Systems Integration Asia — February-March 2018

Nortek Security &

Control And Core

Brands Merge

INTERNATIONAL: Nortek Security &

Control LLC (NSC) and Core Brands LLC

(Core Brands) announced a strategic

merger that combines the two industry

leaders' innovation and resources to lead

the smart home and security markets with

a suite of connected solutions and

business programs that create meaningful

opportunities for dealers and distributors.

The combined company, now operating as

NSC, is headed by President Mike O'Neal

and remains dedicated to developing and

manufacturing the control, security,

access, entertainment, and personal digital

health solutions that make the connected

home and business a practical reality for

more homeowners and business operators

than ever before. Anchored by the 2GIG®

security and ELAN® control platforms, the

new NSC is able to offer partners an

expanded range of increasingly integrated

solutions to meet the needs of their

customers.

O'Neal said today, “The combination of

NSC and Core Brands helps us serve our

customers with an unparalleled suite of

solutions for the residential and

commercial control, security,

entertainment, access and personal

wellness markets. Joe Roberts and I share

a strong commitment to our customers,

which will guide the innovation we

develop into our products, services and

programs.”

Core Brands President Joe Roberts now

assumes responsibility for driving product

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serve their connected home customers,”

said Stuart Rench, CEO, Ihiji. “By providing

all dealers with the ability to monitor and

manage thousands of devices, we are

enabling them to detect and remediate

issues remotely – often before a customer

is aware there is even a problem. By

combining with Control4, we can

accelerate our plans to deliver more robust

capabilities to further drive dealers' success

and end-customer satisfaction.”

http://www.control4.com

http://www.ihiji.com

vision across the new NSC company as

Executive Vice President of Marketing &

Innovation.

“The market is demanding a broader

range of solutions that work better

together across product categories, and

this is a major focus of our innovation,” he

said. “In particular,our 2GIG® and ELAN®

integration creates opportunities that

perfectly address the connected smart

home market and the evolving needs of

our customers.”

http://www.corebrands.com

https://nortekcontrol.com

Exterity Eyes APAC

Growth, Capitalises

on Convergence

APAC: “Asia Pacic is one of the world's

most innovative regions, and has

consistently been the rst to adopt new

AV technologies – from digital signage

through to giant displays and interactive

screens. In 2017, we've seen near 100%

growth in the region, which is a positive

reection of our strong, highly-valued

relationships with our distributor, Midwich

(Australia), and our regional channel

partners, as well as our collective ability to

capitalise on the AV/IT convergence and

increasing demand for IP-based solutions,”

said Colin Farquhar, CEO at Exterity. “The

hospitality market has been particularly

receptive to our solutions, for example,

BAI Hotel Cebu in the Philippines now uses

our solutions to offer TV and video

entertainment in each of its 690 guest

rooms, as well as digital signage in public

areas and meeting rooms.”

To support this regional growth, the

company has hired three new members of

staff spread across the region, reporting

into Jamie Hind, Regional Director for Asia

Pacic:

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Greg Bright, Solutions Consultant, Asia

Pacic, based in Sydney: Greg joins

Exterity's Asia Pacic team as a Solutions

Consultant, bringing a wealth of

technology and market knowledge.

Having been involved in large projects

across Australia, New Zealand and South-

East Asia, he has extensive experience in

IPTV, AV/IT, VOD, and Digital Signage.

Recently, he also immersed himself in the

expanding OTT/IPTV industry, adding to

Exterity's solutions know-how across

mobile content delivery, infrastructure

design, and CMS utilisation. An expert in

the IPTV space, Greg is a reliable and

trusted source for designing and

supporting complex solutions. Greg is a

certied Redhat Linux System

Administrator, and has a bachelor's degree

in business management.

Stanley Chang, Regional Manager, Asia,

based in Singapore: Stanley brings

extensive local market and industry

solutions knowledge and experience to

Exterity's Asia Pacic team that support the

company in its expanding hospitality

business. A customer service focussed,

highly versatile sales & marketing

professional, Stanley has 15 years' solid

experience in energy conservation and

management solutions acquired at

InnCom, part of Honeywell, and Interel, as

well as surveillance and ELV solutions for

a wide range of organisations. For the

past 7 years, Stanley's main focus has been

to provide advice, solutions and services to

assist major international hotel groups and

hotel owners plan their hospitality

automation projects without negatively

impacting the guest experience. This

required reviewing requirements,

proposing system options that best meet

project goals, and assisting architects and

designers with device compatibility and

optimisation. A Singapore national,

Stanley has a diploma in information &

technology and is a strong communicator

able to provide marketing counsel to local

& international business managers &

channels in English, Mandarin and local

dialects.

Stephen Tsui, Regional Manager, Asia,

based in Hong Kong: Stephen is

responsible for managing sales and

business development in the region,

working alongside Exterity's partners.

Stephen is an expert in digital media

technology, having spent 11 years in a

regional sales role for Contentwise, D

Technologies, Minerva Networks, Viaccess-

Orca, Verizon Business and more. A