Amplitude and IQ Labs Join Forces to Provide Hoteling Workspace Reservation Solution; Eases Administration Burden of PBX Switching Required With Alternative Workplace Management.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 16, 1999--Amplitude, the leading provider of Internet-powered applications that enable the extended workplace, today announced a licensing agreement and strategic relationship with IQ Labs, Inc., provider of IQ-DNA technology that addresses on-demand enterprise-centric access to computer and telephony resources. Amplitude has incorporated a component of IQ's computer telephony integration Computer Telephony Integration - Computer Telephone Integration (CTI (Computer Telephone Integration) Combining data with voice systems in order to enhance telephone services. For example, automatic number identification (ANI) allows a caller's records to be retrieved from the database while the call is routed to the appropriate party. ) middleware platform into its Internet-based alternative workspace management software -- Mobilize(tm). Amplitude's Mobilize offers a scalable hoteling workspace reservation system to support mobile workers. IQ's middleware technology takes the process one step further by enabling an employee's telephone extension to be automatically routed to any mobile workspace location. "The one-two punch one-two punch n. 1. A combination of two blows delivered in rapid succession in boxing, especially a left lead followed by a right cross. 2. Informal An especially forceful or effective combination or sequence of two things. of IQ Labs and Amplitude provides the most reliable and cost-effective hoteling product on the market today," said Dr. Farzad Naimi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IQ, who previously co-founded Genesys Telecommunication Laboratory (Nasdaq:GCTI GCTI Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories Inc (stock symbol) GCTI Global Change Technology Initiative ). "The entire process takes place on the fly -- within seconds. There are no time consuming manual reservations, nor any time-consuming and tedious re-programming of the corporate PBX (Private Branch eXchange) An inhouse telephone switching system that interconnects telephone extensions to each other as well as to the outside telephone network (PSTN). . We match the customer's fast pace, and we maintain the flexibility that ever-changing itineraries constantly demand." Mobilize is a centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. , Web-based, alternative workplace management application for large corporations who are implementing hoteling solutions. Mobilize offers scalable hoteling support for hundreds or thousands of users, reduces the administrative burden of managing office space, increases employee productivity, is accessible via the Internet, and helps optimize the people-to-space ratio and real estate savings. "To create the Mobilize application, it was crucial for us to integrate the system administrative functionality of PBX systems," said Tim Carlin car·line or car·lin n. Scots A woman, especially an old one. [Middle English kerling, from Old Norse, from karl, man.] , co-founder and vice president of services at Amplitude. "The CTI experts at IQ allowed Amplitude to offer the advantage of integrating proven telephony technology with Amplitude's existing hoteling workspace reservation solution." About IQ Labs, Inc. IQ Labs, based in Hayward, Calif., is a leading provider of web-enabled, ready-to-deploy, "enterprise centric" virtual officing and mobile solutions. IQ Labs products enable the enterprise to leverage its existing investment in its IT infrastructure/networks to fully support and manage the communications needs of its mobile workforce. IQ Labs' products are built on a trademarked Dynamic Networking Architecture (IQ-DNA) comprised of client-server software. The IQ-DNA platform leverages a customer's existing corporate infrastructure in order to increase productivity, reduce cost and maximize return on investment. For more information about IQ Labs, please visit http://www.iqlabs.com, or call 510/731-2721. About Amplitude Amplitude is a leading provider of Internet applications that enable the virtual workplace. The company's suite of applications provides organizations with dramatic bottom-line savings and reduces time and pain for employees in completing workplace-related tasks such as shared resource Sharing a peripheral device (disk, printer, etc.) among several users. For example, a file server and laser printer in a LAN are shared resources. Contrast with shared logic. management, calendaring and scheduling, and employee administration. Amplitude's intuitive, self-service applications can be deployed to a company's entire employee base as well as to business partners and customers. Its highly scalable Internet-powered applications have been deployed at over 225 of the world's largest corporations and institutions, including FedEx, Hewlett-Packard (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :HWP HWP Height (and) Weight Proportionate HWP Half-Wave Plate HWP Highway Patrol HWP Height Weight Proportional HWP Hewlett-Packard Corporation (stock symbol) HWP Hydrolyzed Whey Peptides ), Kraft Foods Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT) is the largest food and beverage company headquartered in North America and the second largest in the world after Nestlé SA. The Philip Morris Company (now known as Altria Group), a company that produces tobacco products, acquired Kraft for , Lucent (NYSE:LU), Macy's and Universal Studios. For more information about Amplitude, please visit www.amplitude.com, or call 888/779-2600. Note to Editors: Amplitude, Reserve, EventCenter and their logos are trademarks of Amplitude Software Corp. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners. |
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