GoAmerica accelerates Java development, including acquisition of OutBack Resource Group - Business - Brief Article

Wireless Internet, Jan, 2002

GoAmerica is developing its Go. Web service in Java and expects to have its first version completed by the first quarter of 2002. As part of the company's expanded efforts in Java, GoAmerica acquired die OutBack resource Group of San Luis Obispo, naming former OutBack president Jim Mortensen as director of software development. Founded in 1994, OutBack has received recognition for its expertise in wireless and Web-based technologies, having developed solutions for leading technology companies such as Intel, Motorola and Nortel Networks.

GoAmerica's initiatives are aimed at allowing corporate customers to benefit from Go. Web on Java enabled devices, as they become commercially available. The Java platform enables the same software to run on many different kinds of computing devices. The Yankee Group sees open platforms, such as J2ME, as critical to the development of wireless content and services and, according to Cahners In-Stat, Java-enabled units will see significant growth starting in 2002, benefiting from the deployment of 3G technology.