New dawn for digital living in the Middle East

The agreement will focus on developing a range of e-Home Lifestyle products powered by Intel's multi-core processors to provide the region's residents with the complete digital home experience at the touch of a button.

'The Gulf countries are in a unique position to leap ahead and make the digital communities vision a reality. The implementation of cutting edge digital home technologies at the development stage will allow residents to experience first hand how technology can have a real positive impact on their daily lives,'

commented Samir Al Schamma, Intel general manager for the GCC.

'As part of Intel Digital Transformation Initiative for the Middle East, we are committed to fostering entrepreneurship and increasing the technical capabilities and global competitiveness of GCC based technology companies. We are confident that e-Home AUTOMATION LLC is emerging as an entrepreneurial success story; a local company that is capable of delivering the ultimate in digital living for consumers in the region.'

e-Home AUTOMATION LLC is a UAE based company, established in 2003 to provide affordable, yet high quality solutions that allow residents to take complete control of their home environment.

The concept of home automation is to connect different home systems and devices so that they can be controlled from anywhere and interact with one another.

For example, as you arrive home, your home-automation system can automatically turn off the sprinklers, open the garage door, unlock the front door, disable the alarm, light the downstairs, and turn on the TV. Or, with a single press of a remote control button the user can engage an 'Event' such as Movie Time: the LCD display will switch on, the lights will dim automatically, the curtains will close, all calls will direct to voicemail and the movie will start.

Through e-Home AUTOMATION LLC, UAE residents and property developers now have the ability to turn lights and appliances on and off remotely via a PC, laptop, PDA or Smart Phone from anywhere in the world - creating a fully mobile and secure digital home environment.

The e-Home AUTOMATION LLC system also has extensive energy saving benefits, as the built-in intelligence can monitor energy usage and ensure devices are only used when required.
'We are delighted that Intel has come on board to help us digitize GCC homes' stated Arch. Khalifa AlJaziri, Managing Director, e-Home AUTOMATION LLC. 'Imagine owning a home set-up that allows the sharing of digital media across your personal network - the seamless transfer of your holiday photos from your digital camera to the PC for editing and then on to a large-screen TV or digital picture frame for viewing with the family. Such 'visions' are no longer a dream but a reality that our partnership will actively seek to promote and implement over the coming years.'

Through the collaboration, e-Home will have full access to Intel technologies and support on multi-core processors and platforms to ensure their digital home solutions for the Middle East are powered by the very best multi-media processors, able to support intense multi-threaded applications.

e-Home AUTOMATION LLC and Intel will work together to target leading Middle East developers to ensure that they have access to the leading technical innovations and know how. 'With over $1.6 trillion worth of real estate projects in the GCC alone, the construction boom shows no signs of abating.

What real estate developers have lacked is a vision for the development of the future in terms of how people want to live. Intel's work with e-Home AUTOMATION LLC will fill that gap and ensure that Middle East home owners lead the world in terms of technological innovation and a digital lifestyle,' concluded Al-Schamma.