Critical Path, Inc.

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Critical Path, Inc.

Type	Public (OTCBB: CPTH)
Founded	1997
Headquarters	San Francisco, California
Key people	Mark Ferrer, CEO and Chairman James Clark, CFO Donald Dew, CTO Mark Palomba, EVP of Worlwide Sales & Field Operations Barry Twohig, EVP of Engineering
Industry	Software
Products	Messaging Software Identity Management Software Anti-Abuse Software
Revenue	$66.963 million USD (2005)
Employees	250
Website	www.criticalpath.net

Critical Path is a world-leading provider of messaging solutions, recognized for the success of its partnerships with mobile operators, telecommunications companies and ISPs around the globe. With a steadfast focus on business results, Critical Path enables service providers to deliver meaningful, revenue-generating services through unparalleled messaging technology.

Critical Path is about Messages that Matter. For consumers, this means messaging services that deliver a better email experience, rich multimedia sharing capabilities and on-the-go access to the messages that matter most. For service providers, this means mass-market solutions that have a significant impact on the bottom line – value-added messaging services that attract new subscribers, drive revenue and improve customer loyalty.

1 History
2 Shareholders
3 Products and Solutions
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] History

Critical Path, Inc. OTCBB: CPTH, founded in 1997, provides messaging solutions for mobile, broadband and fixed-line service providers. Headquartered in San Francisco with offices around the globe, Critical Path's messaging solutions are deployed by service providers throughout the world, including Vodafone, O2, Orange, Telefonica Moviles, TeliaSonera, SFR, Tiscali, Wind, Indosat, SK Telecom and more. As of April 2007, Critical Path has approximately 250 employees.

[edit] Shareholders

In 1999, Critical Path became a publicly traded company under the stock symbol CPTH. Today, the company's major shareholders include Asian conglomerate Cheung Kong Holdings, parent company of Hutchison Whampoa, and General Atlantic.

[edit] Products and Solutions

Critical Path's Memova product line provides innovative consumer messaging solutions for mobile operators, broadband and fixed-line service providers. Delivering a new and improved messaging experience for millions of consumers worldwide and offering operators the key to unlocking the enormous potential of mass-market services, these solutions include:

Memova Mobile – consumer mobile email and multimedia content solutions for mobile operators. Memova Mobile pushes email and personalized news, blogs, music, sports and other popular consumer content to everyday mobile phones. Leveraging existing infrastructure and the phones subscribers are already using, Memova Mobile enables operators to get to market quickly with easy-to-use mobile data services designed exclusively for the consumer mass market.

Memova Messaging – a trusted, proven platform for service providers that delivers email and a broad range of value-added messaging services, including Universal Contacts, Contact-Centric Communications, Digital Life, Media Mail and more. Memova Messaging enables service providers to enrich the consumer messaging experience, drive new revenue streams, foster the growth of online communities and reduce subscriber churn.

Memova Anti-Abuse – a turnkey anti-spam, anti-virus solution for service providers. Memova Anti-Abuse stops spam, viruses, mailbombs, denial-of-service, directory harvest and phishing attacks in the most cost-effective manner – at the gateway. The solution includes two lines of defense, flexible options and customized controls, ultimately providing a basic, yet competitive level of anti-abuse protection for all subscribers, while simultaneously offering extra protection as value-added, opt-in services.

Critical Path's portfolio also includes leading identity management solutions that are deployed by enterprise corporations, governments and telecommunications operators worldwide.