I have to admit I have not heard of Lagotek, it looks like a PC based home control / automation system. From looking at the website it seems like they have wall mounted LCD touch screens and they are working with Niveus to show off some pretty high end Media Center Systems
PRESS RELEASE
LAGOTEK and NIVEUS MEDIA team up FOR ibs 2008
Leading-edge automation and award-winning Media Center bundle presents elegant whole-home entertainment and control solution.
Orlando, FL – IBS 2008 – February 13-16th – Booth W4549 – Making their first appearance together, Lagotek and Niveus Media have joined forces at the 2008 International Builders’ Show (IBS) to demonstrate the ultimate whole home control and entertainment solution. Combining a Niveus Media Center with Lagotek’s wireless home automation present the homeowner with an intuitive and eco-friendly system to manage both the entertainment and environment control throughout the whole home.
Lagotek provides reliable high-performance control and automation solutions for both new construction and retrofit applications. The company delivers a comprehensive yet low-cost platform for controlling all aspects of the home, including audio and video, lighting, security, irrigation, and HVAC. The flagship wireless Home Intelligence Platform (HIP) open architecture allows Lagotek to integrate with premier brands, such as Niveus Media. Coupled with the HIP100 intelligent touch screen panels, the HIP platform presents a simple and intuitive user interface that gives customers access to all the functionality of their home and enables energy saving capabilities through the sophisticated management of climate and lighting.
Best known for the award-winning line Media Servers, Extender devices, and storage solutions, Niveus Media has been deeply rooted within the custom install channel since their inception in 2002 and is proud to be making their builder market debut at IBS 2008 with Lagotek. “We are always looking for mediums to enhance the Niveus Entertainment Experience,” begins Tim Cutting, CEO and Co-Founder, Niveus Media. “Lagotek’s solution presents the innovative functionality that we recognize as a value to our customer base; the ability to control the house at the macro level through Lagotek Modes integrated into the Media Center experience is a very compelling and differentiating feature.”
At IBS, Niveus will be promoting the newest addition to their line of high-performing digital entertainment solutions, the Sierra Edition, an energy efficient and award-winning Media Server designed exclusively for volume integrators and homebuilders. Lagotek will demonstrate how its Home Intelligence Platform (HIP) products can effectively interface with Niveus’ Media Centers to enhance the experience while creating a distinctive digital ecosystem in the home. Using Lagotek, home owners can control their home systems directly from Media Center; see live streams from video cameras installed throughout the house and use Lagotek Modes to adjust the home setting with the touch of a button.
Based on Windows Vista® Home Premium featuring Windows® Media Center, Sierra is a scalable and energy efficient Media Server that offers users a simple way to access, store, manage, and distribute digital content throughout the home. A CES Innovations 2008 Design and Engineering Awards Honoree, Sierra offers the functionality, performance, and reliability for which Niveus is recognized, in a low power consuming (less than 180W) and compact form factor (just over 1U). Boasting uncompromised processing power, Sierra is built with the lower power, energy efficient Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Mobile Processor and Mobile Intel® GM965 Express Chipset for breakaway performance, in a compact design.
Lagotek President Ron Risdon concludes, “Pairing Niveus Media Servers with Lagotek’s HIP platform provides homebuilders with a comprehensive yet intuitive system to maximize the potential of a whole-home entertainment environment. With Lagotek’s “Modes”, users will be able to configure their ideal settings for certain scenarios; push one button and your lights and temperature will adjust as desired, your TV will start showing your favorite program, or your music system will begin playing the music you selected.”
We are not really a PC based. We have a distributed platform that runs on a variety of devices (our wall mounted touch screen panels, PC, MCE, PDA, UPMC etc).
As soon as you install our software on a device and include it into the network – it becomes another controller for the home.
Feel free to contact me to discuss this further ilyab(at)lagotek.com
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Hello Ian!
We are not really a PC based. We have a distributed platform that runs on a variety of devices (our wall mounted touch screen panels, PC, MCE, PDA, UPMC etc).
As soon as you install our software on a device and include it into the network – it becomes another controller for the home.
Feel free to contact me to discuss this further ilyab(at)lagotek.com
thanks for the update
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