businessinfomag.uk magazine 14 On September 29, Exertis, a leading distributor of consumer and business products, brought together 25 of its top technology and lifestyle brands at the inaugural Exertis Exclusive showcase at The Steel Yard, London. Companies including, but not limited to, Samsung, LG,Wacom, Swann, Toshiba, Netgear, JBL, Nicky Clarke, Tado, TP Link, Cricut, Roku, Pioneer DJ and Exertis’ own brands Flexson and Kitsound demonstrated the latest consumer tech products to 100 technology and lifestyle journalists, writers, reviewers and influencers. Despite the strong consumer focus, business-oriented devices and solutions were also to be found, notably the new Wacom Cintiq Pro 27in creative pen display (and new Pro Pen 3) for top end creatives, graphic designers, post-production studios and gaming companies. Even some consumer products had definite cross-over appeal. It is easy to imagine the stylishly retro lines of the Moccamaster coffee maker (the original design from 1974 but now in 21 colours) gracing a company reception area or boardroom; and Business Info The connected consumer would love to see a versatile cricut digital cutting machine (and associated app and heat presses for mugs and t-shirts) being used in a marketing department to create eye-catching promotional materials from vinyl, card, wood, fabric and metal. Smart products With the high cost of energy, plenty of small businesses could benefit from the smart thermostat and radiator controls shown by tado and Hive, which both companies claim can save the average customer £200 to £300 per year. The same could be said for the Tapo smart home range from TP-Link. The number one networking manufacturer for 11 straight years, TP-Link sees the smart home as a logical next step and since introducing its Tapo brand to the UK three years ago with energymonitoring smart plugs it has been adding to its range with smart bulbs, contact sensors, motion sensors, batteryoperated outdoor cameras, smart light switches and, soon, a smart door bell. Plenty of cross-over appeal there. Meeting the security needs of home owners and presumably also small businesses, Swann was showing its new AllSecure650 2KWireless Security Kit, its first Wi-Fi network video recorder (NVR) system to feature completely wire-free, smart cameras with longlife, rechargeable batteries (and secure mounts).With easy set up in minutes, users can look forward to 24/7 security monitoring on a smartphone or smart TV, with the ability to store up to two years of footage on a 1TB hard drive built into the system’s Wi-Fi NVR Power Hub, plus backup to the cloud. WiFi routers NETGEAR, a strong networking brand with a foot in both the business and consumer markets, was showing new whole home MESHWi-Fi products and 5G mobile hotspots that are likely to resonate with the whole family, from teenage gamers to hybrid workers. These include the Orbi 760 Series Exertis highlights consumer tech at inaugural Exertis Exclusive showcase EVENTS Moccamaster coffee maker Swann AllSecure650 LG XBoom 360 XO3
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