The demonstration, which takes place June 5-8 in Microsoft's booth at Globalcomm 2006 in Chicago, highlights how users could begin watching a video on their Media Center PC, and then easily transfer to watching it on their Windows Mobile Pocket PC or Smartphone over a cellular or WiFi network.
"The network transfers are completed automatically and seamlessly, ensuring the best possible experience without the user having to manage complicated configuration changes or steps to establish or continue services as they move across networks and devices," the company stated.
According to Tatara, the service communicates with content and applications servers in real time, and provides mobile users with applications that are intelligent enough to optimize the experience based on the user's location, actual network performance, and device type.
Microsoft's Connected Services Framework architecture
(Click image to enlarge)Microsoft describes its
Connected Services Framework (CSF) as a server product that manages Web service control and aggregation using common sets of interfaces and software logic connecting to back-end systems. Developers access the CSF aggregation environment through .NET languages in order to connect front-end device software such as Windows Mobile and Microsoft TV with back-end platform services such as SQL Server and BizTalk.
Tatara CEO Steve Nicolle stated, "Carriers can differentiate beyond network connectivity and pricing by offering these services via their own portals or through close collaboration with third-party providers."
Michael O'Hara, general manager of marketing for Microsoft's Communications Sector, added, "The Tatara solution addresses both sets of requirements, facilitating services that are easy for end users to consume and dont require massive network upgrades for the operators."
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