Cisco, Control4 to Deploy Home Control in 'Really Broad Way'
By Julie Jacobson
Leading a $25M round of funding for Control4, Cisco is teaming with the home automation company to power smart communities and utility energy management programs.

Cisco is building smart communities around the globe and it’s taking Control4 home automation with it.

The networking giant announced a strategic investment in Control4, leading a $25 million round of funding with two additional strategic investors that have not been announced.

The partnership between the companies is two-fold, with Cisco planning to deploy Control4 products in its 1) Smart+Connected Communities and 2) utility energy management projects.

“It’s a new channel for Control4 and for Cisco as well,” said Paul Fulton, VP and general manager of Cisco’s Prosumer Business Unit, in an interview with CE Pro.

The collaboration, he says, will “get control systems into consumer homes in really broad way.”

As part of the partnership, Control4 technology will be integrated into Cisco’s Service Delivery Platform (SDP) and bear the Cisco brand in these deployments.

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