machine, you don't know what level of access AWS has to that machine, but with us it's airtight. Everything is owned and operated by us 24/7/365.” At a time when new rules around privacy and data sovereignty are being introduced across the globe (ManageEngine launched a Canadian data centre in January), Ganesan believes that ManageEngine’s approach and ability to host and operate cloud services without reliance on third parties will give it a big commercial advantage. “Knowing how to operate cloud, knowing how to scale cloud, knowing how to take cloud across the world is going to be a big differentiator for ManageEngine. These are things that you may try to outsource, but we believe these are core skills and core expertise. We want to be as self-sufficient as possible.” www.manageengine.com PPDS certifies first content management solution for ground-breaking ePaper displays Look, no power PPDS, the exclusive global provider of Philips professional displays, is adding to the appeal of its award-winning Tableaux series of Advanced Colour ePaper displays, launched earlier this year at ISE in Barcelona, with the announcement of the first fully approved content and device management solution for the lowpower/no-power signage solution. Telelogos software harnesses the power of the display’s built-in Android SoC to remotely manage content, applications and security. Telelogos Managing Director Christophe Billaud said: “We are delighted to be the first ISV to be able to provide a solution for remotely managing the Philips Tableaux range from PPDS. With our expertise in Android development, device management, and thanks to the close collaboration we have created over the many years we've partnered with PPDS, we were able to support this new technology in displays very rapidly. The interest and feedback from our integrator partners and our clients has been hugely positive.” Based on E Ink technology, Philips Tableaux ePaper displays bring new possibilities to customers in multiple vertical sectors by enabling them to display static content in 60,000 colours without the need for any power source. Mains or battery power is only needed to upload content or change settings, after which the 25in (16:9) and 28in (32:9) displays can be disconnected and return to no-power mode. Additional sizes are in the pipeline. The ability to display high quality colour content, 24/7, without power brings new possibilities to customers in retail, hospitality and the corporate sector and expands the addressable market for digital signage to cover needs that have traditionally been met with printed material, while also presenting an energy-efficient alternative to existing displays that are often over-specified for the tasks they are deployed to perform. Possible applications include signs/notices that don’t need to be changed more than once a day or once a week, such as special offers or pricing information, or changed at all (or at least rarely) such as information about opening times. In corporate and hospitality environments, they could be used for way-finding or for identifying different rooms. Restaurants could use them for displaying menus. At ISE, Martijn van der Woude, PPDS VP Global Marketing and Business Development, told Business Info that PPDS was compiling lists of applications for multiple verticals, citing retail as a key target. This is not just because retailers would benefit from the examples cited above and the flexibility Tableaux gives them to place digital signage on mobile shelving/displays that can’t safely accommodate a wired power source, but also because it would allow them to meet their sustainability goals by replacing always-on video displays with an energy-efficient alternative. “Retailers are very sensitive about their net zero goals, so even if this product is not able to do everything they can do with normal video signage, they might decide that their sustainability goals are more important and choose to compromise with Tableaux,” he said. www.ppds.com The ability to display high quality colour content, 24/7, without power brings new possibilities to customers in retail, hospitality and the corporate sector and expands the addressable market for digital signage
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