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Vayusphere Announces Industry's First Free and Secure
Corporate Instant Messaging (IM) Platform
Vayusphere Instant Messaging® Eliminates
Barriers to Enterprise Adoption of Instant Messaging
Mountain View, CA, May 29, 2002 -- Vayusphere, Inc., the
leading provider of Instant Response (IR) server software
and solutions, announced today the immediate availability
of Vayusphere Instant Messaging (IM), the industry's first
freely available secure Instant Messaging platform designed
specifically for business use. Vayusphere IM may be used as
a stand-alone corporate IM solution or in conjunction with
Vayusphere's flagship product, Instant Response Server, IRiS,
also announced today. Vayusphere IM Standard Edition is available
at no charge and may be downloaded over the web from www.vayusphere.com/IMdownload
by IT administrators of qualified enterprises.
Vayusphere IM can run behind enterprise firewalls and provides
distributed workers with a secure and scaleable platform for
real-time communication and contextual collaboration. Vayusphere
IM enables companies to significantly increase the utilization
and productivity of their distributed workers by eliminating
the time and cost inefficiencies associated with slower communication
and collaboration tools such as email and voice mail. Vayusphere
IM runs on all popular desktop and mobile computing platforms
including Microsoft Windows® desktops, Java™-enabled
web browsers, Palm OS® devices and WAP-enabled cell phones.
"Instant Messaging is growing up," said Pushpendra
Mohta, founder and CEO of Vayusphere. "Having evolved
from a simple chat application for teenagers to a powerful
platform for real-time communication and contextual collaboration,
widespread corporate adoption of IM is now imminent. Industry
analysts predict that corporate IM users will explode from
5.5 million in 2000 to 180 million in 2004. So far, the biggest
barriers to widespread corporate deployment have been concerns
around security, message auditing, and, in today's environment,
the cost of deploying new technology. By introducing the industry's
first free and secure corporate IM platform with client- and
server-side message archives, we are eliminating these barriers
and hope to significantly accelerate the use of IM within
the enterprise. Vayusphere IM restores control of enterprise
use of IM to the CIO."
Mohta added, "But it should be noted that corporate
IM as a stand-alone product is neither a market nor a panacea.
Products that connect workers to workers will quickly become
a commodity. The true value of corporate IM will be realized
when it is integrated with high-value business processes in
environments where the cost of delayed response to critical
business problems is high. Thus, our second motivation in
offering Vayusphere IM for free is to introduce companies
to Instant Response and to Vayusphere's flagship product-the
industry's first Instant Response platform, Vayusphere IRiS."
Vayusphere IM Features and Benefits
Vayusphere IM is the only corporate IM platform that combines
the following features in one secure and robust platform designed
specifically for business users:
- Security. Vayusphere IM supports 64-
or 128-bit encryption between the IM server and IM clients
to ensure that instant messages remain private. Vayusphere
clients' HTTP and Socks Proxy support makes them firewall
friendly. In addition to its internal authentication, Vayusphere
IM integrates with popular enterprise directory services,
such as LDAP and Microsoft Active Directory, for secure
user authentication and authorization.
- Scalability. Vayusphere IM is designed
to support thousands of concurrent users with sub-second
response times.
- Extensive support for desktop and mobile devices.
Vayusphere IM supports the widest range of wired and wireless
IM clients in the industry, including Windows desktops,
Java-enabled web browsers, Palm OS devices and WAP-enabled
phones. Vayusphere IM also integrates seamlessly with popular
email and SMS systems and provides the option to automatically
forward instant messages to these systems if the IM recipient
is unavailable.
- Based on industry standards. Vayusphere
IM is written in Java and supports enterprise standards,
such as Web Services, XML, LDAP and Active Directory to
ensure seamless interoperability with current and future
IT infrastructure.
- Comprehensive auditing. Vayusphere IM
provides extensive client- and server-side logging and auditing
of instant message.
- Easy to install and use. Vayusphere IM
can be quickly and easily deployed as a stand-alone product.
- Simple to manage. Vayusphere IM comes
with a comprehensive web-based administration console.
Additional information on Vayusphere IM is available at www.vayusphere.com/products.
Extending Vayusphere IM to Enable Instant Response As a
stand-alone corporate IM platform, Vayusphere IM can drive
immediate improvements in enterprise worker utilization and
productivity. However, substantial additional benefits can
be realized when Vayusphere IM is combined with Vayusphere's
Instant Response Server, IRiS.
Vayusphere IRiS is the industry's first platform to combine
a Presence, Availability and Location (PAL) Server, Response
Agent Server, Instant Messaging and Enterprise Application
Integration capabilities in a single integrated platform.
This unique combination enables Vayusphere IRiS to perform
two powerful functions:
1. IRiS enables enterprise applications to automatically
and intelligently find and notify distributed workers of business
problems that require instant response. IRiS' unique Presence,
Availability and Location (PAL) Server dynamically tracks
workers' ability to respond to problems using real-time data
about where they are, what they are doing and whether or not
they are qualified to solve the problem. IRiS' PAL server
can track and aggregate PAL information from multiple external
sources including mobile devices and GPS tracking systems.
In this way, IRiS ensures that the right person is always
working on the right problem at the right time. IRiS notifies
selected workers, in real-time, using secure instant messages
sent to their desktop, PDA, pager or phone. IRiS only notifies
enterprise workers that it knows are present and available
to respond.
2. IRiS enables workers to simultaneously collaborate with
enterprise applications and co-workers, remotely and in real-time,
in order to rapidly investigate and resolve business problems.
IRiS' unique Response Agent Server manages bi-directional
interactions between enterprise applications and enterprise
workers. Response Agents enable mobile workers to interact
with enterprise applications remotely using instant messages
sent from a single, lightweight client running on any Instant
Messaging-enabled desktop or mobile device. Customers may
develop Response Agents using popular development platforms
such as J2EE and Microsoft .NET.
By enabling both application-push (find and notify) and worker-pull
(investigate and resolve) interactions between enterprise
applications and distributed workers, Vayusphere provides
the industry's first software platform for closed-loop Instant
Response.
Additional information on Vayusphere IRiS is available at
www.vayusphere.com/products.
Pricing and Availability
Vayusphere IM Standard Edition is available immediately
for web download and is free of charge to qualified business
users. The download includes free email and web-based technical
support until September 1, 2002.
Vayusphere IM Enterprise Edition Upgrade
Vayusphere IM Enterprise Edition provides additional features,
unrestricted user licenses, APIs, support for additional mobile
devices such as PocketPC and RIM/Blackberry and annual technical
support. Vayusphere IM Enterprise Edition can be purchased
as part of IRiS 2.0. For details, contact sales@vayusphere.com.
About Vayusphere
Vayusphere, Inc. is the leading provider of Instant Response
(IR) software and solutions. Vayusphere develops and markets
three product lines: 1) Vayusphere Instant Response Server
(IRiS); 2) Vayusphere Instant Response Solutions, a family
of Instant Response solutions built on the IRiS Instant Response
Server platform; and 3) Vayusphere Instant Messaging (IM),
a secure and scaleable corporate IM platform designed for
real-time communication and collaboration between distributed
workers. Vayusphere's flagship product, the Vayusphere Instant
Response Server (IRiS), connects enterprise applications to
distributed workers in order to rapidly resolve mission-critical
business problems where the cost of delayed response is high.
IRiS reduces operating costs by: 1) Reducing the costs of
delayed response, such as lost revenues; 2) Lowering dispatch
costs; 3) Improving the utilization and productivity of distributed
workers; 4) Reducing process rework costs; and 5) Increasing
customer service and satisfaction through faster resolution
of problems that impact their business. Vayusphere IRiS is
a Java application that supports all leading industry standards
including Web Services, XML and LDAP. Vayusphere Response
Agents may be developed using popular development platforms
such as J2EE and Microsoft .NET.
Vayusphere is a private, venture-backed enterprise software
company based in Mountain View, California. Major Vayusphere
investors include Benchmark Capital and Marc Andreessen, founder
of Netscape, Inc. and chairman of Loudcloud, Inc. For more
information, call +1-650-960-2900, visit the company's web
site at www.vayusphere.com, or send email to info@vayusphere.com.
[Note to editors: The free availability of Vayusphere Instant
Messaging was announced in a companion release today.]
Vayusphere Contact
Malcolm Lewis
+1-650-533-6789, +1-650-960-2900
pr@vayusphere.com
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