Celio Corp. Named “Cool Vendor” by Leading Analyst Firm
June 8th, 2008 Leave a comment Visited 15 times, 1 so far today
Vendors Selected for the “Cool Vendor Report” are Innovative, Impactful and Intriguing
Celio Corp. (www.celiocorp.com), maker of the REDFLY Mobile Companion™ for smartphones, has been included in the list of “Cool Vendors” in the April 2008 “Cool Vendors in Client Computing, 2008” report by Gartner, Inc.
According to the report, vendors in this category have introduced technologies that can save users space, time and money. Celio Corp. was listed in the Gartner report for the REDFLY Mobile Companion. The REDFLY Mobile Companion is a ground-breaking new device that lets you use your smartphone like a laptop by extending the smartphone platform via USB or Bluetooth to a larger display, keyboard, and mouse using REDFLY’s software and hardware technology. The REDFLY and a smartphone create a single mobile platform for easy access to e-mail, attachments, Web and business applications.
“It’s very exciting for us to be evaluated by Gartner for this report,” said Kirt Bailey, president and CEO of Celio Corp. “We know we’ve got a great product in the REDFLY Mobile Companion, and we believe being listed as a Cool Vendor in Client Computing provides us with further validation that we are redefining the way companies are using their smartphones.”
The combination of the REDFLY Mobile Companion and a smartphone creates the ultimate single mobile computing platform, and eliminates the need for single function devices.
REDFLY Mobile Companion is a terminal with a large screen and full keyboard with no OS, no CPU, and no storage that lets you use your smartphone like a laptop. You can easily do e-mail, read attachments, view Web sites, and use applications that reside on your smartphone for greater mobile productivity. REDFLY enables anytime, anywhere full-screen access to Web 2.0 and line-of-business applications on your company network or the Internet. The unique REDFLY terminal architecture, with no OS or data storage, lowers mobile TCO, provides data loss protection, and improves corporate security. The REDFLY Mobile Companion is available for evaluation orders at www.getredfly.com.
About Gartner’s Cool Vendors Selection Process
Gartner’s listing does not constitute an exhaustive list of vendors in any given technology area, but rather is designed to highlight interesting, new and innovative vendors, products and services. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness of a particular purpose.
Gartner defines a cool vendor as a company that offers technologies or solutions that are: Innovative, enable users to do things they couldn’t do before; Impactful, have, or will have, business impact (not just technology for the sake of technology); Intriguing, have caught Gartner’s interest or curiosity in approximately the past six months.
About Celio Corp.
Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Celio Technology Corporation (www.celiocorp.com) is a mobile computing technology company with a wealth of expertise in the smartphone industry. As a company, Celio Corp. specializes in the development of innovative new solutions for the smartphone community, beginning with the REDFLY Mobile Companion. The REDFLY Smartphone Interface is a CES 2008 Innovations Awards Design and Engineering award honoree. Celio Corp is backed by vSpring Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm.
Contacts
Celio PR Contacts:
Snapp Conner PR
Cheryl Snapp Conner or Clayton Blackham, 801 994-9625
Cheryl {at} snappconner(.)com or clay {at} snappconner(.)com
|
TechWhack on Facebook
|
