Douglas Makishima

D2 is the market leader in software that powers IP communications for devices used in converged communications applications and markets. The company’s mCUE™, a converged multi-modal communications client solution and vPort™, an embedded VoIP software product, enable service providers, OEMs and ODMs to more quickly deliver to market today’s most in-demand communications services and applications for mobile phones, media players, mobile Internet devices (MIDs), netbooks, desktop IP phones, CPE equipment (gateways, routers, IADs) and more. With the wealth of communication mediums available to users today, from text and cell to VoIP, video, IM, social networks and beyond, device manufacturers, service providers, software vendors and others are scrambling to add enhanced connectivity to previous stand-alone devices (consumer electronics, photo frames, PMPs, etc.) and multiplying the number of communication options on desktop, mobile and CPE devices. The next major trend is the unification of these communication mediums, eliminating the service-silo focus and replacing it with an integrated, user-centric solution that makes the underlying services transparent and the connection interface completely seamless. Converged communication, with its advanced functionality such as Presence and IM, offers tremendous value to enterprises through unified communications (UC), and helps carriers boost revenues via provided or hosted services as well as residential broadband. In turn, the emergence of new converged communication devices and modes demand a completely new type of communications user interface for a seamless user experience. As manufacturers rush new multi-modal devices to market, one thing is clear: a vendor neutral software solution is as critical as the development of new hardware in powering the communication's revolution. D2’s software elegantly enables multi-modal converged communications on devices used in diverse market applications and addresses the needs of OEMs and service providers by delivering integrated FMC and UC functionality. D2’s VoIP and IP communications software are the products of choice for top-tier communication OEMs and service providers because they drive revenue and differentiate their solutions in key segments of the communications market. Current customers include Cisco, Nortel, Alcatel-Lucent, 3Com, Sonus Networks, Ericsson, Siemens, Zhone, Polycom, Neuf/SFR, Clearwire, LG, Sumitomo and others. Hardware and software design are related, but distinctly separate, engineering disciplines. By abstracting the software layer so it is independent of the underlying hardware, D2 enables manufacturers to concentrate on product platform design and branding while leveraging the best available software, OS and IC components. D2’s user experience solution abstracts specific communications services (e.g. PBX based enterprise VoIP, cellular voice or third party VoIM like Google Talk) making the solution highly flexible, configurable and portable to a variety of mobile device development platforms such as Android, Windows, Ubuntu and other Linux. Regardless of an OEM’s design needs, D2’s highly modular architecture ensures portability to any processor, hardware or OS and delivers industry-leading features and call quality. In fact, D2 has developed long-standing relationships and a solid ecosystem with the industry’s leading SoC/IC companies including Cavium, LSI, Freescale, Marvell, Applied Micro, Texas Instruments, NXP, and Infineon. In short, D2 Technologies’ software engines ensure that a broad range of manufacturers are able to quickly and affordably deliver on the promise of converged communications.