February 7, 2005—IBM has announced the availability of three new pervasive computing technologies for download via its alphaWorks emerging technology Web site. The new software solutions—IBM Voice Toolkit, Forms for Mobile Devices, and Multimodal Toolkit Plus—make it easier for companies to access enterprise applications via wireless data devices, untethered from their desks and offices. The three independent offerings also help to simplify the development and deployment of pervasive computing software using open, standards-based technology.
“The mobile workforce is predicted to triple between now and 2008, increasing the dependency on wireless, mobile devices as well as alternative input methods such as speech and multimodality,” said Marc Goubert, senior manager, IBM alphaWorks. “With these pervasive computing toolkits, IBM empowers customers to drive internal field and sales efficiencies by harnessing open standards-based technologies to access enterprise applications.”
