According to Alan Creighton, My People's CEO, a VOIP call to London is US$0.04 per minute, compared to an average charge of $1.49 per minute over a cellular service. The system also uses text to speech to call users and read selected Web content.

With over 40 million users still sitting in front of green screens linked to mainframes, OpenConnect Systems has found a simple way to track green-screen user interaction in order to streamline business processes.

The company's product, called soaComprehend, tracks stock trade transactions, for example. SoaComprehend captures and analyzes the broker's workflow in order to create a faster Web service for that business process.