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Kony Honored in the 2011 Mobile Star Awards™ with Two “Superstar” Wins

Kony receives awards for achievements in enterprise mobile software and application development

ORLANDOKony Solutions, the leading mobile platform provider, announced it has earned two first-place honors for enterprise mobile software and application development in the tenth annual Mobile Star Awards™, hosted by mobile technology news and events site MobileVillage.com.

After an initial nomination process, the Mobile Star Awards are given based on the results of an online voting system where “SUPERSTAR” takes first place honors, “Shining Star” takes first runner-up and “Rising Star” takes second runner-up. Kony was recognized in the following categories:

  • The KonyOne platform won the SUPERSTAR award in the category “Enterprise Software: Middleware”
  • Developed on Kony’s “Write Once, Run Everywhere” platform, the GEICO Gloveboxwon a SUPERSTAR award in the “Success Story: Banking or Insurance” category
  • The KonyOne platform also won the Rising Star award in the “Enterprise Software: Application Development” category

The KonyOne mobile platform gives enterprises the agility to provide innovative mobile solutions faster, with less effort and to a broader customer base for both business and consumer- focused applications. The GEICO Glovebox, winner of this year’s SUPERSTAR award, is one such application, giving GEICO customers the ability to pay bills, manage policies, view ID cards and report accident details right from their mobile device.

As in past years, the Mobile Star Awards program showcases “best of” entries in dozens of categories including mobile apps, wireless network solutions, enterprise mobile software, enterprise success stories, technology visionaries, and more. Winners were chosen by subscribers of MobileVillage’s “Go Mobile™” – a free bi-weekly email newsletter that delivers informative headlines and links to top mobile technology stories on popular websites including: Cnet, Mashable, BGR, Engadget, PC World, Computerworld, and many others. “Go Mobile” was launched nearly 12 years ago and is now read by thousands of readers.

“In anticipation of the many questions that arise when developing a corporate mobile strategy, the KonyOne Platform aims to make the application development process as seamless as possible by providing a single solution for deployment across more than 9,000 devices, 15 browsers and all seven operating systems. In return, consumers of applications built on the KonyOne platform enjoy a better user interface and experience,” said Raj Koneru, CEO of Kony. “It’s always an honor to receive recognition for the innovative and inspiring work that our customers are doing in the mobile space. Built on the KonyOne platform, GEICO Glovebox is an award-winning example of how mobile applications can make our customers’ lives easier.”

“The Mobile Star Awards pit today’s most exciting new mobile products and companies against established competitors, and the thousands of mobile-savvy readers of ‘Go Mobile’ choose the winners,” says Mobile Star Awards director Gary Thayer. “In this way, winners are chosen by real users who really love the product. And both the nominees and winners are respected in the mobile industry as the new ‘stars’ to watch.”

For more information about the annual Mobile Star Awards, visit MobileVillage.com. All categories and winners are listed on MobileVillage.com at www.mobilevillage.com/awards.htm.

About Kony Solutions

Kony enables companies to provide innovative mobile solutions on every mobile device. Leveraging the KonyOne Platform, an application is defined just once, and deployed across more than 9,000 devices, 7 operating systems and multiple channels, including native, HTML5 and mobile web, hybrid, social media, SMS/MMS, kiosks, desktop and tablet applications. KonyOne provides a universal framework that ensures the best user experience by optimizing all native capabilities for each device operating system and browser. Given the market’s rapid rate of device and platform upgrades, Kony future proofs applications against OS and browser updates, providing SLAs guaranteeing timely support of the newest operating systems and devices. Leading brands have built business-to-consumer (B2C) and business-to-employee (B2E) applications with KonyOne, including Hotwire, Huntington Bank, Hyatt, Toyota and Capital One.

In 2011 Kony was positioned as a “Visionary” in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Mobile Consumer Application Platforms (MCAP) report. Kony has been named a Gartner Cool Vendor, a ‘Most Innovative Company of the Year’ by the American Business Awards and was chosen as one of Fast Company’s 100 innovative Apple-affiliated achievers.

For more information, please visit www.kony.com. Connect with Kony on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.

About MobileVillage / PDA Inc.

Founded in 1993, MobileVillage is a market and solution development company dedicated to advancing mobile and wireless technology in a wide range of industries. MobileVillage accomplishes this by fostering education and alliances through “Best of Breed” solution identification, event partnerships, an online industry directory, industry job postings, daily online news, its widely respected Go Mobile™ newsletter, a Mobile Mentors™ program, and popular annual Mobile Star Awards™ program. Visit MobileVillage online at www.MobileVillage.com.

MobileVillage®, the Mobile Star Awards™, and Go Mobile™ are trademarks or registered trademarks of MobileVillage / PDA Inc.