SEVEN Networks
Encyclopedia
SEVEN Networks, Inc. is a privately funded American
corporation founded in 2000. Headquartered in Redwood City, CA
, SEVEN develops and markets a push-based software platform and applications, which include SEVEN Mobile Applications, Push Notifications and Open Channel. Operating on a wide range of mobile devices (from feature phone
s to smartphones), SEVEN provides solutions for wireless operators, content providers, and device manufacturers with software for real-time messaging. The company has research and development centers around the globe, including a facility in Estonia
and a green data center in the Bay Area and employs about 265 employees worldwide.
SEVEN mobile messaging applications, and underlying platform, are turnkey
multi-device, multi-service solutions that enable operators and device manufacturers to simplify the delivery of services across a broad device portfolio while optimizing traffic on their network. Unique to SEVEN applications is their ability to deliver a desktop-like experience for core messaging applications like email
, IM and social networking.
as a customer. Since then, the company has expanded its product portfolio to include support for a broad range of email services globally, added mobile instant messaging to its application portfolio, and expanded its platform with analytics, applications and social networking for a number of customers worldwide. In 2010, the company announced that it was selected by Samsung Electronics
to provide push technology
for Samsung Social Hub, a social networking and integrated messaging solution that will be available worldwide on several of the company’s bada and Android handsets. As of January 2010, the company claimed in a press release to have more than eight million accounts actively synchronized on mobile devices using SEVEN. In early 2011, the company announced Verizon Wireless
as a customer and also announced its Open Channel traffic optimization software, which claims to cuts the data consumption of smartphones and other mobile devices by up to 70 percent.
applications, like Facebook
, email
, Twitter
and others, which make up to hundreds of requests per hour, with only a small fraction of them actually returning data.
The platform instead acts as a buffer in the network, determining when content for a particular app is available and then allowing the phone to go out and get that content. According to early tests, the solution can help mobile devices reduce their time on a network by up to 40 percent and help reduce mobile traffic by up to 70 percent while boosting battery life by up to 25 percent.
Open Channel is transparent to connected applications and requires no changes or special integration by mobile developers. Additionally, it does not require changes to the network and can work in conjunction with new standards for fast network dormancy, smart signaling and other network optimizations. In February 2011, Open Channel received the GSMA Global Mobile Award (which recognizes excellence, achievement and innovation within the mobile communications industry) for Best Mobile Technology Breakthrough.
Its systems run on commonly deployed mobile platforms including Android, bada
, BREW, J2ME, Symbian
and Windows Mobile
. They work on products from device manufacturers, including: HTC, INQ
, LG
, Motorola
, Nokia
, Sanyo, Samsung
, and Sony Ericsson
; and are embedded on more than 550 device types. The firm has partnered with many of the top Internet Service Providers including Google
, Microsoft
(Exchange and Windows Live) and Yahoo!, and infrastructure providers such as Equinix
, Savvis
and Oracle
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
corporation founded in 2000. Headquartered in Redwood City, CA
Redwood City, California
Redwood City is a California charter city located on the San Francisco Peninsula in Northern California, approximately 27 miles south of San Francisco, and 24 miles north of San Jose. Redwood City's history spans from its earliest inhabitation by the Ohlone people, to its tradition as a port for...
, SEVEN develops and markets a push-based software platform and applications, which include SEVEN Mobile Applications, Push Notifications and Open Channel. Operating on a wide range of mobile devices (from feature phone
Feature phone
A feature phone is a mobile phone that, like smartphones, combines the functions of a personal digital assistant and a mobile phone.Today's models typically also serve as portable media players and camera phones with touchscreen, GPS navigation, Wi-Fi and mobile broadband access.Feature phones is...
s to smartphones), SEVEN provides solutions for wireless operators, content providers, and device manufacturers with software for real-time messaging. The company has research and development centers around the globe, including a facility in Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
and a green data center in the Bay Area and employs about 265 employees worldwide.
SEVEN mobile messaging applications, and underlying platform, are turnkey
Turnkey
A turn-key or a turn-key project is a type of project that is constructed by a developer and sold or turned over to a buyer in a ready-to-use condition.-Common usage:...
multi-device, multi-service solutions that enable operators and device manufacturers to simplify the delivery of services across a broad device portfolio while optimizing traffic on their network. Unique to SEVEN applications is their ability to deliver a desktop-like experience for core messaging applications like email
Email
Electronic mail, commonly known as email or e-mail, is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients. Modern email operates across the Internet or other computer networks. Some early email systems required that the author and the recipient both be online at the...
, IM and social networking.
History
The company was formerly known as Leap Corporation and changed its name to SEVEN Networks, Inc. in December 2000. In 2004 the company was selected as part of FierceWireless' annual list of "The Fierce 15," which recognizes the 15 most promising and innovative wireless startups of the year. In 2006, the company announced SprintSprint Nextel
Sprint Nextel Corporation is an American telecommunications company based in Overland Park, Kansas. The company owns and operates Sprint, the third largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States, with 53.4 million customers, behind Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility...
as a customer. Since then, the company has expanded its product portfolio to include support for a broad range of email services globally, added mobile instant messaging to its application portfolio, and expanded its platform with analytics, applications and social networking for a number of customers worldwide. In 2010, the company announced that it was selected by Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics is a South Korean multinational electronics and information technology company headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul...
to provide push technology
Push technology
Push technology, or server push, describes a style of Internet-based communication where the request for a given transaction is initiated by the publisher or central server...
for Samsung Social Hub, a social networking and integrated messaging solution that will be available worldwide on several of the company’s bada and Android handsets. As of January 2010, the company claimed in a press release to have more than eight million accounts actively synchronized on mobile devices using SEVEN. In early 2011, the company announced Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless
Cellco Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless, is one of the largest mobile network operators in the United States. The network has 107.7 million subscribers as of 2011, making it the largest wireless service provider in America....
as a customer and also announced its Open Channel traffic optimization software, which claims to cuts the data consumption of smartphones and other mobile devices by up to 70 percent.
Open Channel
Open Channel was launched in February 2011 in order to help carriers manage the impact of push messaging notifications on their networks. It works by monitoring all requests for data from smartphoneSmartphone
A smartphone is a high-end mobile phone built on a mobile computing platform, with more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary feature phone. The first smartphones were devices that mainly combined the functions of a personal digital assistant and a mobile phone or camera...
applications, like Facebook
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
Email
Electronic mail, commonly known as email or e-mail, is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients. Modern email operates across the Internet or other computer networks. Some early email systems required that the author and the recipient both be online at the...
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
and others, which make up to hundreds of requests per hour, with only a small fraction of them actually returning data.
The platform instead acts as a buffer in the network, determining when content for a particular app is available and then allowing the phone to go out and get that content. According to early tests, the solution can help mobile devices reduce their time on a network by up to 40 percent and help reduce mobile traffic by up to 70 percent while boosting battery life by up to 25 percent.
Open Channel is transparent to connected applications and requires no changes or special integration by mobile developers. Additionally, it does not require changes to the network and can work in conjunction with new standards for fast network dormancy, smart signaling and other network optimizations. In February 2011, Open Channel received the GSMA Global Mobile Award (which recognizes excellence, achievement and innovation within the mobile communications industry) for Best Mobile Technology Breakthrough.
Partners
The firm works with mobile platform providers, device manufacturers, email messaging solutions and providers of services in the cloud, and infrastructure partners, to sell mobile messaging services.Its systems run on commonly deployed mobile platforms including Android, bada
Bada (operating system)
Bada is an operating system for mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers. It is developed by the Samsung Electronics. Its name is derived from " ", meaning "ocean" or "sea" in Korean...
, BREW, J2ME, Symbian
Symbian
Symbian is a mobile operating system and computing platform designed for smartphones and currently maintained by Accenture. The Symbian platform is the successor to Symbian OS and Nokia Series 60; unlike Symbian OS, which needed an additional user interface system, Symbian includes a user...
and Windows Mobile
Windows Mobile
Windows Mobile is a mobile operating system developed by Microsoft that was used in smartphones and Pocket PCs, but by 2011 was rarely supplied on new phones. The last version is "Windows Mobile 6.5.5"; it is superseded by Windows Phone, which does not run Windows Mobile software.Windows Mobile is...
. They work on products from device manufacturers, including: HTC, INQ
INQ
INQ is a mobile phone manufacturer, headquartered in London with offices in Rome, San Francisco, Beijing and Hong Kong, Toronto, Seattle, Singapore and Delhi....
, LG
LG
LG may refer to:*LG Corp., a South Korean electronics and petrochemicals conglomerate*LG Electronics, an affiliate of the South Korean LG Group which produces electronic products* Lawrence Graham, a London headquartered firm of business lawyers...
, Motorola
Motorola
Motorola, Inc. was an American multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois, which was eventually divided into two independent public companies, Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions on January 4, 2011, after losing $4.3 billion from 2007 to 2009...
, Nokia
Nokia
Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational communications corporation that is headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, a city neighbouring Finland's capital Helsinki...
, Sanyo, Samsung
Samsung
The Samsung Group is a South Korean multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea...
, and Sony Ericsson
Sony Ericsson
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB is a joint venture established on October 1, 2001 by the Japanese consumer electronics company Sony Corporation and the Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson to manufacture mobile phones....
; and are embedded on more than 550 device types. The firm has partnered with many of the top Internet Service Providers including Google
Google
Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
, Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
(Exchange and Windows Live) and Yahoo!, and infrastructure providers such as Equinix
Equinix
Equinix, Inc. is an American public corporation that provides carrier-neutral data centers and internet exchanges. Equinix provides network-neutral data centers and interconnection services...
, Savvis
SAVVIS
Savvis – A CenturyLink Company is a subsidiary of CenturyLink, a company headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana. Savvis provides information technology solutions for enterprises and government agencies...
and Oracle
Oracle Corporation
Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation that specializes in developing and marketing hardware systems and enterprise software products – particularly database management systems...
.
Competition
- Apple Push Notification ServiceApple Push Notification ServiceThe Apple Push Notification Service is a service created by Apple Inc. that was launched together with iOS 3.0 on June 17, 2009. It uses push technology through a constantly-open IP connection to forward notifications from the servers of third party applications to the Apple devices; such...
(APNs) - Good TechnologyGood TechnologyGood Technology is a company providing Push e-mail and mobile device management and security products for mobile phones.-History:The company started out building an MP3 attachment to the Handspring Visor under the brand of SpringThings. It later offered its own device to provide wireless email...
- Nokia Messaging
- Research In MotionResearch In MotionResearch In Motion Limited or RIM is a Canadian multinational telecommunications company headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada that designs, manufactures and markets wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market...
(RIM, BlackBerry)