Datria Systems, Inc., Receives Funding From Leading VC Firm -- Developer of Speech Enabled Data Collection Software Gives Mobile Workers Real-Time Wireless Access To Databases.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers DENVER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 16, 2000 Datria Systems, Inc., a leader of mobile speech application software that allows mobile workers to have real-time interaction with remote databases, today announced that it has received funding from Koch Ventures as part of a $5.3 million round of funding. Koch Ventures, based in Scottsdale, Arizona Scottsdale (O'odham Vaṣai S-vaṣonĭ) is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, adjacent to Phoenix. Scottsdale has become internationally recognized as a premier and posh tourist destination, while maintaining its own identity and culture as " , has invested more than $160 million in venture capital transactions since 1993. Koch Ventures is the private equity investment arm of Koch Industries Koch Industries, Inc. (pronounced "koke") is a private corporation based in Wichita, Kansas. According to Forbes Magazine, it is the largest privately owned company in the world by revenue (surpassing Cargill in 2005 with the acquisition of Georgia-Pacific), with subsidiaries , the second largest privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. in America. Other investors include Quest International Quest International was a major producer of flavors and fragrances with sales of £560 million in 2005[1] before its acquisition by rival Givaudan. Quest created and marketed flavours and fragrance concepts and solutions for the fast moving consumer goods industries. Management, Denver; Four States Investment, Jericho, NY; Greenwood Gulch Ventures, Denver, and Datria management. Datria's product line is centered on its VoCarta(TM) software, a speech-enabled remote data collection system. Speech-based mobile computing Using a computing device while in transit. Mobile computing implies wireless transmission, but wireless transmission does not necessarily imply mobile computing. Fixed wireless applications use satellites, radio systems and lasers to transmit between permanent objects such as buildings allows organizations to streamline business processes, increase productivity, reduce costs and thereby gain competitive advantage through real-time bi-directional access from the field to corporate enterprise information systems. VoCarta is successfully being used to collect data and populate databases by over 40 of Datria's customers including utilities and communications companies as well as state and local governments on public works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. , transportation and public safety projects. Datria's customers include U.S. West, Energy South, Inc. (Mobile Gas Company), Parsons Brinckerhoff Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) is a planning, engineering, program and construction management organization. The company has been involved in planning and designing some of the world's largest public works projects, such as Boston's Big Dig, Britain's rail system Network Rail; and the City of Austin. VoCarta gives mobile field workers hands-free, eyes-up capability when actively collecting data for spatial or relational databases, such as a Geographic Information System geographic information system (GIS) Computerized system that relates and displays data collected from a geographic entity in the form of a map. The ability of GIS to overlay existing data with new information and display it in colour on a computer screen is used primarily to or a Relational Database Management System relational database management system - relational database . VoCarta combines speech with a variety of digital input devices such as GPS, barcode readers, and digital cameras to solve customers' complex data collection requirements and directly download data into spatial, relational or web-enabled databases. Currently, Datria's VoCarta line of products includes four major products developed for specific speech-enabled data management requirements:
-- VoCarta TeleForms -- a wireless data collection system allowing
users in the field to access and update records of corporate
databases via cell phones. The field worker also has the ability
to receive information via the cell phone like being dispatched to
their next job.
-- VoCarta Forms -- an extended data collection environment with
special tools to provide direct, real-time interactive access to
existing data in a relational database management system.
-- VoCarta Field -- a stand-alone data collection environment
complete with quality control tools and extensions for integration
with multiple input devices.
-- VoCarta Tools -- a unique software development tool kit (SDK) that
enables developers to embed speech functionality into custom and
third-party data-support applications.
About Koch Ventures/Koch Industries Koch Ventures, based in Scottsdale, has invested more than $160 million in venture capital transactions since 1993. Koch Ventures is the private equity arm of Koch Industries, Inc. Koch Industries, Inc. through its subsidiaries, employs 12,000 people worldwide and is involved in virtually all phases of the oil and gas industry, as well as in chemicals, plastics, energy services, chemical and environmental technology products, asphalt products, metals and mineral services, ranching, and financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. . For more information on Koch Ventures refer to www.kochventures.com. About Datria Systems Datria Systems, Inc., headquartered in Englewood, Colorado Englewood is a city in Arapahoe County, Colorado, USA. As of 2005, the city is estimated to have a total population of 32,350.[5] It is part of the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Area. , was founded in 1997 when it acquired exclusive commercial intellectual property and patent rights to speech recognition technology from Lockheed Martin For the former company, see . Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is a leading multinational aerospace manufacturer and advanced technology company formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta. . The privately held company is the premier provider of mobile speech applications that serve a variety of industries. Datria's flagship product, VoCarta, is a suite of speech recognition software products that enables rapid and accurate data acquisition and retrieval by the mobile field workforce. VoCarta technology permits an order-of-magnitude-improvement over other field data collection methods. All of the commercially available speech recognition engines, including those from Microsoft, Lernout & Hauspie, Nuance and SpeechWorks can be used with Datria's products. Datria can be contacted by calling 303/645-9300 or by visiting its website at www.datria.com. |
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