An 15-day evaluation version of the API Simulator is available at no cost. All versions are available now for download. The Salutation API Simulator uses a standard Windows 95 user interface. There are no licensing or royalty charges for use of the Architecture. What Salutation Does The Salutation Architecture is a protocol for locating and controlling computers, consumer devices, and office equipment across the Internet or a company intranet.
Salutation allows an application to send a network query to locate a device, application or service.
Once a device has been located, Salutation can attach the proper device drivers, allowing maximum possible use of the device and its characteristics. Intranets build the need for Salutation features by making more peripherals available to the desktop, and by supporting mobile network attachments. The Salutation specification is independent of network transport, hardware platform, and operating system software and supports standard Internet and other message formats. Founder and CEO Robert Pascoe is an original organizer of the Salutation Consortium, responsible for contributing both to its technical work and to the recruiting efforts that led to 19 companies joining prior to public announcement of the Consortium's work. Pascoe's role grew out of his work at IBM, where he held leadership positions in technical and marketing areas.