Data on Air and WirelessDeveloper Team Up to Launch Virtual Environment for Developers of Wireless Data Applications.Business/Technology Editors Data on Air's New Virtual Developer Lab(TM) hosted service is breakthrough for developers Wireless data developers no longer have to battle for access to commercial networks or settle for inadequate lab simulation schemes to build and debug To correct a problem in hardware or software. Debugging software means locating the errors in the source code (the program logic). Debugging hardware means finding errors in the circuit design (logical circuits) or in the physical interconnections of the circuits. their applications thanks to a new hosted service from Data on Air, Inc., called Virtual Developer Lab(TM). The new service is the result of a partnership announced today between Data on Air and WirelessDeveloper. The companies expect that Virtual Developer Lab will benefit the entire wireless data industry by accelerating the development and deployment of wireless applications which, in turn, will help increase demand for wireless services while adding value and convenience for subscribers. 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. will be the initial application environment hosted by Data on Air's Virtual Developer Lab. Application developers participating in the program will "rent" space on Data on Air's array of mobile access gateway (MAG (MAGnetic) A common abbreviation for magnetic. For example, "mag tape" means magnetic tape. ) servers to test or exercise their applications. Under the program, developers have direct access to Data on Air's MAGs, the same infrastructure that actually hosts live services for its growing base of commercial wireless data carriers. WirelessDeveloper is actively promoting the Virtual Developer Lab to its community of over 21,000 software developers and their suppliers. Data on Air is a leader in creating and delivering wireless data services and technology for carriers. "Developers have had limited choices for access to carrier-class WAP gateways (Wireless Application Protocol gateway) Software that decodes and encodes requests and responses between the smartphone microbrowsers and the Internet. It decodes the encoded WAP requests from the microbrowser and sends the HTTP requests to the Internet or to a local in order to test their applications," said Dean Fresonke CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. and co-founder of Data on Air. "They either had to lease time on gateways operated by carriers, purchase and operate a private gateway, physically travel to a third-party gateway, or use some type of simulation process. There are major costs and drawbacks to each option, which is why the Virtual Developer Lab service is such an attractive, cost-effective cost-effective, n the minimal expenditure of dollars, time, and other elements necessary to achieve the health care result deemed necessary and appropriate. alternative." "Wireless developers have struggled for years with the limitations imposed by traditional access options," said Konny Zsigo, president of WirelessDeveloper. "The restrictions varied according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the option selected, but collectively they served to limit support for different types of devices, home decks, transaction logs and other information maintained by the gateway, or required time-consuming and lengthy travel for on-site gateway access. Bypassing direct gateway access means simulation of applications, which really is inadequate to fully test the application as a commercially available service. WirelessDeveloper is pleased to work with Data on Air to introduce the Virtual Developer Lab to members of our developer community as the lab of the future -- a new era of freedom and efficiency." WirelessDeveloper has established a special phone number -- 517/391-3012 -- and email address See Internet address. -- dataonair@WirelessDeveloper.com - to answer any questions about the Virtual Developer Lab service. Virtual Developer Lab Overview and Extended Features This unique mobile access gateway rental arrangement is made possible by Data on Air's extensive experience in operating production gateways for wireless carriers throughout the Americas, combined with WirelessDeveloper's extensive network of thousands of wireless software industry professionals. The Virtual Developer Lab is available as either a dedicated or shared hosted service. Both programs include Data on Air's proven technical support expertise to grant developers unprecedented access to the core technology behind virtually every WAP service provider. -- Shared Virtual Developer Lab Gateway Service - provides multiple accounts on a shared Data on Air developer MAG running the latest commercially released version released version - release of the gateway software. Developers may customize their home deck via Data using Air's ProVantage(TM) tool, obtain access to view transaction logs and cookie cookie File or part of a file put on a Web user's hard disk by a Web site. Cookies are used to store registration data, to make it possible to customize information for visitors to a Web site, to target Web advertising, and to keep track of the products a user wishes to information, or reset the session state of an account. -- Dedicated Virtual Developer Lab Gateway Service - provides access to a dedicated MAG operated in Data on Air's advanced Mobile Internet Refers to gaining access to the Internet using a lightweight, handheld device. See Mobile IP, PDA, smartphone and mobile TV. Back Office(TM) data center. Developers receive administrator-level access to the gateway using native mode administration screens. This same level of access enables developers to provision and modify accounts and inspect transaction records and gateway logs. As part of the Virtual Developer Lab services, Data on Air also offers developers 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. training, technical support, and/or development support at its Carrier Services Support Center in Orlando. Data on Air's on-site MAG training/development programs represent a unique service for developers who want to test new configurations or gateway versions and do not have the in-house test environment or required personnel. Availability and Pricing The Virtual Developer Lab service for WAP is available immediately. Pricing for the shared service starts at $4,500/month for up to 10 developer accounts. Each additional account is $250/month. The dedicated Virtual Developer Lab gateway service involves a $4,000 set-up fee and costs $8,000/month for up to 100 developer accounts. Each additional account is $250/month. The set-up fee can be waived with a three-month commitment. About Data on Air Data on Air, Inc. is a technology company that helps wireless carriers successfully grow their wireless data businesses. The firm sells turnkey See turnkey system. hosted services and innovative licensed software that assist carriers in streamlining the operation and speed to market of WAP, 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. and 3G offerings. Data on Air is the leading provider of hosted services for wireless data carriers, with customers throughout North, Central and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . For more information, visit www.dataonair.com or email at info@dataonair.com. About WirelessDeveloper, Inc. WirelessDeveloper provides turnkey operation and management of wireless developer and partnering programs. The company acts as a relationship manager between the developer community and the wireless platform providers. WirelessDeveloper serves its community of 22,000 developers and suppliers with market development, technical support, training, certification, software publishing, venture capital funding, outsourcing (1) Contracting with outside consultants, software houses or service bureaus to perform systems analysis, programming and datacenter operations. Contrast with insourcing. See netsourcing, ASP, SSP and facilities management. , and more. Data on Air, Virtual Developer Lab and ProVantage are trademarks of Data on Air, Inc. All trademarks, service marks and company names are the property of their respective owners. |
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