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Curious Networks
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CURIOUS NETWORKS INTRODUCES MULTI-CHANNEL ACCESS PLATFORM |
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Device-Agnostic Infrastructure Compatible with All Industry Standards Enables
Companies to Deliver Mobile Applications for Long-Term Solutions |
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CHICAGO, Oct. 2, 2000 - Curious Networks Inc. today introduces its
scalable multi-channel access platform designed for companies seeking to
create customized information and services through any voice, wireless or
Internet device. Unlike current transitional technologies, Curious Networks'
platform offers a long-term approach based on breakthrough technology
developed from the ways people interact with information. Using Curious
Networks' platform, partners develop applications just once, enabling end-user
access from PCs, Internet phones, standard phones (through voice recognition),
personal digital assistants, such as Palm PilotsŪ, and other emerging
Internet appliances-insulating IT professionals from having to redesign and
recode for each existing and emerging channel. |
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Curious Networks' platform launch comes at an exciting time as companies
scramble to create new applications that take advantage of mobile and speech
recognition technologies. However, as companies increase their mobile
offerings, IT professionals struggle with the multiple standards associated
with emerging mobile devices. |
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"Today, companies wrestle with two main issues," notes David Cutler, co-
founder and CEO of Curious Networks. "First, they struggle with delivering
usable applications on devices with limited capabilities. Second, they cannot
recruit and retain individuals with the necessary skills to support all the
various device standards. Curious Networks solves both these problems for our
customers." |
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Curious Networks' patent-pending infrastructure is compatible with all
industry standards, including HTML, XHTML, XML, WAP (HDML and WML), Palm PQAs
and Voice XML. Because the platform is designed with a thin XML-based markup
language it minimizes the learning curve for developers, which significantly
reduces their time-to-market delivery of multi-channel applications-a key
feature that saves time and money. |
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With Curious Networks, companies can now take full advantage of multi-
channel applications while remaining insulated from the complexities of
evolving standards and technologies. This enables companies to focus on the
core of their businesses-not the low-level details of mobile application
development. |
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Using Curious Networks' platform, companies can develop custom
applications relevant to any user, whether they are consumers, employees or
business partners. For example, because Curious Networks' platform ties into
a company's content management system, IT professionals can create business
logic applications directly on their systems using one code-bypassing the need
to route the application through their Web site. Companies also can create
and deliver new applications designed to take advantage of the mobile
environment, like location-specific information -- processes not easily
possible with current approaches. |
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"Companies require control over the development and implementation of
their mobile applications and seek innovative ways to support new access
channels without modifying existing systems," Cutler maintains. "Alternative
offerings primarily focus on one-channel applications or the transcoding of
Web sites, but Curious Networks' infrastructure enables companies to address
all channels and markets with one code base and one solution." |
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About Curious Networks
Curious Networks enables companies to deliver customized business,
employee, and consumer-centric applications across the widest range of
Internet devices. The company's scalable multi-channel access platform allows
businesses to develop next-generation applications that users can access when
they want, how they want, and where they want-simply by using their PCs,
mobile or standard phones, personal digital assistants and other emerging
Internet appliances. |
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Curious Networks' platform is compatible with all industry standards from
HTML and XML to WAP and VoiceXML. Using a breakthrough approach based on
interaction-oriented development, the Curious Networks multi-channel access
platform delivers unparalleled usability, protection from costly future
development, and complete scalability. |
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