Curious Networks debuts Continuum MAXML server
CHICAGO - Curious Networks, developer of a multi-channel access
XML (MAXML) for wireless, released its Continuum server, the first multi-channel
presentation server using that uses the MAXML language. Curious Networks’ offering
enables companies to build and deliver customized applications across a range of
wireless devices, without the time and costs associated with coding for each appliance.
Curious Networks’ MAXML fully supports all industry standards, including HTML,
XHTML, XML, WAP (HDML and WML), Palm PQAs and VoiceXML. Once coded in MAXML, all
applications are accessible on the Continuum platform across all devices, from
PCs and standard and cell phones to personal digital assistants, WAP phones,
text pagers, and interactive TV-regardless of the varying code standards.
Wireless launches Novarra’s HTML wireless platform launches
In less than a year, Chicago software start-up Novarra has built, tested
and acquired two customers for its just-launched wireless HTML web access
platform. The industry got a first-look at it last month at DCI’s Data
Warehousing Show at McCormick Place.
Novarra’s product delivers Internet in an appropriate and readable form
to any wireless device. Company CEO Art Roldan and founder Matt Trapani told
i-Street the real need for this pull and push translation software is in the
major brick and mortar companies and business-to-business (B2B) wireless exchanges.
Roldan said it was the talent pool hired from Chicago’s wireless and telecom
companies that got the product to market so quickly after its initial funding last
February. The firm has 50 employees.
A year ago, the predecessor company InfoSpeed Communications, got its first
$1 million seed investment from Kettle Partners (kettlevc.com). According to
Roldan, Kettle Partners approached him prior to investing and asked him to
become the CEO; Roldan accepted and the company secured the investment. Last
August, the newly named Novarra, Inc. picked up an $8 million second round.
Chicago’s strong telecom VC firm, JK&B Capital (jkbcapital.com) and Kettle came
in for $7 million and $1 million came from the first and only investment from
the city-public-private backed Skyscraper Ventures.
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