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Merger of HiddenMind and Anydevice Delivers Integrated Mobile and Voice Software Platform for 'Always Available' Mobile Services
URL(s): HiddenMind
CARY, N.C., June 25 - HiddenMind(R) Technology, Inc., a
provider of wireless software for mobile business, and AnyDevice(TM), Inc., a
mobile and telecom software infrastructure company, today announced that the
companies will merge and continue to do business under the HiddenMind name.
The combined company offers an integrated mobile and voice software platform
for delivering "always available" mobile services.
The company's integrated platform delivers "always available" mobile
services to wireless devices that are either connected or disconnected from
the wireless network. The solution supports browser-based devices and a
native client that runs on the device itself.
Each company brings complementary elements to the merger that result in a
comprehensive business and technology entity. The executive team and board of
directors for HiddenMind will consist of experienced technology, sales and
business executives from each company. Since June 2000, the two companies
have raised a total of $41 million in equity investments provided in early
stage financing transactions by Warburg, Pincus & Co, a New York-based private
equity placement firm, BEA Systems, Inc., (Nasdaq: BEAS), and GreenSpring
Ventures, an Atlanta-based venture capital firm.
The combined company offering provides an integrated mobile services
platform:
* HiddenMind brings mobile services technology optimized for a
disconnected and distributed computing environment.
* AnyDevice supplies a mobile and voice platform that delivers "write once
and publish on many devices" architecture for devices in a connected
mode.
"A distributed solutions architecture supporting occasionally connected
devices is becoming an e-Business success requirement," said Chris Thomas,
Intel's Chief e-Strategist. "The enabling technologies that extend solutions
to disconnected services and mobile devices establish a powerful usage model
with implications extending well beyond wireless to mainstream e-Business
solutions."
HiddenMind now provides a comprehensive solution for wireless, voice and
wired services in an integrated platform optimized for use on current and
future mobile devices. The company's software generates mobile applications
that function whether connected or disconnected from the wireless network,
thereby allowing for continuous interaction by the user. The solution
supports browser-based devices in a connected mode via application code
running on the server. In addition, the application code can run on a native
client on the device, thus allowing the user to continue to access and update
information when disconnected from the network. Once reconnected, information
will be wirelessly refreshed and updates made automatically or initiated by
the user.
"HiddenMind's comprehensive solution meets current and future business
requirements and protects enterprises from exposure to the proliferation of
new device types," said HiddenMind Chairman and CEO, Ken Tyra. "The broad
market is searching for the next-generation 'always available' mobile and
voice services architecture and the combination of HiddenMind and AnyDevice
delivers this now. This is a distinct advantage in the market and it provides
a stable foundation for a successful business."
The HiddenMind Platform(TM) supports the introduction of future devices
while capitalizing on current mobile device functionality through its
distributed, "one-to-many" architecture. HiddenMind's "one-to-many"
architecture enables an organization to preserve existing investments in
mobile devices while also introducing new devices into its mobile strategy.
The company's platform also provides a clear migration path to future
technologies including Web services and the proliferation of smart device
types. HiddenMind offers customers a single point of integration that
decreases costs and increases employee productivity while also leveraging
distributed computing standards.
Mobile services that operate even when the wireless network is not
available are finding traction in the market place based upon the
circumstances of the user and environment. For example, mobile sales
professionals often find their mobile device is disconnected because of poor
coverage or imposed restrictions, such as in hospitals or airplanes. Using a
mobile application that provides continuous access and updates to local data
while the mobile device is disconnected from the server, and automatically
updates the server when reconnected, is of great value. The HiddenMind
Wireless Desktop(TM), a client for PDAs and programmable devices, allows
customers to dynamically provision "always available" applications over the
wireless network. The developer can use the same programming language and
tools to create an application that runs as a connected application for mobile
browsers and as a disconnected "always available" application on the Wireless
Desktop.
"The vendor consolidation phase of the mobile market has begun," says Jack
Gold, Vice President, META Group. "Long term survivors will be required to
offer compelling applications integration and client technology to meet the
varying business and technology needs of enterprises; to enable many users, on
many different devices, over many different connections. Those vendors not
offering a complete platform solution will be relegated to niche supplier
status."
About HiddenMind
HiddenMind provides a comprehensive solution for wireless, voice and wired
services in a unified software platform optimized for mobile devices and
applications. The company's platform generates mobile applications that
function in connected and disconnected mode allowing continuous mobile
services. HiddenMind offers customers a single point of integration that
decreases costs and increases employee productivity while also leveraging
emerging Web services. For more information about HiddenMind please visit
http://www.hiddenmind.com.
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