Artificial Life Announces Partnership with Interactive Networks.Business/Technology Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 25, 2002 Artificial Life, Inc. a leading provider of intelligent agent and smart bot (1) (roBOT) A program used on the Internet that performs a repetitive function such as posting a message to multiple newsgroups or searching for information or news. Bots are used to provide comparison shopping. Bots also keep a channel open on the Internet Relay Chat (IRC). technologies and Interactive Networks, Inc., a leading provider of new generation 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) Solutions, today announced a strategic partnership for the development of a new set of e-CRM products. The integration of Artificial Life intelligent bot technology and Interactive Networks instant messaging technology will allow powerful applications for customer service, sales support and other e-CRM applications. The combined application can become the central point of contact with the customer by providing automated natural language support from an Artificial Life smart bot in combination with live support through instant messaging. Customers will be able to receive answers directly from the bot which will automatically start an instant messaging chat session between the customer and the appropriate human customer service representative when asked about specific issues. All this is done within the same application and the customer only needs to interact with a single user interface completely customized by the company thanks to Interactive Networks powerful skin technology. Engineers from the two companies will work together to find new ways in which both technologies can be integrated to add value to actual and future customers. "The integration of live instant messaging communication with bot technology makes perfect sense. It provides either fully automated support for frequently asked questions by our bots bots maggots of flies which infest animals, especially horses and sheep. The term bot is also loosely used to include the invasive maggots such as those of Cuterebra and Wohlfahrtia spp. horse bots see gasterophilus. or live chat with human service personal for more complicated issues. Overall this will lower support costs and increase customer satisfaction," said Artificial Life Chairman and 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. , Eberhard Schoneburg. "We are glad to partner with Artificial Life. We are very impressed with the high quality of their intelligent software robots. The combination of both our technologies may create a revolutionary e-CRM product," said Pablo Salomon, President & CEO of Interactive Networks. Working prototypes of the technology are already available and are currently presented by Interactive Networks at the Internet World Spring 2002 trade show and has been nominated as finalist for the "Best of Show" awards. About Artificial Life, Inc. Founded in 1994, Artificial Life, Inc. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). BB: ALIF) develops, markets, and supports intelligent, award winning and patent pending software robots. The company offers a variety of unique product suites for web-based applications such as self-help, self-service, consultative selling Consultative selling emphasizes customer needs and meeting those needs with solutions combining products and/or services. A consultative salesperson typically provides detailed instruction or advice on which solution best meets these needs. and e-CRM. Artificial Life, Inc. is headquartered in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , NY, U.S.A, and maintains a subsidiary in Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. . Detailed information about Artificial Life, Inc. and its products is available at www.artificial-life.com. About Interactive Networks, Inc. Interactive Networks develops and markets internet communication and content management products. The company provides secure Instant Messaging servers and hosted solutions that accommodate the needs of small organizations as well as large multinational corporations
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