Life|ware iPhone and iPod touch Interfaces Now Available Through iTunes
11.26.2008
Exceptional Innovation, maker of Life|ware™ whole home automation and entertainment solutions, is excited to announce the availability of our Life|ware client interface for the popular Apple iPhone and Apple iPod touch handheld devices. Life|ware customers can now download the Life|ware client application directly from their iPhone or the App Store in iTunes.
Niles Becomes Latest Life|ware Certified Partner
11.07.2008
Exceptional Innovation, maker of Life|ware™ whole home automation and entertainment solutions announces Niles as its latest Life|ware Certified Partner. The Niles ZR-6 MultiZone Receiver, with built-in AM/FM tuner, and the Niles VS-6 video switcher are now Life|ware certified devices. As a result, dealers can seamlessly integrate Life|ware software and the Niles audio and video switchers.
AVAD Bolsters Integration Partner Program with Life|ware Partnership
10.20.2008
AVAD LLC, America's leading distributor of custom home electronics, has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with Exceptional Innovation LLC, the Westerville, Ohio-based manufacturer of award-winning Life|ware — software that seamlessly merges home-automation and digital entertainment into a single, easy-to-use interface for homeowners.
With Life|ware, AVAD dealers can offer their customers a complete home automation solution that is simple and efficient to install, without requiring a full-time programmer on staff to make all the components work together. Also, Life|ware's ease of use for the homeowner contributes to greater customer satisfaction and fewer call backs, leading to more repeat business and referrals for AVAD dealers.
Life|ware Announces Certified Dream Home Integrator Program
09.05.2008
Exceptional Innovation announced today a new Life|ware™ dealer program that leverages its participation in the Innoventions Dream Home experience at Disneyland.
The Innoventions Dream Home has been a popular experience with guests since its opening earlier this summer. Under the new program, Life|ware will supply Life|ware Certified dealers with consumer leads generated by interest in the Innoventions Dream Home experience. The home has the ability to be a huge potential source of customer leads for Life|ware Certified dealers. Any leads generated will be prequalified by Life|ware associates before being assigned to a participating dealer.
Zigbee Support on New Line of Life|media Media Servers Makes Retrofitting a Breeze
09.05.2008
Cracking the retrofit automation market wide open is now possible thanks to new hardware from Exceptional Innovation, makers of Life|ware™ whole home automation and entertainment solutions.
The Life|media 170 series of media servers provide consumers with a compelling solution which can quickly and easily be installed and integrated with other wireless and "no new wire" products like Lutron RadioRA and Homeworks Wireless, Leviton Vizia RF, CentraLite LiteJET, Insteon, and other forthcoming audio products from industry leaders like Russound and NuVo. They also include 125 watts of digital amplification in a 5.1 configuration, allowing for a full fidelity audio installation without the need to install a separate AV receiver at each location.
Life|ware Delivery Guides Simplify Design and Installation for Life|ware Dealers
09.05.2008
Selling and installing Life|ware™ whole home entertainment and automation solutions just got easier for Life|ware Certified dealers with the creation of Life|ware Delivery Guides, a set of preconfigured packages and marketing materials that drastically simplify the design and sales process.
Each design guide includes customer assessment forms that steer the dealer towards the appropriate package for their customers — everything from basic one-room theater set-ups all the way up through large custom homes. Each package also includes detailed wiring diagrams, a comprehensive bill of materials and marketing materials that dealers can easily re-brand for their businesses.
Life|ware's "High Density TV" Initiative Revolutionizes Distributed Entertainment
09.04.2008
When you take the best possible options for high definition entertainment and combine them into one seriously powerful media server, you're going to need a new name for the experience you create. Life|ware™, makers of whole home automation and entertainment solutions, have done just that, unveiling a new "High Density Television™" initiative that brings in more high definition entertainment and distributes it around the home more effectively than ever before.
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Life|ware Previews Apple iPhone and iPod Touch Interfaces
09.04.2008
Exceptional Innovation, maker of Life|ware™ whole-home automation and entertainment solutions, will preview a Life|ware client interface for the wildly popular Apple iPhone and Apple iPod touch at CEDIA Expo 2008.
Using an iPhone or iPod touch, users will be able to connect to their Life|ware systems over the home network. The iPhone and/or iPod touch then becomes a full-featured remote control, giving the user complete access to and control of all of the home's digital entertainment as well as home control subsystems like lighting, climate, security, surveillance and more.
Life|ware Announces Control Integration with Kaleidescape Systems
09.04.2008
Exceptional Innovation, maker of Life|ware™ whole home automation and entertainment solutions, today announced control integration with Kaleidescape Entertainment Servers.
In its initial integration, Life|ware users will be able to use the Life|ware interface via any device that can run the Life|ware client software, such as the Life|point touch panel, to navigate and select albums and movies using Kaleidescape's on-screen display. Dealers can seamlessly integrate Life|ware software and Kaleidescape Systems.
Life|ware to Preview Version 2.0.4 at CEDIA Expo 2008
09.03.2008
Exceptional Innovation, maker of Life|ware, announces a preview of Life|ware v.2.0.4 at CEDIA EXPO 2008 in Denver. With this release, dealers will be able to offer more customization to their clients than ever before — including custom, animated icons for devices that provide feedback, and personal pop-up messages, along with more than 40 new devices certified as Life|ware Connected.
Life|ware 2.0.4 with Life|ware Visual Project Wins Electronic House Product of the Year Award
07.10.2008
Electronic House magazine today announced that Life|ware v.2.0.4 with Life|ware Visual Project has been selected as a winner of a 2008 Product of the Year award. This is the third win in a row for Life|ware. "We've always known that we have something special with Life|ware," said Steve Cashman, Life|ware's Chief Strategy Officer. "It's just great to have industry experts take a good hard look at our product and come to the same conclusion."
New Innoventions Dream Home Presents Tomorrow's Connected Lifestyle Today at Disneyland Resort
06.17.2008
The Innoventions Dream Home — a technological wonder made possible through the combined imaginations of Microsoft, HP, Life|ware, homebuilder Taylor Morrison and Disney — began limited previews on June 17. This all-star partnership formed a five-year alliance to create an amazing showcase of advanced, integrated technology for the home that will educate and inspire Disneyland guests as the experience brings to life the latest innovations in 21st century living, in the immersive storytelling experiences for which Disney is known.
Life|ware Connects Current and Future Technology at Innoventions Dream Home in Disneyland
06.16.2008
Life|ware™ is excited to announce its participation in the new Innoventions Dream Home at the Disneyland Resort, a technology showcase built in partnership with Disney, Microsoft, HP and homebuilder Taylor Morrison. Life|ware showcases a variety of existing products and emerging technologies within the Dream Home, enabling guests to interact with each piece and imagine how technology might enhance digital living experiences in their own homes.
Fun Facts: Innoventions Dream Home in Disneyland
06.16.2008
Fun facts about the new Innoventions Dream Home at Disneyland, powered by Life|ware.
Innoventions Dream Home Invites Guests to Experience the Future Today
06.16.2008
Imagine a home so perfectly attuned to the needs of a family that it can anticipate and fulfill them, virtually without anyone lifting a finger. Now imagine that the home offers family members high-tech connectivity, not just with one another but with people, entertainment and information in the world at large. Guests at Disneyland can soon do more than imagine it. Beginning June 17, the Innoventions Dream Home in Tomorrowland is bringing that world to life as a limited number of guests have the opportunity to preview the home.
Life|ware and Remote Technologies Incorporated (RTI) Announce Partnership
04.02.2008
Life|ware™ and Remote Technologies Incorporated (RTI) proudly announced a new partnership today. Several of RTI's innovative remote control devices can now accommodate the powerful Life|ware user interface. As a result, a homeowner can enjoy full control of the property's Life|ware digital entertainment and automation system and connected components through an RTI device.
Mike Seamons Departs Life|ware, Joins Microsoft
04.02.2008
Life|ware™ announced that Vice President of Marketing Michael S. Seamons left the company, effective March 26, 2008, to join the product marketing team in the eHome division at Microsoft Corp.
CES 2008 Honoree Life|ware 2.0.3 with Life|ware Visual Project Released
12.15.2007
Life|ware™ is proud to announce Life|ware 2.0.3, our latest and best-ever Life|ware software. With increased functionality, more connected partners, and our new configuration tool Life|ware Visual Project, Life|ware 2.0.3 is sure to increase dealer productivity and customer satisfaction. Plus Life|ware 2.0.3 and Life|media LMS 754 are 2008 CES Innovations Awards Honorees in the Integrated Home Systems category.
Life|amenities Enables Residents to Link to Concierge Services from their Televisions
09.05.2007
Life|ware™ introduces the Life|amenities concierge services program for multi-dwelling units (MDU). Calling for dry cleaning, arranging for taxi services and making dinner reservations has never been easier for urban hi-rise communities. With smart-home technology becoming the latest "utility" in new MDU building projects, builders and developers integrating Life|ware with Life|amenities into their projects have a clear point of differentiation to offer prospective buyers.
Life|ware™ Unveils New Hardware
09.05.2007
Life|ware™, the industry pioneer in Windows® Media Center-based digital entertainment and home automation, proudly announces a variety of compelling new hardware, led by the launch of the Life|media™ Servers with Quad CableCARD™ tuners. In addition, Life|ware's Life|media servers, Life|point™ touch panels, and Life|controller™ Web Services-enabled controllers are generally available to dealers. Storage devices and a new entry level Life|media Server will also be unveiled at the show.
Life|ware Ready™ Program Sets Benchmarks for Media Center Consoles
09.05.2007
Life|ware™, the leader in Microsoft Windows® Media Center hardware and software development, has created the Life|ware Ready™ program to rate vital aspects of their own Life|media™ servers as well as third-party Microsoft Windows Vista® entertainment-based consoles. Using standardized testing software and hardware benchmark metrics, Life|ware specialists test each product and assign ratings in an effort to adifferentiate between entertainment-focused media centers and productivity PCs, provide dealers with quality metrics to help them decide which media centers to sell, and encourage Windows Media Center-based OEMs to build more robust and reliable consoles.
Life|ware™ Announces Software Enhancements and New Partner Products
09.05.2007
With more dealers supporting the Windows® Media Center platform than ever before, Life|ware is committed to refining the software configuration process so that it runs as smoothly as our home automation software. Relying heavily on drag-and-drop capabilities, Life|ware's new configuration tool presents a single-step configuration process, making installs quicker and more efficient. Once all hardware and subsystems are installed, the new configuration tool offers a drag-and-drop, "what-you-see-is-what-you-get" user interface creator.
Additionally, NuVo, Russound, Philips, and Sirius Satellite radio all have exciting products that now work with Life|ware. Read all about it, or check it out at CEDIA.
ADT and Life|ware™ Partnership for Home Security
09.05.2007
ADT Security Services, a unit of Tyco International, today announced it will team up with Life|ware™ digital entertainment and home automation solutions to integrate ADT home security systems into the Life|ware digital home platform. Using a simple menu on a video or television monitor, homeowners will now be able to not only control home entertainment, lighting and temperature, but also their ADT security systems at home or from a secure web enabled connection.
Life|ware™ Partners Press Release Roundup
09.05.2007
Life|ware™ partners have made some exciting announcements at CEDIA!
Cooper ASPIRE RF™ New Wireless Control System Gets Top Honors
Philips Upgrades Pronto Remotes to Enable Advanced Two-way Multi-room Control
Russound and Life|ware Partner to Extend Hardware- and Software-based Home Automation Solutions
NuVo's Grand Concerto and Life|ware Make an Even Greater Connection
DSC Offers Web Services Enabled Security System
Exceptional Innovation Releases Life|ware™ 2.0 for Vista
03.08.2007
Life|ware™ digital entertainment and automation solutions announces the launch of Life|ware 2.0. Life|ware 2.0 features an entirely new, Microsoft® Windows® Vista™-based interface and enhanced performance managing a home’s subsystems through Media Center to create a comprehensive digital living experience.
Life|ware 2.0 provides at-a-glance, gallery-style views of home subsystems — lights, thermostats, security, surveillance and more. By replicating the distinctive Windows Vista interface look, feel and navigation, Life|ware 2.0 presents a crisp interface that is intuitive, simple to learn and easy to use.
Exceptional Innovation Partners with The Momentum Group
02.10.2007
Exceptional Innovation and The Momentum Group (TMG) are proud to announce that Life|ware™ has been chosen for all of TMG's Multi Dwelling Unit (MDU) projects, and as the interface to RITA concierge services.
Exceptional Innovation Partners with Custom Builders USA
02.07.2007
Custom Builders USA has selected Life|ware™, Exceptional Innovation's digital entertainment and home control software as the electronics centerpiece for CBUSA's "Partners in Quality" program.
Exceptional Innovation Previews Life|ware™ 2.0 for Vista at CES
01.08.2007
Exceptional Innovation, producers of Life|ware™ digital entertainment and automation solutions, is excited to announce a live preview of Life|ware 2.0 at the Next Gen Home at CES 2007.
LG Appliances Now Life|ware™ Connected
01.08.2007
Washers and dryers are just the beginning as Exceptional Innovation and LG embark upon an appliance revolution that will converge white box goods into a Life|ware™ home network.
Best Buy for Business and Exceptional Innovation Announce ConnectedLife.Home<
01.08.2007
Life|ware™ software for digital entertainment and automation powers the ConnectedLife.Home™ packaged home automation solution now available from Best Buy For Business (BBFB).
Monster and Life|ware™ Partner to Introduce Monster Life
01.08.2007
Life|ware™ by Exceptional Innovation and Monster Cable Products are excited to announce an alliance to include Life|ware home control software in Monster’s home automation endeavor, Monster Life.
New Russound® Smart Media Console Includes Life|ware™
01.05.2007
Russound's new Smart Media Console, designed from the ground up as a multiroom audio-video home entertainment, will also support home automation and systems integration with the inclusion of Life|ware™ software by Exceptional Innovation.
Life|ware™ Finds its First Retail Home at Magnolia
10.26.2006
Homeowners in California will be the first to glimpse what the future of digital living looks like.
LiteTouch Becomes Life|ware™ Strategic Partner
10.23.2006
LiteTouch Lighting Control Systems can now be seamlessly integrated into Life|ware home environments.
Media Centers from Three Different Manufacturers Earn Life|ware Ready™ Certification
10.23.2006
Ace, Inteset and Niveus Media Centers now meet criteria for Exceptional Innovation's "Life|ware Ready" logo program.
Exceptional Innovation Premiers Life|ware™ 1.0.2 Home Control Software at CEDIA Expo 2006
09.13.2006-09.17.2006, CEDIA Expo
The latest version of Life|ware™ adds exciting new features and support for a host of new devices from CEDIA leaders.
Exceptional Innovation Launches Identity Program to Recognize Life|ware™ Connected Products and Media Centers
09.13.2006-09.17.2006, CEDIA Expo
Exceptional Innovation, makers of Life|ware™ hardware-friendly home control software, announces the launch of their new Life|ware Ready™ and Life|ware Connected™ logo programs to call out all levels of Life|ware enabled subsystem devices and hardware.
Exceptional Innovation Launches Full Line of Hardware for Integration in a Life|ware™ Solution
09.13.2006-09.17.2006, CEDIA Expo
Exceptional Innovation, producers of Life|ware™ home control software for Media Center, announces the launch of the Life|storage™ digital media server, Life|vision™ digital television server, Life|point™ touch panels, Life|controller™ Web Services-enabled controller, and Life|link™ Web Services for Devices enabling module to their line of home control software and hardware.
Life|ware™HP and CEDIA Show Integrators the Digital Lifestyle at CEDIA Expo 2006
08.28.2006
The CEDIA Home of Electronic Lifestyles© is produced by NextGen and built on the grounds of CEDIA EXPO 2006 in Denver.
Life|ware™ by Exeptional Innovation Hosts Kid Rock Concert at CEDIA Expo 2006
08.28.2006
Exceptional Innovation joins HP, CEDIA and SpeakerCraft in hosting the Kid Rock concert at CEDIA EXPO 2006.
Life|ware™ Announces Training Schedule, CEDIA CEU Accredidation and Life|ware University
08.10.2006
Exceptional Innovation (EI) today announced 2006 dates for Life|ware Training and the launch of web-based training components at Life|wareUniversity.com. The
Life|ware training calendar includes Introduction to Life|ware trainings all around the United States and Life|ware Certification training at EI's headquarters in Columbus, Ohio..
Life|ware™ by Exceptional Innovation Brings Home Automation Mainstream via Media Center
06.29.2006
An open, standards-based network utilizing Web Services for Devices allows Exceptional Innovation to maximize performance, functionality and stability of today's Digital Entertainment Centers and Media Center.
Digital Delivery Group to Distribute Life|ware™ 1.0.1 Home Control Software
04.04.2006
Deal includes dealer training for Lifeware and HP digital entertainment products.
Exceptional Innovation Launches Highly Anticipated Life|ware™ 1.0.1 Software for Media Center Edition
04.04.2006
Powerful home control solution created when Lifeware 1.0.1 is combined with HP digital entertainment products.
Life|ware Connected Partnership Announcements
Announcing compatability between Life|ware and products from the following industry leaders.
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