Leviton®
Drives Vizia RF™ Lighting Control into Custom Integration
Channel with Digital Delivery Group Distribution Agreement
Denver, September 6, 2007 – Leviton Manufacturing Company
is pleased to announce distribution of their award winning Vizia
RF™ lighting and home control system through the Digital
Delivery Group. This distribution agreement provides Leviton with
an influential integration channel partner.
"I am excited that Leviton and Digital Delivery Group have
formed an alliance to serve the custom integration market,"
said DDG's Executive Director David Kaplan. "Leviton is a
leader in virtually every category they touch. Our partnership
with Leviton creates synergy that will increase sales for our
manufacturers, our members and our customers."
This partnership adds Leviton to an elite group of carefully
chosen vendors who offer compelling home automation, home control
and home entertainment packages to installation professionals.
"Vizia RF now becomes a key lighting control selection of
choice for amazing home control and entertainment integration
packages offered by the Digital Delivery Group," says Grant
Sullivan, Product Marketing Manager for Leviton. Other major partners
offered by the Digital Distribution Group include Life|ware™,
Logitech®, Hewlett Packard, Panasonic, Nevo™, Belkin®
and Tivo®.
The agreement leverages additional Leviton products including
popular Quickports and structured wiring solutions. The entire
combination of Leviton products offered by the Digital Delivery
Group is aimed to drive innovative integration solutions and increase
availability in the channel.
Digital Delivery Group is a consortium of regional value added
CE specialty distributors committed to being the leading source
for sales and education of digital systems and convergence products.
The members of DDG are specialists in networking products, whole
house control, content storage and management, and new technology.
More than just a buying group, DDG functions as a strategic resource
for its vendor partners and its dealers. Digital Delivery Group’s
members bring a unique level of capability to the task with many
years of distributor, retail, factory and marketing experience
among its members. They are a partner with the Z-Wave® Alliance
to deliver the Z-Wave wireless home control technology to the
growing channel. For more information regarding the Digital Distribution
Group, call David Kaplan, 509-995-1203, or visit www.digitaldeliverygroup.org.
Leviton’s Vizia RF is quickly becoming the preferred lighting
control system utilizing innovative wireless technology. Through
major strategic partnerships with companies that include Microsoft®,
Lagotek, Electronic Solutions Inc.(a division of Hunter Douglas),
Wayne-Dalton®, HAI®, Superna and others, Leviton is maintaining
a high quality product line with an appealing design, coupled
with energy saving benefits and massive market awareness. Leviton
is one of the founding members of the Z-Wave® Alliance, with
the purpose of utilizing, evangelizing, and expanding the power
of the wireless Z-Wave technology. This technology is quickly
being acknowledged as the as a leader in wireless home automation
and control standards. For more information, contact Leviton Manufacturing
Co., 59-25 Little Neck Parkway, Little Neck, NY 11362-2591, or
visit www.leviton.com/viziarf and www.viziarf.com.
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Leviton press contact:
Pamela
Winikoff
Corporate Public Relations Manager
718/ 281-6155
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