All Articles Tagged Lifeware

Julie Jacobson | 08/11 05:45 AM, 15 Comments

Exceptional Innovation, best known for its Lifeware home automation system, has parted ways with AVAD distribution and will go back to selling direct to dealer. EI, which generally goes by the name of Lifeware, is best known for almost single-handedly bringing Windows Media Center to the custom installation community. Working closely with Microsoft and investing heavily in the platform, Lifeware opened integrators up to the possibility of running a home with WMC and its 10-foot TV interface. After selling direct to dealer for three years, in 2008 Lifeware appointed AVAD… View this story

Julie Jacobson | 03/01 07:37 AM, 0 Comments

Tens of thousands of CES attendees braved long lines to stroll through the Next Gen Home, a real house (don't use the toilet, though) erected on the parking lot of the Las Vegas Convention Center. The house was a tribute to the convergence of multimedia and automation, starring HP, Intel and Microsoft on the media side, and Exceptional Innovation and Vantage on the automation side ... with kitchen appliances, security, gaming and audio gear thrown in for good measure. It had all the makings of a next-gen experience, featuring the… View this story