AOL Partners with PresenceWorks to deliver instant messaging presence. more

"America Online is known for its fierce protection of its "walled garden," that universe of chat, message boards, news and buddy lists available only to its 34 million subscribers. Now, America Online, a unit of AOL Time Warner Inc., is going to let some people peek inside.

"In an arrangement with Alexandria, Va., start-up PresenceWorks Inc. to be announced Thursday, America Online will let Web sites add a feature showing if a person is logged onto its instant messaging technology. Financial terms weren't disclosed.

"For example, an auction site can choose to show which of its bidders are online by displaying an icon of a light bulb switched on or off. That would essentially let viewers of the Web page know the online status of people inside the walled garden. Even people who don't have AOL instant-messaging software will be able to send messages to the AOL buddies that are online.

"Its something that's never been done before outside of an AOL property," says Matt Smith, founder and chief executive of PresenceWorks."

"America Online has struck a deal with a developer that could turn Web sites into vast instant messaging playgrounds, the companies said Thursday. "

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"Matt Smith, CEO of PresenceWorks, says the new partnership with America Online assures clients that its IM technology will work with AOL and provide instant access to company officials and others."

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"Users of Web portals, shared-interest sites, auction sites and corporate applications could see which participants are logged in to America Online Inc.'s AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) and contact them, thanks to a deal announced this week between AOL and PresenceWorks Inc."

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"With its agreement with PresenceWorks, AOL may be inching toward a viable instant-messaging tool for businesses."

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"With AIM and PresenceWorks, consumers using major Web sites that adopt this technology will now be able to see presence information, which lets them know who is online and available to chat via instant messaging."

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"The technology is expected to "drive subscriptions, increase customer retention, speed communications, increase transactions, enhance service, and save on communications costs" for Web sites, Matt Smith, PresenceWorks' founder and CEO, said in a statement."

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"...Octave's software, designed for wireless carriers and telcos that will integrate MeetAbout into their teleconferencing services, uses technology from PresenceWorks Inc. to glean the information found in the buddy list to see if a user is available for a conference call via traditional phones or cell phones.

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"The company's (Octave) MeetAbout technology lets you call a number and speak your own phone number and password (or enter them over the Net), then meeting alerts are dispatched to appropriate members of your buddy list, by e-mail (if time allows) or any instant messaging program. Through the use of ''presence'' technology, the system can detect where these people are located."

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"...Microsoft, Yahoo! and Other Firms Seek To Exploit Ability to Know Who Is Online. …PresenceWorks Inc. is developing buddy-management systems for corporations."

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"...Other products emphasize the power of buddy lists. PresenceWorks Inc. of Alexandria, Va., has developed a system with live links between customers and buyers, no matter which of the four IM systems they use."

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"...Big idea: A system that unifies disparate instant-messaging services, targeted at companies that want to communicate with customers or suppliers instantly-regardless of whether they use AOL, Microsoft, Yahoo or another service."

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“...PresenceWorks has developed a system to let companies assemble a list of instant messaging accounts used by their customers and suppliers...”

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“...With the launch this week of PresenceWorks Inc., companies communicating with large networks of suppliers and customers can keep current on so-called presence, or who among that network is online and prepared to conduct business at a moment's notice via an instant-messaging application.”

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PresenceWorks’ Technology Spans All Four IM Services 

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Pushing The Envelope of Instant Messaging

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(April 4, 2002) AOL Partners with PresenceWorks to deliver instant messaging presence.

(Sept. 4, 2001) Octave Unveils Mobility Applications,
Sets New Standard For Instant Group Communication.

(Sept. 4, 2001) Octave Teams with PresenceWorks, SpeechWorks, Teltier, and VoiceGenie to Deliver Industry-First Mobility Solutions.

PresenceWorks raises $1.2 Million in Angel Round.

(Oct. 25, 2000) PresenceWorks introduces the first Instant Messaging Technology for businesses that shows who is online right now from across the Instant Messaging Services of AOL, ICQ, Yahoo! Microsoft.

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