Xyte announced Xyte Hubs, a new modular structure for Xyte Device Cloud. Manufacturers and their partners will now be able to subscribe to one or more Xyte “Hubs,” which are designed to address business challenges and leverage growth opportunities for various stakeholders across the organization. Xyte Device Cloud is the fastest, most cost-effective path for hardware […]
Xyte announced six new widgets designed to help monitor and deliver insights on connected devices’ behavior, performance and condition. The visual element of Xyte’s widgets enhances user experience by making it easier to glean insights at a glance and achieve faster and more efficient issue resolution, according to the company. One of Xyte’s new widgets, […]
Xyte announced the latest iteration of Xyte Connect, empowering end users to monitor device fleets through a single unified interface. At InfoComm 2024, Xyte will showcase new feature sets adopted by several industry brands, allowing these manufacturers and their partners to collaborate on a unified, cloud-based platform. Xyte says that Xyte Connect was designed to […]
Xyte announced a new offering for universities and colleges. Now, IT directors can manage all their AV devices from any location. The offering leverages a new capability within Xyte Device Cloud (XDC). Through this new offering, CIOs and IT directors working with XDC-powered AV manufacturers gain access to a fully scalable cloud infrastructure, one with […]
2024 seems to be shaping up as the year of the cloud, and Xyte is leading the charge. Xyte has signed some big brands to its platform — including Legrand AV — and Xyte will use InfoComm 2024 to show AV integrators why they should use the platform, too. In the latest episode of Rants […]
Graeme Harrison of Bluesound Professional and Andrew Gross of Xyte join me on the latest episode of Rants & rAVes to talk about their collaboration to bring cloud-based product management and AVaaS to the ProAV market. Both companies will be in Hall C at InfoComm June 12-14, and if you haven’t learned how Xyte is […]
Earlier this year, when I published my 2024 Kayye’s Krystal Ball predictions, I said, “Xyte will become the AV Cloud and platform of choice.” Well, since then, the company has secured agreements with Legrand | AV, Avocor, the HDBaseT Alliance, Symetrix, AVPro Edge, Bluesound, and others (that I’m not allowed to talk about yet) to […]
Xyte, developer of an all-in-one “servitization platform” for device and hardware manufacturers, has announced that two of its AV customers, Symetrix and WyreStorm, are launching e-commerce stores built on Xyte Device Cloud (XDC). Symetrix and WyreStorm will then make it easier and more cost-effective for channel partners and end users to unlock new features for […]
Xyte says it has has deepened its partnership with HDBaseT Alliance members to empower and accelerate various business areas within the audiovisual technology industry. With new features like Xyte Connect, new capabilities like SSH Tunneling, and numerous other applications for asset management, remote support and e-commerce and subscription management, Xyte Device Cloud (XDC) is “simplifying […]
Xyte, developer of an all-in-one servitization platform for device and hardware manufacturers, announced the launch of SSH tunneling, whereby OEMs and their value chain partners can manage connected devices in a secure fashion via end users’ preferred on-premise device web interfaces. Xyte is the platform rAVe founder, Gary Kayye, cited in his 2024 Krystal Ball […]
Welcome to my 24th annual Kayye’s Krystal Ball! It’s been an honor to have written this for 24 straight years and even more of an honor for it to have so many thousands of readers annually — it’s almost always our most-read article of the year on rAVe [PUBS]. So, if you’re reading this right […]
What a show! I am proud to say we sent reporters from rAVe [PUBS] to every single booth at ISE 2024 earlier this month to shoot videos of new (and returning!) products. We amassed a cache of more than 2,100 videos, and we posted them all on our (beautiful) ISE microsite, which also includes photos, […]
My latest pre-ISE-2024 videocast features WyreStorm’s Voislav Zec, product director, and Franklyn Mogale, technical sales engineer, who used the opportunity to debut a new educationally focused product live on the show. It’s a truly hybrid switcher designed to integrate into any classroom, and includes a built-in matrix that can manage HDMI, HDBaseT (3.0), USB-C and […]
Xyte, developer of the first all-in-one servitization platform for device and hardware manufacturers, today announced the launch of Xyte Connect, which the company says enables original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and industry partners to share data through the cloud and collaborate on device configuration, setup, support, updates and monitoring and management. “This is a stand-up-and-look moment […]
Bluesound Professional has adopted support for remote monitoring of its products with Xyte, a unified remote monitoring service. Starting in Spring 2024, integrators of Bluesound Professional products will be able to register with Xyte to enable remote monitoring and control of basic functions from Xyte’s Device Cloud platform. “Our integrators have been vocal about the […]
Xyte Device Cloud’s newest module enables collaboration for streamlined operations, new revenue streams and stronger customer experience Mountain View, California – January 25, 2024 – Xyte, developer of the first all-in-one servitization platform for device and hardware manufacturers, today announced the launch of Xyte Connect, which enables original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and their industry partners […]
Xyte will come to ISE 2024 with a new application for its ecosystem — dubbed Xyte Connect. My latest Rants & rAVes videocast episode features Xyte’s VP of sales, Andrew Gross, who explained how Connect will simplify the adoption of Xyte’s cloud-management platform and its AVaaS options. Xyte will be in stand/booth 5J620 and I […]
Yesterday, Xyte announced a $30 million round of investment, which includes $20 million in Series A funding led by Intel Capital, with participation from Samsung Next and existing investors S Capital and Mindset Ventures, as well as $10 million in venture lending from funds and accounts managed by BlackRock. Check out my exclusive interview with […]
I have been writing about the opportunity for AVaaS and cloud-based AV for years. And, finally, Xyte has a dedicated platform that any AV manufacturer can adopt. I will talk about them more when I publish my 2024 Kayye’s Krystal Ball prediction article, but here’s a preview of what I say about Xyte in the […]
Xyte developers of the Connected Device Platform (CDP), announced its added partnerships with Legrand, Symetrix and WyreStorm at InfoComm 2023. These new customers join Valens, Avocor, AVProEdge, Rebar, Alice Camera, ProAV and others who have partnered with Xyte to create an AV ecosystem that includes “both leading hardware manufacturers and service providers.” Together with additional device manufacturers in various industries that are […]
Middle Atlantic just announced RackLink Cloud, an intelligent platform enabling remote monitoring and management of the Premium+ Series PDUs via the cloud. RackLink Cloud, powered by Xyte, makes it easier for integrators to proactively monitor and manage the company’s enterprise-grade, IP-based monitoring and control power products from anywhere and without rolling a truck. Existing Premium+ […]
You’ve probably heard of XYTE, but you may not understand who the company is or what it does. Well, 50+ manufacturers do, as they are using XYTE to help turn hardware into software and services as we move toward the future of AV being Hardware-as-a-Service. Intel will support this movement with a family of NUC […]
WyreStorm will use its booth (#3515) at InfoComm 2023 to show you how it has become a complete ecosystem producer at every signal routing and distribution level. I mean everything from HDBaseT to AV-over-IP — from streaming to 10G (and everything in-between), Wyrestorm can. In fact, if you watch this videocast, you’ll see and hear […]
Avocor just announced the launch of FUSE, a free, cloud-based software management platform for IT and AV pros to remotely deploy, configure and manage Avocor solutions at scale from anywhere in the world. Built on Xyte’s Technology-as-a-Service (TaaS) cloud platform, FUSE enables teams to configure their device estate and organize products into spaces as they […]
Xyte, which hopes to bring a fundamental shift in the way hardware manufacturing ecosystems operate, announced today that Randy Klein, former president and CEO of Crestron Electronics, is joining the company as a member of its advisory board. Klein has played a significant role in the AV industry for over 45 years, driving growth and […]
Xyte has launched in beta what it calls “the industry’s first solution to connect and monitor Microsoft Teams Rooms (MTRs)” from its comprehensive cloud-based platform. As more and more companies reopen their offices and transition to hybrid work, Xyte enables AV and UC professionals to offer remote managed services to their customers’ MTRs. In-house IT […]
Xyte recently announced its global expansion with the launch of dedicated operations in North America. The company’s U.S. office will now be led by Xyte’s new VP of sales, Andrew Gross. The company says Gross comes to Xyte with over a decade of experience driving revenue growth and building successful sales teams. Most recently, he […]
Xyte unveiled the newest extension to its Workplace by Xyte AV platform, the Field Operations mobile web application. The new app leverages QR codes to simplify the connection and information collection of deployed devices into end-customer environments within the Xyte platform. Systems integrators deploying AV products on customer sites must usually manually enter details into […]
Cloud services company Xyte announced a strategic partnership with the SDVoE Alliance that will bring Xyte’s cloud connectivity platform to all 54 SDVoE Alliance members, providing a unified monitoring and management platform for more than 700 members products. SDVoE Alliance members now have access to the standardized monitoring and management platform to launch revenue-generating managed […]
Xyte is a new company offering what it calls a “Hardware-as-a-Service (HaaS) cloud platform.” Founders Omer Brookstein and Boris Dinkevich came from separate industries on the way to founding the platform — their common interest in the cloud as a transformational business driver brought them together to establish Xyte, formerly known as SyncPro, in early […]
On Tuesday, Nov. 16, Gary Kayye will be joined by Xyte CEO Omer Brookstein for a compelling discussion on AV and cloud convergence; they will also discuss the concept of Hardware-as-a-Service (HaaS). During the live, interactive LAVNCH & LEARN, attendees will learn what a true HaaS model means and the toolsets required to achieve them. […]
THE rAVe Agency has been busy planning and preparing tons of new LAVNCH & LEARNs and events. These events are educational and informative to help out both the new and experienced AV pros in our industry. From educational sessions on the newest tech to encouraging series on getting hired, we’ve got something for everyone. Let’s […]