FUZE Media Systems Contact:                                               Lagotek Contact:

Ted Archer                                                                               Ilya Billig

Director of Marketing                                                                Vice President, Business Development

408.363.8090 x24                                                                   425.941.8966

media@fuzeav.com                                                                  ilyab@lagotek.com

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

 

FUZE Partners with Lagotek on Media and Control Solution

 

New Partnership Focused on Delivering Whole-Home Solution for Homebuilders

 

San Jose, Calif., November 5, 2007 – FUZE Media Systems, a leader in reliable whole-home media distribution, and Lagotek, a leading provider of home automation solutions to the homebuilder channel, today announced that they have entered into agreement for joint product and market development.  The companies aim to deliver the homebuilding industry’s first complete whole-home media and home automation solution.

 

The companies will leverage existing products but enable Lagotek’s Home Intelligence Platform to interface with the FUZE Media System.  The resulting solution will enable homebuilders to install both whole-home control and media solutions, utilizing the simplicity of Lagotek’s HIP100 control panel for both control and media functions.  While both companies’ systems can be installed jointly today, this integration will provide the end user with an integrated, unified interface and control mechanism that leverages the power of Lagotek’s whole home automation and FUZE’s easy-to-use media system.

 

Bob Silver, VP of Sales & Marketing at FUZE Media Systems, noted that the partnership would bring a more complete solution for the homebuilder channel: “This partnership is perfect for FUZE and our customers.  We’re a media systems company—live and recorded TV, videos, movies, music, and photos—and we’re not focused on home control.  FUZE’s plan all along has been to integrate with leading control systems.  The FUZE-Lagotek partnership is unique since it will provide dealers and homebuilders with a complete, easy-to-install, and trouble-free media and control solution designed for the homebuilder industry.”

 

Randy Duke, Vice President Sales at Lagotek, explained the value of FUZE’s media applications for his company’s homebuilder customers: “Lagotek has been tremendously pleased with the homebuilding industry’s uptake of our control systems for lighting, HVAC, security, video monitoring, and irrigation.  We are constantly searching for ‘best-of-breed’ partners to integrate with our system.  As distributed whole-home media is a requirement for a totally automated living experience, Lagotek looks to partner with companies who can provide the performance and support that matches our system.  The FUZE Media System is the appropriate choice in a market that is thirsty for an enhanced living solution.”

 

Integrators and home builders interested in learning more about both companies’ products can visit FUZE Media Systems at EHX in booth 1226.

 

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About FUZE Media Systems

Founded by former OnCommand Video executives, FUZE Media Systems shatters conventional notions about home entertainment.  FUZE is the first media-driven whole-home entertainment solution leveraging the power of Microsoft’s Media Center platform.  Built from the ground-up to manage media, FUZE delivers a complete system that stores, manages, and distributes all of your digital media—throughout the entire home.  Live or recorded TV, movies, videos, music, digital photos, and more are all stored and managed centrally.  Most importantly, media is no longer tied to a particular device or a location in the home: Any show, song, movie, or picture can be instantly accessed, anywhere in the home.  To learn more, visit www.fuzeav.com or call 408.363.8090.

About Lagotek

Lagotek Corporation was founded in 2004 with the vision of bringing automation to every home to improve the quality of people’s lives. Powered by dual-wireless technology, Lagotek’s Home Intelligence platform makes the luxury of whole home control available to everyone. Distributed and supported by a network of Lagotek Certified Professional Installers, Lagotek’s system is equally suited for both new construction and existing homes.  To learn more about the company and its products, please visit www.lagotek.com.