Tuesday, 23 June 2009

Nitro PDF Software Looks To Channel For Market Growth Of The Only Real Alternative To Adobe Acrobat

Nitro PDF Software, the company that revolutionised the PDF space with its launch of the first true alternative to Adobe® Acrobat®, today announced that it is growing the Nitro Reseller Programme, to develop and capitalise on the UK market for the new Nitro PDF Professional 6.0 product. Specifically designed for business users, the software delivers 50% faster and higher-quality PDF creation, it also includes the world’s most accurate PDF-to-Word conversion.

Resellers joining the Nitro Reseller Programme will receive improved margins compared to the alternative desktop PDF creation suites on the market. Nitro PDF Professional 6.0 offers resellers a solution that is an affordable, yet highly powerful, alternative to Adobe® Acrobat®. CEO of Nitro PDF, Sam Chandler states: “Our resellers are able to engage in new market opportunities through the new release that offers end users more functionality at an attractive price point. We also provide resellers with vast amounts of marketing support, coupled with localised technical support.”

Nitro PDF Software Launches Nitro PDF Professional 6.0

Nitro PDF Software, the company that revolutionised the PDF space with its launch of the first true alternative to Adobe® Acrobat®, today announced the availability of Nitro PDF Professional 6.0. The new release has been specifically designed for business users and delivers 50% faster and higher-quality PDF creation; it also includes the world’s most accurate PDF-to-Word conversion.

New Features

· World’s best, most accurate PDF-to-Word conversion
· 50% faster PDF creation and file processing
· PDF/A compliance support
· Higher-quality conversion to PDF
· Document management system (DMS) integration support
· Full control over PDF creation output
· Option to summarise comments for paper-based viewing
· Major user interface, performance, and general usability enhancements

“This is a landmark release for Nitro,” said Sam Chandler, CEO of Nitro PDF. “Version 6.0 is packed with numerous new features and enhancements, most notably, superior PDF creation capabilities and the world’s best PDF-to-Word conversion. It is better than Adobe’s, better than anything else on the market. This release further solidifies our position as the only alternative to Adobe Acrobat.”

John E. Jones Oil Selects FuelQuest to Optimise Fuel Management

FuelQuest, the leading on-demand software and services company for the global downstream energy industry, has announced a five-year agreement with John E. Jones Oil Company (Jones Oil) for the use of its Fuel Management System (FMS). Jones Oil will deploy FMS to improve fleet utilisation, reduce retains and run-outs and increase visibility into tank inventory and usage trends.

“Transparency into our tank inventory is one reason we selected FuelQuest,” said Patrick Lingg, controller of Jones Oil. “Another (reason) is that the solution is flexible so that we can deploy one or more sites at a time based on our time frame. We look forward to the savings and operational efficiencies driven by FuelQuest’s FMS.”

Jones Oil will leverage key capabilities within FMS that will virtually eliminate many manual processes and streamline operations to reduce costs and protect fuel margins. These include:

• More effective inventory management and demand forecasting to optimise working capital
• Increased ability to plan and respond
• Flexible implementation – initial implementation to Jones’ retail facilities; subsequent roll out to participating customers.

FuelQuest's Fuel Management System (FMS) is the most comprehensive, end-to-end supply chain solution focused on reducing the cost of procuring, managing and accounting for bulk fuel. FMS powers the largest fuel management network in North America with more than 15 billion gallons managed annually.

“FuelQuest is very pleased to partner with a family-run business like Jones Oil who is very focused on their customer’s satisfaction” said FuelQuest President and CEO, Matt Tormollen. “We will collaborate on next- generation solutions that will make it easier for fuel distributors to create value and preferential awareness with their customers and prospects, while leveraging the strength of the FMS platform and North America’s largest fuel management network.”

Wednesday, 10 June 2009

Extreme Networks Enhances its Distribution Capabilities in Italy by Expanding its Global Partnership with Westcon Group

Extreme Networks and Westcon Group Inc., the leading specialty distributor in networking, convergence, security and mobility, announced that they have extended their distribution agreement to Italy. The extension of the agreement provides for the non-exclusive distribution of Extreme Networks’ solutions across Italy.

Westcon Group, with its longstanding expertise in convergence and award-winning global solutions program infrastructure, is already one of Extreme Networks’ leading distributors in Europe and is well positioned to help Extreme Networks become more profitable in the Italian market. Westcon launched its Convergence Division in Italy in November 2008.

In working with Westcon, Extreme Networks will extend its channel presence in Italy by building on a new channel program launched last year. The company aims to take its traditional channel relationships to the next level, embracing a multi-vendor, collaborative approach. Westcon, a distributor acknowledged by the market for its networking expertise, solutions program infrastructure and ability to deliver value to the European reseller community, is a logical partner choice for the Italian market.

Monday, 8 June 2009

Press release: Inbox/Outbox 2009 And Mesmo Consultancy To Uncover The Truth Behind Social Networking Adoption In The Workplace


Brand new survey launched to determine extent of use and business drivers for Web 2.0 technologies in private and public sector organisations

Date: 16th and 17th June 2009; Venue: New Connaught Rooms, London

Inbox/Outbox, the UK’s leading forum for corporate messaging, e-marketing and collaborative communications, in partnership with Mesmo Consultancy, a leading email training and consultancy company, today launches a new survey of Web 2.0 adoption in business. The research aims to discover the truth behind how and why social networking, wikis and blogs are used in private and public sector organisations. Founder of Mesmo Consultancy, Dr Monica Seeley, will announce the survey’s findings at 3.30pm on both days of the Inbox/Outbox conference.

To register your attendance as a member of the press at Inbox/Outbox, please contact ibobpr@mccint.com

Wednesday, 3 June 2009

Extreme Networks Ranks #17 On Healthcare Informatics' Top 100 Listing

Extreme Networks today announced that Healthcare Informatics, a CIO-level healthcare information technology magazine, has placed Extreme Networks within the top quartile of its Healthcare Information Technology Survey. The “HCI 100,” published in the June issue, lists the top 100 most interesting vendors in healthcare IT based on input from its editorial staff and readership.

“It is an honour to be included within the HCI 100, which is meaningful recognition reflecting our commitment to healthcare organisations globally,” said Extreme Networks Vice President and General Manager for the Volume Products Group, Paul Hooper. “Extreme Networks’ intelligent, energy efficient and scalable Ethernet network solutions help hospitals and related healthcare facilities, service companies and manufacturers to meet their application and integrated communication challenges while promoting heightened levels of patient care.”

Extreme Networks family of Ethernet networking solutions, including its BlackDiamond® 8800 family of modular switches, its Summit® line of fixed edge switches featuring integrated Power over Ethernet (PoE), as well as security and wireless LAN solutions help hospitals to achieve a cost-effective network infrastructure supporting data, voice and video.

Extreme Networks debuts on the HCI 100 Survey as it make progress with new customers in the healthcare industry, having recently announced that MD-The Smart Hospital in the US chose its energy efficientconvergedEthernet network solutions to create a network for the new Muskogee Community Hospital in Muskogee, Oklahoma, adding to its marquee list of healthcare organisations, Muskogee is the nation’s first hospital that is designed from the ground up to earn the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Energy Star for superior energy performance.

Extreme Networks Announces New Partner-Branded Service Offering For North American And EMEA Partners

Extreme Networks, today announced that it is providing enhancements to its services program in North America and EMEA by launching a unique partner-branded offering, PartnerWorks Lite.

Extreme Networks PartnerWorks is a premier services platform available to certified reseller partners who wish to remain the primary point of support for their end customers. This enables partners to sell and deliver their own brand of technology service while leveraging Extreme Networks deep expertise for technical questions, software support, and logistics infrastructure.

The PartnerWorks services program is expanding in the US, Europe, Middle East and Africa with a new category, PartnerWorks Lite, offering powerful benefits to end-users and enabling partners to more easily and affordably choose the best combination of services.

Thursday, 28 May 2009

Press release: AIIM Roadshow 2009 To Consider The Impact Of Email And Social Media In Enterprise Content Management

Expert sessions confirmed for Edinburgh, Leeds, Birmingham, Bristol and London, 1st – 5th June

The AIIM Roadshow, the UK's leading Enterprise Content Management (ECM) event, today announced that email and Web 2.0 will be leading the topics during the expert roundtables and case study sessions. Contributions from sponsors including HP, ASG, Vignette and IBM augment the AIIM Roadshow’s programme, which takes place in five major UK cities from the 1st to the 5th of June 2009.

For further information, or to register your attendance as a member of the press, please contact aiimroadshowpr@mccint.com

Press release: US Department of Homeland Security Joins European e-Identity Conference 2009


eema’s 22nd Annual Conference, 25th – 26th June, Cardinal Place, London

eema, the European association for e-identity and security, in collaboration with OASIS (Organisation for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards), and the BCS (British Computer Society) today announced the full programme for the European e-Identity conference. The two-day event takes place in London on 25th and 26th June 2009, bringing together global experts in privacy, security and e-identity and including a keynote address from the US Department of Homeland Security.

For further information or to register your attendance as a member of the press, please contact eemapr@mccint.com

Press release: Capscan To Address The Impact Of Data Quality On The Business At Data Marketing Show


Exhibition stand: B222; 30th June – 1st July 2009, Olympia, London

Seminar: ‘Addressing Data Quality’; 1.30pm; 30th July 2009

Capscan, a leading supplier of UK and international address management solutions and data integrity services, will host a seminar looking at the impact data quality has on business and how to avoid damaging mistakes, at the Data Marketing Show, 30th June and 1st July 2009, Olympia, London. On stand B222, the company will also exhibit its range of award-winning technologies and services that are integral to a successful data quality management strategy including a new solution for Microsoft DynamicsTM CRM and the newly enhanced Matchcode Commercial with D&B business data.

For further information or to arrange a briefing with Capscan at the show, please contact capscanpr@mccint.com