TalkPoint, leading provider of the tools, technology and services for Interactive Internet Broadcasting and Shiny Metal Assets, an innovator at delivering web-based solutions for data dissemination and syndication needs, today announced that TalkPoint has acquired ajarr? from Shiny Metal Assets. TalkPoint has redesigned and modified ajarr? and released Flywheel, the premiere enterprise RSS Consolidator and Distribution Service on the market.
Shiny Metal Assets designed and created ajarr? to essentially be a feed aggregator. Ajarr was developed primarily for personal use to allow users the ability to consolidate feeds that they enjoyed and share them with friends and colleagues, while allowing them the chance to take the feeds with them in a legible format to put on their sites or blogs.
After trying ajarr?, TalkPoint felt that the underlying concept translated perfectly as an enterprise solution. TalkPoint made the required enterprise modifications and have released Flywheel. With Flywheel you have a versatile customized site tool that creates a central, publicly accessible consolidator for all of your relevant RSS feeds, including podcasts and webcasts. Not only will Flywheel create centralized access to your content, it also creates distribution by giving the content portability and allowing readers and administrators to take any of the information fields or "Cogs" and place them on their own websites and aggregators.
?When we designed ajarr?, our goal was to create a lightweight Web 2.0 personal aggregator as an alternative to slower, bloated applications,? said Afshin Darian, Shiny Metal Assets? CEO. ?We were incredibly happy with the finished product and thought there might be more ways for it to be used. When we showed ajarr? to TalkPoint, they confirmed our belief. We felt that TalkPoint had the resources and client base to get the core of this solution into the marketplace as quickly as possible. We have known TalkPoint for a long time and knew that they would release Flywheel as the proper successor to ajarr? and create an exciting value proposition for the corporate client.?
?When we saw what Shiny Metal Assets had put together with ajarr?, we knew that the concept was one that would speak clearly to the corporate environment,? said Nick Balletta, CEO of TalkPoint. ?In the process of developing ajarr? into what is now Flywheel, we have created a versatile resource for a website to leverage existing RSS feeds, but even more importantly it?s so easy to set up and maintain that it is the perfect reason to start creating RSS feeds. Flywheel helps you drive traffic to your consolidated Flywheel site, distribute your information through the portable Cogs and retain control over the appearance of your content on the destination site.?
About Shiny Metal Assets, Inc. "Shiny Metal Assets, Inc. is a privately-held corporation focused on delivering web-based solutions for today's data dissemination and syndication needs. Our products leverage the power of open standards and technologies to create new media platforms for both businesses and consumers."
For more information on Shiny Metal Assets, Inc, please visit www.shinymetalassets.com
About TalkPoint
TalkPoint delivers the Tools, Technology, and Services for Interactive Internet Broadcasting. In addition to the Flywheel RSS Consolidator and Distribution Service, TalkPoint specializes in Web-based audio and video webcasting solutions. TalkPoint?s technology is built on our reliable internally built system which provides you with the most robust and versatile webcasting solution on the market. The resulting product is both industrial strength and user friendly.
For more information on TalkPoint and Flywheel, please visit www.talkpoint.com.