In the near future it will be a very strong contingent in this community. It is pursuing leveraging the Internet for voice and data and many other things, allowing reports and commands to be passed and executed as XML structures. So, here at Linguateq we have embraced XML, not only as a knowledge base, but as usable parts of our product. We will be delivering an XML parser with the 2.7 release of DataStream Management System. This functionality will allow our customers to include XML in their offerings and let them better utilize the Internet as both and entry point and exit point of information, advancing the cause to move more activities and processes into the network by being in compliance with the movement of the e-business world.
Telecommunications is a tough market.
It moves at an incredibly fast pace with increasingly shorter product life-cycles. Investors supplying the dollars are expecting ROI sooner. They find that the proposed integration process is a sales killer.