SandCherry and Unisys Corporation Collaborate for Delivery of Advanced Speech Services
New York, NY (ots)
Unisys to Offer Solutions Using SandCherry's AppRun VXML and SoftServer Platform to Worldwide Clientele
SpeechTEK - SandCherry, Inc., a provider of software for cost-effectively building and deploying advanced speech-enabled services, announces collaboration with worldwide IT services and solutions company Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) for deployment of advanced speech services that will enhance the competitive advantage Unisys provides its clients. By deploying advanced speech applications using SandCherry's AppDev VXML and SoftServer platform, Unisys can offer its customers the immediate revenue and efficiency benefits of advanced speech solutions while providing the flexibility to readily support future applications, technologies and service growth.
"SoftServer is one of the most comprehensive, advanced and flexible speech platforms available," said Bill Scholz, Unisys Architecture Director, Global Communications. "SandCherry's IP-based products already provide the next-generation solution required for Unisys clients across the globe."
Unisys plans to use its advanced speech application development tools and integration capabilities in conjunction with SandCherry's platform components to create advanced service provider and enterprise offerings for customer service, workforce management, voice portals and speech-enabled network services.
At SpeechTEK, the companies will jointly showcase Unisys applications on the SoftServer platform, including:
- Service provider displays using voice dialing and voice navigation of Internet content.
- Enterprise displays of field force automation at work.
"Unisys' global strength makes it an ideal partner in advancing SandCherry's pledge to extend applications and information beyond the Web to phone and mobile users," noted Charles Corfield, SandCherry president and CEO. "With this relationship, Unisys further demonstrates its established leadership in speech solutions and technology."
About SandCherry
SandCherry, Inc. (www.sandcherry.com) develops software platforms and products for extending applications to phone, mobile and multimodal devices using speech and touch-tone. By upgrading existing Web and telecom software technology with superior media management and control software, SandCherry's products empower service providers and enterprises to unleash the combined value of speech recognition software, application servers, and media servers to deliver enhanced services that can increase carrier revenues or reduce enterprise costs. Headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, the company was founded by telecom and software industry veterans from companies including AT&T, IBM, Lockheed Martin, Telcordia Technologies and Alcatel. For more information about SandCherry, please visit www.sandcherry.com.
About SoftServer
The SoftServer platform, SandCherry's flagship product, is an applications and media resource broker that simplifies the integration, deployment, and management of enhanced and next- generation services. It melds Web capabilities with traditional technologies to provide a flexible and scalable solution meeting the size and needs of each specific customer and easily adapting as additional service enhancements become viable in the future. It is this platform that allows customers to easily and cost-effectively deliver enhanced services such as voice-enabled customer service, voice dialing, and multimodal voice/data applications to subscribers. As a result, service providers can quickly and cost- effectively mass deploy these new services creating new revenue opportunities, and enterprises can reduce costs while offering improved services.
About Unisys
Unisys is a worldwide information technology services and solutions company. Our people combine expertise in systems integration, outsourcing, infrastructure, server technology and consulting with precision thinking and relentless execution to help clients, in more than 100 countries, quickly and efficiently achieve competitive advantage. For more information, visit www.unisys.com.
SandCherry SoftServer and AppRun are trademarks of SandCherry, Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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