CrossMedia Networks to Offer Voice Email Through WebOS Internet Desktop; WebOS services also available via CrossMedia's MyInBox.Business Editors HERNDON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 29, 2000 CrossMedia Networks, www.crossmedia.net, a leading personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. voice portal An interactive voice response (IVR) front end to a data retrieval system. This does not differ in core technology from traditional IVR; rather, the difference is in the application presented. Where old-style IVR was mostly a routing application (press 1 for sales, 2 for service, etc. , today announced the availability of its flagship service, MyInBox(sm), through WebOS, www.webos.com, a Web-based next generation operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. . Through this partnership, WebOS users will be able to use MyInBox(sm) to access email from anywhere at anytime using only a telephone - fixed or wireless. The MyInBox(sm) voice email As early as 2001, the term "voice email" came into use to refer (1) email messages that contained voice, (2) products that can send email messages that contain voice, (3) products that provide an interactive voice response system for reviewing and/or creating email. solution, uses the most innovative technology to convert email into speech and play it over any phone for easy access to business critical information. MyInBox(sm) allows users to access emails, listen to them, manage them, and respond to them using only voice and any telephone. In addition, the system will instantly notify any pager or cellular phone upon the arrival of user-defined priority e-mails. "We're excited about this partnership because CrossMedia shares WebOS' philosophy of ubiquitous computing ubiquitous computing - Computers everywhere. Making many computers available throughout the physical environment, while making them effectively invisible to the user. Ubiquitous computing is held by some to be the Third Wave of computing. ," said Shervin Pishevar, president 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. , WebOS. "As computing continues to break free from the limitations of the desktop, business users will greatly benefit from our services." "This agreement is truly a value-add to customers of WebOS as well as CrossMedia. The mission of the company is to allow users access to business critical information anytime, from anywhere, and this partnership with WebOS. is a reinforcement of that mission," said Dan Callahan, president & CEO, CrossMedia Networks. About CrossMedia Networks CrossMedia Networks Corporation was founded in 1996 and is based in Herndon, Va. A leading personalized voice portal, CrossMedia's mission is to simplify access to and management of information -- anywhere, anytime. The company has designed a patent-protected system to access information from the Internet using only your voice and the telephone. CrossMedia's flagship solution, MyInBox(sm) voice email, uses the most innovative technology to convert email into speech and play it over the phone for easy access to business critical information. MyInBox(sm) lets you access your emails, listen to them, manage them, and respond to them using only your voice and any telephone. For more information, visit the CrossMedia Web site at www.crossmedia.net. About WebOS WebOS, Inc. is spearheading a paradigm shift A dramatic change in methodology or practice. It often refers to a major change in thinking and planning, which ultimately changes the way projects are implemented. For example, accessing applications and data from the Web instead of from local servers is a paradigm shift. See paradigm. that will unify software applications, services and data in a ubiquitous environment. WebOS plans to release the Application Protocol Interface (API (Application Programming Interface) A language and message format used by an application program to communicate with the operating system or some other control program such as a database management system (DBMS) or communications protocol. ) for its next-generation operating system that will allow developers to create new applications for the Internet. C/NET recently ranked WebOS' flagship offering as one of the top five free web-based applications, along with Hotmail. Shervin Pishevar, CEO and president, and Drew Morris, chief technology officer, founded the company in 1998 with the vision of democratizing the software industry. The privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. is headquartered in Columbia, MD and is currently funded by Grotech, Impact Venture Partners and Orion Capital. For more information about WebOS, please visit www.webos.com. |
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