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Symphony Grows Workflow Productivity With New Platform Capabilities and Multi-Modal Collaboration StackSymphony Communication Services, LLC, the secure collaboration platform technology company, announces two new major additions to its platform: Symphony Meetings will enable users to launch real-time interactions with voice, video, and screen sharing; and Symphony Webhooks API, will allow developers to contribute their own integrations to an ecosystem of partner applications. These new features advance enterprise collaboration capabilities while maintaining security and compliance. Further strengthening its platform and its available 3rd party applications, Symphony is open sourcing these comprehensive integrations to Symphony Software Foundation: The growing momentum of Symphony's application ecosystem is powered by the Symphony Software Foundation, the open source non-profit organization fostering a community of innovators including Symphony, its partners, its customers, and the financial services community at-large. Breakthrough Innovation via Symphony Partner Program The Symphony Partner Program will introduce a host of complementary enterprise applications:
Symphony Meetings will enable users to launch voice, video, and screen sharing inside chat rooms with just one click, offering multi-modal interactive sessions while maintaining the context of a single workflow. "Symphony Meetings, Webhooks, and our partner program collectively balance our vision of building the secure collaboration platform that powers work" says David Gurle, Symphony Founder and CEO. "By addressing the needs of employees who count on cutting-edge, rich interactive tools, the needs of developers to integrate applications into Symphony to improve workflow, and the needs of enterprise IT managers for security and compliance, Symphony responds to the way we work. Symphony enables and represents a community of innovators building the future of work, together." "Cross-company collaboration redefines work and improves how business gets done," says Brad Levy, CEO MarkitSERV and Global Head of Loans at IHS (News - Alert) Markit. "Integrating our datasets and workflow tools with Symphony creates a seamless experience for users to access information and collaborate whether they're on Symphony or inside one of our applications." "Community is the key, and open source is the way forward for true innovation," says Gabriele Columbro, Executive Director, Symphony Software Foundation. "Open sourcing fintech apps, bots, and integrations gives Symphony the competitive edge to create the platform where work gets done and become a trusted arena where firms collaborate on common goals." About Symphony The secure, cloud-based communications platform that connects markets and individuals, Symphony promotes collaboration and increases workflow productivity while maintaining organizational compliance. Founded in October 2014 and headquartered in Palo Alto, CA (News - Alert), the company has offices in New York, Hong Kong, and London. Symphony has raised $170 million from the world's largest financial institutions and recognized investors, including: Bank of America Merrill Lynch, BlackRock, BNY Mellon, Citadel, Citi, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Google Inc., Goldman Sachs, HSBC, J.P. Morgan, Jefferies, Lakestar, Maverick, Merus Capital, Morgan Stanley, Natixis, Nomura, Societe Generale, UBS and Wells Fargo. To sign up for Symphony, find out more about the company and keep up on the latest news, visit www.symphony.com and follow @Symphony. View source version on businesswire.com: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20161006005396/en/ |