| Value Comparison |
EScreenz™ |
In-House Solutions |
Delivers messaging throughout the enterprise
EScreenz™ delivers your communications securely to any computer monitors (desktops, laptops, large displays) that you target throughout your enterprise.
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Yes |
Maybe |
Multiple messages to users/user groups
You can author slide shows containing any number of slides to communicate your messages.
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Yes |
Maybe |
Allows different messages to targeted users/user groups
Each slide show is published to either all EScreenz™ displays or to displays within specific groups of people or computers.
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Yes |
No |
Quick View - One click. No waiting.
Quick View is accessed via the EScreenz™ desktop tray icon. Users click and view slides on demand to the see your latest news!
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Yes |
No |
Set length of time for each individual message
You create slide shows with your individual messages on separate slides. Since some messages are very short and some are longer, EScreenz™ lets you set the display time for each slide.
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Yes |
No |
Uses Active Directory to identify users/user groups
Most medium size and large organizations already use Active Directory within their businesses. EScreenz™ communicates securely with Active Directory and uses Active Directory Groups as the basis for distribution of slide shows.
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Yes |
No |
Secure Approval/Workflow
EScreenz™ has multiple administrative roles: Authors (create slide shows), Publishers (create and publish slide shows), and Administrators (create, publish and designate who is set up in any of these roles).
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Yes |
No |
Scheduled Publication/Removal of Slide Shows
EScreenz™ makes it easy for you to schedule when each group will see each slide show and automatically delivers them to each group on a particular date and time. Then it automatically removes the slide shows on their expiration dates.
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Yes |
No |
Central Management of Content
EScreenz™ includes an easy-to-use, secure website that your authorized individuals use to manage the messages your organization needs.
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Yes |
Manual only |
Urgent! Messaging Feature
An Urgent Notification can be conveyed throughout the enterprise in minutes when the situation calls for it.* Your authorized staff uses this feature to:
1. Compose a short message
2. Select target group(s) for the urgent message
3. Send the urgent message
*The message is displayed within seconds on all desktops and does not disappear until a user clicks the Close button.
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Yes |
No |
Messaging Preview
EScreenz™ provides the capability to preview each slide show. Homegrown solutions may be able to preview some specific imagesbut not in different contexts and multiple slide shows.
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Yes |
Maybe |
Create messaging using PowerPoint (or any graphic application)
Easily upload PowerPoint presentations to EScreenz™ for secure distribution to target groups. EScreenz™ also supports distribution of messages created in any other publishing software that saves files as JPG, PNG or GIF.
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Yes |
Maybe |
Easy to manage multiple slide shows
EScreenz™ understands that different messages will be needed. It manages all slide shows and keeps track of the steps of creating, publishing and archiving of slide shows.
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Yes |
No |
Interactive Content (Multimedia Ready, Embedded Links)
EScreenz™ makes corporate communications as interactive as the web itself. An EScreenz™ message can actually be made “clickable”. The end user can choose to go to any designated URL for more information, even to the correct place in your own intranet site! That extensibility can be invaluable in getting end users appropriate meaningful information when a single image isn’t enough. The possibilities of using audio and video are particularly appealing.
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Yes |
No |
Forms. Surveys.
Yes. This truly means that employees can fill out forms on the screen saver itself, including surveys. If the situation warranted, corporate communications could ‘lock down’ a computer until the form was actually completed. That’s just how powerful Escreenz™ is.
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Yes |
No |
Enterprise Scalability
EScreenz™ is designed to support organizations of all sizes. Storage and distribution of slide shows is handled intelligently behind the scenes to use very little bandwidth on your network. Slide shows are cached on individual computers so that they are only downloaded once and can be displayed any number of times without being downloaded again.
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Yes |
No |
Archived Slide Show Management
You can easily view which slide shows are being created, approved, published and archived.
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Yes |
No |
Usage Reports
EScreenz™ keeps track of slide shows on each machine and provides a variety of customizable reports to keep you informed of message distribution.
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Yes |
No |
Support and continued development by Entre Computer Services
Entre Computer Services has been supporting customers for over 25 years. We are committed to support your needs today with EScreenz™, and will continue development for even more capability in the years to come. |
Yes |
No |