Vivox, Inc. and Alpha Innovations AS announced today that Alpha Innovations’ new online poker community and poker software, PokerManager, will include high quality, integrated communication tools and voice chat from Vivox.
Alpha Innovation AS is a privately held company headquartered in Norway that was founded in 2007 by a seasoned group of investors and industry specialists with professional poker players and European Poker Tour champions Bjørn-Erik Glenne and Peter Jepsen. PokerManager is free-to-download and use. It is intended for both online and offline poker players with a host of poker resources that include vast tournament archives, published tips and poker tools, an incomparable video library with more than 20,000 hours of footage, plus a community element with blogs, profiles and live voice chat and much more. PokerManager is set to launch with availability in eleven languages on September 15, 2007.
Vivox will provide PokerManager with customized voice, presence and IM communication services that are integrated with the online portal. Players and community members will be able to talk with friends, through the integrated user interface with either IM text or the rich voice tools. All voice communication will be hosted and managed by Vivox to ensure user quality, reliability and scalability for the global community.
“It is the goal of PokerManager to be the biggest and most widely used online poker community and resource. As much as we like the risk of poker, we did not want to gamble with any of the components inside PokerManager, especially our communications provider,” says Per Hagen, vice president of International Partners and Innovation at Alpha Innovations AS. “We know that Vivox, with their experience and proven track record to scale and support massive online communities, is the perfect partner and we are looking forward to a long and successful relationship.”
“It was only a matter of time before an innovative and rich online community would be formed to meet the needs of the worldwide poker phenomenon,” says Monty Sharma, Vice President of Product Marketing at Vivox. “Alpha Innovations is setting the standard for the future of the online poker community. We are looking forward to supporting the players on PokerManager with exceptional voice quality, massive scalability and professional support.”
About Vivox, Inc.
Vivox provides online games, virtual worlds, and online communities with managed voice communication services that are simple to integrate and enhance game play and community. Vivox’s carrier-grade, customizable solutions help online games and communities create improved offerings and extend their user base. Today, Vivox is bringing voice to customers with millions of subscribers in more than 180 countries. For more information visit www.vivox.com.
About Alpha Innovations AS
Alpha Innovation AS is a private company headquartered in Norway with an international presence. Founded with professional poker players and European Poker Tour champions Bjørn-Erik Glenne and Peter Jepsen, financial investors and others, AI was formed in 2007 for the sole purpose of developing and operating PokerManage™. Intended for both online and offline poker players, PokerManager is a desktop-application with innovative and unique community features like real-time tournament scheduling, voice chat, player blogs, game tools, and vast video and tournament archives. For more information, visit www.PokerManager.com.
