Kony Offers Complete Support for Apple iOS 6, iPhone 5 and Passbook

Support Concurrent with Apple’s Release Backs Up Kony’s Service Level Agreement and Future Proofs Against Mobile OS Changes

ORLANDO, Fla.--()--Kony Solutions, Inc., the leading mobile and multi-channel application platform provider, today announced support for the Apple iOS 6 operating system and iPhone 5 that were announced today, as well as support for Apple’s Pass Kit APIs and Passbook features. Passbook is the new location-aware ticketing and coupon application in iOS 6.

“Our customers include some of the world’s largest enterprises and we help them deliver billions of user sessions each year. As a result, it is critical for us to ensure their mobile applications continue to work flawlessly on any device, running any operating system,” said Sri Ramanathan, Kony’s CTO. “With the KonyOne Platform, enterprises can immediately take advantage of all the new features and functionality within iOS 6, deliver a high-quality experience to their mobile users, and avoid the headaches of having to hand-code their mobile apps to adjust for each new OS.” To hear more from Mr. Ramanathan about Kony’s support of iOS 6, visit http://bit.ly/Ry9aBp.

Apps built on the KonyOne Platform will immediately support the new native functionality of iOS 6 such as Apple Maps, and will continue supporting all the functionality of Siri. Kony is also offering support for the Pass Kit APIs and allows developers full access to Passbook features directly from within its platform.

The KonyOne Platform leverages Kony's proven technology for designing, developing, deploying and managing mobile applications that run on more than 10,000 mobile devices and seven operating systems (iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, webOS, Symbian and J2ME). In addition, Kony future-proofs mobile investments by offering a Service Level Agreement (SLA) to support new versions of an existing platform SDK within 30 days of release, and an SLA of 90 days for new devices and operating systems. Further, Kony’s platform is backward compatible, ensuring that all applications are fully functional and take advantage of new OS features, regardless of whether customers upgrade their devices.

About Kony Solutions

Kony is the industry’s leading mobile and multichannel application platform provider. Kony develops a suite of customizable pre-built apps and the KonyOne™ Platform, which give companies the confidence and control to quickly build apps once and deploy everywhere -- across all smartphones, feature phones, tablets, kiosks and desktops, seven operating systems and multiple deployment modes, including HTML5 and mobile web, hybrid, native, and mixed-mode. The company also delivers a comprehensive mobile application management (MAM) solution for provisioning, deploying, managing and analyzing mobile and multi-channel apps.

Kony’s customers include more than 70 Fortune 500 companies, the largest global bank, and global brands such as Toyota, Capital One, Hyatt, and Huntington National Bank. Kony customers have generated hundreds of millions of dollars through apps such as mobile ticketing and reservations (hospitality), mobile remote deposit capture (banking), and mobile claims processing (insurance).

In 2012 Kony was named a “Visionary” in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Mobile Application Development Platforms (MADP) report. For more information, please visit www.kony.com or connect with Kony on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.

Contacts

Kony Solutions
Jill Shanks, 650-759-5164

Release Summary

Mobile platform provider Kony offers complete support for iOS 6, iPhone 5 & Passbook

Contacts

Kony Solutions
Jill Shanks, 650-759-5164