U.S. Robotics Exhibits Spyglass Prism Dynamic Content
Conversion Solution at CelluCommEXPO '97
U.S. Robotics and Spyglass to Deliver Device-independent Internet
Infrastructure Solutions
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Robotics(R) (Nasdaq:USRX - news) and
Spyglass(R) Inc. (Nasdaq:SPYG) today announced a relationship focused on delivering Internet
infrastructure server solutions to wireless carriers and ISPs. As part of this relationship, the two
companies are exhibiting Spyglass Prism dynamic content conversion software with U.S. Robotics'
Total Control(TM) Wireless Access System at CelluCommEXPO '97, in booth #105 being held
here.
``Spyglass Prism can extend U.S. Robotics' Total Control platform into new applications,'' said Jack
Armstrong, Spyglass director of product marketing. ``The infrastructure is key to the delivery of
Web content in a form accessible to all Web-enabled devices, especially devices using wireless
communications where bandwidth and airtime are critical issues. We're very pleased to be working
with U.S. Robotics to deliver an innovative approach to the issue of converting Web content for
display on multiple devices.''
``The relationship between U.S. Robotics and Spyglass expands our vision of delivering network
architectures that are open and flexible for value-added services development supporting wireless
carriers and ISPs,'' said Alex Gordy, product line manager, U.S. Robotics. ``Spyglass Prism,
deployed in conjunction with U.S. Robotics' Wireless Access System, enables and optimizes
wireless Internet and intranet access for both PC and non-PC devices. Our flexibility in working with
third-party software solutions like Spyglass Prism further establishes U.S. Robotics' Wireless
Access System as the leading infrastructure platform for rapid deployment of innovative wireless
data services.''
Spyglass Prism is a server-based content conversion solution designed to meet the challenge of more
non-PC devices coming online. Flexible and easily extensible, Spyglass Prism takes richly-formatted
Web content -- tables, GIFs, frames, Java applets -- and dynamically adapts it to match the
performance and display capabilities of various non-PC devices. Spyglass Prism also caches the
converted content, which reduces the overall number of Web site transactions. This results in faster
access to content for devices using time- and cost-sensitive wireless links.
U.S. Robotics' Total Control Wireless Access System is designed for wireless service providers to
enable a wide variety of wireless data services over cellular and personal communications services
(PCS) networks. The system's open architecture allows rapid creation and deployment of new
services based on third-party software solutions. |
