| Value Comparison |
EScreenz™ |
In-House Solutions |
Delivers messaging throughout the enterprise
EScreenz™ delivers your communications securely to any computer monitors (desktops, laptops, projection and flat panel displays) that you target throughout your enterprise.
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Yes |
Maybe |
Multiple messages to users/user groups
You can author slide decks 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 deck is published to either all EScreenz™ displays, or to displays within specific groups of people or computers.
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Yes |
No |
Set length of time for each individual message
You create slide decks with your individual messages on separate slides. Since some messages are very short “Wash your hands” 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 decks.
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Yes |
No |
Secure Approval/Workflow
EScreenz™ has multiple administrative roles including Content Author (people who create slide decks), Publishers (who can create and publish slide decks), and Administrators (who can control who is set up in any of these roles).
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Yes |
No |
Scheduled Publication/Removal of Slide Decks
EScreenz™ makes it easy for you to schedule when each group will see each slide deck, and automatically delivers it to each group on a particular date and time. Then it automatically removes the slide decks on their expiration date.
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Yes |
No |
Central Management of Content
EScreenz™ includes an easy to use secure web site that your authorized individuals use to manage the messages your organization needs.
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Yes |
Manual only |
Urgent! Messaging Feature
An urgent message 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 in the content server
2. Select target group(s) for the urgent message
3. Send the urgent message
*The message is displayed within a few seconds on all desktops, and does not disappear until a specific user action occurs, such as “Click here to close”.
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Yes |
No |
Messaging Preview
EScreenz™ provides the capability to preview each slideshow. Homegrown solutions may be able to preview some specific images, but not in different contexts and multiple slideshows.
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Yes |
Maybe |
Create messaging using PowerPoint (or any graphic application)
PowerPoint users can easily upload their PowerPoint presentations to the EScreenz™ for secure distribution to target groups. EScreenz™ also supports distribution of messages create in any other publishing software.
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Yes |
Maybe |
Easy to manage multiple slide decks
EScreenz™ understands that different messages will be needed. It manages all slide decks and keeps track of the steps of creating, publishing, and archiving of slide decks.
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Yes |
No |
Interactive Content (Multimedia Ready, Embedded Links)
Escreenz™ allows corporate communications to make the interface with the end user 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 decks is handled intelligently behind the scenes to use very little bandwidth on your network. Slide decks 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
EScreenz™ keeps track of your slide decks throughout their life cycle. You can easily view which slide decks are being created and 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 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 |