Kony announces availability of ver 5.5 of the Kony experience platform

ORLANDO, USA: Kony, Inc., the leading enterprise mobility company, has announced version 5.5 of the Kony Experience Platform with general availability of the Kony Development Cloud.

In version 5.5, Kony has added functionality features to aid enterprises in defining, designing and developing experience first mobile applications. Key enhancements include updates to its award-winning IDE, Kony Studio, improved Kony Messaging Services (KMS) and tighter integration with SkySync, which provides secure data storage and enables seamless synchronization with SAP.

Following this year's Gartner Symposium IT/Expo 2013, where Kony announced the launch of the Kony Multi-Channel Experience Cloud, the Kony Development Cloud is now available. Since being unveiled less than two months ago, the Kony Multi-Channel Experience Cloud products have been well received by enterprise developers, representing thousands of downloads from global Fortune 1000 brands.

The Kony Development Cloud is a comprehensive set of products that provides Mobile Backend-as-a-Service (MBaaS) to develop and deploy HTML5, native and hybrid applications. Apps can be coded once in JavaScript and deployed to over 10,000 devices with one click, removing the burden of having to keep pace with mobile technology.

"By bringing together everything customers may need to build and deploy multi-channel apps, the Kony Experience Platform simplifies and automates the software development lifecycle and delivers on the promise of cloud computing," said Sriram Ramanathan, CTO of Kony.

"Now, any organization can take advantage of the Kony Development Cloud to easily build, deliver and manage next generation, mobile apps across all channels for a superior end user experience."

New features in version 5.5 of the Kony development cloud include:

Kony studio & developer experience features

Based on open standards architecture, Kony Studio supports thousands of APIs spanning UX/UI, device and utility features. With the latest version, developers have the ability to import custom widgets, use Windows and Mac keyboard shortcuts, draw routes on maps and more.

Kony Sync Framework

Kony Sync Framework is a multi-tenant, enterprise-grade cloud sync service that enables synchronization of data between any device or enterprise system. Like no other sync service, Kony Sync Framework now automatically embeds the SkySync library on the device.

SkySync is an SAP certified add-in (inside SAP) that performs all the integration and interface management, providing the industry's most secure data storage and enabling seamless synchronization with SAP.