Dekoh Announces Public Alpha of Open Source Rich Internet Applications Platform Based on Java

April 16, 2007; 10:00 AM

Dekoh consists of three elements:

1. Dekoh Desktop: the developer platform; the core runtime engine that runs on Windows, Linux or Mac OS.

2. Dekoh Applications: the initial set of applications that can make the platform sufficiently interesting for end users to install and try, and

3. Dekoh Network: the sharing platform for end users to create personal networks in the typical web2.0 style right on their desktop

Dekoh Desktop is a small footprint download that can be installed on user’s desktop in a single click. Dekoh Desktop includes a personal web server on which applications written using open standards like JSP, Ajax, DHTML, Flash can be deployed and accessed through a web browser. Applications deployed on Dekoh Desktop are automatically enabled for web 2.0 functions like tagging, sharing, commenting, rating, etc.

Dekoh has released a suite of applications that provide very useful functionality for organizing and sharing personal media. These applications demonstrate the power of the platform and various options available for developers (AJAX-Flash-Java). Dekoh will continue to enhance these applications through future releases and should be treated as additional products and not samples for the platform.

Dekoh Network allows secure and controlled sharing of applications or content on the desktop. A user can share application/content on his or her desktop with a buddy, who can go to userID.dekoh.net and access it using a web browser. The key thing to note is that the user is not required to upload anything to Dekoh website. Instead, the shared content and applications remain on the desktop and are served from there.

Jay Pullur, CEO of Pramati says, “Dekoh brings the best appeal to a wider developer community of Java™, AJAX, DHTML and Flash. Writing desktop applications using the same web standards, tools, libraries, code base is exciting for developers”.

Dekoh software will be free and open sourced. It will available at http://www.dekoh.com.