FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 15, 2009

New Mexico State University Installs Potomac Digital Signage

Desktop alert system helps keep students informed and safe on campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico – Gone are the days of placing flyers and posters in campus buildings. Potomac Digital Signage gives universities and colleges the ability to instantly update students and faculty about events throughout the campus. Ideal for all areas, from athletic departments to campus security, Potomac can keep an entire campus informed, simply and instantly. The program allows users to create, manage and schedule content online, which is then displayed on TV monitors or interactive kiosks.

One of the highlights of the program is the desktop alert feature. In the event of a campus emergency, an alert can be posted in Potomac’s system, which is then instantly seen on every campus computer and Potomac monitor.

For Norice Lee, department head of access services at NMSU, Potomac’s desktop alert was a key feature in her pitch to add Potomac to the university’s libraries.

“Campus security and safety is vitally important, especially in light of recent events,” Lee said. “Potomac’s alert system was a big plus when I approached the administration about installing the program.”

The administration agreed to purchase Potomac, and Interface installed a Potomac Enterprise Manager and two Potomac monitors a year ago.

“For what it does, Potomac is really affordable,” Lee said. “Plus it’s expandable, so a university can purchase the program and then add to it as money becomes available.”

Created by Interface Electronics, Potomac is built using a Linux or Windows-based platform, depending on the customer’s need. A central enterprise manager is installed at the main location, which controls all associated monitors. Potomac is Web based, making database management simple and accessible online, yet still secure. Multiple file types can be entered into the system at any time, without disrupting the current display. Users can schedule a date and time to display each message or “slide”, allowing content to run only on certain days of the week, in the future, or archived as expired but still available in inventory for reference or future use.

Lee uses the Potomac as a promotional tool in the libraries – promoting programs and services as well as displaying general information such as library hours, schedule changes and more.

“We have three people as well as a tech person that update information, and I really like how easy it is to update,” she said. “After one lesson, I was able to add content.

“Potomac is more than just digital signage. It’s a system that allows for programming to occur across campus. At the university level, it gives us the ability to cross promote. If there was a great theatre program or sports event, we could feature that in the library and vice versa. You don’t really have the ability to do that with a one-dimensional system.”

About Interface Electronics

Interface Electronics Inc. was founded in 1986 as a custom cable assembly house. Since then, the Duluth, Georgia-based company has expanded into network technologies and digital signage software, building on its strength of listening to what the marketplace wants and delivering before the competition does. Interface also provides products such as the Cone of Silence, PCReservation and LPT:One from Envisionware, all of which service the education market.

In 2004, Interface began developing the Potomac Digital Signage System and currently has more than 200 systems installed across the United States. Interface believes that the functionality of this product paired with customers’ visions will create unlimited opportunities.

About New Mexico State University

A comprehensive land-grant institution of higher learning, New Mexico State University was founded in 1888 as an agricultural college and preparatory school. Dedicated to teaching, research and service at the undergraduate and graduate levels, NMSU is a NASA Space Grant College, a Hispanic-serving institution and is home to the only Honors College in New Mexico.