Buddy.com launches cross-platform cloud services for mobile developers

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Seattle, WA (Nasdaq) 22 September 2011

Buddy platform, Inc. today announced the release and public beta availability of “Buddy” – a feature-rich set of cloud services for developers of mobile applications and games on any operating system (OS ). Buddy helps developers by providing a collection of APIs that allow them to quickly and easily functions such as user accounts, friends lists, messaging, location-based services, photo albums, metadata and detailed usage statistics analysis, their applications and games.

With the growth of mobile applications and games on OS platforms like iOS, Android and Windows Mobile do not have signs of slowing, developers all the tools and support available to remain competitive. Through the use of buddy set of APIs that developers need not to write, test, scale, or to manage the technology itself, freeing more time to spend on the essentials – the app features and user experience. And meet with Gartner Inc. forecast mobile app revenues to $ 58 billion in 2014, Buddy is ready to take significant time, cost and resource savings of this rapidly growing industry.

“Three years ago, a start-up needs would have to buy 100 servers, host and manage these units – now you can spin up to 100 instances on a cloud computing service provider in the shortest possible time,” said Jeff MacDuff , CTO and co-founder of the Buddy. “In three years, mobile app developers do not think twice about building their applications and games on a Platform as a Service (PaaS) in preference for the construction and orientation of the technology itself. We are proud to be bringing that technology to the market today. “

Buddy’s start with a core set of Web services, and plans to continue building out the feature set based on the needs of professional developers like Matchbox Mobile, Mobile and iHwy 2moro, Inc. “buddy filling a clear hole in the market that many professional developers were looking for. We are delighted to receive the construction of Buddy, “said Hamilton, Simon Ritchie, CEO of UK-based Matchbox Mobile. “We were very pleased with the commitment we have had from the buddy team and are working on the first of several applications, we plan to have begun to build on the platform,” said Peter O’Neill, CEO of Australian developer 2moro mobile . iHwy CEO Mark Brown echoes these comments: “We are a developer of mobile applications and Web services, and we understand that cloud services development is very much on mobile app development as a buddy-partner, we look forward to. Buddy technologies for our customers across all applications and games -. OS platforms we develop for “

While Buddy was developed to the dramatic growth of iOS and Android, the platform will also break new ground by supporting special push notification and “Live Tile” functionality for Windows Mobile developers.

David McLauchlan, founder and CEO of Buddy believes we are at a turning point for the industry. “With modern smartphones, we can run applications in the case that only a few years ago would have been unimaginable. As the cost of these devices continues to drop, and efficient cloud services such as Buddy in the foreground, the race for the software that the world of mobile experience has come to build. Buddy is to provide a level playing field for developers who are increasingly complex app experience across any number of OS platforms. “

Developers can learn more about Buddy, or create an account and start to develop at http://buddy.com. Prices start at just $ 4.95/mo and scales with the use of the platform on a developer’s portfolio of applications.

About Buddy

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Buddy platform, Inc., a Kirkland, Washington-based firm, the mobile application and game developers on any OS platform provides cloud-based solutions for the development burden. Developers build their applications on the buddy services: hosted user accounts, friends lists, messaging, geo-location services, photo albums, metadata, push notifications and usage analysis. For more information, see http://buddy.com/Pages/About.aspx.

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