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Acision acquires fast-growing connectivity platform MindMatics to power secure, cross-carrier interconnect and mobile engagement services for blue-chip companies(ENP Newswire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) ENP Newswire - 05 September 2014 Release date- 03092014 - Reading, UK - Acision, a global leader in mobile engagement services and an industry innovator in WebRTC technology, today announces that it has acquired, MindMatics Secure Messaging for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition is part of Acision's growth strategy to broaden its reach and capabilities across enterprise and consumer mobile applications and services, enabling it to offer highly-integrated, hosted messaging solutions, which meet the most stringent requirements for security, reliability, coverage and throughput necessary today. This acquisition will position Acision as a global leader in secure messaging across key enterprise vertical sectors such as financial, transportation, travel, logistics and telecommunications. With a proven footprint in secure messaging and analytics, MindMatics Secure Messaging specialises in mobile-based support services, connecting businesses with their customers and employees to enable two-way dialogue via the most personal and confidential mobile communication channel, messaging. The company, which has flourished over the past two years experiencing c.115% growth, has connectivity to more than 900 mobile operator networks worldwide, and complies with the highest degree of data protection, security and safety standards which are audited repeatedly for a broad spectrum of application and content sensitive messaging scenarios. MindMatics also enables the latest multi-factor and one time password authentication methods, making it the market-leading messaging platform to the finance industry in Europe. 'MindMatics' technology and expertise fit neatly into Acision's drive towards cross-border interconnect commercial services to mobile operators and enterprises, boosting our already comprehensive product portfolio and enabling direct connections into new countries and secure, two-way messaging into new industries. As we execute against our strategy, and take the next step in building out our commercial and enterprise propositions, the introduction of MindMatics Secure Messaging into Acision means we can take a clear role in providing consumer applications and services to mobile operators and blue-chip businesses which work across countries, and meet our goal of becoming a leading player in this space,' said Acision CEO, Adolfo Hernandez. More recently, MindMatics Secure Messaging introduced the 'secure' IP messaging client, 'trustego', which provides encrypted messaging between applications and the MindMatics backend infrastructure. 'trustego' can be white-labelled or provided as an SDK, allowing businesses to embed secure messaging into their own applications and services. 'While we work to integrate MindMatics into our broader portfolio and invest in scaling into new territories and across new markets, the acquisition already brings a number of esteemed brands into our rising enterprise customer base. I am pleased to be welcoming an exceptional team, trusted partner and industry-leading provider into the Acision Group, and believe that by joining forces we will give our customers the additional functionality and capability that they are demanding as part of their mobile engagement solutions, as well as support our drive for delivering best in class rich communication services,' concluded Hernandez. This acquisition follows Acision's purchasing of Crocodile Technology's assets in November 2013, which enabled the company to add WebRTC-based services to its portfolio, and offer the latest real-time, rich communications via the Acision SDK. MindMatics' solutions also combines perfectly with Acision's other assets, including our Services Creation Platform (Acision Dialogue Manager), API platform (forge by Acision), and lastly fuseMe by Acision, a smart communications app. About Acision Acision connects the world by powering relevant, seamless mobile engagement services that interoperate across all IP platforms and enrich the user experience creating value and new communication opportunities for carriers, enterprises and consumers across the world. For more information, visit Acision at http://www.acision.com. For more information on MindMatics, please visit http://www.mindmatics.com/en/ Press contacts: Maria Hudson Acision Tel: +44 118 930 8826 Email: [email protected] Hotwire PR Tel: +44 (0) 207 608 2500 Email: [email protected] (c) 2014 Electronic News Publishing - |