PPDS demoes ‘Wave’ ecosystem at ISE
PPDS has announced the official launch of its Wave ecosystem, a scalable and secure, state-of-the-art cloud platform. It is complemented with a dedicated ProStore marketplace for premium PPDS and certified development partner applications, all fully proven to integrate with Philips professional displays, while supporting a variety of use cases across industries including retail, education, corporate and hospitality.
Demonstrated publicly for the first time at ISE on Philips booth, this evolutionary cloud ecosystem, which has been meticulously developed to extend and enhance the power of Philips digital signage, interactive displays and professional TVs with Android SoC, has been the subject of extensive live trials and factfinding meetings with valued partners, developers and end customers situated around the world. The result brings a fresh and future-proofed approach, allowing system integrators and customers to control display fleets of any size, monitoring and controlling multiple displays at the same time, and for developers to easily access unique professional display features across different device platforms.
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PPDS global product manager solutions, Sian Rees, says: “The way businesses wish to control, manage and monitor their digital displays and devices has evolved significantly in recent years, with remote capabilities and digital display managed services now becoming a necessity.
“We spoke with integration partners, installers, developers and users globally about the challenges, barriers and frustrations they experience. It was clear that, to empower customers with the full potential of our Philips professional displays, we needed total solutions that combine exceptional software with the best display hardware. That is why we have created PPDS Wave, a state-of-the-art platform that delivers the latest technologies to integrate, install and maintain our devices.”
Available now in Europe, and trialling in North America and Asia Pacific for official release later this year, the new-for-2023 updates include the launch of PPDS Wave Controller, a state-of-the-art cloud-based remote device management application with flexible subscription options to meet the needs of each unique business, while giving the opportunity to use the platform to all.
In a continuing climate of rising energy prices, Wave Controller will also play a pivotal role in PPDS’ commitment to delivering environmentally conscious, sustainable solutions, while also helping to reduce total cost of ownership with energy efficiency opportunities and extended product lifetimes.
PPDS Wave allows users to use power scheduling for their displays to automatically power down when not in use, for instance outside of opening hours. Brightness can be adjusted intelligently, based on the lighting conditions, again supporting energy savings and extended product lifetimes.
Wave Controller will be pre-installed on all compatible display hardware beginning in 2023, while applications such as PPDS Wave Creator, together with certified premium professional applications from development partners, can now be found in the PPDS ProStore, a brand-new ‘one-stop digital marketplace’. PPDS also announced new ProStore partnerships with Navori, NoviSign, NowSignage, Skykit, and Telelogos.
PPDS Wave Creator, a new fundamental Content Management System (CMS), has been developed delivering easy content scheduling and simple template creation.
With PPDS Wave’s API first approach, both new and existing developers can design and configure their solutions to work seamlessly on Philips professional displays, with the platform allowing for rigorous testing to ensure the best possible user experience.
PPDS Wave is currently available on selected Philips digital signage and interactive SoC displays with Android 7 and above, including the Philips D-Line, Q-Line and S-Line digital displays, the Philips B-Line business TV and the Philips C-Line and T-Line interactive models.
Sian concluded: “With the PPDS Wave platform we have a solid foundation to take our customers to the next level of performance and integrations with our Philips professional displays. Looking forward, we will continue to work closely with our channel and development partners to make our displays smarter, easier to work with and maintain, as well as more sustainable.”
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