Akonix Acquires Natural Messaging to Spearhead Integration of IM into Enterprise Applications.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 8, 2004 Incorporates Leading Multi-Network IM Application Technology into L7 Enterprise IM Gateway Akonix Systems Inc., the premier provider of business solutions for secure, managed and integrated multi-network enterprise instant messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or (IM), today announced the acquisition of Natural Messaging Inc., a pioneer in developing and deploying interactive instant messaging applications for the enterprise. Akonix has combined Natural Messaging's unique enterprise-class IM application technology with its award-winning L7 Enterprise IM gateway to deliver the most advanced solution for leveraging presence and instant messaging Presence and Instant Messaging (PRIM) was an early proposal to the IETF of a standard protocol for instant messaging. No work has been done on it since 2001, however. Currently, SIP, its derivative SIMPLE, and XMPP are being considered for use as instant messaging protocols. throughout the enterprise. The combined Akonix/Natural Messaging application framework allows enterprises to continue to take advantage of the benefits of multi-network instant messaging by integrating IM into existing and new enterprise applications. This includes the ability to integrate presence information and launch IM conversations from applications, while using simple conversations through IM to access enterprise applications and databases through industry-standard interfaces. The Natural Messaging application framework leverages open standards Specifications for hardware and software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced , including voiceXML, to enable simple, conversational interaction with applications through IM interfaces. The Natural Messaging platform has been deployed by leading customers in the telecommunications, technology and financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. industries over the past 12 months. One such application allows a sales person to use IM to query their company's product information database and immediately return up-to-date competitive information from their desktop, mobile PC or wireless device while on a sales call. "The integration of IM within enterprise-class applications is critical to IM's development as a mature real-time communications business tool," said Genelle Hung, market analyst at The Radicati Group Inc. "The acquisition of Natural Messaging further highlights Akonix's vision and technology leadership. This powerful offering provides organizations within all industries a compelling reason to make full use of presence and instant messaging throughout the enterprise." "As a certified AIM partner, Akonix continues to demonstrate technology innovation and market leadership in enabling IM applications for business," said Ed Fish, senior vice president and general manager of desktop messaging, AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. . "The combination of Akonix and Natural Messaging presents a new opportunity for enterprises to leverage AIM as the leading worldwide, presence-enabled real-time network for deploying advanced business applications." "Akonix has been working with Natural Messaging over the past year to deliver their unique technology to our customers," said Peter Shaw, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Akonix. "Adding Natural Messaging's technology, talent and experience fits perfectly with our vision of providing solutions that extend the value of IM deployment and real-time applications throughout the enterprise." Akonix also announced the availability of a new Application Developer Program which allows developers and systems integrators to begin working with these new capabilities immediately. Members of the developer program will have access to integrated development and deployment tools, documentation and integration resources for delivering mission-critical, enterprise-class instant messaging applications. These include the ability to: -- Provide presence information to applications from leading IM networks and enterprise IM systems. -- Utilize simple, conversational interfaces to allow IM users to interact directly with applications, improving execution in sales, workflow systems and customer service. -- Leverage the patent-pending IMX IMX In My eXperience IMX Interactive Music Exchange (TV show) IMX Integrated Multimedia Exchange IMX Industrywide Mortgage Exchange IMX Intermodal Marketing Extension IMX Inverse Multiplexor (TM) core of the Akonix L7 Enterprise IM gateway technology which currently serves over 250,000 end-users at 200 of the largest enterprise customers worldwide including Cingular Wireless, Qualcomm, EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. and ING. "Natural Messaging's vision was to facilitate transactions over IM and leverage investments in enterprise software by using IM as a real-time information channel," said Doug Pollack, CEO of Natural Messaging Inc. "To help us achieve this goal, we sought to combine our strengths with an IM management industry leader. Akonix was the only company that demonstrated true enterprise-wide IM capabilities, based on market leading technology and backed by hundreds of customer installations. Akonix and Natural Messaging joining forces gives organizations the most powerful integrated IM solution available today." "The Akonix development platform provides a unique set of capabilities for making instant messaging a key part of the fabric of our enterprise systems," said Gary Lewis Gary Lewis may refer to:
"We were attracted to Akonix's development program because of its tight integration with the market leading Akonix L7 Enterprise gateway," said Kelly Perdew, president of Core Objects, a leading outsourced product development company and charter development program member. "We are always looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. top-notch solutions that address our customers' cutting-edge needs and Akonix's solutions consistently meet that criteria." Organizations can immediately join the Akonix Application Development Program to begin taking advantage of this unique solution. Members of the program will have access to special assistance from Akonix in the development of initial applications and previews of all upcoming software releases. For more information, or to join the Application Development Program, visit www.akonix.com/applications. About Akonix Akonix is the leading provider of enterprise-class business solutions for leveraging the power of multi-network enterprise instant messaging. Akonix's award-winning products leverage patent-pending core technology and certified strategic partnerships to deliver multi-network management, security, integration and compliance capabilities across all major IM systems, including America Online's AIM and ICQ ("I Seek You") A conferencing program for the Internet from Mirabilis, Tel Aviv, Israel (www.icq.com). It provides interactive chat, e-mail and file transfer and can alert you when someone on your predefined list has also come online. , Microsoft's MSN (1) (MicroSoft Network) A family of Internet-based services from Microsoft, which includes a search engine, e-mail (Hotmail), instant messaging (Windows Live Messaging) and a general-purpose portal with news, information and shopping (MSN Directory). , Yahoo!, Microsoft's Live Communications Server See network access server, modem server, terminal server and communications controller. (operating system) Communications Server - IBM's rebranding of ACF. (LCS LCS - Language for Communicating Systems ), Reuters Messaging Reuters Messaging (RM) is an instant messaging and presence collaboration service, first released by Reuters in October of 2002. It is marketed toward the financial services industry. The most recent version is Reuters Messaging 6.0. Features Reuters Messaging 6. , IBM/Lotus SameTime and Jabber An open standard for instant messaging (IM). There are tens of thousands of Jabber servers on the Internet, most of which are privately run within a company or college campus. There are also hundreds of public Jabber servers that any user can register with, Google Talk being the largest. . More than 200 customers in Telecommunications, Energy, Technology, Healthcare and Financial Services depend on Akonix to manage, secure and enable IM for over 250,000 enterprise users. Akonix is the preferred IM management solution of some of the world's largest companies, including Cingular Wireless, Qualcomm, EMC and ING. Akonix is widely recognized as the technology and market innovator with awards for its L7 Enterprise IM gateway from Network World, eWeek, SC Magazine, PC Magazine and UCSD UCSD University of California, San Diego (La Jolla, California) UCSD User Centered System Design UCSD Urbana-Champaign Sanitary District (Illinois) UCSD Ultra Cool Sexy Dudes Connect. Akonix is backed by leading venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed 5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1] Menlo Ventures, Mission Ventures, Palomar Ventures and Windward Ventures, who collectively manage over $3 billion in capital. To enable secure and productive use of multi-network instant messaging in your organization, visit www.akonix.com for a free trial or to request more information. About Natural Messaging Natural Messaging is the innovation leader in ubiquitous message driven application solutions. Wireless service providers and enterprises depend on Natural Messaging to gain optimal value from pervasive connectivity and the ubiquity of mobile computing Using a computing device while in transit. Mobile computing implies wireless transmission, but wireless transmission does not necessarily imply mobile computing. Fixed wireless applications use satellites, radio systems and lasers to transmit between permanent objects such as buildings devices. The pervasive deployment of instant messaging (IM) infrastructure enables companies to use Natural Messaging to exploit the power of their existing investment in an IM network in order to interact with enterprise applications and data. Combining patented natural language technology with open standards in IM and Web services, Natural Messaging powers the anywhere, real-time enterprise. |
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