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Rapidly Growing Kandy Communications Platform Now Powers More than 15 Million Users
GENBAND,
a leading developer of real time communications software solutions,
today announced that in one year its award-winning Kandy
communications Platform as a Service (PaaS) has grown at breakneck speed
and is currently powering more than 15 million users. Kandy, which
includes platforms such as the fring (News - Alert) Over-the-Top solution, is helping
communications service providers, enterprises, independent software
vendors and systems integrators rapidly deploy real time communications
apps designed for today's mobile-first economy. With more than 1,500
customer accounts and 50 partners including global brands such as IBM,
Deloitte (News - Alert) and SAP, Kandy is helping its ecosystem partners and customers
bring thousands of innovative use cases to market.
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"We are intensely focused on enabling our ecosystem partners and
customers with the latest in real time communications technology," said
Paul Pluschkell, Executive Vice President of Strategy and Cloud Services
for GENBAND and Kandy Founder. "With Kandy we are changing the game of
how service providers, enterprises and every day individuals communicate
by creating an easy-to-use, rapid service creation platform."
Pluschkell added, "The beauty and uniqueness of Kandy lies in the
simplicity and speed-to-market it offers. I like to compare Kandy to
Netflix, who every day is adding value for their subscribers, whether
it's through their own original content or providing access to new
movies coming online every day. Their model is simple; convenient; quick
and more importantly it's what subscribers want. Kandy, which we are
constantly adding new features and functionalities to, allows each
customer the ability to simply turn it on, enjoy the platform and build
and add their own premium services as needed."
Customer Deployments:
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Telstra (News - Alert) is leveraging Kandy's real time communications
capabilities in its newly launched Belong brand, which provides
hassle-free, cost-effective broadband services.
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Built on the Kandy platform, the fring
over-the-top (OTT) solution has helped progressive service
providers all over the world (Bharti Airtel (News - Alert) in India, M2
Dodo in Australia, Bouygues Telecom in France and PLDT
in the Philippines) maintain and grow their subscriber bases.
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Masergy's new Visual Automated Attendant application leverages
Kandy's embedded real time communications capabilities and WebRTC
echnology to enable its business customers to take online customer
engagement to a new level by creating customized menu options and
offering live customer support via the web browser.
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The TelePsych Alliance is using Kandy to power the MindMe
platform, one of the first real time communications enabled suicide
prevention apps. Leveraging Kandy's WebRTC technology MindMe makes it
easier for an individual to reach out to a therapist or counselor in
real time and contextually communicate without resorting to standard
telephone counseling or going to a website.
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Skywriter MD is leveraging Kandy to power its revolutionary
technology by providing physicians with real time, virtual Electronic
Health Record (EHR) assistance services via the ability to see and
select an available Skywriter (virtual scribe), on-screen and voice
collaboration, client side voice recording and replay, and rich
messaging.
Ecosystem Partners:
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Tech Mahindra joined the Kandy ecosystem to gain the ability to
quickly deliver innovative, real time communications capabilities for
enterprises and service providers around the world. Tech Mahindra is
also creating a center-of-excellence dedicated to leveraging the
entire platform.
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Deloitte Digital is leveraging Kandy to drive disruption by
bringing real time engagement to large enterprises and software
vendors around the world.
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VoiceBase, a leading provider of cloud-based voice
transcription, search and discovery, teamed with Kandy to offer
embedded capabilities with on-demand speech analytics.
Innovation:
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Use Cases - Kandy is already supporting thousands of use cases
including systems integrator Vizicom (News - Alert) which is using Kandy in its Toy
Genius offering to improve the online shopping experience by providing
real time contextual customer support.
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The Kandy Throwdown - provided software makers and developers
an opportunity to win $30,000 in prizes by leveraging Kandy in their
communications apps. The grand prize winner developed an intelligent
IOT app based on automobile sensor data. The app leverages Kandy's
WebRTC capabilities to allow accident victims to collaborate in real
time via video conference with insurance companies, hospitals and
first responders.
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Hackathons - Kandy has hosted hackathons online and
throughout North America, providing thousands of developers with a
chance to win prizes and create innovative apps that are being
leveraged by service providers, enterprises, systems integrators and
software vendors. An international hackathon which will hit 24 major
cities around the globe over the next year will launch in 2015 in
partnership with major tech companies.
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KandyMobile - a state-of-the-art tour bus fully equipped with
Kandy technology and demonstrations has traveled more than 20,000
miles, providing everyone from developers to C-level executives the
opportunity to experience Kandy firsthand.
Awards:
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CNBC Disruptor 50 - Kandy played an instrumental role in
GENBAND being named to the CNBC 2015 Disruptor 50.
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Aragon Research 2015 Hot Vendor List - Kandy cited for its
innovative ability to allow anyone to easily embed real time
communications capabilities including voice and video into existing
apps and business processes.
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WebRTC Conference in EXPO V "Best All Around Demo" - Kandy
recognized for its advanced real time communications capabilities
across several categories.
About Kandy
GENBAND's Kandy communications Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) is a real
time software development platform built from GENBAND's core
communications, presence, security and real time technologies. Kandy
enables service providers, enterprises, software vendors, systems
integrators, partners and developers to enrich their applications and
services with real time contextual communications, providing a more
engaging user experience. With Kandy, companies of all sizes and types
can quickly embed real time communications capabilities into their
existing applications and business processes. For more information visit kandy.io.
About GENBAND
GENBAND, a 2015
CNBC Disruptor 50, is a global leader in real
time communications software solutions for service providers,
enterprises, independent software vendors, systems integrators and
developers in over 80 countries. The company's Network Modernization, Unified
Communications, Mobility and Embedded Communications
solutions enable its customers to quickly capitalize on growing market
segments and introduce differentiating products, applications and
services. GENBAND's market-leading solutions, which are deployable in
the network, on premise or through the cloud, help its customers connect
people to each other and address the growing demands of today's
consumers and businesses for real time communications wherever they
happen to be. To learn more visit www.genband.com.
GENBAND, the GENBAND logo and icon and Kandy are trademarks of GENBAND.
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