Meedio and Global Caché Form Alliance To Enable Smart Home Networks

Aug 17, 2005 8:00 AM

Home automation software developer Meedio and Global Caché, a provider of hardware that network-enables devices in homes and businesses, have announced an agreement to work together to deliver and promote compatible products that address the fast-growing home automation and control market.

Meedio provides a suite of software applications to manage and control home entertainment, information, and automation systems using customizable graphical interfaces that run on TVs, PCs, touchscreens, and wireless PDAs. By combining the convenience and simplicity of the TV with the power and flexibility of the personal computer, Meedio has created a new way to access virtually any kind of information and entertainment from the living room couch. Meedio products allow users to control lights, appliances, telephone, heating/cooling, security systems, and any other electronic device from a single interface.

Global Caché's award-winning GC-100 network adapter is designed to IP-enable existing hardware, bringing Ethernet connectivity to equipment that otherwise could not be accessed over a network. The first of its kind, the GC-100 is an essential enabling piece, connecting networks to infrared (IR), serial (RS-232), and digital I/O relay devices so they can be accessed and managed simply and inexpensively by network-based software. Additionally, Global Caché offers the award-winning GC-IRL IR Learner, full-spectrum sensors, and other network connectivity products.

Walt Keller, Global Caché president, says, "[The partnership] delivers a powerful, but simple and cost-effective solution that addresses a real need in today's home environment. We're very pleased to be partnering with Meedio. Their quality software solution based on open systems, and our open standards-based hardware is an excellent fit. Combine that with both companies' commitment to assuring that our products work together seamlessly, and we believe our mutual customers will benefit greatly with this alliance."

Meedio CEO, Victor Koosh says, "This is the kind of partnership we like. Global Caché products have great synergy with ours and can address one of the fastest-growing segments of the home automation and control market: the guy next door. No longer are the convenience, energy savings, and just plain fun aspects of home control available to just the wealthy. Today, thanks to alliances like this, anyone can enjoy the benefits of a digital home."

For more information on the partnership, visit www.meedio.com or www.globalcache.com.