Black Box iCompel Wins TMC Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award

Black Box, a provider of voice communications, data infrastructure, and product solutions, announced that Technology Marketing Corp. (TMC) has named the Black Box iCompel digital signage appliance as a recipient of a 2008 Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award.

The Norwalk, Conn.-based TMC presents the award to businesses that demonstrate vision, leadership, and attention to detail, according to its recognition of Black Box's digital signage solution. TMC said it picks award recipients that have brought "the most innovative products and services to market," and cited iCompel as an "outstanding" contribution to the communications industry.

"Black Box has been recognized with a 2008 Product of the Year Award for their excellence in the advancement of voice, data, and video communications," said Rich Tehrani, TMC President and Group Editor-in-Chief. "Black Box has proven they are committed to quality and excellence in solutions that benefit the customer experience as well as providing an attractive ROI for the companies that use them. I am pleased to honor their hard work and accomplishments and look forward to more innovative solutions from them in the future."

The iCompel family of browser-based, networked media players/appliances provides businesses and organizations with a solution for improving internal and external communications through digital signage. Black Box said its iCompel can stream live TV, video, Flash animation, and RSS news and stock ticker feeds, and other Web media, as well as play audio. It enables either a local user or a remote administrator to change information ad-hoc to generate real-time messaging via local access or through a Web browser.

As an integrated hardware/software solution, iCompel comes preloaded with software for assembling and distributing HD-quality multimedia content to digital signs. It includes drag-and-drop tools for playing of stored and live media in multiple screen zones, and menus for scheduling content distribution by time and location. There are no software as a service (SaaS) fees, and updates are free.

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