MILL VALLEY, CA, Feb 21 (MARKET WIRE) --
CommuniGate Systems, the leader in carrier-class Unified Communications,
today announced a partnership with Skinkers, the market leader in information
broadcast technology. Under the agreement, Skinkers will utilize the powerful
CommuniGate Pro Unified Communications platform to add an "instant push"
communication component to its Live Notification Platform(TM).
Skinkers and CommuniGate Systems combined technology will enable
organizations
to deliver vital information such as stock price changes, news alerts, and bomb
and evacuation warnings in less than a second. This virtually instantaneous
messaging feature is now under final development and testing.
Skinkers, the market leader in information broadcast technology, delivers
solutions that ensure ShouldKnow information is delivered to audiences
withvisibility and impact. ShouldKnow(TM) information is priority and useful
information we need to know, for example breaking news, corporate
communications,
service outages, stock price alerts and podcasts. Audiences can select what type
of
ShouldKnow information they would like to receive and what device they would
like it sent to (computers, handhelds and mobile phones). Skinkers enable
organizations to deliver priority notifications and distribute heavy content
through a controlled, highly versatile and secure universal communication
platform.
Skinkers technology is used by many of the world's leading brands and its
clients include the BBC, London Stock Exchange, Virgin Atlantic, American
Airlines, easyJet, Acer and the Microsoft Xbox 360. It selected
CommuniGateSystems due to its Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP)
compatibility. This open XML technology is for real-time communication, which
powers a
wide range of applications including instant messaging, presence, media
negotiation,
whiteboarding, collaboration, lightweight middleware, content syndication, and
generalized XML routing.
"The CommuniGate Pro software is critical to the development of our new
range
of instantaneous push communications. CommuniGate Systems use well-proved
communications principles to provide a very fast delivery of address and
data to hundreds, even thousands, if not millions of recipients. It is
real-time, instant, push technology -- which is very hard to do over the
internet. With CommuniGate we're really sending a rocket right through the net,"
said Rob Noble, Skinkers Chief Operating Officer.
"We chose CommuniGate after an exhaustive search of available technology
companies
and they came out on top for three reasons. They have an excellent track
record in using the XMPP protocol, their UK operation is very responsive and
they have invested in an advanced worldwide support structure which is highly
important for our mission-critical communications," Noble continues. "For very
important,
high-profileinformation that you definitely ShouldKnow, CommuniGate Systems
technology is the
fast lane on the motorway."
"We are very excited to be working alongside an innovative company like
Skinkers that has shown the amazing potential of the CommuniGate Pro Unified
Communications platform," said Jon R. Doyle, vice president of Business
Development at CommuniGate Systems. "This new generation of messaging will
enable vital business information, breaking news and safety alerts to be
distributed to workforces instantly. We look forward to working closely with
Skinkers to expand the deployment of the technology in the market."
Beyond messaging, CommuniGate Pro enables enhanced IP Communications
services, including
instant messaging, presence, RSS news feeds, and Voice over IP services. The
platform gives users a choice of clients -- IP phones, soft clients,
traditional telephony, mobile devices, browsers, and IM agents -- all through
a single account. CommuniGate Systems' Pronto! interface offers a sleek, unified
communications dashboard based on Adobe Flash(R) and Adobe Flex(TM) 2
technology.
Pronto! is available today as an open and free service at www.TalktoIP.com
where users can
take Pronto! for a test drive. Additionally, an installable "Community" version
is
located at www.communigate.com/community which allows free use of the
CommuniGate Pro Server and Pronto! for five accounts or less, making it an ideal
choice for small businesses or the home office network. For installations over
five users, the CommuniGate Pro full featured unified communication server is
priced starting at US$899 for 25 users. ISPs, broadband and mobile operators
can contact sales@communigate.com for pricing information.
About Skinkers
Skinkers is the market leader in information broadcast technology. Our
solutions ensure ShouldKnow information is delivered to customers,
partnersand employees with visibility and impact. ShouldKnow information is
priority
information we need to know, e.g. breaking news, corporate communications,
service
outages, share price alerts, podcasts etc. Audiences can select what type of
ShouldKnow information they would like to receive on their chosen devices
(computers, handhelds and mobile phones). Skinkers technology is used by many of
the world's leading brands.
About CommuniGate Systems
Founded in 1991 and based in Mill Valley, California, CommuniGate Systems
develops carrier-class Unified Communications and media delivery software for
broadband and mobile operators to deliver value-added services and SaaS
solutions. CommuniGate Systems delivers powerful mashups of Unified
Communications technology mixed with media and entertainment applications for
portals,
social networks, enterprises and mobile communities. CommuniGate Systems is
revolutionizing the Unified Communications industry with a unique Flash-based
client framework Pronto! bringing together all forms of communication and
breaking the leash to the desktop with Web 2.0 mobility.
CommuniGate Systems is the first choice in technology solutions for over
12,000 customers with over 130 million subscribers unifying e-mail,
collaboration, IM, presence and VoIP with a single identity. The Unified
Communications platform provides flexibility, performance, and scalability with
benchmark proven architecture remaining unchallenged in the industry. Our
technology powers OEM partner products ranging from embedded real time systems
to powerful unified messaging platforms at top tier global network operators.
The open development environment's simple APIs deliver extensible flexibility
with a unique clustering technology for 99.999% uptime for the most demanding
application environments.
The company is a trusted and financially stable vendor, maintaining the
highest customer satisfaction levels in the Unified Communications
industrywith over 175 members in its partner network worldwide.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Brian Blank
FutureWorks, Inc.
(408) 720-8228 Ext 114
brianb@future-works.com
Andrea Kimpflinger
CommuniGate Systems
(415) 383-7164 Ext 219
akimpflinger@communigate.com
Kate Lothian
Skinkers
+44 (0)20 7579 8352
kate.lothian@skinkers.com
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