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'World's first' HTML5 computing platform taking a run at digital signage

June 6, 2014

Tennessee-based Uboxu LLC is launching what it is calling "the world's first HTML5 computing platform," aimed at "enabling the world’s 5 million Web developers to create business software using standard Web code" -- and is taking a run at the digital signage market first -- according to a company announcement.

Uboxu LLC earlier this week announced the developer release of its new HTML5 computing platform for businesses. Uboxu consists of a tiny microserver appliance and an online account management service, together, which will enable the millions of Web designers and developers in the world to create specialized business software using standard Web tools and methods, the company said.

Uboxu was developed over a seven-year period and has been incubated by Brand Imaging Group in Antioch, Tennessee, and its owner, Scott Snoyer. The project has launched on the Kickstarter crowdfunding site, with the goal of attracting Web designers and developers from around the world to join the platform.

"When I learned about the Uboxu team and their project last year, I was thrilled to be able to step in and provide the financial and business management assistance they needed to take the last steps to market," Snoyer said in the announcement. "We’re starting with a run at the digital signage market, where we think we will have a major impact. Basically, we’re tossing the keys to the global digital signage market to millions of talented Web developers, and turning them loose to go win that market."

According to Ryan Quinn, the company's lead software developer, the new computing solution combines new hardware, new software and a unique online services system to enable small businesses to have more flexible, secure and capable computing usability than any current approach, at a cost of under $300.

"Uboxu moves the cloud computing platform down from the Internet and runs it directly inside local businesses," Quinn said. "This provides all of the benefits of cloud computing, such as no software maintenance and regular updates, without having a company's data locked into a proprietary remote system. All of a company's data remains in-house, as well as optionally backed up off-site for safety. Plus, any local Web developer can now build and maintain the software a business needs."

Uboxu is running a crowdfunding project for a 30-day period on Kickstarter.com to help in its developer recruitment efforts, according to the announcement. These early developers have a chance to buy the computer and software tools needed to create business software apps at a significant discount, and get early access to the platform through that project, the company said.

Watch the Uboxu Kickstarter pitch video below: