Tips for Deploying Digital Signage in Higher Ed

Make sure you start the buying process early. School technology purchases tend to take a long time and typically need to be decided by committee which can complicate the decision making process.

“In general most state funded schools tend to need to put it out to bid. They need to get three bidders and keep the system fair and open. From the university side of things, they tend to make decisions by committee,” says Cahoy. “I’m not necessarily saying thats a bad thing because you do want to get differing people’s opinions, but just like anything when you assemble a large group of people differing opinions and debates ensue. That’s probably one of the biggest challenges to getting these things off the ground.”