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PDF Checkpoint Is Now Available for Sale on MacUpdate

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Zevrix Solutions announces that its PDF preflight and conversion solution PDF Checkpoint is is now available for direct purchase on MacUpdate under its Enhanced Product Pages program. Remarkably fast, PDF Checkpoint automatically preflights, converts to images, splits and optimizes multiple Adobe PDF files. Users can convert PDF colors, compress images and check documents for errors. The program is equally suitable to process hundreds of files as well as single PDF documents.

Toronto (ON), Canada — Zevrix Solutions today announces that its PDF preflight and conversion tool PDF Checkpoint is is now available for direct purchase on MacUpdate under its Enhanced Product Pages program. Remarkably fast, PDF Checkpoint automatically preflights, converts to images, splits and optimizes multiple Adobe PDF files. PDF Checkpoint is an ideal program for users who need fast, affordable and easy-to-use solution for efficient PDF workflows.

“It’s a great idea to enable color profile conversion in PDF files so easily,” says Miles Linklater of design studio 24pt Helvetica in Vancouver, Canada. “PDF Checkpoint saves me a lot of time when submitting ads for large magazines.”

The new Enhanced Product Pages Program creates an easy way for MacUpdate members to purchase Package Central in just one click directly from its existing MacUpdate listing. MacUpdate began in 1996 as a forum for Mac enthusiasts to discuss and track Mac software updates and releases. Now, over a million users discover, discuss, try and purchase over 40,000 apps from over 6,000 developers.

PDF Checkpoint is designed to automate and simplify PDF workflows of publishers, ad agencies, prepress houses, printers and graphic designers. The program offers the following key features:

–Automatically preflight and convert multiple PDF files.
-View all PDF fonts, colors, images and metadata at a glance.
-Create preflight profiles for various job types.
–Convert PDF color mode using ICC profiles.
-Route files by preflight results into success and error folders.
-Split files into single page PDFs.
-Save PDF as images with specific resolution, color and page scale.
-Preserve transparency when exporting to TIFF and PNG.

Pricing and availability:
PDF Checkpoint can be purchased from form MacUpdate.com for $40, as well as from Zevrix website and authorized resellers. Trial version is also available for download.. PDF Checkpoint is bundled with free Graphic Inspector software (a $20 value). PDF Checkpoint requires Mac OS X 10.5-10.11 (some features require Mac OS X 10.7 or later).

About Zevrix Solutions
Located in Toronto, Canada, Zevrix Solutions provides automation and productivity solutions for Adobe Creative Suite software, PDF and graphic file diagnostics, as well as Microsoft Office on Mac OS. Zevrix Solutions is dedicated to helping professionals increase their profits through automating their everyday tasks, producing error-free documents, saving disk space and cutting production costs. For more information, visit http://www.zevrix.com.

Contact:
Leo Revzin
Owner
Zevrix Solutions
105 McCAUL St, Suite 301
Toronto Ontario M5T 2X4 Canada
858-206-0607
media@zevrix.com

Solutions for Adobe InDesign & the Graphics Industry

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DUUL Brings the Excitement of Live eSports with Launch of Online Social Tournament Platform

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Company to host launch event April 21st in Tempe, AZ

Tempe, AZ, April 07,2016 – DUUL is a leading eSports company headquartered in Tempe, AZ. The online eSports platform at http://DUULNow.com offers a social tournament platform where gamers of all ability levels have the opportunity to put their talents to the test and play for real cash and prizes in head-to-head matchups and tournament style competitions. Advertisers looking to reach the gamer demographic can host their own competitions on DUUL, and viewers can watch DUUL tournaments globally 24×7 and get involved playing against and with their favorite twitch.tv streamers.

The company also announced their official launch party on Thursday April 21, 2016 at 6pm at the DUUL headquarters in Tempe AZ.

Fans can RSVP for DUUL’s launch party at http://duullaunchparty.eventbrite.com

Gabe Kruse, co-founder of DUUL commented on their launch and the fast growing esports industry, “eSports is continuing to attract the attention of universities, sponsors, game publishers, and gamers alike. Every month there is a new company being launched to serve the space, and a new college begins offering scholarships for varsity eSports. With audiences all over the world being drawn in to witness professionals play for millions of dollars, the market opportunity for enabling the masses to join in on the same way.

“330 Million Gamers across the world are watching and/or playing eSport related titles. The market will reach $1 billion this year and may double by as soon as 2018. 6 major universities currently offer eSports scholarships, DUUL will see that number rise to over 25 in the next two years. “

About DUUL:
DUUL is an online eSports (video game competitions) platform that enables gamers of all skill levels to compete for money, prizes, and sponsorships in cheater-free, skill matched and automated platform. The company was founded originally by Gabe Kruse and Aaron Pantoja, and has now grown to a team size of 8 (Eric Galante, Zachary Snader, Jose Molina, Eric Van Wager, Aaron Brooks and Vlad Penev). Their vision is to integrate an esports experience on every game and every platform for gamers everywhere. Gaming Pays. DUUL NOW at http://DUULNow.com

Contact:
Scott Kelly
Black Dog Promotions
9920 S. Rural Rd., Ste 108
Tempe, AZ 85284
480-206-3435
scott@blackdogventurepartners.com
http://www.blackdogpromotions.com

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Robert Miller and Future Electronics Celebrate 10th Anniversary of London System Design Center

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Pointe Claire, Quebec (realtimepressrelease) April 7, 2016 – Future Electronics, a global leading distributor of electronic components, led by founder and President Robert Miller, is pleased to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the company’s System Design Center in London, one of three locations operating worldwide.

First opened in 1986, Future Electronics‘ System Design Centers (SDCs) provide a complete offering of solutions, from the simple proof of concepts to full turn-key design services. The SDCs also develop reference and evaluation platforms, with designs that incorporate a variety of technologies to enable faster and more efficient product development. These tested and documented designs include the hardware, software and documentation needed to replicate example designs or applications. Key focus technologies include Power, MCUs, FPGA, LCDs, Wireless and Lighting.

One of the most valued services of the company’s System Design Centers is an exclusive Tool Loaner Program. Future Electronics offers, on loan, free development tools from many major manufacturers. This allows customers to evaluate both hardware platforms as well as tool offerings without significant up front expenditures.

Future Electronics has more than 400 Advanced Engineers based in the Americas, Asia and Europe, providing in-depth engineering services including technical support and global logistics, enabling lower system costs, increasing product integration and functionality, and reducing time-to-market.

Future Electronics’ Advanced Engineers are factory certified system design experts, with in-depth knowledge on a variety of design approaches to help solve real design challenges and provide insight into new product roadmaps, reference designs, tools and design methodologies. They can help with system and architecture trade-off analyses, product selection, product evaluation, benchmarking and selection, design tool and methodology consulting and design reviews.

“Our System Design Centers offer full turnkey design services, covering everything from requirements to manufacturing hand-off,” explained Martin Bernier, Director of the Engineering Support Group. Bernier continued, “We help customers minimize risk, and we provide engineering support throughout the production lifecycle.”

About Future Electronics

Future Electronics is a global leader in electronics distribution, ranking 3rd in component sales worldwide, with an impressive reputation for developing efficient, comprehensive global supply chain solutions. Founded in 1968 by President Robert Miller, the company has established itself as one of the most innovative organizations in the industry today, with 5,000 employees in 169 offices in 44 countries around the world. Future Electronics is globally integrated, with one worldwide IT infrastructure providing real-time inventory availability and access, while enabling full integration of its operations, sales and marketing worldwide. Offering the highest level of service, the most advanced engineering capabilities and technical solutions through all stages of the design-production cycle, and the largest available-to-sell inventory in the world, Future’s mission is always to Delight the Customer®. For more information, visit www.FutureElectronics.com.

Media Contact

Martin H. Gordon
Director, Corporate Communications
FUTURE ELECTRONICS
www.FutureElectronics.com
514-694-7710 (ext. 2236)
Fax: 514-630-2671
martin.gordon@FutureElectronics.com

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Future Electronics and President Robert Miller Recognize 35 Year Anniversary of Mildred Fernandes

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Pointe Claire, Quebec (realtimepressrelease) April 6, 2016 – Future Electronics, a global leading distributor of electronic components with corporate headquarters in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and the company’s President, Robert Miller, are pleased to congratulate and thank Mildred Fernandes for 35 years of service within the organization.

Ms. Fernandes first started at Future Electronics in March of 1981 as a Data Entry Operator, and now holds a position as Sales Support Supervisor at the company’s Toronto branch.

The Founder and President of Future Electronics, Robert Miller, who founded the company in 1968, fondly refers to team members as “the company’s greatest asset.” Milestone anniversaries are recognized with personalized cards, cakes, plaques, and other customized gifts depending upon position and length of tenure.

About Future Electronics

Future Electronics is a global leader in electronics distribution, ranking 3rd in component sales worldwide, with an impressive reputation for developing efficient, comprehensive global supply chain solutions. Founded in 1968 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada by President Robert Miller, the company has established itself as one of the most innovative organizations in the industry today, with 5,000 employees in 169 offices in 44 countries around the world. Future Electronics is globally integrated, with one worldwide IT infrastructure providing real-time inventory availability and access, while enabling full integration of its operations, sales and marketing worldwide. Offering the highest level of service, the most advanced engineering capabilities and technical solutions through all stages of the design-production cycle, and the largest available-to-sell inventory in the world, Future’s mission is always to Delight the Customer®. For more information, visit www.FutureElectronics.com.

Media Contact

Martin H. Gordon

Director, Corporate Communications
FUTURE ELECTRONICS
www.FutureElectronics.com
514-694-7710 (ext. 2236)
Fax: 514-630-2671
martin.gordon@FutureElectronics.com

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Future Electronics and President Robert Miller Recognize 30 Year Anniversary of Laureen Dawkins

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Pointe Claire, Quebec (realtimepressrelease) April 5, 2016 – Future Electronics, a global leading distributor of electronic components with corporate headquarters in Montreal, Quebec, and the company’s President, Robert Miller, are pleased to congratulate Laureen Dawkins on her recent 30 year anniversary of employment within the organization.

Dawkins began her career with Future Electronics in January 1986, as a Data Entry Operator. Over the years, she worked her way up to her current position as a Customer Service Advocate Manager at the Future Electronics’ corporate headquarters in Montreal.

“In my 30 years working at Future Electronics, I have been involved in teamwork, and I believe that individually we are one drop, but together we are an ocean,” said Dawkins.

The Founder and President of Future Electronics, Robert Miller, calls employees “the company’s greatest asset.” Many people have been with the organization for many years. Milestone anniversaries are recognized with personalized cards, plaques, free meal vouchers, and other gifts based on their length of tenure.

About Future Electronics

Future Electronics is a global leader in electronics distribution, ranking 3rd in component sales worldwide, with an impressive reputation for developing efficient, comprehensive global supply chain solutions. Founded in 1968 by President Robert Miller, the company has established itself as one of the most innovative organizations in the industry today, with 5,000 employees in 169 offices in 44 countries around the world. Future Electronics is globally integrated, with one worldwide IT infrastructure providing real-time inventory availability and access, while enabling full integration of its operations, sales and marketing worldwide. Offering the highest level of service, the most advanced engineering capabilities and technical solutions through all stages of the design-production cycle, and the largest available-to-sell inventory in the world, Future’s mission is always to Delight the Customer®. For more information, visit www.FutureElectronics.com.

Media Contact

Martin H. Gordon
Director, Corporate Communications
FUTURE ELECTRONICS
www.FutureElectronics.com
514-694-7710 (ext. 2236)
Fax: 514-630-2671
martin.gordon@FutureElectronics.com

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Future Electronics Promotes Harsh Environment AC and DC Fans from Orion Fans

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Pointe Claire, Quebec (realtimepressrelease) April 4, 2016 – Future Electronics, a global leading distributor of electronic components, recently announced immediate shipping availability of harsh environment AC and DC fans from Orion Fans.

Orion Fans’ harsh environment AC fans, DC fans, filter fan kits and accessories are designed and tested to perform in the toughest conditions and protect against dust, moisture, salt fog, salt spray, temperature changes, and humidity. These harsh environment fans from Orion Fans are available with IP55 ratings, salt fog IP55 ratings, and in all-metal versions.

IP55-rated fans can withstand water jets sprayed from all directions.

Salt-fog IP55-rated fans meet the International Standards on Salt Spray Tests, GR487, ASTM-B-117 and ISO 9227.

All-metal AC fans are resistant to high temperatures and corrosive compounds, which enables longer L10 life spans of up to 65,000 hours.

For more information about Orion Fans, harsh environment AC fans, DC fans, and filter fan kits, as well as access to the world’s largest available-to-sell inventory, visit www.FutureElectronics.com

About Future Electronics

Future Electronics is a global leader in electronics distribution, ranking 3rd in component sales worldwide, with an impressive reputation for developing efficient, comprehensive global supply chain solutions. Founded in 1968 by Robert Miller, the company has established itself as one of the most innovative organizations in the industry today, with 5,000 employees in 169 offices in 44 countries around the world. Future Electronics is globally integrated, with one worldwide IT infrastructure providing real-time inventory availability and access, while enabling full integration of its operations, sales and marketing worldwide. Offering the highest level of service, the most advanced engineering capabilities and technical solutions through all stages of the design-production cycle, and the largest available-to-sell inventory in the world, Future’s mission is always to Delight the Customer®. For more information, visit www.FutureElectronics.com.

Media Contact

Martin H. Gordon
Director, Corporate Communications
FUTURE ELECTRONICS
www.FutureElectronics.com
514-694-7710 (ext. 2236)
Fax: 514-630-2671
martin.gordon@FutureElectronics.com

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Future Electronics Promotes Ultra-Low Digital Gas Sensors from Cambridge

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Pointe Claire, Quebec (realtimepressrelease) April 4, 2016 – Future Electronics, a global leading distributor of electronic components, recently announced immediate shipping availability of Cambridge’s new CCS811 CMOS ultra-low power digital gas sensors for monitoring indoor air quality.

The CCS811 from Cambridge is an ultra-low power digital gas sensor solution which integrates a metal oxide (MOX) gas sensor for monitoring indoor air quality (IAQ) including carbon monoxide (CO) and a wide range of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) with a microcontroller unit (MCU), a analog-to-digital converter (ADC), and an I2C interface.

It is based on Cambridge CMOS sensors’ unique micro-hotplate technology which enables a highly reliable solution for gas sensors, very fast cycle times and a significant reduction in average power consumption compared with traditional metal oxide gas sensors.

The CCS811 features an integrated MCU and ADC, optimized low power modes, and is based on a proven technology platform with an I2C digital interface.

To buy product, or for more information about Cambridge, Ultra-Low Power, Digital Gas Sensors, and the CCS811, visit www.FutureElectronics.com

About Future Electronics

Future Electronics is a global leader in electronics distribution, ranking 3rd in component sales worldwide, with an impressive reputation for developing efficient, comprehensive global supply chain solutions. Founded in 1968 by Robert Miller, President, the company has established itself as one of the most innovative organizations in the industry today, with 5,000 employees in 169 offices in 44 countries around the world. Future Electronics is globally integrated, with one worldwide IT infrastructure providing real-time inventory availability and access, while enabling full integration of its operations, sales and marketing worldwide. Offering the highest level of service, the most advanced engineering capabilities and technical solutions through all stages of the design-production cycle, and the largest available-to-sell inventory in the world, Future’s mission is always to Delight the Customer®. For more information, visit www.FutureElectronics.com.

Media Contact

Martin H. Gordon
Director, Corporate Communications
FUTURE ELECTRONICS
www.FutureElectronics.com
514-694-7710 (ext. 2236)
Fax: 514-630-2671
martin.gordon@FutureElectronics.com

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Future Electronics Promotes Infineon XMC4000 Microcontroller Family

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Pointe Claire, Quebec (realtimepressrelease) April 4, 2016 – Future Electronics, a global leading distributor of electronic components, recently announced immediate shipping availability of XMC4000 microcontrollers from Infineon.

Infineon’s new safety package for the XMC4000 family of 32-bit microcontrollers further advances the development of functional safety industrial applications. The XMC4000 safety package helps to develop TÜV-certified automation systems that conform with safety integrity levels SIL2 and SIL3. In addition, use of the XMC4000 safety package helps to cut development time for the functional safety software test libraries down to about a year. The XMC4000 safety package includes XMC4000 microcontroller hardware, detailed documentation and a TÜV-certified software test library.

The XMC4000 families include XMC4800, XMC4700, XMC4500, XMC4400, XMC4200, XMC4100, with all devices qualified for operation at +125°C ambient temperature. They are powered by ARM® Cortex®-M4 with a built-in DSP instruction set, Single Precision Floating Point Unit, Direct Memory Access (DMA) feature and Memory Protection Unit (MPU).

All members of the XMC4000 family come with a comprehensive set of common, fast and precise analog/mixed signal, Timer/PWM and communication peripherals. Today’s XMC4000 family has six series: XMC4100, XMC4200, XMC4400, XMC4500, XMC4700 and XMC4800, with more than 75 devices in VQFN, LQFP and LFBGA packages scaling from 48 to 196 pins. As a highlight, the XMC4800 devices are the first-ever highly integrated ARM Cortex-M4 based microcontrollers with EtherCAT® integrated, bringing real-time Ethernet communication that is easy to implement with high cost effectiveness.

To buy product, or for more information about Infineon, the XMC4000 Family, and XMC4000 microcontrollers, visit www.FutureElectronics.com

About Future Electronics

Future Electronics is a global leader in electronics distribution, ranking 3rd in component sales worldwide, with an impressive reputation for developing efficient, comprehensive global supply chain solutions. Founded in 1968 by Robert Miller, President, the company has established itself as one of the most innovative organizations in the industry today, with 5,000 employees in 169 offices in 44 countries around the world. Future Electronics is globally integrated, with one worldwide IT infrastructure providing real-time inventory availability and access, while enabling full integration of its operations, sales and marketing worldwide. Offering the highest level of service, the most advanced engineering capabilities and technical solutions through all stages of the design-production cycle, and the largest available-to-sell inventory in the world, Future’s mission is always to Delight the Customer®. For more information, visit www.FutureElectronics.com.

Media Contact

Martin H. Gordon
Director, Corporate Communications
FUTURE ELECTRONICS
www.FutureElectronics.com
514-694-7710 (ext. 2236)
Fax: 514-630-2671
martin.gordon@FutureElectronics.com

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Amazon Glacier vs Google Nearline: Which top Cloud Storage is right for you?

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In today’s era of digital information, businesses deal with overwhelming, massive amounts of data, making data backup essential.

San Jose, CA, April 01, 2016 – In today’s era of digital information, businesses deal with overwhelming, massive amounts of data, making data backup essential. There are options to backup on a tape drive, an external hardware or backup servers, however this has drawbacks such as loss/theft, damage, and unwanted takeup of physical storage space.

For those that prefer skipping the physical limitations and drawbacks, cloud cold storage backup services are the new trend and two top cloud backup solutions are rising above others: Amazon Glacier and Google Nearline.

Amazon Glacier

Glacier is a leading cold storage solution that provides data archiving and backup with affordable pricing as low as $0.007 and up to only $0.01 (per gigabyte). Glacier will download your backed-up data faster than Google Nearline. Amazon provides a cost simulator based on data size. Although Amazon’s Glacier data download time is quicker, the retrieval of data would take longer than if you were to use Google’s Nearline cold cloud storage.

Google Nearline

Google released Nearline in 2015, and boasts retrieval response time within seconds. In comparison, Glacier backs up the data off-line, therefore taking hours to respond to retrieval requests. Nearline stores the data on the server, allowing quicker responses, but actual downloading of data may take more time than Amazon’s Glacier. Google also provides a similar cost simulator.

Google further makes differentiators with machine learning based AI tools that clients can implement to analyze backed up data.

Glacier vs. Nearline: Specifications

Amazon Glacier Google Nearline
Retrieval limit Unlimited Unlimited
Retrieval response time 3- 5 hours 3 seconds
Cost of storage $0.007 ~ 0.01/GB $0.01/GB
Retrieval cost $0.01/GB $0.01/GB

 

To help you choose the right service for your organization, we have compared the two cold cloud data storage solutions based on 1000 TB large back-ups. The following are the top 10 major points, including important factors like speed and cost.

* Base storage: 1000 TB (1PB)

* Monthly storage addition (Data transfer In): 40 TB

* Monthly retrieval (Data Transfer Out): 40 TB

* Early monthly data overwritten or deleted: 30 TB

* Monthly transfer out cost (basic regions)

* Retrieval speed

* Monthly base storage cost

* Monthly additional 40TB cost

* Monthly overwritten/deletion cost

For our detailed, free report please click here. As a proud partner of both Amazon and Google, we, at Nekiller, caters to provide you a backup solution best suited for your needs.

About Netkiller, Inc.

Netkiller is a Cloud Integration and Aggregator. Netkiller provides SaaS applications on Cloud Platform and advisory services for world leading businesses. Netkiller is based in the heart of Silicon Valley with offices in South Korea and India.

More and more businesses are moving to the cloud and the successful adaption to the new environment is becoming the important source of competitive advantage. At Netkiller, we understand the business process that is needed to help you stay ahead of the curve. Our strategic partnership with Google and Microsoft only further enhances our expertise in IT and Cloud services. By working with you, we can develop a long term strategic partnership through helping you to achieve more.

Our mission does not stop at just providing you with the Cloud solutions and services. Our ultimate goal is to make your business more accessible and simple. As the IT services are the driving force of today’s business world, our focus is on delivering measurable solutions that are designed to enhance your competitive advantage.

Our products and services geared towards making you more competitive range from document management workflow to accessible inventory management. The diversity of solutions does not dilute our expertise developed through our long history in this market. With that in mind, we always strive to achieve the best result for our clients through meticulous and thorough approach in everything we do.

Contact:

Harry Jung

Netkiller America Inc.

San Jose, CA 95110

(408) 641-0114

harryj@netkiller.com

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Package Central for InDesign Is Now Available for Sale on MacUpdate

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Zevrix Solutions announces that Package Central, its document packaging automation solution for Adobe InDesign, is now available for direct purchase on MacUpdate under its Enhanced Product Pages program. Package Central processes InDesign files automatically from watched hot folders and offers customizable workflows, variable folder names, email notifications, automatic error handling, preflighting and other time saving features. The software can serve unlimited users on a network.

Toronto (ON), Canada — Zevrix Solutions today announces that Package Central, its document packaging automation solution for Adobe InDesign, is now available for direct purchase on MacUpdate under its Enhanced Product Pages program. Originally developed for a major publisher in the United States, the software automates InDesign packaging by processing files from watched hot folders. Package Central offloads document collection to a central system leaving operator workstations free from the packaging process.

MacUpdate began in 1996 as a forum for Mac enthusiasts to discuss and track Mac software updates and releases. Now, over a million users discover, discuss, try and purchase over 40,000 apps from over 6,000 developers. The new Enhanced Product Pages Program creates an easy way for MacUpdate members to purchase Package Central in just one click directly from its existing MacUpdate listing.

Under Package Central workflow, production artists, prepress operators and designers simply submit files to watched hot folders that reside on a network. The software automatically collects InDesign files along with their fonts and links, freeing user’s time for important tasks such as design and layout. Operator workstations will never again be tied up by the packaging process. The software can also send email notifications triggered by certain processing steps and errors. Package Central offers the following key features and benefits:

–Automatically collect InDesign files from watched hot folders
-Create hot folders for various packaging settings
-Create PDF and IDML files on the fly
–Automatic email notifications
-Variable package folder names
-Update modified links automatically
-Maintain a single set of settings for entire workgroup

Pricing and Availability:
Package Central can be purchased from MacUpdate for $149.95, as well as from Zevrix website and authorized resellers. Trial is also available for download. Package Central requires Mac OS X 10.6-10.11 and Adobe InDesign CS5-CC 2015.

About Zevrix Solutions
Located in Toronto, Canada, Zevrix Solutions provides productivity solutions for Adobe Creative Suite software, graphic file diagnostics and Microsoft Office on Mac OS. Zevrix Solutions is dedicated to helping professionals increase their profits through automating their everyday tasks, producing error-free documents, saving disk space and cutting production costs. For more information, visit http://www.zevrix.com.

Contact:
Leo Revzin
Owner
Zevrix Solutions
105 McCAUL St, Suite 301
Toronto Ontario M5T 2X4 Canada
858-206-0607
media@zevrix.com

Solutions for Adobe InDesign & the Graphics Industry