SimDesk Unveils Revolutionary New Product; Virtual Desktop Software Helps Bridge the Digital Divide.Business Editors & High Tech Writers HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 20, 2001 SimDesk, a software development company, today unveiled a suite of web-based productivity applications. The revolutionary new product suite provides users email, word processor, spreadsheet, file manager, calendar, remote printing, computer backup and contact manager applications through any web-enabled device. "This simply anywhere desktop finally makes mobile-computing a reality," said Robert E. Knowling, Jr., SimDesk's chairman and chief executive officer. "SimDesk gives people anywhere-anytime access to a virtual desktop that offers a comprehensive alternative to other legacy software applications." Debuted today for the City of Houston by Mayor Lee P. Brown, Robert Brown, Robert, 1773–1858, Scottish botanist and botanical explorer. In 1801 he went as a naturalist on one of Matthew Flinders's expeditions to Australia, returning (1805) to England with valuable collections. E. Knowling, Jr., and SimDesk Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Ray Davis Ray Davis may refer to:
"The City of Houston is proud to be the first city in the country to provide a web-based virtual desktop to every city resident," said Mayor Brown. "With nearly two million Houstonians, SimDesk offers the best solution to help bridge the digital divide in Houston by providing residents, regardless of one's socio-economic situation, access to a revolutionary new technology not available anywhere else in the world." The benefits SimDesk can offer city, state and federal government, school districts; large service providers; and phone companies is an opportunity to increase collaboration across organizations, as well as increase the loyalty of their user base. With SimDesk, an organization can instantly place themselves at the forefront of the next wave of the Internet evolution with a suite of services that dramatically increases productivity. Current web-based productivity applications represent a splintered offering in the market and most, if not all, are based on Application Service Provider (ASP) technology, which has some technical limitations in terms of latency (1) The time between initiating a request in the computer and receiving the answer. Data latency may refer to the time between a query and the results arriving at the screen or the time between initiating a transaction that modifies one or more databases and its completion. and bandwidth requirements Bandwidth requirements (communications) The channel bandwidths needed to transmit various types of signals, using various processing schemes. Every signal observed in practice can be expressed as a sum (discrete or over a frequency continuum) of sinusoidal and the added burden of huge computing computing - computer costs. SimDesk, however, has developed a proprietary technology that eliminates the limitations associated with an ASP model and enables users to create, manage, store, print and access their personal information from any device connected to the Internet. "The SimDesk capabilities offer users a way to access their files and information from any computer, PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). , or cell phone equipped with an Internet connection," said Ray Davis, SimDesk's founder and chief technology officer. "We have been working on the development of SimDesk for over two years and are confident the applications meet the expectations of the software and computing industry to effectively move the world to a network-centric computing environment." About Internet Access See how to access the Internet. Technologies Inc. Houston-based Internet Access Technologies Inc. (IAT IAT Intelligent Agent Technology IAT International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (Joint IEEE, WIC, and ACM conference) IAT Implicit Association Test IAT Intake Air Temperature IAT Import Address Table ), dba SimDesk, is a software development company specializing in web-based productivity tools accessible through any web-enabled device. IAT provides true transportability, cross-platform integration, and remote and wireless access to data. The company's software includes applications for word processing word processing, use of a computer program or a dedicated hardware and software package to write, edit, format, and print a document. Text is most commonly entered using a keyboard similar to a typewriter's, although handwritten input (see pen-based computer) and , data management, spreadsheet, personal scheduling, data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. , e-mail and other business-to-business services. IAT is headquartered at 5450 Northwest Central, Suite 300; Houston, TX 77092. Telephone: 1.866.SIMDESK. Web Site: www.simdesk.com. |
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