BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Siemens Acceleration in Communications today announced its investment in GlooLabs, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based software company that licenses a platform for remote access to multimedia content. GlooLabs' software technology, called GlooNet(TM), is a Java-based platform that allows digital media stored on a home computer to be accessed remotely through any Internet-enabled computer, mobile phone or PDA. The funding will allow GlooLabs to expand its product portfolio and ramp up operations for large-scale customer deployments.

Seamless access to personal media and other data has become considerably important in the converging computing and home entertainment environments. GlooLabs' architectural approach overcomes the current gap of desktop-based and browser-based solutions by allowing end users to retrieve media files stored on various mobile devices and view or play them on any other networked device.

Using GlooNet, consumers can access their home audio collection while at work, select pictures stored on their home PC from a print-shop kiosk or share pictures and videos with friends and family without sending bulky e-mails or waiting for lengthy uploads. Additionally, GlooNet includes features for enabling mobile phones to be used as wireless MP3 players without requiring local storage capacity.

Siemens AG