News! Xybernaut(R) Corporation, IBM, SBS team to push speech solutions in Europe.
The IBM Industry Solutions Lab Stuttgart, Germany, Software-Zentrum Boblingen/
Sindelfingen e.V., Boblingen, Germany, and the Xybernaut Corp. Fairfax, VA, USA announce jointly a cooperation for introducing and integrating IBM-speech
technologies into customer oriented Application Solutions.
FAIRFAX, Va., Aug. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- XYBERNAUT(R) CORPORATION (Nasdaq: XYBR), a leader in wearable computers, today announced that IBM a pioneer and leader in speech technologies represented by its European Industry Solutions Lab in Stuttgart, Germany, the Software-Zentrum Boblingen/
Sindelfingen e.V. (SBS e.V.) in Boblingen, Germany a software oriented association of small, innovative Software Companies, and Xybernaut Corporation will jointly cooperate for introducing and integrating IBM's speech technologies into customer oriented, voice controlled, and innovative application solutions.
The combined strength of all three companies will be bundled to introduce and adapt IBM's speech technologies into voice controlled innovative software solutions enabling new user groups to benefit from utilizing hands-free, and mobile wearable Computer technologies. The partners will benefit from establishing this competence center in their specific fields of interest and core competencies. This is a further step in promoting innovative, speech controlled customer solutions initially announced by IBM's Speech Market Segment and Xybernaut Corp. for PC-Expo in New York on June, 15 1998.
IBM's Dagmar Holtmann, Director of the European Industry Solution Laboratory Stuttgart stated: "The technological drive of computers everywhere is changing the world. This cooperation which merges two technologies - wearable computing and speech recognition - is a comer stone for providing new advanced application solutions. It is opening up a new horizon for e-business." And Wolfgang Karbstein, Manager of IBM speech Business Unit Germany, Austria and Switzerland, concludes: "Xybernaut's Mobile Assistant(R) is a great complement to IBM's Via Voice speech technology, offering customers tremendous opportunities for productivity gains. It really meets the need of customers who want remote computing in a hands-free environment.
Xybernaut Corporation will provide its new MA IV with its 233 MHz MMX technology up to 128 MB memory and 4 GB hard drive all packaged into a small 750 grams standard WINTEL, belt-worn module. It lets mobile users participate in information sharing and exchange by integrating them into corporate and public information networks. Xybernaut's European Director of Operations, Bernd Wiedmann amplified this by saying: "The Marketplace is aware and waiting for solutions based on mobile, speech enabled wearable computing, state-of-the-art communication technologies such as GPS and GSM, and advanced process oriented software concepts.
"As our products become available worldwide customers will extend their application solution and processes to include the large group of mobile users. Seamless integration of the above mentioned technologies and concepts is key to rapid acceptance."
The SBS e.V. will provide skill and expertise in developing and delivering advanced software solutions which are the bases of its already existing cooperation agreement with Xybernaut Corp., signed and announced on June 6, 1997. Dr. Edwin Vogt, President and CEO of SBS e.V. speaking on behalf of the three collaboration Companies details this in saying: "Utilizing advanced speech technologies and wearable computing as pivots for developing process-oriented speech controlled software solutions allows us to provide to customers new levels of productivity in industries such as Manufacturing, Process, Distribution, Health and Government."
Benefiting from this hardware and software technology will bring applications to the front end, offering new levels of collaboration between persons at the point of work with professionals at home, in a center of competence, or simply with information management systems. With the envisioned downward trend for hardware prices, this will shape the image and operation of industries significantly.
Xybernaut separately confirmed that its Vice Chairman, Dr. Steven A. Newman, would participate at IBM's ViaVoice launch in Hamburg, Germany, on August 20th, 1998, after first meeting with select partners and Xybernaut European management.
Xybernaut Corporation is a leader in providing hardware, software and service solutions to the wearable computing industry. The Company's patented wearable computer systems feature speech-activation, flat panel and head-mounted displays that allow users hands-free access to information in the computer's internal storage, in local area networks, and on the Internet on an as-needed, where-needed basis. Xybernaut's software is designed to provide users with the right information needed for the task at hand using consistent navigation techniques and screen presentations. Xybernaut's customers include leading corporations and government agencies for many mobile knowledge delivery system applications, including maintenance and repair, inspection, inventory control, manufacturing and data collection.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the "Act"). In particular, when used in the preceding discussion, the words "plan," "confident that," "believe," "expect," or "intend to" and similar conditional expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Act and are subject to the safe harbor created by the Act. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, and actual results could differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, market conditions, the availability of components for, and delays in the start of, production of the next generations of the Mobile Assistant, general acceptance of the Company's products and technologies, competitive factors, the ability to successfully complete additional financings, and other risks described in the Company's SEC reports and filings.
Mobile Assistant, and Xybernaut are registered trademarks of Xybernaut Corporation (Nasdaq: XYBR)
SOURCE Xybernaut Corporation
CO: Xybernaut Corporation; IBM
ST: Virginia
IN: CPR
SU: PDT
08/18/98 10:44 EDT prnewswire.com
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