Skykit

Scope Of Work

Adding digital signage was an important investment that would solve a long-term need. GWCC has a lean IT crew, so simplicity and ease of use were paramount in a potential digital signage CMS. GWCC had been evaluating digital signage solutions for three years, but each solution they looked at only partially met their requirements.

In 2019, GWCC met Skykit, a Minneapolis-based Premier Google Cloud Platform partner. After the initial discovery, several IT consultation calls, and demos, it was clear that Skykit could be easily implemented at the convention center, and that users could manage their content with little to no training. This ease of use was important because it meant clients would not need to rely on the IT department’s resources.

Since there are so many screens, GWCC needed to provide its event clients with a simple way to manage their rooms’ screen content. Skykit created a code bundle that enables users to enter data for each screen into a simple template that would automatically populate the assigned screens with stylized information. Code bundles are applications designed to deploy a Javascript, HTML or CSS file via Skykit. That data is then shared on the screen automatically while their events take place.