What is MDK?

October 2015

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In today‘s IT landscape communication is ubiquitous

and messaging becomes increasingly important.

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• Big corporates focus more and more on

messaging

• Messaging is the 2nd biggest revenue-

generating mobile service globally

• Different customer needs can be

combined in messaging

Messaging, core component of IT All about communication

Develop an infrastructure as a basic technology with

extensive features

• Communication is instant, direct and

across all channels:

• Within a company

• With customers

• With suppliers

• With stakeholders

• With „Machines“

• ....

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• Amongst others: Facebooks acquired WhatsApp for

$21b, Rakuten bought Viber for $900m

• How to leverage network effects and open up

communication channels between all services?

Tech titans invest more into

messaging apps

Mobile communication

becomes more and more

important

Infrastructure as a basic

technology

• Hyper successful applications exist for almost any

vertical and often include mobile communication

• Messaging could be the seamless interface.

• How to integrate messaging into existing

applications and set up a reliable infrastructure?

• No proprietary solutions, but leverage white-label

messaging infrastructure in enterprise environments

• MDK supplies the core infrastructure for context

orientated multi-channel messaging in the

enterprise world!

Corporates are trying to benefit from the messaging

trend in different ways.

Introducing MDK: a white label messaging infrastructure

for context rich applications.

Highly scalable infrastructure,

capable of absorbing any

growth needs and designed to

seamlessly integrate with third

party services.

Exclusively designed for large

organizations, covering a vast

feature bandwith while

providing an open platform.

High quality data throughput

and storage infrastructure,

minimizing data loss and

supplying on-the-go hosting

scenarios.

All communication and data is

encrypted and hosted using

industry security standards, to

prevent privacy and data breaches.

Emphasis on geolocation services

to allow unique application

scenarios in the geofencing

context.

System architecture designed for

low power consumption to

support computing heavy

applications.

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Our vision – providing the multi-channel messaging

infrastructure in the enterprise market.

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How to enable

communication

across all channels?

How to enhance

productivity through

mobile communication?

How to set up a reliable

infrastructure for integrated

messaging?

White Label Messenger

Highly

scalable

infrastructure

Built for

enterprises

Performance

by design

Secure,

scalable &

High quality

Large organizations can use the MDK technology to

leverage their context rich applications.

Needs Possible use-cases

Highly scalable messaging

infrastructure.

Designed for large

organizations.

High data quality

throughput.

Encrypted transactions &

data storage.

Rich text messaging

applications, providing

payment functionality.

Rich corporate mobile &

context aware applications,

yielding detailed user stats.

Low power consumption

Encryption

Safely store datasets in the

cloud

Highly secured user

authentication and validation

Compatibility with all relevant

platforms and operating

systems

Scalability

Features, such as:

VOIP

Payments

Videoconferencing

Third-Party Integration

Follower Chats

Context awareness

And More And many more…

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MDKs feature set is to provide opportunities to build

messaging platforms and allow third party integration.

MessagingSend text, audio, picture and video

messages to single contacts or groups.

User ProfilesProvide complete user profiles,

including customisable themes and

third party social media integration.

Location ServicesShare specific location data and geo-

tag messages by activating the

location services functionality.

Content & Data StorageSecurley upload, store & send content

within the MDK infrastructure or

through third party services.

Authentification & VerificationSecured user authentication via

validated phone numbers or social

media profiles.

NotificationsPush notifications for messages and

events to specific contacts or groups.

VOIPTransmit voice data and set up

mailboxes for missed calls.

Third Party Services Integrate third party content platforms,

such as YouTube and allow sharing of

internal data to outside web properties.

EventsCreate and manage events for private

and public audiences.

Polls & RemindersAllow the creation, sharing and

exporting of context based polls and

reminders.

Streaming & ConferencingStream video and voice live to follower

audiences or within a private and

secure environment.

Location Search & DiscoveryImplement any number of location

based search and discovery features.

PaymentsSend and receive money through third

party payment wallets, such as Google

Wallet or PayPal.

Content PlatformsBuild a content platform and

marketplace, to allow the exchange of

user generated content.

Voice RecognitionTransform audio into text.

Follower ChatsEnhanced administrative capabilities

for VIPs, themes and events.

AnalyticsAdvanced user administration and

analytic capabilities.

Translation ServicesEnhance your communication

capabilities with translation from

services such as Google Translate.

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MDK also ships with the ContextKit – a context-

awareness platform, enhancing the our core features.

Location-awareness

Gather insights through continuous geo

location data: “Where? When? and For

how long?”. User-based location history.

Geo-fencing

Provide and monitor entry & exit events

for geographic regions of any shape and

number.

Activity-awareness

Continuous activity monitoring providing

durative events containing, location, start

/ end times and activity-types.

Real-time distribution

Securely distribute contextual

information across multiple users,

devices, and sessions in real-time.

Context-based authentication

Secured user authentication via

contextual fingerprint. “Recognize

users by their behavior?”.

Proximity-awareness

Detect proximity among users and

leverage insights from “Who spends

time together?” or “Who visited the

same place at different times?”

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The MDK architecture – Providing a full stack

messaging solution.

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2. MESSAGING BACKEND

Highly available server cluster

3. SERVER INFRASTRUCTURE

Lightweight communication

protocol based on MQTT

1. MESSAGING PROTOCOL

Client integration via APIs

and cross platform SDKs

4. CLIENT INTEGRATION

Highly scalable messaging

application server

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The MDK architecture is flexible and designed to

integrate third-party sources and content providers.

MDK Services

Databases

Reminders

Third-Party Services & Content

Providers

Cloud based On-premise

MessagingFollower

Chats

Polls Events ...

Analytics Administrative Services

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Unmatched enterprise focus and third-party integration,

allowing compatibility - even with perceived competitors.

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Enterprise

Consumer/

Small B2B

Stand alone /

As-a-Service

White Label /

Infrastructure

MDK Labs was launched with the help of its partners in

early 2015 and currently operates 3 offices in Russia,

Germany and the United States.

Technology Provider

Based in San Diego, CA, Tourmaline

Labs provides technical know-how and its

patented ContextKit technology.

Partners

Mastertel and 3data are Russia based

high-tech telecommunications and

hosting providers.

Incorporated in 2015 in Berlin and

currently ramping up the development

and sales activities, MDK Labs is set out

to enhance communication and

productivity on a global scale through its

technology.

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MDK Labs is run by a team of experts in the technology

and enterprise market.

Kilian Thalhammer

Kilian is the CEO of MDK.

He is an expert in the fields

of Online Payments,

eCommerce and TIME

industry with over 14 years

of industry experience; with

RatePAY, Paymill, Swiss

Post solutions, and Client

Vela.

Dr. Lukas Kuhn

Lukas is the Senior Advisor

of MDK. Previously, Lukas

served as a Senior System

Engineer for Qualcomm.

He earned a Ph.D. in

Computer Science from the

Technical University of

Munich. Since then he has

published 35 peer reviewed

research articles and he

holds 14 US patents.

Robin Cirannek

Robin is MDK’s Senior

System Designer. He

earned a Master degree in

Applied Computer Science

and has more then ten

years of experience as an

professional IT-Consultant

and Software Developer.

Bernhard Limberger

Bernhard has 10 years of

experience in business

management. He studied at

the University of Applied

Sciences Krems in Austria

where he obtained a

Master’s degree. He

speaks four languages and

is executing strategic

operating plans and

objectives for the long term

future of MDK globally.

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US Office

101 West Broadway, Suite 110,

9101 San Diego, California, USA

German Office

Borsigstraße 9

10115 Berlin, Germany

MDK Labs GmbH

Kilian Thalhammer

Email: kilian.thalhammer@mdk.io

Phone: +49 160 47 84995

Russian Office

Sheremetyevskaya 6 bld. 1

129594 Moscow, Russia

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