Focus Enhancements Strengthens Channel Commitment with Launch of Platinum Partner Program for Media Asset Management and Digital Signage Solutions
Released on = June 20, 2007, 11:12 am
Press Release Author = Ramin Ekhtiar
Industry = Electronics
Press Release Summary = Partner Program Offers Exclusive Pre- and Post-Sales Benefits to Maximize System Integrator Success
Press Release Body = Infocomm 2007, ANAHEIM, CA - June 20, 2007 -- Focus Enhancements Inc. (NASDAQ: FCSE), a worldwide leader in media management and Ultra Wideband (UWB) wireless technology, today introduced its new Platinum Partner Program aimed at the company's Media Asset Management (MAM) and digital signage solutions.
The elite Platinum Partner Program features enhanced pre- and post-sales resources designed to help channel partners grow their businesses and increase profitability, as well as ensure enterprise customers receive maximum value from their Focus Enhancements' products. Focus will hand pick select integrator partners for the program that have the knowledge, experience and commitment to deploy Focus\' Enterprise level solutions.
"The new Platinum Partner Program is proof of Focus Enhancements' commitment to the enterprise market and sales channel," said Mark D'Addio, vice president of Channel Sales for Focus Enhancements. "Our system integrators and resale partners can offer their customers a compete line of HD and SD media management and digital signage solutions known throughout the industry for reliability, enterprise-class functionality, and ease of use. Now with the Platinum Partner Program, we make it even easier for our partners to sell and support Focus Enhancements' products."
The new Platinum Partner Program offers a host of exclusive benefits, including dedicated technical support, access to a variety of sales and marketing resources, strategic account management, and joint selling and referrals. Enhanced training programs ensure that each platinum partner has a well-rounded understanding of how Focus Enhancements' products fit into their customers' applications - from how to effectively qualify customer opportunities to a detailed technical understanding of a complete enterprise installation.
"As a leading provider of MAM and digital signage solutions, we understand the increasingly complex technical and business requirements facing the enterprise today," said Shaun McTernan, vice president of Enterprise Solutions for Focus Enhancements. "By partnering with an elite group of system integrators and backing them with a strong channel program, we ensure our customers can maximize their investments in Focus Enhancements' technology, minimize deployment risk and accelerate time to value."
The Focus Enhancements MAM and digital signage solutions will be on display in the Focus Enhancements booth (#6400, Hall B) at InfoComm'07 June 19-21at the Anaheim Convention Center. For more information, please visit www.focusinfo.com.
About Focus Enhancements, Inc. Focus Enhancements Inc. (NASDAQ CM: FCSE), headquartered in Campbell, CA, is a leading designer of world-class solutions in advanced, proprietary video and wireless video technologies. The company's Semiconductor Group develops integrated circuits (ICs) for high-performance applications in the video convergence market, including IPTV set-top boxes and portable media players. Focus Enhancements is currently developing a wireless IC chip set based on the WiMedia UWB standard and designed to be compatible with Wireless USB, and used in personal computer (PC), consumer electronics (CE), and mobile electronics applications. The company's Systems Group develops video products for the digital media markets, with customers in the broadcast, video production, digital signage and digital asset management markets. More information on Focus Enhancements may be obtained from the company's SEC filings, or by visiting the Focus Enhancements home page at http://www.focusinfo.com.
Safe Harbor Statement Statements in this press release which are not historical including statements regarding management's intentions, hopes, expectations, representations, plans or predictions about the future are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such factors include statements about the company's recently introduced Platinum Partner Program. Because these forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, there are important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include customers' acceptance of recently introduced products, changes in customer order patterns, the performance and acceptance of the Platinum Partner Program, and the risk factors specified in the company\'s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, and Form 10-Q for the period ending March 31, 2007 as well as other filings with the SEC. These statements are based on information as of June 20, 2007 and the company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
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