Escient was a division of D&M Holdings, which manufactured high-end, centralized, internet-connected home AV equipment.
The Escient trademark was registered with the (now defunct) Digital Networks North America.
The FireBall brand provides up to a 750 GB hard drive for central music storage.
Escient's home media servers are supplemented with networked digital remote players for whole-house audio.
The FireBall-PC software runs on Mac and Windows computers to share media collections throughout the home.