Companies keep general employees, customers and guests informed on company business specifics. Broad notifications of upcoming meetings, company anniversaries, training, projects status, and company awards are all communicated via slide shows that scroll from display to display on electronic screens located throughout the company. The most effective information is the information that is extremely accurate and up-to-date. Waiting hours to relay information can severely impact overall company performance, so smart business practices now include real-time information on company slide shows.

BlackBoard, a product from Primate Technologies, Inc., captures real-time information on company statistics and operations from live data sources and display this information on the electronic screens throughout the company. BlackBoard is delivered with an editor for authorized users to add information and displays.

Slide shows can be configured to welcome guests and provide current stock prices and weather information captured from the Internet or Intranet, live news, lightning strike information during severe thunderstorms from streaming weather feeds, meeting times and locations from local databases, along with significant real-time operational data from processes and control systems providing specific company information. Examples of real-time data may include current load, current generation and systems’ performance statistics. Within BlackBoard, each slide may be configured individually for delay time, allowing complex slides with a lot of data to remain visible for a longer time than less complex slides.

The scalable vector graphics (SVG) standard upon which BlackBoard is based is ideal at scaling text and symbols as the electronic display format changes. For example, the same dashboard is as easily rendered on a 15 inch desktop monitor as it is on a 72 inch plasma screen - all without impact or choppiness as the text and symbols are resized within windows. BlackBoard is an ideal solution to keep staff knowledgeable and allow them to immediately obtain and respond to current company status.