Beacons are harder to deploy than you think

By | September 15, 2015

The contextual technology has great promise for all sorts of businesses, but a rollout can be very complex

Source: www.infoworld.com

Key to all these uses: An app detects the beacon, looks up its ID, then acts on that identification. Beacons truly are a great idea, but don’t think you can take advantage of them without serious time, effort, and money,Key to all these uses: An app detects the beacon, looks up its ID, then acts on that identification. Beacons truly are a great idea, but don’t think you can take advantage of them without serious time, effort, and money,

Key to all these uses: An app detects the beacon, looks up its ID, then acts on that identification. Beacons truly are a great idea, but don’t think you can take advantage of them without serious time, effort, and money,

Author: craig keefner

Craig Allen Keefner is an industry analyst, content strategist, and longtime authority on self-service kiosks, digital signage, unattended payment systems, and interactive technology. He manages content and industry strategy for Kiosk Industry and The Industry Group, with a focus on kiosk software, hardware-software integration, accessibility, payment compliance, healthcare kiosks, restaurant self-service, and emerging AI automation. Craig has covered the self-service and kiosk industry since the 1990s, tracking how public-facing terminals move from concept to field deployment. His work combines industry research, vendor analysis, operator conversations, standards tracking, trade show coverage, and practical experience with the real-world constraints of kiosk deployments. https://www.linkedin.com/in/kiosk