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.