Transmedia Corp.

摘要

TransMedia Corp.-makers of Glide, the online operating system and collaboration environment-was literally born in fire. The company launched on Sept. 7, 2001, in offices located below 14th Street in New York City, just 4 days before the 9/11 terrorist attack. Verizon, the company's internet service provider, had offices in the World Trade Center, so for its first 2 months in business the company had no internet access. Not exactly an optimal way for a company that was hoping to make its living on the internet to get started but Donald Leka, CEO and chairman of TransMedia says that his company had a plan and they weren't about to let the inauspicious launch get in the way. The company's vision was to provide a compatible and integrated platform. "Those two themes were always central to anything we've ever done," explains Leka. From these two basic principles, the company built five integrated technologies that form the foundation of Glide: synchronization, compatibility, productivity and collaboration, mobility, and integration.