UBIQUINOX® DEVICE QUERY AVAILABLE FOR FREE DOWNLOAD

Argogroup, the leading supplier of device intelligence, announces that UbiquinoX Device Query (UDQ) will be avaliable free from 15 of March 2002. This Java based technology enables content to be personalized, on the fly, based upon the capabilities of the target device. "Not having device knowledge has been the bane of most developers who are creating multichannel applications. Our infrastructure technology enables developers to focus on developing compelling applications." says Chief Technologist Vidhya Gholkar

3GSM Congress, Cannes. Argogroup, the leading supplier of device intelligence for the multi-channel Internet, announces the free availability of UbiquinoX Device Query (UDQ) as of March 15th 2002. UDQ is a Java Bean that allows developers to automatically detect and request attributes for the device that is requesting data. This enables content to be personalized, on the fly, based upon the capabilities of the target device.

Argogroup will offer free UDQ Java Beans and free access to a public UbiquinoX Profile Server (UPS) Web service, which will detect and deliver detailed characteristics about most Internet browsers and devices on the market. Using the UDQ Java Bean within any J2EE Application Server, application developers will now be able to build multi-channel Web applications that automatically detect and adapt to the needs of the requesting device.

Application servers, also known as the operating system of the Internet, are the technology of choice for building dynamic applications for deployment across the Internet. The unique UDQ technology has been ported and certified for running on IBM Websphere, HP-AS, BEA Weblogic and SUN iPlanet Application Servers.

Providing free access to this information is a radical departure from current industry practice. Argogroup will also offer customers the option of purchasing a private Web Service that can be installed behind their own firewall for environments that require higher performance and security.

"There are a lot of people out there that are just starting to build multi-channel applications. We believe in the multi-channel Web, but know how hard it is to build applications without access to device detection and attributes," said David Frodsham, CEO of Argogroup. "We believe that by providing free access to our device intelligence, we will be encouraging more multi-channel development and that some of those new applications will require their own private profile server."

Argogroup also announced that UDQ will be extended to support Microsoft's .NET framework.