Kandy helps businesses of all sizes embed real time video, voice, presence and text into their web and mobile applications to improve communications, productivity and the bottom line
San Francisco, CA, November 5, 2014 – GENBAND™, a leading developer of software-based real time communications, today announced that its recently launched Kandy Platform-as-a-Service will be on display at the Customer Engagement World Conference and Expo in New York City, November 5-6. Kandy, a disruptive real time communications software development platform, designed to help companies build communications that are more integrated and immediate – built right into the way their customers interact with them and their employees work.
The GENBAND Kandy team will demonstrate several use cases including the SAP Cloud for Customer application, which is powered by Kandy. SAP is committed to redefining the future of customer engagement and is leveraging GENBAND’s Kandy platform to further enhance the customer experience and bring contextual unified communications to its customer engagement offering.
“Kandy, which is unlike any other platform on the market, has only been available for just over a month and we’re already experiencing significant interest and developing solutions that are simplifying communications businesses processes for well-known global organizations,” said Paul Pluschkell, Executive Vice President of Strategy and Cloud Services for GENBAND and Kandy Founder. “Customer Engagement World is all about engaging customers through new channels, technologies and networks, so Kandy is the perfect fit for their attendees because it enables companies of all sizes to reimagine the entire communications process through powerful real time communications tools.”
Kandy combines the simplicity of the web and mobile applications with enterprise-grade real time communications capabilities, making it more cost-effective and expeditious to enable communications applications.
Key Takeaways:
- Kandy leverages GENBAND’s market-leading solutions that already support more than 700 communications service providers, enterprises, systems integrators and independent software vendors.
- GENBAND’s entire suite of services and APIs, including applications, over-the-top (OTT), intelligent messaging and WebRTC capabilities, are available within Kandy.
- Market-leading companies like SAP, Samsung and IBM are already tapping into Kandy to improve communications experiences.
Additional Resources:
- View the recent Kandy Webinar that provides a detailed overview of the platform.
- Download the Kandy Webinar presentation.
- View short Kandy demonstration videos including collaboration, concierge, multi-party video and creating a virtual business assistant to see the power of Kandy.
The Kandy portal is offering free developer trials at kandy.io. The portal includes a developer area, application showcase, and a community in addition to developer API, SDK and quick start tools. Visit GENBAND Kandy at booth number 407.
Watch this short video for an introduction to Kandy:
About Kandy
GENBAND’s Kandy communications Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) 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 and improving service outcome. By providing developer-friendly access to GENBAND’s real-time communication toolbox in the cloud, Kandy empowers web and mobile services with rich, scalable, contextual communications in an aggressive time-to-market and within a cost-effective subscription business model. For more information visit kandy.io.
About GENBAND
FROM THE CORE TO THE EDGE TO THE EXPERIENCE™, GENBAND is a global leader in smart networking solutions for service providers and enterprises in over 80 countries. The company’s technology improves IP networks by making them more scalable, secure, profitable and efficient. GENBAND’s market-leading technology supports multimedia voice, data and video sessions and fixed-mobile unified communications applications that scale on public and private networks. With a flexible, cloud-ready platform, GENBAND’s IMS, edge and application solutions help its customers compete effectively by increasing revenues, improving profitability, and attracting and retaining customers. To learn more, visit us on the web at www.GENBAND.com.
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Company Contact:
Dennis Watson
GENBAND
+1 (972) 521 5921
Dennis.Watson@genband.com
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