microsoft partners with zylotech on oem basis

Microsoft partners with Zylotech on OEM basis to take on Apple’s Market

Further to our earlier announcement (below), we also wish to announce that Microsoft has
now extended and approved its OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) Agreement and
relationship with Zylotech Limited (CLA #276921 OEMID:12689) on Sep 9 2008 12:00AM,
to include all embedded systems manufactured by Zylotech. This significant development
provides Zylotech with the recognition level needed to capture international markets.
We are proud to announce that Zylotech’s Rainbow product, has received its strongest endorsement
yet from 3P Studios, one of Australia’s leading multi-media production houses. Underpinned by a
partnership with Microsoft through their designated exclusive embedded channel distributor in the ANZ
region, DSTA P/L, Rainbow is now a legitimate substitute to other high-performance media-centre
PCs. This enables Zylotech to position itself to capture a significant share in the Graphics, Animation
and Post-production Studio market often considered to be a patch held by Apple.
3P Studios www.3Pstudios.com are providing the creative imagery, animation and production force for
Australia’s leading advertising agencies such as Mojo and Cummins on great campaigns for Telstra,
Australia Post, Kmart, Kraft and Cadbury. Their endorsement is a significant feat for the Zylotech R&D
team that has admittedly set its aims very high in entering this captive and established market space.
Mr. Marco Palmieri, Animation Director and Head Digital Artist, 3P Studios explains: “As a production
house for animation, graphics and photography, we really put our computers through their
paces. We are really dazzled with how Rainbow handles our heavy-duty editing software;
not forgetting, how exceedingly well it performs with CS3, Adobe's latest and most
demanding suite for designers. It's got all the gear we need for managing high-end multimedia
jobs. On-board Hi-fi Audio, Dual HDTV Video and the latest connectivity standards
support, makes it ideal for editing and managing digital video, audio and imagery”.
Mr. Palmieri added: “This is the first Microsoft based computer that we really have to tip our
hat to - it's small, packed with performance - and all at about half the cost we would
otherwise need to spend on Macs. Its energy efficiency and good looks set it apart from all
the others. As a studio work-horse, it's a real winner”.
Rainbow comes in several models. The Home-theatre/Graphics and Animation model incorporates an
internal 1 Terabyte drive capacity good for up to 200 DVD titles. It replaces a host of devices,
gaming/media centre console PCs, Audio/MP3 Pre-amplifiers, DVD player/recorder and Video Editing
suites. XP or Vista OS provide full compatibility with applications. On-Board fault-tolerant RAID
storage provides a peace of mind and Dual-Screen with 5.1-Surround Sound are standard whilst HD
Blu-Ray DiscTM is optional.
Measuring a mere 2.5” x 7.5” profile and featuring fanless CPU cooling, robust 3mm allaluminum
chassis and under-desk mounting, Zylotech’s groundbreaking energy-efficiency
Rainbow runs at just 20% power consumption of the average equivalent high-performance mediacentre
PC, featuring critical ‘performance over size’ and ‘performance over power-efficiency’
factors set to revolutionise how media-centre and high-end graphics products are designed, built and
powered over the next 5 years.
This technological breakthrough elevates Zylotech’s capability to international standards. Zylotech
can now capitalise on its investment in this technology and achieve its growth strategy by providing its
partners with the opportunity to value-add and penetrate a market estimated well in excess of $750M
in Australia alone. Our ultimate aim is to make Rainbow the ‘product of choice’ to major integrators
like IBM, NEC and Microsoft.
Nicholas Sikiotis
CEO
Zylotech is an ASX Listed technology company (ZYL) specialising in the provision of enterprise surveillance
solutions for critical infrastructure, delivering innovative, cost-effective and proven products for high-profile
government, defence and industry-based applications. Being Australian based, Zylotech offers the
industry’s most responsive local technical support and customer service, combined with off-the-shelf and
customised 4th Generation IP video surveillance hardware and software solutions, thereby minimizing risk.