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Platinum Sponsor Ucentric Systems brings its Home
Networking Platform to CONNECTIONS™ 2001
CABA and Parks Associates, co-hosts of CONNECTIONS™
2001, announced today that Ucentric Systems has signed on as a
Platinum Sponsor, bringing its unique vision of the connected home to the
premier conference for home networks, gateways, and information
appliances.
CONNECTIONS™ 2001: The International Home Networking & Gateways
Showcase will take place on May 9-11, 2001, at The Washington State
Convention Center in Seattle. The
conference will attract upwards of 1,000 attendees. In the Showcase area, close to 80 sponsoring companies such
as Ucentric will display the most advanced products and services in their
respective industries.
“Ucentric’s
patented hardware and software designs are enabling multiple services
across numerous platforms in the house,” said
Tricia Parks, president of
Parks Associates. “This is
the vision – and reality – of the networked home.”
The Ucentric Home
Networking Platform creates a home area network that connects all existing
computers, TVs, stereos, and other appliances throughout the home to each
other and to the Internet. In
addition to providing gateway functionality, the Ucentric system is a
platform for delivering a variety of converged Internet, telephone, and TV
services to any screen or speaker in the home.
Ucentric licenses its patented software and hardware to the full
spectrum of original equipment manufacturers, enabling them and their
partner broadband services providers to deliver now on the long-awaited
promise of the fully networked home.
“Ucentric offers
OEMs and broadband service providers a complete home networking system for
delivering the exciting services that consumers demand today,” said Rick
Edson, CEO of Ucentric Systems. “CONNECTIONS
2001 is an ideal venue for us to showcase our home networking technology
and build business relationships with companies who share our vision for
connecting every corner of the home.”
About CONNECTIONS™: From
May 9-11 2001, CABA and Parks Associates will host CONNECTIONS™ 2001:
The International Showcase for Home Networks and Residential Gateways.
This three-day conference, to be held at the Washington State Trade
and Convention Center, is expected to bring together 1,000 attendees and
80 sponsoring companies to discuss the marketing and technical issues
relating to home networks, residential gateways, and information
appliances. For more
information, visit www.connectionsconference.com.
About Ucentric Systems: Ucentric
Systems is the only provider of a complete home networking platform for
delivering Internet, telephone and TV content to any screen or speaker in
the home. Ucentric licenses
its patented software and hardware to original equipment manufacturers,
enabling them and their partner broadband service providers to deliver now
on the long-awaited promise of the fully networked home. With its open platform, Ucentric's system can readily adapt
to future technology, standards, consumer applications and devices.
Upon the launch of
the Ucentric Home Networking Platform in January 2001 at the Consumer
Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Ucentric was named a TechTV Best of Show
finalist -- one of 30 companies overall whose new products were considered
best among some 1,500 exhibitors. Also,
Ucentric was recently selected as an affiliate of the Cisco Internet Home
Initiative to collaborate with Cisco to define, influence and evangelize
the Internet lifestyle.
Founded in 1999,
Ucentric is based in Maynard, MA and employs more than 80 people. For additional information on the company, please visit
Ucentric on the Web at www.ucentric.com.
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