Covigo Adds Offline Capabilities to its Highly Acclaimed Multi-channel Application Platform.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2002 Software Vendors and Systems Integrators Can Now Embrace J2ME (Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition) A version of Java 2 for cellphones, PDAs and consumer appliances. J2ME uses the K Virtual Machine (KVM), a specialized Java interpreter for devices with limited memory. , Wireless & Voice with Significantly Lower Resource and Time Commitments Covigo, Inc., the emerging leader in multi-channel application platforms, today announced the availability of the Covigo Platform(TM) version 3.0. Covigo Platform(TM) powers smart software applications across multiple channels (Web, wireless and voice) and multiple modes (real-time, offline and alerts). "The launch of version 3.0 is a major step towards reaching our objective of being the driving force of multi-channel evolution," said Stuart Bagshaw, 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 Covigo. "Based on standards such as J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition) A platform from Sun for building distributed enterprise applications. J2EE services are performed in the middle tier between the user's machine and the enterprise's databases and legacy information systems. , J2ME, xHTML, VoiceXML and design patterns such as Model-View-Controller, Covigo powers applications that can leverage laptops, desktops, handheld devices, smartphones, pagers and voice-only telephones." "Covigo enables software vendors and systems integrators to provide enterprises and carriers with workflow-based multi-channel applications without having to build separate applications for voice, wireless, offline or the Web. The complexity of enabling mobility requires software vendors and systems integrators to seek a solution that speeds time-to-market and lowers the cost of ownership for their software offerings. We provide that solution." One of Covigo's newest customers in the United Kingdom, Fast Web Media is launching an SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM. (2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server. application for their 4thegame.com brand, which is the official Barclaycard Premiership website, using Covigo 3.0. "Covigo makes it easy for us to add new business channels Business channels are TV channels that concentrate on business news. List of channels
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RDBMS - relational database and data synchronization Keeping data in two or more computers up-to-date so that each repository contains the identical information. Data in handheld devices and laptops often require synchronization with the data in a desktop machine or server. software on these devices, enabling disconnected use. Covigo 's offline solution enables organizations to develop J2ME and pJava applications utilizing a workflow-based paradigm. Together these products provide a complete and very powerful mobility solution." Kamran Ozair, CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. at MindTree Consulting stated, "Covigo has a unique and highly value-added approach to integrating interaction workflow with J2ME, voice, wireless and alerts. Enterprises and operators looking to provide transactional multi-channel experiences to their employees and customers should take a close look at Covigo's offering." In a related announcement earlier this month, Covigo announced the completion of an additional round of financing from Nokia Venture Partners and Norwest Venture Partners. Covigo will continue to be highly focused on its partner-based business model, including licensing the Covigo Platform(TM) to infrastructure software and enterprise applications vendors. In addition, Covigo will continue to provide its software to leading systems integrators for use in multi-channel implementations. Covigo Platform(TM) 3.0 Key Benefits The Covigo Platform(TM) 3.0 brings a tightly integrated, fully automated approach to managing the multi-channel application lifecycle. With a focus on business processes and usability, software vendors and systems integrators can step effortlessly through the evolutionary process of designing, deploying, managing, analyzing and enhancing multi-channel applications. -- Save time and money on multi-channel initiatives: Covigo Platform 3.0 allows developers to use one solution to integrate multiple business processes, user experiences, interaction modes, interaction channels and enabling technologies. -- Optimize user experience: Covigo's complete lifecycle management approach encompasses all stages in the creation of workflow-based multi-channel applications including building, deploying, analyzing and evolving. -- Utilize existing Java IDEs and authoring tools: Multi-disciplined teams of developers can use familiar tools, including Java IDEs and Web authoring tools to build application components which are then assembled together within the Covigo Studio. -- Integrate with multiple Java and J2EE technologies: Covigo's open Java-based integration framework provides rapid bi-directional integration with EJBs, LDAP, JSPs and any Java classes and APIs available. -- High performance and availability: Covigo leverages the high performance and high availability of leading application server offerings such as BEA WebLogic Server and iPlanet Application Server. Covigo Platform(TM) 3.0 Key Features Covigo Platform(TM) 3.0 adds offline and alerts capabilities to the product offering in addition to significant enhancements with published APIs and the workflow-based Covigo Studio. -- Covigo Synchronization (1) See synchronous and synchronous transmission. (2) Ensuring that two sets of data are always the same. See data synchronization. (3) Keeping time-of-day clocks in two devices set to the same time. See NTP. Server -- an application-level synchronization server complementary to third-party database-to-database synchronization technologies. Developers can generate 2-way synchronization with the Covigo Smart Client. Features include workflow integration, inbound and outbound synchronization, application-level synchronization and support for multiple synchronization transports. -- Covigo Smart Client -- a lightweight Java-based client to run offline applications on Pocket PC, Palm OS and J2ME devices. Features include open interface to object-level data storage, mobile database access, real-time and offline connection management, and multiple presentation formats such as AWT (Abstract Windowing Toolkit) A class library from Sun that provides an application framework and graphical user interface (GUI) routines for Java programmers. AWT was the first user interface development system included in the Java Foundation Classes (JFC). and HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. . -- Covigo Notification Server -- a highly scalable, high performance JMS-based solution for end-user alerts. Developers can target end users with SMS, WAP (1) (Wireless Access Point) See access point. (2) (Wireless Application Protocol) A standard for providing cellular phones, pagers and other handheld devices with secure access to e-mail and text-based Web pages. , or email-based notifications. Features include one-way, two-way notifications and rules-based delivery definition. -- Covigo Deployment Server -- a deployment and development server that addresses the unique requirement of managing complex mobile applications deployments. System administrators can automate the task of setting up, deploying, versioning and managing entire site installations that comprise of several application modules on multiple physical machines. -- Covigo Studio -- a visual programming environment for rapid development of multi-channel applications. New features include the ability to use xHTML as the standardized standardized pertaining to data that have been submitted to standardization procedures. standardized morbidity rate see morbidity rate. standardized mortality rate see mortality rate. markup (text) markup - In computerised document preparation, a method of adding information to the text indicating the logical components of a document, or instructions for layout of the text on the page or other information which can be interpreted by some automatic system. language, integration with Web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. and integration with Macromedia DreamWeaver. Developers can use workflow modelling to generate transactional applications for (i) multiple offline profiles (including pJava and J2ME); (ii) multiple real-time profiles (including voice, wireless data, and Web); and (iii) multiple alerts modes (including SMS, WAP and email) In addition, Covigo has enhanced its other server and tools offerings, including the Covigo Presentation Server, Covigo Analysis Server, Covigo Insight, Covigo Connectors, Covigo Integration Server and Covigo Workflow Server. Availability Covigo Platform(TM) 3.0 has been provided to selected partners and customers on a controlled release basis since the fourth quarter of 2001. Covigo Platform(TM) 3.0 will be generally available this quarter. About Covigo Covigo is the emerging leader in multi-channel application platforms. The Covigo Platform(TM) is used by software vendors and systems integrators to deploy applications spanning multiple channels (Web, wireless, voice) and multiple modes (real-time, offline, alerts). Covigo is headquartered in Santa Clara, California Santa Clara, California (IPA: /ˌsæntəˈklærə/) , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. , with European operations based in Maidenhead Maidenhead, city (1991 pop. 59,809), Windsor and Maidenhead, S central England, on the Thames River. It is a residential town with brewing and milling industries as well as a resort. The 13th-century stone bridge was rebuilt in the 1770s. , England. The company is backed by Norwest Venture Partners and Nokia Venture Partners. To learn more about Covigo's innovative multi-channel solutions, visit www.covigo.com or download Covigo Platform(TM) at http://developer.covigo.com. Note to Editors: Covigo is a trademark of Covigo, Inc. 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