Keypoint Technologies Joins The Tizen Association Partner Program To Help Drive Adoption Of The Tizen Open Source Platform

SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- KeyPoint Technologies, an award-winning world leader in user interface technology, today announced it has joined the Tizen Association Partner Program to help further the development and deployment of the Tizen Operating System (OS) platform. The Tizen Association is an industry consortium that supports the development of an open-source software platform and operating system—Tizen—for a wide range of connected devices. As a Tizen Association Partner, KeyPoint will have the opportunity to join relevant Tizen Association Working Groups and to participate in Tizen Association meetings, giving the company more insight and potential input into the development of the Tizen OS.

"Our team is eager to build a solid, symbiotic partnership with Tizen to support the adoption of its new open source platform," said Sumit Goswami, CEO at KeyPoint Technologies. "Working together to drive innovation across multiple channels and create a better overall user experience on connected devices is a goal as we share in the task developing cutting-edge technology." 

The Tizen Association brings together some of the world's largest and most innovative companies developing products, services, software and apps for the growing ecosystem of connected devices. From smartphones and tablets to appliances and in-vehicle infotainment systems, Tizen Association partner companies around the globe are collaborating to build an independent open-source platform that drives innovation across a number of product and services segments. 

"With technology leaders across a number of different hardware, software and services segments, the Tizen Association is focused on developing an open and comprehensive operating system for the next generation of converged devices," said Chris Croteau, Secretary of the Tizen Association Board of Directors, and Managing Director, System Software Division at Intel Corporation. "KeyPoint Technologies is a welcome addition to the partner program, providing their Adaptxt predictive text engine as a potential option for operators and manufacturers of new Tizen devices."

About Tizen
Tizen is an open source project managed by the Linux Foundation. The goal of the project is to build and support a cross-architecture, open source software platform that spans across multiple device segments, including smartphone, tablet, Smart TV, appliances, netbook and in-vehicle infotainment systems. The Tizen Association is an industry consortium of operators, device manufacturers and their suppliers, independent software developers and mobile application developers. For more information on the Tizen Project, please visit www.tizen.org. For more information on the Tizen Association, please visit www.tizenassociation.org.

About KeyPoint Technologies
KeyPoint Technologies, the creator of Adaptxt, is an award-winning global linguistics innovator on the forefront of human-device interaction. KeyPoint Technologies was founded in 2004 in Glasgow Scotland, an epicenter of linguistics. The company has additional offices in India, Japan, China and the U.S.; and is a trusted partner for OEMs, platform providers and developers. Its revolutionary text input application—Adaptxt—represents the leading use of predictive computer input technology in the market today.

More information on KeyPoint Technologies visit: http://www.keypoint-tech.com

Adaptxt is a registered trademark of KeyPoint Technologies, Ltd. All other registered or unregistered trademarks are the sole property of their respective owners.

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