SYNNEX Corporation, a leading business process services company, and Microsoft, have partnered to build and power a cloud-connected digital signage solution enabling partners and end-users to create and publish content to an unlimited number of display devices from anywhere in the world through Microsoft’s Azure platform and SYNNEX’s CLOUDSolv portal.

The digital signage market is expected to grow $2.2 billion dollars by 2020, and companies are quickly recognizing the benefits of this opportunity. This scalable solution is applicable across multiple market segments, from small coffee shops and boutique retail locations to smart office buildings and hospitals. The solution offers flexibility without compromising simplicity, while also significantly reducing the cost of managing signage campaigns.

“SYNNEX engineers and designers, working alongside our vendor partner Microsoft, have built a radically simple, low-cost solution that empowers end-users, especially those in the small-to-medium business markets, to seamlessly manage their digital signage offerings,” said Rob Moyer, Senior Vice President, Cloud Services, Mobility and IoT, SYNNEX Corporation. “The Digital Signage IoT Solution couples our engineering with disruptive technology spanning multiple vendors to produce powerful business solutions that solve real-world challenges and drive revenue.”

SYNNEX Sr. Director of Product Management, Cloud Platform and Services, and former Microsoft Senior Sales Manager, Tom Harshbarger, also asserts, “The digital signage solution is a part of the new wave of market-ready IoT solutions we’re excited to bring to our resellers. By working with amazing partners like Microsoft, we’re able to quickly address market needs and greatly reduce the barriers to entry for the partner community. It’s fun and exciting!”

Built on Microsoft Azure and employing PC on-a-stick edge devices running Windows 10 IoT Core, deployment and provisioning of the digital signage solution is automated through the SYNNEX CLOUDSolv portal. This allows a virtually hands-free click and ship delivery. Users can customize and publish their content through the management console, designed by SYNNEX and hosted on Azure, using a web browser on any computer with an Internet connection. The Azure IoT hub asynchronously pushes the content through local Wi-Fi to the plug-and-play edge devices attached to each display via HDMI or USB.

Leveraging the capabilities of Windows 10 IoT, the solution ensures devices are securely provisioned, connected, and managed. The content management system allows users to customize and schedule their content through playlists they create, and then track and manage their campaigns. The SYNNEX Digital Signage IoT Solution is available today through the SYNNEX CLOUDSolv portal.

For more information or a live demonstration, contact iot@synnex.com. To explore other SYNNEX IoT solutions see our SYNNEX IoT Partner Resources Center. To learn more about SYNNEX Corporation as a whole, visit www.synnexcorp.com.