StrikeIron and O’Reilly Media Announce Mashup Contest at ETel
Developers invited to create new applications using multiple
content and telephony technologies
Research Triangle Park, NC – February 6, 2007 – StrikeIron Inc., the leading
provider of live data and business functionality over the web and O’Reilly
Media, Inc. today announced the first ever Telephony Mashup Contest to take
place during the O’Reilly Emerging Telephony Conference (ETel). This new contest
provides a stage for developers to demonstrate their creative skills using
emerging telephony technologies such as VoiceXML, SIP phones, VoIP, hosted PBX
& IVR services, and Web Services. In addition to StrikeIron and O’Reilly,
Tellme Networks, Inc. and Sylantro are sponsoring this contest with $3,000 of
prizes to winning entries. For more on this contest, please visit www.strikeiron.com/developers/contest.aspx.
A telephony mashup is a voice, Web, or mobile application (VoiceXML, PBX,
IVR, VOIP, SMS, Text Messaging, etc.) that combines content from more than one
source to create a new user experience. Qualifying entries must demonstrate how
an application can use one or more sources of content in an inventive way to
benefit users. Any application that combines content with telephony services
(ex: VOIP, SMS, Text Messaging, PBX, IVR) to create a mashup is qualified for
submission.
The first round of the contest is open to all developers. To enter the
contest, go to www.strikeiron.com/developers/contest.aspx; research the tools,
services and APIs; come up with an idea and build your telephony mashup. Next,
submit your mashup to developer@strikeiron.com by February 21, 2007 at 5 pm PST.
The top three finalists will demonstrate their mashups to ETel conference
attendees on the last day of the conference, March 1, 2007. Attendees will
choose the winning mashup immediately following the presentations.
“We’re excited to empower developers to create new applications for the
telephony market,” said Bob Brauer, president and CEO of StrikeIron. “By tapping
into the vast marketplace of content and services leveraging our online data
distribution platform, developers can help empower a new set of services for
users. We look forward to seeing some really extraordinary applications.”
For more information about ETel, visit:
http://conferences.oreillynet.com.
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About StrikeIron
StrikeIron is the leader in providing innovative solutions for delivering data
over the emerging Internet. The company’s innovative Web Services Marketplace
provides a technology platform, micro-transaction management and a consistent
interface across many XML-based Web services from multiple, diverse sources.
This allows business users, application developers and enterprise IT
professionals to customize and integrate external data sources and additional
external functionality into enterprise, Web, and composite applications.
Currently, StrikeIron provides over 100 live data sources and business
functions from organizations such as Cortera, D&B, Gale, MapQuest, Midnight Trader,
Tax Data Systems, The Sports Network, and Zacks.
StrikeIron also offers IronCloud™, the only comprehensive Web services delivery
platform that opens up new channels for data distribution and consumption
through Web Services. Enterprises of all sizes can now reduce the cost and
complexity of managing the challenges of data distribution which include
leveraging an existing external hardware and software architecture, controlling
and metering access and usage, external monitoring for 24x7 reliability, full
usage analytics, as well as multiple authentication scenarios and instead
concentrate their focus on making information easier for partners, customers,
and distributed business units to access and use. StrikeIron delivers value to
over 1,500 customers and partners such as Avaya, BEA, Delivery.com, IBM, Honda
Europe, D&B, Siemens, Nike, Swarovski, ShoeBuy, and Exclusive Resorts. For
more information, visit www.strikeiron.com.
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About Tellme
Tellme improves how people use their phone to search for everyday answers –
from finding a business, getting a sports score or hearing the latest weather
update. By bringing voice access to Internet information, Tellme is making it
quick and easy to find what you need when you’re on-the-go.
Today the company powers hundreds of phone services used by more than 40
million people every month. In addition to providing a consumer mobile search
service, Tellme also uses it’s platform to power phone applications such as
directory assistance (411) for Cingular and Verizon, customer service for
Merrill Lynch, E*TRADE Financial and American Airlines, and e-commerce services
for Amazon.com and Fandango. Tellme is headquartered in Mountain View,
California.
About Sylantro
Sylantro Systems provides the premier software platform
for business, consumer, and mobile hosted VoIP solutions. Sylantro allows
network operators to rapidly deliver high value, high margin managed telephony
services without the cost and complexity of today's in house PBX and key
systems, giving users new flexibility in their communication services. Sylantro
customers include AT&T, Bandwidth.com, China Netcom, China Unicom, Covad,
StarHub, SunRocket, and Swisscom.