Clickmarks Adds Multilingual Capabilities
Enabling Mobile Users to Access
Content from Any Device in 65 Languages
First Solution of Its Kind Simplifies
Global Use for Enterprises &
Carriers
FREMONT, CALIFORNIA - August 8,
2001
Clickmarks, a leading provider
of wireless software infrastructure
and products, today announced the
addition of universal multilingual
support to its mobile data products.
End users of the Clickmarks Habitat
™ technology will now be able
to access content from the Internet,
corporate Intranets and enterprise
applications in 65 languages, even
if their mobile phones or PDAs lack
built-in support for the language.
Designed to meet the demands of
the global economy, Clickmarks’
new multilingual feature overcomes
the scarce international font support
in mobile devices today. Most Internet-enabled
phones and handheld computers are
capable of displaying only English
or, in some cases, the language
of the country where the device
was purchased. Many fonts are not
available at all, and no device
permits users to view multiple languages
with different character sets.
To address this deficiency, server-based
software now incorporated in the
Clickmarks Habitat application automatically
allows text to be displayed in the
language of origin, allowing users
to see, for example, a Chinese or
Japanese data sheet, or a Russian
or Arabic news story, with any Internet
ready mobile device. This eliminates
the need for enterprises to equip
their workforce with special equipment,
and it enables international carriers
to roll out wireless Internet services,
even in markets where they are currently
unable to do so because support
for the local language is not available
from device manufacturers.
“Clickmarks is now the only
provider of mobile information solutions
to give enterprises and carriers
a means of delivering content from
any source, to any wireless device,
in any language,“ said John
Huyett, President and Chief Executive
Officer of Clickmarks. “The
new multilingual capability of the
Clickmarks Habitat platform removes
all the complications involved in
meeting that need, giving both enterprises
and international carriers a way
to display global content without
the costs associated with purchasing
special hardware in order to support
the end user’s languages of
choice.”
Clickmarks’ Enterprise Habitat™
gives businesses the ability to
equip wired or wireless users with
a customizable portal that presents
each user’s most frequently
accessed information on a single
screen. Each personalized habitat
can include key information from
enterprise applications, production
systems, databases and data warehouses,
as well as e-mail and content from
any Web page. Information is automatically
updated to reflect changes in customer
history, inventory levels, stock
prices or other data built into
the habitat by the user.
Clickmarks’ Mobile Habitat™
is a portal infrastructure that
is licensed to wireless carriers
to enable their users to access
any Web content and perform any
m-commerce transaction from their
mobile devices. Carriers can customize
the content provided, incorporating
any data feed or Web content including
links, pictures, tables and forms.
Subscribers can then personalize
the content to fit their needs.
By providing subscribers with enhanced
functionality as well as complete
control over their mobile environment,
the Mobile Habitat platform is designed
to help carriers build customer
loyalty, reduce churn, and increase
revenues both by augmenting usage
and facilitating m-commerce.
Clickmarks’ multilingual
feature works on any client device
equipped with a browser and the
graphic display abilities to support
.gif, .jpeg, .wbmp or .png image
formats. WAP and WML-compliant mobile
phones, Palm handhelds, Pocket PCs
and EPOC devices are supported.
About Clickmarks
Clickmarks, Inc. is a leading
provider of technology solutions
for the rapid development and deployment
of e-business applications and web
services. Clickmarks’ products
represent an innovative visual approach
to Enterprise Application Integration,
enabling companies to create and
deploy functionally-rich applications
that combine information and business
processes from existing systems.
Applications developed on the Clickmarks
platform can be exposed as portlets
(for integration within portal frameworks),
EJBs and web services, and deployed
on a broad range of mobile devices.
The company’s software has
been commercially deployed at some
of the world’s largest companies,
including Vodafone Group PLC and
Telefonica. Founded in 1999, Clickmarks
(www.clickmarks.com)
is headquartered in Fremont, California.
The company is headquartered at
718 University Avenue # 202
Los Gatos CA 95032
V (408) 399-6120
F (408) 395-5404
Web site:www.clickmarks.com
For more information, please contact:
Dodi Handy, President and CEO
Elite Financial Communications Group
Tel: 407-585-1080
E-mail: dlk@efcg.net |
