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Monday, January 24, 2011

Crawford Technologies Archives Print Output in EMC Documentum

(PRWEB) January 18, 2011

Crawford Technologies today announced the release of v2.6 of its PRO Archiver product for archiving print output in EMC’s Documentum. PRO Archiver includes capabilities such as:
An enterprise-class scalable processing server. Support for transforming, indexing and archiving of text, PDF, AFP, Metacode/DJDE, Postscript, and PCL files containing multiple documents. Archiving to EMC’s Documentum and EMC’s Documentum High-Volume Server (HVS). Utilizes open standard archival formats including PDF and PDF/A. Extendable plug-in based architecture.

CrawfordTech’s PRO Archiver version 2.6 is backwards compatible with EMC’s Documentum Archive Services for Reports (ASR) v2.5 product and provides an upgrade path for current EMC ASR users. PRO Archiver makes an excellent solution for new and current Documentum users who want to manage reports and transactional customer communication documents in Documentum.

To provide maximum performance for large enterprises, PRO Archiver v2.6 includes a unique 'Store in Documentum Express' plug-in. This plug-in provides the ability to store content in the Documentum High Volume Server (HVS). HVS is an extension of Documentum with the ability to ingest and process mass volumes of content at extremely high rates. HVS provides an improved ingestion API that includes blocking and scoping. By leveraging this new API, the Documentum Express Plug-in is able to improve ingestion performance into Documentum.

To provide additional flexibility and performance to handle all environments, PRO Archiver v2.6 provides users with a variety of bursting models, including pre-burst, full-burst, no-burst, and section bursting. The pre-burst model allows the content to be burst at the time the print file is converted into PDF or PDF/A providing the ultimate in bursting performance.

Another unique capability of PRO Archiver is its ability to archive indexed files of any type. This is a powerful new feature that can be used to migrate from one repository to another. Once the content and the metadata have been extracted from the legacy repository, PRO Archiver v2.6 can accept the metadata in XML format, the content in its native format, and store and index that content into Documentum or Documentum HVS.

“PRO Archiver v2.6 is a major step forward, providing an enterprise-class solution for integration of reports and transactional customer communications documents into the world’s favorite Enterprise Content Management system, EMC’s Documentum” said Ernie Crawford, President, Crawford Technologies Inc. “Commensurate with this announcement, we are now in the process of migrating customers with the older EMC ASR product to PRO Archiver so they can take advantage of the new capabilities and to guarantee a product roadmap for the future”, adds Crawford.

Crawford Technologies is continuing their offer to provide a free license for existing ASR customers. Any company that purchased ASR from EMC prior to June 17, 2010 will be able to upgrade from ASR to PRO Archiver v2.6 if they sign a maintenance agreement with CrawfordTech by June 30, 2011. After that date, ASR customers will need to purchase licenses for the PRO Archiver product.

About Crawford Technologies Inc.

Since 1995, Crawford Technologies’ award-winning solutions have helped over 700 companies around the world reduce costs associated with communications’ processes by delivering bills, statements and other mission-critical transactional communications to their customers in the format they need, when they need it. This includes alternate format documents in Braille, Large Print, Audio and E-text for visually impaired and print-disabled customers.

With CrawfordTech’s range of unique software products and services, our clients simplify, automate and extend document delivery cost effectively - irrespective of current, legacy or future standards in infrastructure or document output. These clients, including four of the top five US banks, four of the top five US insurance companies and four of the world’s top five car manufacturers, are realizing high-value results as costs associated with document processes are minimized through automation, new opportunities for savings across critical communications are realized and they react quickly to changes in regulations, policies, business requirements and technical infrastructure.

CrawfordTech’s quality software, expert support and print business knowledge help clients to meet operational, service, marketing, legal and compliance requirements and automate the delivery of billions of communications to their customers annually. Simply put, companies look to Crawford Technologies for a platform-independent approach, leading system performance and superior output fidelity. Please visit http://www.crawfordtech.com to find out more about CrawfordTech’s clients, people, partners and solutions.

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Georgian Partners Makes it More Convenient for Investors to Close the...

Montreal, QC (Vocus/PRWEB) January 19, 2011

Silanis Technology, the e-signature provider for 21st Century, Liberty Mutual and the US Army, today announced that Georgian Partners, a Canadian growth equity investment firm, will make it easier and more convenient for investors to close business deals. Georgian Partners will use Silanis’ e-SignLive online e-signature services to complete high-value investment transactions over the web.

“When you’re dealing with large investments, the importance of signing contracts quickly and efficiently is paramount,” said John Berton, co-founder and managing partner of Georgian Partners. “We were impressed with just how convenient and easy it was to sign contracts electronically using e-SignLive, even though there were multiple parties and documents involved.”

In a global economy where investors frequently travel, returning signed documents on time in order to meet rigid regulatory or contractual deadlines can be a challenge - especially when there can be as many as 40 parties involved and people need to gain access to a printer, scanner or fax machine.

“These are extremely time-sensitive documents. We often have only one day to meet the deadlines set down by regulatory bodies or by our own business negotiations,” said Berton. “It used to take quite a bit of time to manage the signing process, and make sure that everyone reviewed the appropriate documents and signed correctly. ”

Previously, the process for signing off on a new investment purchase was very time-consuming. Documents, such as new shareholder and investment agreements, non-disclosure agreements or purchase of sale contract would be emailed to all parties, along with their signatory sheets, who would then need to print them off, sign them by hand, and then either scan them or fax them back to Georgian Partners and its lawyers for verification and collation.

Using e-SignLive, Georgian Partners’ investors can now easily and securely review and sign documents over the web from any mobile device. Georgian Partners can also easily monitor the whole signing process virtually, saving them both time and legal fees.

And because e-SignLive records the entire web-based signing process from start to finish, including all web pages and documents that were presented to the signees, along with how long they spent reviewing the information, and all actions that were taken, Georgian Partners will capture and be able to reproduce stronger audit trail information and legal evidence than was possible when they were using pen and paper signatures.

“There was absolutely no hesitation around electronically signing off on a transaction worth millions of dollars. We plan to use e-SignLive for all future transactions.”

Silanis’ e-SignLive is a subscription-based cloud service, which is integrated with the IBM LotusLive platform to combine electronic signature capabilities with online collaboration and business networking. Its e-SignRoom component enables multiple documents to be reviewed and signed electronically by multiple people, while also giving business process owners real-time visibility into time-sensitive e-signing activities in order to monitor who has signed what documents and when.

About Georgian Partners
Georgian Partners is as growth equity firm investing in expansion and later stage enterprise software and information aggregation companies. Founded by successful entrepreneurs and technology executives, GP leverages global software expertise to directly impact the success of companies.

About Silanis
Silanis' solutions have processed hundreds of millions of e-signatures since the company was founded in 1992 (50 million in 2010 alone), making it the most widely used e-signature solution. The world’s largest insurance and financial services companies, government agencies, and service providers depend on Silanis to accelerate business transactions and reduce costs while improving compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. The company’s on-premise, cloud and SaaS e-signature solutions eliminate manual, paper-based processing to enable e-commerce and e-government transactions to be executed fully electronically from start to finish.

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Wix Support Bar Gives Free Help on How to Make a Website

New York, NY (PRWEB) January 18, 2011

A few weeks ago, internet start-up Wix.com opened the Wix Support Bar, providing free, in-person support for users of Wix' website builder platform. Users receive help with anything relating to their site, from using Wix’ free online platform, to setting up an account with Google Analytics in order to track the performance of one’s website creation.

Wix itself consists of a powerful drag & drop platform that allows for the easy creation of customized Flash websites. An impressive collection of free website templates divided by niche are fully customizable so users can transform pre-designed websites into their own unique sites. The tool is free and extremely useful for small business owners, entrepreneurs, artists, non profit organizations and hobbyists seeking to promote themselves online with a customized website.

The Wix Support Bar makes the whole process even easier, providing users with free, in-person support on how to make a website with Wix’ free website builder. The Wix Support Bar is located inside the Wix Lounge - a posh, loft-style free workspace open to the public in August of 2010.

Here’s how it works: 1-hour sessions by appointment are given from 10am - 6pm, Monday - Friday. Walk-in hours are between 3-5pm, Monday - Friday. The sessions are offered entirely for free, and consist of a Wix expert walking users through any website-building issues. If the session requires more time the user can schedule a follow-up appointment, also free of charge.

Founder and CEO of Wix.com, Avishai Abrahami, comments: “For a business owner or entrepreneur to be able to receive free, one-on-one support lets that individual get the help he or she needs, in the most direct way possible. We’re thrilled to offer this extra customer service initiative to our beloved Wix Community, and are excited to connect with our users at this level.”

Wix is a market leader when it comes to web design and creation. Innovation and communication are cornerstones of Wix’ philosophy. The company is highly attuned to the needs of its users, constantly churning out new product features, improving the ease of use of its platform. Wix recently launched the Spanish version of its free website builder, catering to the needs of its already large Spanish-speaking market. The Support Bar marks a continuation of the product-user relationship.

Abrahami says, “The Support Bar actually offers help in two directions; our users teach us a great deal about how to improve our product, and the Support Bar will no doubt provide a new channel of communication, giving us fresh new ways of thinking as we continue to improve the user experience.”

To make an appointment for a free Support Bar session visit the Wix Lounge website - a site itself built with Wix. Click on Support Bar > Sign Up, or e-mail ariele [at] wix [dot] com to schedule an appointment. The Support Bar is also open for walk-ins during most of the web-related events hosted by the Wix Lounge. Details are found on the Wix Lounge website.

Wix.com was started in 2006 and is based in New York, with offices in San Fransisco and Tel Aviv. The company is backed by investors Mangrove Capital Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners and Benchmark Capital. Access to the Wix platform and all templates is free by signing up at Wix.com. Premium packages offer advanced web features like connecting to one’s own domain and the ability to sell products from inside one’s site. The Wix Lounge is located at 10 West 18th Street, on the 2nd floor, in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood.

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Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 - Is Underlined Text Boring? Apply Waves, Dots, Colors, More

SUMMARY: A variety of ways to underline text is at your disposal when designing slides in PowerPoint 2010.

You probably know that pressing the "U" button in the "Font" section of the "Home" tab of the Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 Ribbon underlines the selected text. CTRL + U does the same thing.

What you might not know is that there are other ways you can underline text such as with dots, dashes, double underlines, and waves. You can even make the underline colors different from the font colors, as seen in the screenshot to the right.

1. Select the text you wish to underline.

2. Open the "Font" dialog box. You can do this by selecting the "Home" tab in the Ribbon, then clicking the arrow at the bottom-right of the "Font" section. Or, press CTRL + SHIFT + F.

Opening the "Font" dialog box in PowerPoint 2010

3. The "Font" dialog box appears. As desired, click the pull-down next to "Underline style" to choose from a variety of different ways to underline your text. Click the pull-down next to "Underline color" to open a pop-up menu where you can choose a different color underline. Clicking the "More Colors" link in this pop-up menu lets you choose from any color.

Applying font underline options in PowerPoint 2010

4. Click "OK" to close the dialog box.

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Velocity Micro Vector Holiday Edition (overclocked Intel Core i5 760)

Editors' note: This review has been updated to indicate that this PC can support two graphics cards from ATI, not from Nvidia.

Velocity Micro's $999 Vector Holiday Edition might be one of the best desktop deals we've ever seen. For just under $1,000, this system provides impressive day-to-day performance from an overclocked, stable CPU, competent 3D gaming via its upper-midrange Nvidia 3D card, and a Blu-ray drive to top it all off. We wouldn't expect this deal to last beyond the holiday season, but for as long as it's available, this desktop is an amazing ... Expand full review

Editors' note: This review has been updated to indicate that this PC can support two graphics cards from ATI, not from Nvidia.

We've professed our appreciation for Velocity Micro's sturdy, clean-lined cases many times in the past. The overall build quality remains high, as indicated by the clean interior and expertly wrapped and secured cables. The case design is showing its age with its lack of front-panel hard-drive access, but we're willing to forgive that absence here due to the fact that this system is such a great deal.

3.62GHz Intel Core i5 760 (overclocked)Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)

How great a deal, you ask? Consider the $999 Vector Holiday Edition next to Gateway's $1,099 FX6840-15e. While the Gateway has a higher-end processor in its Core i7 CPU, Velocity Micro compels a remarkable performance boost from its Core i5 760 CPU through overclocking. We tested the overclock using the Linpack CPU stability test and the system showed no sign of variation in its clock speed or accuracy as it endured the heavy processing workload. Velocity Micro makes the overclocking option for this chip available for no premium over a standard Core i5 760, and given the Velocity's performance advantage documented below, the stability, and the price equality, we can think of no reason not to select the overclocking option.

In addition to the overclocked CPU, the Vector Holiday Edition also for the most part either matches or exceeds the Gateway in terms of hardware for the dollar. The Gateway has twice the system memory, but otherwise, the Velocity Micro system has the same 1TB-sized hard drive and a faster 3D graphics card, as well as a Blu-ray drive and wireless networking. Thanks to the Asus P7P55D-E motherboard, the Vector Holiday Edition also supports ATI's Crossfire multiple graphics card standard. The system as configured comes with an Nvidia card, but fortunately Velocity Micro offers an ATI Radeon HD 6850 for an extra $50. That card is roughly equivalent to the GeForce GTX 460 currently installed, and would provide a solid starting point if you wanted to add a second card later on.

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The Vector Holiday Edition excelled in our application performance tests, especially when you consider that it's the least expensive system among our comparison units. The Maingear and the Digital Storm both come in above $2,000, but the Acer Predator is a $1,349 system, and the Vector beats that PC, as well as the $1,099 Gateway, on all but our Cinebench tests.

Those systems do indeed have an advantage on pure multithreaded performance tasks like Cinebench because of their Core i7 CPUs. That chip features four native processing cores, plus four additional processing threads via Intel's Hyper-Threading technology. With eight processing threads to the Velocity Micro's four with its non-Hyper-Threaded Core i5, the Core i7 PCs are better equipped for tasks like video rendering, at least with programs that draw on the CPU for that kind of processing. Newer versions of Adobe's Creative Suite, Windows 7 itself, and other applications are starting to use graphics cards more and more for their superior parallel processing capabilities. While some apps still rely on multicore CPUs, support for GPU computing is growing, which means you shouldn't necessarily write the Velocity Micro off for multimedia editing or other multithreaded tasks.

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For gaming, the Velocity Micro system invites no caveats. It outperformed the Gateway and Acer systems on every test, and its 91 frames-per-second score on our 1,920x1,080-resolution Far Cry 2 test suggests that even at high resolutions you should be able to play any PC game out there at high image quality. You might see some lag on the most demanding titles if you get into 3D effects and high resolutions on multiple monitors. If that's your goal, adding a second GeForce GTX 460 card for another $200 or so should provide the solution.

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Velocity Micro has sent us other lower-cost gaming PCs that support multiple graphics cards, but we were dismayed to find that one of the last ones we reviewed switched to a single-card motherboard shortly after we reviewed it. That can happen, especially to smaller vendors, but we're heartened this time around in that Velocity Micro is still offering the same motherboard a month or so into this PC's availability on its Web site. Velocity Micro says despite the "Holiday Edition" name, this configuration will be available through January 1, and it may be extended to a "Winter Edition" afterward if demand is high enough.

Aside from the ability to accept a second graphics card, the Vector Holiday Edition also offers a fair number of other internal expansion possibilities. The system already comes with 4GB of RAM by way of two 2GB memory sticks, but you also get room for two more, allowing you to double the memory easily. You also get two 1x PCI Express card slots, as well as two standard PCI slots. One has a wireless networking card in it, and you'd need to move it to add a second graphics card due to slot overlap, but either way we're impressed by the extent to which this PC is both feature-rich and expandable.

That diversity extends to the outside of the Velocity Micro as well. You get the usual array of USB 2.0 jacks, but the motherboard also provides two USB 3.0 inputs, as well as FireWire and eSATA jacks. That's should leave you free to connect the vast majority of external devices. Velocity Micro also provides a pair of PS/2 mouse and keyboard inputs for your old school input devices. Audio jacks come by way of an S/PDIF optical output, as well as jacks for 7.1 analog output. For video, the graphics card includes two DVI ports, as well as a Mini-HDMI output.

Velocity Micro Vector Holiday EditionAnnual operating cost (@$0.1135/kWh)

Given its overclocked CPU, we're not surprised to find the Velocity Micro consumes more power than either the Acer or the Gateway. At least you get the extra performance. Expect to see a not-insignificant $5.67 or so extra each month on your power bill for this PC.

Velocity Micro's service and support compares well with that of other boutique vendors. Like Falcon Northwest and others, Velocity Micro relies exclusively on in-house phone support technicians, and though it doesn't offer 24-7 phone support, you can get in touch from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Pacific Time Monday through Friday, and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, which is a pretty fair window. The warranty on the system covers parts and labor for a year, as well as one year of depot repair service. And Velocity's Web site has all kinds of useful support resources.

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System configurations:

Acer Aspire Predator AG5900-U3092
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit; 2.93GHz Intel Core i7 870; 8GB 1,333MHz DDR3 SDRAM; 1GB ATI Radeon HD 5850 graphics card; 1.5TB, 7,200rpm Seagate hard drive

Digital Storm Special Ops
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit; 3.07GHz Intel Core i7 950; 6GB 1,333MHz DDR3 SDRAM; (2)1GB Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 graphics cards; 80GB Corsair Drive Force solid-state hard drive; 1TB 7,200rpm Western Digital Caviar Black hard drive

Gateway FX6840-15e
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit; 2.93GHz Intel Core i7 870; 8GB 1,333MHz DDR3 SDRAM; 1GB ATI Radeon HD 5750 graphics card; 1TB, 7,200rpm Western Digital hard drive

Maingear F131
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit; 3.87GHz (overclocked) Intel Core i7 960; 6GB 1,600MHz DDR3 SDRAM; (2) 1GB ATI Radeon HD 5870 graphics cards; 80GB Intel X25-M solid-state hard drive; 1.5TB 5,400rpm Western Digital hard drive

Velocity Micro Vector Holiday Edition
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit; 3.62GHz Intel Core i5 760; 4GB 1,333MHz DDR3 SDRAM; 768GB Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 graphics card; 1TB, 7,200rpm Hitachi hard drive

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Sunday, January 23, 2011

Asus Eee PC 1005HA (Intel Atom N280 1.66GHz, 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD, XP Home, blue)

Editors' note: We've reviewed a more recent retail-exclusive version of the Asus Eee PC 1005HA, called the Asus 1005HAGB-BBY-BK01X.

We were very fond of the previous version of Asus' Eee PC, the 1008HA, which represented a radical design change from the boxy Eee PCs of the past. But its high-end (for a Netbook) price, at $429, slipped just over the line for many, and its nonremovable battery wasn't as long-lasting as we've seen in other Eee PCs.

The latest revision, called the 1005HA, keeps the slim, tapered design but ditches the somewhat cumbersome cover flaps on the

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Editors' note: We've reviewed a more recent retail-exclusive version of the Asus Eee PC 1005HA, called the Asus 1005HAGB-BBY-BK01X.

The latest revision, called the 1005HA, keeps the slim, tapered design but ditches the somewhat cumbersome cover flaps on the ports and adds a more traditional six-cell battery. This means a slightly thicker and heavier system, but also one that's our current Netbook battery life leader. Add in a slightly shaved price tag, down to a more reasonable $389 (although some perfectly usable Netbooks are down to $299), and you have what may be our new go-to Netbook choice.

Mobile Intel GMA 950 (integrated)System weight / Weight with AC adapter

The design of the 1005HA is based on the (slightly slimmer) 1008HA model. There's a tapered front lip, but the new model lacks some of the space-saving features of the 1008HA, such as the angled Ethernet jack and hidden mini-VGA port. Rather than a potentially smaller SSD drive, there's a standard 160GB HDD inside, augmented by a free 10GB online data storage subscription for backing up files to a remote server.

While slightly thicker and heavier than other recent Netbooks, it's still a vast improvement over the first few generations of mini laptops, which had a universally boxy, toylike feel. Our review unit was glossy black, which was prone to picking up fingerprints; blue is also available.

The flat, wide keyboard, similar to what we saw on the Eee PC 1008HA, is among the better Netbook keyboards we've used, and the full-size right Shift key is one of those things you don't realize is very important until it goes missing. The touch pad is demarcated by a rectangle of raised dots on the wrist rest, and works well, although we found ourselves going into the touch pad settings and jacking up the default pointer speed.

A single quick-access button above the keyboard is for disabling the touch pad (handy if you're using an external USB mouse), and Asus' different preset power profiles are accessible by hitting the FN key plus the space bar. New to this model is a software suite that acts as a software dock popping out of the top of the screen (by default, but switchable). From there, you can access functions such as screen brightness presets and media players. Most Netbook users we talk to are no-nonsense types who just want to surf the Web or send e-mail, so learning the ins and outs of a proprietary menu bar system may not be high in the list of priorities.

The 10.1-inch LED display offers a 1,024x600 native resolution, which is standard for a Netbook, although higher-end systems are starting to add 1,366x768 display options. The backlit LED allows the lid to be very thin, and also use less power than a more traditional LCD display.

Average for category [Netbook]Stereo speakers, headphone/microphone jacksEthernet, 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, BluetoothEthernet, 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth

The 1005HA offers a fairly standard set of ports and connections, lacking only the ExpressCard slot we've seen on some high-end Netbooks. We prefer to have our connections out in the open, rather than hidden behind hinged plastic doors (as in the 1008HA model), although we have to admit, the 1008's tiny, angled Ethernet jack was an impressive engineering feat.

With Intel's N280 Atom CPU, the system was, not surprisingly, on par with other current Netbooks, even those with the slightly slower N270 version of the ubiquitous Atom. We have yet to meet an Atom-powered Netbook that vastly outperformed or underperformed the pack. The basic rule of thumb is that for basic tasks such as word processing, Web surfing, and e-mail, an Atom Netbook is more than adequate, as long as you keep your expectations modest.

The real star here is the system's battery life. Asus has always had some of the longest-lived Netbooks, and the new 1005HA got an impressive 6 hours and 51 minutes in our video playback battery drain test--about 30 minutes more than our previous leader, the Eee PC 1000HE, and more than 2 hours better than the nonremovable battery in the 1008HA model.

Asus also includes its Super Hybrid Engine feature in the system, which is essentially a series of power-saving presets to further extend battery life. These are mostly power consumption tweaks one could perform individually, but it's handy to have them all in one place.

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Asus covers its laptops with a standard, one-year parts-and-labor warranty, and it offers online Web-based help and a toll-free phone number. The company's support Web site has improved over the past few years, and includes easy to find driver downloads FAQs.

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System configurations:

Asus Eee PC 1005HA
Windows XP Home Edition SP3; 1.66GHz Intel Atom N280; 1024MB DDR2 SDRAM 533MHz; 224MB (Shared) Mobile Intel GMA 950; 160GB Hitachi 5,400rpm

Asus Eee PC 1000HE
Windows XP Home Edition SP3; 1.66GHz Intel Atom N280; 1024MB DDR2 SDRAM 533MHz; 128MB Mobile Intel GMA 950; 160GB Seagate 5,400rpm

Asus Eee PC 1008HA
Windows XP Home Edition SP3; 1.66GHz Intel Atom N280; 1024MB DDR2 SDRAM 533MHz; 128MB Mobile Intel GMA 950; 160GB Seagate 5,400rpm

HP Mini 110
Windows XP Home Edition SP3; 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270; 1024MB DDR2 SDRAM 533MHz; 128MB (Shared) Mobile Intel GMA 950; 160GB Seagate 5,400rpm

Toshiba Mini NB205
Windows XP Home Edition SP3; 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270; 1024MB DDR2 SDRAM 800MHz; 128MB (Shared) Mobile Intel GMA 950; 160GB Toshiba 5,400rpm

Acer Aspire One AOD250
Windows XP Home Edition SP3; 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270; 1024MB DDR2 SDRAM 533MHz; 224MB (Shared) Mobile Intel GMA 950; 160GB Seagate 5,400rpm

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RepairStadt Named Official Computer Support Company of the New England...

Swampscott, MA (PRWEB) January 18, 2011

RepairStadt® (http://www.repairstadt.com), a trusted global provider of remote computer maintenance and repair services, announced today that it has been named the official computer support company of the 2011 New England Home Show (http://www.newenglandhomeshows.com). RepairStadt will provide on-site support services for all exhibitors at the event, which will take place on February 24-27, 2011 at Boston’s Seaport World Trade Center. The Company will also showcase its preventative maintenance subscription and ResQue Me® emergency services—which for many home computer users in New England are proving to be very attractive and affordable alternatives to what’s offered by national chain stores.

In celebration of its involvement in the New England Home Show, RepairStadt will also offer a free, on-site PC repair clinic. Consumers who are experiencing problems with their laptop computers can bring them to Booth 236 where the Company will diagnose and attempt to fix those problems on the spot. If its technicians can’t fix a problem(s) within 30 minutes, consumers will have the option of setting a follow-up repair appointment.

Additionally, RepairStadt is extending a special offer to anyone who signs up for its monthly computer maintenance service – via phone, online or on-site – between now and the close of the home show. New subscribers, will not only receive 50% off the monthly $19.99 subscription fee for their first month, they will also be entered in a drawing to win a new Apple iPad. Home computer users will be able to take advantage of a great deal, while getting the personalized, expert support other consumers throughout the region have come to rely on.

Margaretta Simpson of Marblehead, Mass. states, “I’m a graphic designer who works from home so my computer system is critical to how I make my living. I have a fairly complicated setup with several computers, printers and peripherals and don’t have the time to monitor for potential problems or shop around for hardware and software upgrades. Not only does RepairStadt go out, buy what I need and install it for me, they work directly with ISPs and hardware vendors on my behalf, which is a great perk.”

“RepairStadt completely alleviates my computer burdens—and at a fraction of the cost of anyone else I’ve seen out there,” adds Ms. Simpson. “In fact, RepairStadt’s maintenance service is at least 50% less than what I’ve paid in the past and my dedicated technician is available anytime I need them. The Company definitely gets an A+ as far as I’m concerned.”

For a monthly subscription of only $19.99 per household, home computer users get peace of mind knowing that an experienced, personal technician will monitor their systems and ensure they are running at peak efficiency. RepairStadt’s dedicated team of professionals is well-versed in the broad spectrum of operating systems, hardware and software and is unbiased to manufactures, retail stores and Internet Service providers—so there is none of the dreaded ‘up sell’ consumers may get from other services.

"As a self-proclaimed ‘technologically challenged’ person I am delighted with the competent, knowledgeable and personalized service I get from Repairstadt,” said Carolyn Perlow, home subscriber and owner of EventMakers (http://www.carolynperlow.com) in Marblehead, Mass. “Its technicians are expert problem solvers and readily available whenever I need them.”

“We are pleased to be able to play a role in helping computer operations run smoothly for our fellow exhibitors at the New England Home Show,” said Jason Stadtlander, founder of RepairStadt. “We also look forward to introducing attendees to our hassle-free approach to traditional tech support. Home computer users don’t have to feel like a number anymore, they can get the individual and affordable computer support they deserve. We are bringing back the personal touch of the ‘Mom and Pop’ shop on a global scale. We take great pride in getting to know our customers and being the trusted ‘go to’ for all of their computer maintenance and support needs—all while saving them valuable time and money.”

To register for RepairStadt, businesses and consumers can simply contact the company at 888.777.0383 or visit http://www.repairstadt.com.

About RepairStadt
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