Digital Signage Software
Digital Signage Required System Specifications, Capabilities and Required Document Submissions:
1. External authentication with LDAP or Active Directory. If LDAP, define your authentication requirements and process.
2. Simultaneous input from multiple databases
3. You will give customers access to an API or SDK for the development of interfaces.
4. Web-based system administration using SSL
5. Capability to administer or change content via the Web
6. Distributed content creation
7. Multiple channels or zones (sources/content) on one screen with separate authentication from each source
8. Portrait and landscape screen display capabilities
9. Ability to set screen resolution by screen or player
10. Publishing approval capability
11. Flexibility to do streaming and local tuner/player
12. Error or outage alerts/notifications. Include a detailed description.
13. Must have player monitoring capabilities
14. Must have system events, client, server and user activity logging capabilities.
15. Must have delivered templates
16. Ability to create our own templates
17. Ability to display an emergency message created by/from one source across all signs
18. Ability to share content from different units on the same display, with each unit
able to manage their own individual display "territory"
19. Ability to continue displaying content without network connection
20. Ability to display default content when the system connection lost and stored events are no longer current, definable by player.
21. Hardware
a. Does not require proprietary hardware - can purchase hardware and software as
integrated unit, or can purchase our own hardware
b. Provide minimum hardware specifications, including video cards
c. Provide hardware recommendations, including video cards
22. Written documentation for technical support personnel. Provide sample.
23. Written documentation and/or CBT for content creation personnel. Provide sample.
24. Licensing must be for all of GA Tech (Site License) or license for up to 200 users is required. If you are not offering a site license you must indicate the number of individual licenses your bid response includes. The license must include the ability of GA Tech to take advantage of all software updates and maintenance options
25. Must work on a multi-homed server. Include a detailed description of ports used for intersystem communications.
26. Ability to run displays at remote sites. (e.g. GT-Savannah, GT-Lorraine)
27. Failover capabilities should be supported in a Windows, Unix or Linux server cluster, or with virtualization technologies.
28. Backup capabilities; please provide detailed description.
29. System must be able to handle these content types:
-advertisements
-bulletin board messaging
-directory
-event announcement
-message of the day
-priority messaging
-profiles
-schedules
-video capable
30. Must be able to handle these file formats: .avi .doc .html .jpg .mpeg .ppt .wmv, .mov
31. Player software must support a tuner card.
32. Telephone, e-mail and/or chat support available during 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Eastern Time
33. Must have capacity for a single server to support at least 500 players, with unlimited scalability depending on hardware.
34. You must provide a price for subsequent annual license renewals including maintenance and updates for the four (4) years following the initial year. The awarded vendor will be required to honor the bid price for the following 4 years. If the standard pricing for annual renewals falls below the pricing quoted on your RFQ response, GA Tech will pay the lower price.
