by admin on April 24, 2007
Innovative Providers Team Up To Deliver New Capabilities to Mobile Users
OTTAWA & MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. April 24, 2007–iotum and JAJAH, two of the brightest lights in the emerging world of Voice 2.0 and New Presence, today announced a strategic alliance to deliver new capabilities to mobile users and further their shared vision of the future for Internet telephony and mobility.
As a first step, iotum and JAJAH are leveraging their expertise to offer BlackBerry® users the power of iotum’s Talk-Now application for presence-enabled call management combined with JAJAH’s low rates for calling anywhere in the world.
"We saw a clear opportunity to enhance the experience for mobile users by partnering with JAJAH," said iotum CEO Alec Saunders. "Initially, our collaboration means that iotum Talk-Now users will have one-click access to JAJAH for all their contacts. In the future, iotum will release other ‘New Presence’-enabled applications in conjunction with JAJAH, such as PIN-less, mobile conferencing."
Introduced earlier this year, Talk-Now is a revolutionary "New Presence" application for BlackBerry devices that lets users see at a glance who’s available to talk, and share their availability with contacts of their choosing. By combining the capabilities of a to-do list and a buddy list, Talk-Now eliminates phone tag by allowing users to know when the people they need to speak with are available and to see who is waiting to speak with them.
"iotum Talk-Now will allow us to offer our mobile enterprise customers a unique, innovative solution," said JAJAH co-founder Roman Scharf. "With iotum Talk-Now, workgroups using BlackBerrys now have a seamless JAJAH calling experience. They can check the availability of their team members directly from their screens, and then make low-cost global calls with a single click."
"Iotum’s Talk-Now provides a unique presence application today. It allows users to deliver personalized presence to each of their contacts," said IDC Research Manager Will Stofega. "By combining Talk-Now and JAJAH, the two companies have created the world’s premier presence-driven calling network."
JAJAH launched its global web-activated telephony in March 2006, offering free or low-cost phone calls from regular phones. The service requires no headset, equipment, contract or monthly fee, and registration is free. JAJAH recently announced it has acquired 2 million registered users in its first year of business.
"Talk-Now helps people complete more telephone calls, cuts down on voice-mails and helps them avoid telephone tag," said iotum’s Saunders. "The beauty of our alliance with JAJAH is that we’re giving users a higher likelihood of completing their calls and at prices that are among the most attractive available anywhere — especially in Europe. Together, iotum and JAJAH increase the productivity of our customers’ teams, while also helping them to manage their telephony costs."
iotum and JAJAH are both proud members of the 2007 "Pulver 100," a list of the top privately held growth companies in the converged worlds of media, Internet, communications and entertainment. Also, both iotum and JAJAH have been named to VoIPNews’ list of "25 Most Interesting VoIP Startups" for 2007.
About iotum
Founded in 2003, privately held iotum (http://www.iotum.com) is a Voice 2.0 company setting out to shape a world of relevant communications where devices and services work seamlessly together to let people communicate with who they want, when they want and on the device they want. Most recently iotum was awarded the prestigious CATA Alliance Innovation Award for Emerging Technology Achievement as the best emerging technology of the year in Canada; named a DEMOgod at DEMO2006 and named to the Branham 25 Emerging Companies in Canada as well as to Business 2.0′s Next Net 25.
About JAJAH
JAJAH (http://www.jajah.com) is dedicated to bringing users vastly improved telephony solutions at a fraction of the traditional price. JAJAH enables consumers to make free and low-cost telephone calls, locally or globally, dialing from either their computers or mobile phones. By combining the best of the Internet with the best of the existing telephony infrastructure, JAJAH removes the barriers to communication and makes it easier for people everywhere to stay in touch. JAJAH was founded in 2005, and has offices in Mountain View, Calif., in the U.S. and in Luxembourg.
by Alec on December 15, 2006
My stomach is still on fire. We had Kentucky Fried Chicken at the office last night, and my 42 year old stomach can’t take the grease any more. The dev team gobbled it up, though.
We’re in crunch mode — that time when tech teams pull out all the stops and crank toward a release. It means a lot of late nights, catered in lunches and dinners (I know… KFC isn’t exactly catering, per se) so people can stay focused, and the push to a deadline.Â
I’ve never worked on a technology project where it hasn’t come to this. It was 2:30 AM when I finally hit the sack, yesterday.
So what are we working on? A couple of months ago, I called a friend of mine and asked how his day was going. “Lousy”, came the reply. “I’ve spent the last two hours playing telephone tag”.
Next week we hope to be able to deliver an early release of a new feature for the iotum Relevance Engine, part of a roadmap of features we call “Minerva” internally. We’re not quite sure what to call this feature yet… but I think it’s going to change the way people think about presence, especially mobile presence. It’s not based on today’s presence technologies, although it’s something like presence. It’s not a buddy list either, but more like a hybrid of a buddy list and a to-do list combined with telephony. The goal for this feature is the elimination of telephone tag.
We’re going to be looking for a few people to try this out. Initially it will only be available on Blackberry.  If you have a Blackberry with OS release 4.1 or higher, and would like to participate in an early trial, feel free to drop me email. I’ll send you an invite when it’s ready to download.
by admin on October 26, 2006
Mobile Professionals and Small Businesses to Have Access to iotum Through Worldwide Network of Partners
(Dallas, TX – October 26, 2006) At Astricon Dallas today, iotum announced the on-demand availability of its award winning Web 2.0 Call Management Applications, including its flagship iotum™ Relevance Engine™, through a worldwide channel partner network of Service Providers, System Integrators, and telephony Value-Added Resellers. The iotum Relevance Engine is the industry’s first call management platform to intelligently assess the relevance of any call, and to automatically route that call to the most appropriate destination.
iotum’s Relevance Enabled Channel Partner Program provides opportunities for partners to boost margins and increase revenues by deploying new, revenue-generating services to their customers based on the iotum Relevance Engine. The iotum Relevance Enabled Partner Program provides partners with recognition as an iotum certified partner; lead generation programs; joint marketing opportunities; development seats; and additional revenues and market development funds.
“From the day iotum was founded, we have envisioned iotum being available to all users of cell phone, landline PBX, VoIP Phone, PDA, and web sites”, said Alec Saunders, iotum CEO and co-founder. “Today we’re thrilled to announce a great new group of partners who will bring iotum to more mobile professionals and small businesses worldwide.”
“Our customers demand a little magic in every phone call,” said Sam Aparicio, Vice President of Products and Strategy at Angel.com. “Partnering with iotum helps us deliver just that. iotum’s unparalleled knowledge of relevance and understanding of caller psychology makes them a valuable partner for Angel.com”
iotum’s new channel partners include Angel.com, Core Telecom Innovations Inc, ESCAUX, The Flat Planet Phone Company, Integrics Limited, and Nufone Incorporated. More information on each of these partners can be found at www.iotum.com/partners.php
"iotum’s Relevance Enabled Partnership with Nufone adds tremendous value to our customers’ calling experience,” said Nufone CEO Allan Noorda. “For our customers, it’s all about being competitive within enterprise markets. With iotum, our small and medium business clients will never miss an important call, and never be interrupted again when it’s inappropriate."
Throughout iotum’s product development process, the company has collaborated with independent software vendors and service providers. With the release of the iotum integration tools earlier this year, a growing community of third parties have been announcing relationships with iotum, including AOL’s AIM Phoneline, Epygi Technologies Ltd, Televolution Inc, Unlimitel Inc and Versature Corporation.
Apply online today at www.iotum.com/partnerprogramcontact.php
About IOTUM
Founded in 2003, privately held iotum is a Voice 2.0 company setting out to shape a world of relevant communications where devices and services work seamlessly together to let people communicate with who they want, when they want and on the device they want. Most recently they were awarded the Prestigious CATA Alliance Innovation Award for Emerging Technology Achievement – as the best emerging technology of the year in Canada; named a DEMOgod at DEMO2006 and named to Business 2.0’s Next Net 25.
For more information :
Partners:
Steve Lecomte
steve@iotum.com
+1.613.686.6609
Media:
Andy Abramson
aabramson@comunicano.com
+1.858.523.1800
