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Press Release LiteScape and LignUp to Deliver IP Telephony Business Applications
Converged CRM applications to be available to Customers on LignUp Platform San Jose, Calif. – March 14, 2006. LiteScape Technologies, Inc., which develops leading converged applications, and LignUp Corporation, a leading provider of converged IP telephony communications solutions, today announced they would make the LiteScape ServicePoint applications available on the open, SIP-based LignUp platform and market these enhanced solutions through their global channels. LS ServicePoint functionality includes accessing time management, corporate directories, inventory check and bulletins directly from IP phones. LiteScape customers include enterprises in the government, education, manufacturing, retail, financial services and professional services sectors. LignUp and LiteScape will answer questions on the potential and value of these applications during a noontime luncheon in the press room at Spring VON 2006 Conference and Expo, Thursday, March 16th in San Jose, CA. The companies will jointly demonstrate some of the LiteScape applications within the LignUp booth #1037 from March 14th to 17th in the San Jose Convention Center. LiteScape’s collaboration, converged CRM and identity management solutions improve business communications, employee productivity and the customer experience by extending interactive voice, text and image capabilities to telephones and other IP devices. LiteScape has deployed its solutions to more than 100,000 handsets worldwide, including organizations such as Chartered Semiconductor, Allen & Overy LLP in London and a major US government agency. “LiteScape has established an industry leadership position with solutions uniting IP telephony with pervasive enterprise communications and collaboration tools,” said Farzad Naimi, co-founder and CEO of LiteScape. “LignUp provides a flexible platform for building these applications as hosted services. By pairing our development expertise with the LignUp platform, LiteScape and LignUp will accelerate the adoption of converged communications that improve end-user productivity and strengthen their customer relationships.” The LignUp platform provides service providers, online communities and software providers with the flexible development capabilities they need to build voice and voice-enabled applications as services. Organizations delivering solutions built on the LignUp platform have the ability to easily customize these offerings to meet the business process needs of their customers, differentiate themselves in the marketplace and realize strong business margins. “Every time we speak to our service provider customers the overriding topic of the conversation is applications,” said Kevin Nethercott, founder, president and COO at LignUp Corporation. “They want to know which turnkey applications they can quickly deploy as services. Plus they want the development flexibility to innovate and differentiate their own solutions. We are pleased to be working with LiteScape to spearhead the adoption of voice applications that enhance business processes and change the way businesses communicate.” About LiteScape Technologies, Inc. LiteScape Technologies, Inc. develops leading converged applications. By extending interactive voice, text and image capabilities to telephones and other IP devices, LiteScape solutions improve business communications, employee productivity and the customer experience. The company's products cover three areas: Collaboration, Converged CRM and Identity Management. LiteScape is a certified ISV and markets its products globally through value-added distributors and resellers including Cisco and Avaya. In 2004, the Company acquired Circle24 Technologies, a premier application vendor in the VoIP and Wireless markets. Headquartered in Redwood Shores, California, LiteScape is a privately held corporation and is funded by top tier investors including SOFTBANK Capital, Telesoft Partners and Blumberg Capital. Visit www.LiteScape.com for more information. About LignUp Corporation LignUp Corporation delivers a powerful converged IP communications platform deployed with hosted telephony, voice mail, unified messaging, auto attendant and other Web applications. The 100% software, native-SIP platform is powered by LignUp Call Control XML (CCTRL) and LignUp Media Control XML (MCTRL) and enables solution integrators and service providers to quickly and easily create unique, high margin VoIP applications and services. The proven LignUp Communications Platform is deployed today in over 110 enterprises and 20 service providers around the world and is distributed in Japan by SkyWave and SkyWave partners Hitachi IT, NEC-SI and Net One Systems. LignUp has been named to the Pulver 100 list of leading private VoIP companies, and has been recognized for innovation with the TMC Labs Innovation Award and the EuroStart Channel Excellence Award. LignUp is also a founding member of FastLign, an industry alliance formed to reduce interoperability risks and increase speed to market for VoIP service providers. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, LignUp has offices in Salt Lake City, London and Tokyo. Visit www.LignUp.com for more information. ### |
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