Ace, Inteset and Niveus Media
Centers now meet criteria
for Exceptional Innovation’s “Life|ware Ready” logo program.
Columbus, OH – October
10, 2006 - Exceptional Innovation (EI), producers of Life|ware™ home
control software for Media Center, announce three more leading Media Center manufacturers
have achieved Life|ware Ready certification. Life|ware software operates on the
Media Center platform to create a
hardware-neutral control system that allows integrators the flexibility to
choose from the lighting, climate, audio, security, and camera systems that best
meet customers’ needs.
After undergoing a formal qualification process that
includes stringent testing to ensure each unit can meet benchmark criteria and
handle all of Life|ware’s applications, Media Centers from Ace, Inteset and Niveus
all earned the right to bear a Life|ware Ready certification logo. Each Media Center
offers something different in the way of functionality, performance and pricing
providing integrators yet another measure of flexibility when setting up a
Life|ware home control network.
“Life|ware Ready is something our dealers have been asking
for to make their lives easier in identifying the best hardware for each job,”
said Mike Seamons, EI’s vice president of marketing. “These are great Media Centers
that can meet the usage and functionality demands of end-users in different ways
and our Life|ware Ready logo certifies that steps have been taken to ensure a
smooth Life|ware integration.”
AceComputers LHD Limited II and II Pro are award-winning
Media Centers that feature a unique touch screen interface on their front
panel. Inteset's new 3TB Maximus and award winning Denzel media servers are
optimized for home theaters with advanced controllability; media stored on the
server can extend the other rooms in the home via the Vana advanced extender
system or the Julia All-in-one Touch Screen Advanced Extender. Niveus Media
Centers include the Denali, Denali Limited, and K2 Limited Edition which have
won multiple awards and are praised for their audio/video performance and
silent, fanless design.
Media Centers from all three companies will join HP in
displaying the Life|ware Ready logo on their front panel hardware to provide
at-a-glance assurance to integrators designing and implementing a Life|ware
home automation system.
Unlike other home automation solutions that tie the homeowner
into a single-branded, proprietary solution, Life|ware by Exceptional
Innovation is hardware-neutral giving dealers more choices and flexibility to
seamlessly integrate with Windows
Media Center.
Life|ware can be run on any Life|ware Ready Media Center, Xbox 360 or other Media Center
extenders, or EI’s own Life|point™ all-digital high definition touch panel. Exceptional
Innovation’s certification and logo programs ensure that dealers have the
foundation to successfully implement the Life|ware solution.
Logos and images available at www.exceptionalinnovation.com.
About Exceptional
Innovation
Based in the Westerville
suburb of Columbus, Ohio, Exceptional Innovation produces
Life|ware™ home control software and hardware for digital living. Life|ware
creates a lifestyle experience that allows consumers to enjoy their digital
entertainment, wherever and whenever they want, as well as manage their
lighting, HVAC, security, appliances and other subsystems, such as distributed
audio systems, through a single interface by integrating the digital
entertainment functionality of Media Center with whole-house automation and
control. Led by software industry professionals with extensive experience with
distributed computing based on open standards and open architecture,
Exceptional Innovation combines Microsoft development expertise with years of
home control experience to deliver simple, seamless, life-enhancing solutions
for the digital home.