InfoInterActive Announces Internet Call Manager for Linux
Date:
Mon, 13 Dec 1999 14:45:50 -0500
InfoInterActive Announces Internet Call Manager for Linux
BEDFORD, NS, Dec. 13 /CNW/ - InfoInterActive Inc. (TSE: IIA), the leading
application service provider of Internet call management services, announced
today Internet Call Manager for Linux along with a comprehensive strategy to
involve Linux developers in the creation of future services. The move extends
InfoInterActive's services to a rapidly growing and influential segment of
computers users and also expands its client software availability, which
currently includes Windows and Macintosh platforms.
Internet Call Manager is the world's first personal call management
application for handling telephone calls as they happen while consumers are
on-line. First introduced in 1997, ICM now includes a full suite of services
empowering Internet users to fully manage their calls in real-time. For
dial-up Internet users, ICM solves the dilemma of frequent busy signals, and
has become the leading, cost-effective alternative to an additional phone
line.
The Linux version of Internet Call Manager will be released in three
stages beginning the first quarter of 2000. First, a binary client will be
released to allow the Linux community to acquaint itself with the product's
real-time Internet call management capabilities. The source code for the user
interface will then be made freely available, allowing the imagination and
creativity of Linux users and developers to create new variations of the
product. The third release will include the free source code for the entire
client including the protocol for communicating with InfoInterActive's
servers. This three-stage release will allow InfoInterActive to incorporate
valuable feedback from the Linux users to ensure maximum portability across
Linux variants.
Interested parties can register their interest in this release at
infointeractive.com. This site will become a repository for
Linux contributions and a forum for suggestions, questions and other feedback.
InfoInterActive brings considerable experience in the open source
movement. David Trueman, director of engineering at InfoInterActive, is known
as one of the principal developers of GAWK, a scripting language now
distributed with Linux and other free and commercial operating system
distributions. Trueman was elected Canadian Internet Person of the Year in
1995 for his contributions to CSuite, a free Linux-based distribution that
facilitates community-based access to the Internet. "Linux users are
innovative thought leaders in the computer industry and we are delighted to
provide them with open access to our software," says Trueman. "The track
record of the Linux development community in producing innovative applications
is already impressive."
InfoInterActive is the industry leader in the development and deployment
of network-based enhanced services combining telephone, Internet and wireless
technologies. In 1997, the company launched Internet Call Manager, the world's
first service to allow Internet users to monitor and manage calls while their
phone lines are busy engaged on an Internet session. IIA globally markets ICM
directly to end users, and through telephone companies, Internet Service
Providers, Enhanced Service Providers and other value-added channels. The
company holds US and Canadian patents for the relevant technology and has
patents pending in 26 other countries worldwide. See www.infointeractive.com
for further details.
The Toronto Stock Exchange has neither approved
nor disapproved the information herein.
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For further information: Elaine Benoit, Marketing Communications Specialist, InfoInterActive
Inc., Tel (902) 832-3614, E-mail elaine.benoit@infointeractive.com; Brenda F. Collins, Public
Relations, Verrecchia Group, Tel (708) 784-9434, E-mail brenda@vergroup.com; To request a free
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