America Online Certifies Software Partners' Instant Messaging Application Development Platforms.DULLES, Va. -- IMlogic, FaceTime and Akonix to Enable Customers to Build AIM(R) 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. Features into Essential Business Applications America Online See AOL. , Inc., the world's leading interactive services company, today announced that it has certified See certification. 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) application development platforms from three members of its Certified Application Partner Program, including IMlogic, Inc., FaceTime, Inc., and Akonix, Inc. These 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. partner companies' new software solutions are designed to allow developers to more easily integrate the power of AOL(R) Instant Messenger AOL's instant messaging service. See AIM and instant messaging. (TM) (AIM(R)) presence into the business applications that people use everyday. "The increased efficiency and productivity potential of presence-aware technologies in the workplace is now being realized by companies across the country and around the world," said Edmund Fish, senior vice president and general manager, desktop messaging, America Online, Inc. "We are extremely pleased to work with our enterprise software partners to help their customers bring the real-time communications and easy collaboration that AIM enables to all relevant business applications." Specifically, AOL has certified IMlogic, Inc.'s IM Linkage product, which was originally made available as a developer release in February of 2004. IMlogic IM Linkage enables businesses to integrate the presence and messaging capabilities of consumer and enterprise instant messaging networks with business-critical applications, transforming traditional applications into real-time business tools. AOL is also certifying FaceTime's RT Matrix, an IM and presence platform and tool kit now available to developers. RT Matrix leverages the security, management and compliance benefits of FaceTime IM Director(TM) or IM Auditor(TM). Finally, AOL is certifying Akonix' L7 Builder(TM) for the AIM network. Akonix' L7 Builder is also an application development framework for integrating IM into enterprise applications and developing IM-driven applications. This move furthers AOL's strategy of working with certified enterprise software partners to support the management of AIM traffic across corporate networks and to integrate presence and the AIM network into essential business applications. All of these products are currently available in developer release, meaning that qualified developers are now able to commence work with these new software developer tool kits. About America Online, Inc. America Online, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Time Warner Inc. Based in Dulles, Virginia Dulles, Virginia is an unincorporated census-designated place located in Loudoun County, Virginia, part of the Washington Metropolitan Area. The headquarters of AOL, Orbital Sciences Corporation and ODIN technologies and the former headquarters of MCI Inc. are located in Dulles. , America Online is the world's leader in interactive services, Web brands, Internet technologies and e-commerce services. |
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