Simtrol, Inc. (OTCBB: SMRL) is an innovative provider of device control and monitoring software. The company develops scalable software solutions that give their users cost-effective management solutions for disparate devices utilized in complex environments, including boardrooms, courtrooms, and operating rooms. Unlike past device control and monitoring solutions, which were driven by proprietary closed-architecture hardware-based solutions, Simtrol offers an open software-based approach that incorporates standard interfaces. This means smoother, more timely integration and fewer software/hardware conflicts.
Digital signage is a powerful communications platform for efficiently delivering messages to large numbers of people via display devices such as plasma screens, LCD’s, and scrolling message boards. As technology improves and display prices continue to fall due to commoditization, digital signage solutions are becoming more popular and are being implemented by more businesses in more industries.
By using software applications that enable efficient creation, distribution, and scheduling of content, digital signage is one of the most effective ways to deliver enhanced content to a specifically targeted audience, which in turn results in tremendous value to customers. To insure that the delivery application used to display messages is on and properly functioning, Simtrol created robust device control software that provides an additional layer of functionality and guarantees displays and other devices are operating when they are intended to do so. By proactively controlling, monitoring, and scheduling devices, advanced device control software maximizes the provider’s ability to reach the intended audience and increases the customer’s return on investment in digital signage.
Simtrol’s device control and monitoring solution, called OnGoer, is a Windows-based product that includes a device control engine that performs the “heavy lifting” of command/response processing and queuing. OnGoer also contains an array of tools for remote diagnostics and monitoring, including proactive notification, remote control panels, reporting, and other asset management functions.
OnGoer’s open architecture makes it an ideal solution to be bundled into digital signage applications. By exposing web services through a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), OnGoer can be easily integrated into any digital signage application to provide superior functionality and flexibility. By employing Simtrol’s open and structured approach to device control, devices may be upgraded or otherwise swapped out seamlessly without the time and expense associated with proprietary solutions. If a customer wants to install a new make or model of display, no time or effort is wasted supporting this activity.
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