London, UK (PRWeb UK) May 18, 2010 — Corel Corporation today announced an exclusive two day Spring sale running from May 19th to May 20th that includes offers on key products across Corel’s award-winning leading digital media, graphics and productivity software range. Delivering a new twist on the traditional spring clean for consumers, no rubber gloves and dusters are required to take up these great offers allowing everyone to get creative this Spring.

Some of these key offers include:
• Corel® Digital Studio™ 2010: 50% off this great multimedia software package provides all the applications you need in one box. Bringing photo editing, movie making, DVD/AVCHD™ burning, creative projects and easy sharing software together, with one common look and feel that makes the digital experience simple and easy to use.
• Corel® WinDVD® Pro 2010: 25% off the world’s leading Blu-ray and DVD player software. Bring the high-impact HD movie experience to your PC with Corel® WinDVD® Pro 2010. Whether you’re watching a Blu-ray Disc®, an HD video file downloaded from the Internet or your own HD home movie, WinDVD Pro provides the intense video quality that only HD can deliver.
• Corel® Painter™ 11: 25% off the ultimate digital art studio for anyone ready to expand their definition of creativity. Working with the most advanced digital painting and natural media tools available, you can create the art you’ve always envisioned.

Corel’s exclusive two day sale extends to other products in its software range for current Corel users such as Corel® PaintShop Photo™ Pro X3 Upgrade with 10% off the upgrade price and Corel® VideoStudio® Pro X3 Upgrade with 10% off the upgrade price. Spring is a great time to get creative and kick your photo editing and movie making process into high gear, so whether you like photo or video editing, digital painting, word processing or graphic design these offers come just in time for Spring 2010.

For details about all of Corel’s Spring offers please visit www.corel.co.uk/store.

About Corel
Corel (www.corel.com) is one of the world’s top software companies with more than 100 million active users in over 75 countries. We develop software that helps people express their ideas and share their stories in more exciting, creative and persuasive ways. Through the years, we’ve built a reputation for delivering innovative, trusted products that are easy to learn and use, helping people achieve new levels of productivity. The industry has responded with hundreds of awards for software innovation, design and value.

Our award-winning product portfolio includes some of the world’s most widely recognized and popular software brands, including CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite, Corel® Painter™, Corel DESIGNER® Technical Suite, Corel® Paint Shop Pro® Photo, VideoStudio®, WinDVD®, Corel® WordPerfect® Office and WinZip®. Our global headquarters are in Ottawa, Canada, with major offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, China, Taiwan and Japan.

© 2010 Corel Corporation. All rights reserved. Corel, CorelDRAW, Corel DESIGNER, Digital Studio, Painter, Paint Shop Pro, PaintShop Photo, VideoStudio, WinDVD, WinZip, WordPerfect, and the Corel logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Corel Corporation and/or its subsidiaries. All other product names and any registered and unregistered trademarks mentioned are used for identification purposes only and remain the exclusive property of their respective owners.

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Cheltenham, England (PRWEB) April 29, 2010 — This week Microsoft has released SharePoint 2010 to developers and large corporates and Pentalogic Technology is pleased to be able to say “YES!”, all of their SharePoint products are compatible with this eagerly anticipated new release.

Anyone involved in the world of Microsoft SharePoint will know that it has been buzzing with anticipation of SharePoint 2010 for a good year now.

The first version of SharePoint was released by Microsoft in 2003 and since then, it has gone on to become their fastest growing server product ever - the centerpiece of collaboration and content management for many organizations large and small.

Developers have had access to the public beta version of SP 2010 since November 2009 and companies like Pentalogic, who produce software for use with SharePoint, have been busily testing their products to identify what changes will need to be made in order for them to work on the new version of the platform.

“When you make software that works on a particular platform - whether it is Windows, SharePoint, or the iPhone - the introduction of a major new version is really exciting,” explains Pentalogic MD Ryan Wheeler, “but it can also be very stressful. The introduction of a new feature might open up lots of new possibilities, but it could equally well present new problems for the way your own software works with the platform, or even make your application completely redundant.”

“So we have been very active exploring SharePoint 2010 since the first release of the beta. We are very pleased to see that whilst there are lots of fantastic new features in SharePoint 2010 Microsoft haven’t introduced anything within the Out of the Box functionality that undermines our own products. For users of SharePoint 2010 our PivotPoint, Planner and Reminder will continue to add valuable planning, reporting and alert functionality to the Out of the Box offering,” says Wheeler, “and we have also spotted some interesting new possibilities for product development.”

“Over the past few months we have carried out extensive testing on all of our products in the beta version of SP 2010. There are some significant changes in this latest version of SharePoint and our developers have been busy making sure that our products function properly with these changes.”

“This week we have had access to the final release version of SP 2010 and following some final testing we can now say with confidence ‘Yes! We are ready for SharePoint 2010.’ All of our products are SharePoint 2010 compatible.” Says Ryan Wheeler, “SharePoint 2010 versions of all of our products are available to download from the website for existing customers who are upgrading to 2010 or new customers who are running or trialling a SP2010 deployment.”

“Although there is a lot of excitement about SharePoint 2010 we know that many people won’t be upgrading overnight. We know 15% of our clients are still using SharePoint 2003. SharePoint 2010 only runs on servers with 64 bit processors. This means that anyone currently running on 32 bit servers will need to upgrade their hardware before they can upgrade to SP2010. Though this would be normal practice for many large corporate, for smaller businesses on tighter budgets it introduces extra costs and could be a potential barrier to upgrades.”

“So whilst we are now fully SharePoint 2010 compatible, all of our products also remain compatible with all previous versions of SharePoint and we intend of continue to support all previous versions for the foreseeable future.”

SharePoint 2010 will be available on general release in May. There are 8 versions and as yet Microsoft have made no announcements regarding pricing.

About Pentalogic Technology:
Pentalogic Technology design software for use with Microsoft SharePoint. Founded in 2005 Pentalogic are one of the longest established companies in their marketplace. Pentalogic’s developers have worked with SharePoint since its very earliest days. Pentalogic’s small range of products are each carefully designed and continually developed to address a specific need for SharePoint End Users. The aim is that each product should be “best in breed” in its particular niche.

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(PRWEB) — m62 visualcommunications, the global leader in presentation effectiveness, is today urging presenters to use colours carefully in PowerPoint design.

Unattractive and unprofessional slides have a negative effect on audience attention, and impressions of amateurism are reflected back onto the presenter. One of the easiest mistakes to make when creating a PowerPoint slide is to use colours that don’t work well together. Colours that clash make slides look cheap and unprofessional.

Instead, designers should stick to a set colour scheme, such as the company colours. This creates a more professional looking image, ensuring that nothing clashes and that every shade on screen complements each other. Attractive slides are more impressive and help engage the audience. They also keep a company presentation on-brand and match the template design.

The easiest way to ensure that colours are standardised is to set up a colour palette within PowerPoint. Users can either use one of those available in PowerPoint, or set up a custom scheme using specific RGB references. This places all chosen colours in the colour palette, enabling the user to select them from the toolbar. Colour palettes can be saved with templates, and sent out to all users within a company.

Nicholas Oulton, Founder of m62, commented: “It is surprising how often presenters use clashing colours in their presentations. At m62, we have strict guidelines on this. Every presentation is produced with the client’s colour scheme in mind, and all colours are checked to make sure that they complement each other and do not clash, whilst still enabling the audience to see each detail clearly.

“Correct use of colour is one of the important checks included in our Objective Quality Standards, a test which each of our presentations must pass before it can be signed off. It is important to really understand what makes a presentation look good – a professional looking presentation can really impress the audience.”

m62 has produced over 10,000 presentations for a wide range of clients, including blue-chip brands such as BP, Siemens and Microsoft. m62 offers a range of services from presentation skills training to free PowerPoint templates, and operates from offices in the UK, US and Singapore.

For more information about m62 visualcommunications, call +44 (0)151 259 6262 or visit m62.net.

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Cheltenham, England (PRWEB) March 12, 2010 — Pentalogic Technology’s market leading Reminder tool for Microsoft SharePoint has been selected by leading US attorneys Bowerman and Brooke for use in their Practice Support Directorate.

Bowerman and Brooke, LLP who are nationally renowned product liability attorneys, took the decision to create an in-house litigation support department in June 2009. Wade Peterson was appointed Director.

Wade understood the twin demands of litigation support work: tight deadlines and the need for absolute accuracy. He was determined to automate as much of the work of the department as possible in order to better meet these demands.

From previous experience Wade knew that SharePoint was going to be the right platform for handling document management, ensuring accuracy in everything the department does. But there was also the need to put in place systems to ensure deadlines were met.

“SharePoint is a great tool running information management and collaboration systems,” says Peterson “But it has very limited built-in alert abilities.”

They needed to automatically notify the staff of new projects, projects which had passed a promised date and feedback to project managers about jobs completed. As the staff grew in size and additional business came in the door, managing this information via e-mail or to-do lists was going to be impossible.

“We needed something similar to Microsoft’s Outlook Reminders, but integrated into SharePoint,” says Wade

So the hunt was on for a solution. After doing some research Wade found Pentalogic and their SharePoint Reminder web part, and the product seemed like a perfect fit.

“The flexibility is really remarkable. I’ve worked with a lot of third-party SharePoint Web parts and I have to say Pentalogic’s Reminder is one of the best I’ve seen.”

“We’re managing hundreds of projects with the SharePoint site and because of Pentalogic’s Reminder; we’re able to keep the entire team informed of new changes and requirements. Staff are sent alerts on critical deadlines and follow-up on completed projects can easily be done. In fact, if we wanted to, we could even send a note back to the original requestor telling them when a project has been completed.”

“The business is starting to grow,” says Wade, “and knowing we have a tool to stay on top of our clients work is one less headache to worry about.”

Pentalogic MD Ryan Wheeler said: “We are delighted that Reminder works so well for Wade and Bowerman and Brooke, and we’re really pleased that they have decided to share their experiences with the product. Getting the “inside story” like this is not only interesting for us; it also gives us food for thought on how we can improve our products to make them even more effective for our customers.”

You can read the full case study here.

Pentalogic Technology design software for use with Microsoft SharePoint. Founded in 2005 Pentalogic are one of the longest established companies in their marketplace. Pentalogic’s developers have worked with SharePoint since its very earliest days.

Pentalogic’s small range of products are each carefully designed and continually developed to address a specific need for SharePoint End Users. The aim is that each product should be “best in breed” in its particular niche.

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London, UK (PRWEB) February 13, 2010 — Government resources will be vital in providing improved support for small to medium enterprises as we begin to emerge from the recession according to voxclever, a leading provider of small business IT solutions for SMEs.

With an election soon to be held in the UK, voxclever has indicated that increased support for SMEs should be on parties’ agendas as an area that is in need of attention. With the UK currently emerging from recession, finding the resources and aid to propel a business to success is a far from an easy task.

Financial backing can be especially difficult to find, particularly following a banking crisis where loans are an expensive source of funding. In addition, current employment legislation makes employing additional staff a long and complicated process, hampering the growth of a business as well as its drive for success.

Although there are still SMEs that are suffering as a result, the number of firms facing failure in Q3 has decreased by 13.5% compared to Q2 (Equifax’s 2009 Business Failure Report). As such, voxclever has highlighted the importance of government support, and a need for the government to listen to SMEs, to discover the areas in which help is needed the most.

Scott Goodwin, CEO of voxclever, said: “It is imperative that the government listens to the experiences of SMEs who have achieved both success and failure in recent times, as a way of determining which business areas are in need of the most support. Such support will be instrumental in ensuring that it is a thoroughly health economy that emerges from the recession.”

voxclever are a leading provider of small business VoIP and IT services, helping them to pursue their growth ambitions without any of the worries of having to maintain a comprehensive IT infrastructure. By outsourcing services such as IT, businesses can further focus on the core competencies that will serve to drive their success in the future.

For more information on voxclever or indeed VoIP for business use, please call 0118 990 0850, or visit bevoxclever.com.

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Moonlight leader Miguel de Icaza said a preview of Moonlight 3.0 has been delivered for early testing.

Features include early work on UI virtualization to handle large sets of data, and a platform abstraction layer that separates Moonlight from the windowing system engine and should make it possible to port the player to windowing and graphics systems that are not X11/Gtk+ centric.

Other changes include updates to Silverlight 3.0 APIs and features from Silverlight 3.0 that shipped with Moonlight 2.0 in December.

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London, UK (PRWEB) January 27, 2010 — The availability of software solutions to efficiently manage and supervise the progression of students is making apprenticeship schemes a much more attractive opportunity for businesses according to Perspective, a leading authority on learner management and training.

The use of training monitoring software can significantly enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of apprenticeship schemes. Businesses can now ensure that they are achieving the maximum output possible from their schemes, providing improved support for both their pupils and the mentors involved in the training process.

As such, apprenticeships have become an[ increasingly attractive opportunity for businesses looking to reap the benefits of receiving a purpose built workforce that is immediately ready to add to the firm’s productivity. Companies can also receive significant incentives from government initiatives designed to encourage the employment of apprentices, in an effort to solve the UK’s problems of skills shortages.

In addition, by reducing the administration demands on a business caused by an apprenticeship scheme, software such as Perspective’s Sunesis product enables smaller firms who did not previously have the capacity to deal with a scheme to add the apprenticeship process to their recruitment strategy.

Paul Davis, Managing Director of Perspective, said: “The employment of an apprenticeship scheme is a great way for companies to develop their own, almost tailor made, employee base. Through apprentice training, a business can grow their students to possess all of the core knowledge and work ethic necessary to become invaluable assets as employees.”

Sunesis provides those businesses running apprenticeship schemes with a comprehensive means of closely monitoring the progress and development of their students. The software enables mentors to view a range of information and use features to set milestones, create training reports and review progress and work development.

For more information, please visit perspective-uk.com, or call 0121 506 9540.

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(PRWEB) January 6, 2010 — BigHand, the leading voice productivity vendor in the global legal community, has today announced that Halliwells LLP, ranked within the top 40 UK law firms in terms of number of fee earners, has signed up to switch from their current Winscribe dictation system supplied by SRC, to BigHand voice productivity technology across the firm. The 700+ user software changeover will take place early this year.

Dene Rowe, Partner & IT Director at Halliwells commented:

“As a Firm we have been established users of digital dictation technology for a number of years now. In line with our annual review and following an appraisal of the technology and opportunities available we have chosen to move our digital dictation platform to BigHand. As in all technology changes we had to review a number of factors such as business and technological fit, strategic direction, the ease of change and commercial return on investment. Put simply, we felt that the BigHand solution suited our needs now and in the future and we look forward to working with them as a strategic provider to the Firm.”

About BigHand
BigHand is based out of Chicago, London, Sydney, and Toronto. BigHand is a Microsoft Gold Partner, BlackBerry ISV Partner, and was voted as ‘Dictation System of the Year’ at the 7th Annual Law Technology News (LTN) Awards 2009. BigHand was also nominated at the British Legal Awards 2009 as ‘Technology Provider of the Year’. Additionally BigHand won ‘Mobile Product of the Year’ at the CNet Business Technology Awards 2008 and ‘Best of Breed System of the Year’ at the Legal Technology Awards for 2008. Further information is available at www.bighand.com

Contact:
Jo Beckwith, UK Marketing Manager, BigHand Ltd, jo(dot)beckwith(at)bighand(dot)com

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Alexandria, VA (PRWEB) December 21, 2009 — Filter Forge, Inc. today released the second beta test stage of Filter Forge 2.0, a high-end plugin for Adobe Photoshop allowing computer artists to build their own filters. Also, Filter Forge 1.0 is currently available at a 50% holiday discount.

The second stage of the Filter Forge 2.0 beta is focused on photorealistic rendering. The new beta adds ambient occlusion, a shadowing technique that dramatically improves the level of realism, point and area lights that give artists greater flexibility in setting up texture lighting, and several user interface improvements to make the new features easier to use. Another notable addition is the interactive preview that makes lighting adjustments and fine-tuning easier and faster. To read more about the new beta and see the examples, click here: http://www.filterforge.com/download/beta2/index.html

“Our goal for this beta is realistic lighting, and we are proud to have ambient occlusion and area lights implemented in Filter Forge 2.0″, said Vladimir Golovin, CEO of Filter Forge, Inc. “The level of improvement these new features bring is really dramatic, you can tell the difference immediately.”

The beta version is available at http://www.filterforge.com/download/beta2/index.html. The beta is a fully functional 30-day trial version of the Filter Forge 2.0 Professional edition. All registered users of Filter Forge 1.0 can get a free beta key that allows them to use the beta version until the end of the beta period. Further beta stages and the commercial release are planned for 2010.

Additionally, all editions of Filter Forge 1.0 are currently offered at a time-limited 50% holiday discount — you can save up to $150. To buy Filter Forge 1.0 at a 50% discount and get a free beta 2.0 key, click here: http://www.filterforge.com/buy/

Filter Forge is a versatile Photoshop plugin which lets both novice and expert users create a wide variety of realistic and abstract textures and effects. Users can take instant advantage of over 6700 free community-created filters in the online filter library at http://www.filterforge.com/filters/, or create their own filters in the visual filter editor by assembling them from components such as blurs, gradients, color adjustments, noises, distortions, or blends — without writing a single line of code. All filters are adjustable, seamlessly tiled, resolution independent, support real-world HDRI lighting, and can automatically generate diffuse, specular, bump, and normal maps.

About Filter Forge, Inc: Based in Alexandria, VA, Filter Forge, Inc. is a one-product company solely focused on developing Filter Forge. For more information, visit http://www.filterforge.com

For more information, contact:
Victoria Kostyukova,
Filter Forge, Inc.
http://www.filterforge.com/contact/
Phone/Fax: (703) 740-8328

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(PRWEB) December 22, 2009 — m62 visualcommunications, the global leader in presentation effectiveness, has urged lecturers to reconsider the way they use PowerPoint design in academic presentations.

Many lecturers now use PowerPoint to produce visual aids in their lectures. Most, however, use bullet points and text-only slides to support their speech. In many cases, the entire lecture is summarised into points on the slide deck, with the slides being printed as handouts for students to read.

This trend in academia has led to a drop in lecturer ratings at many establishments, and in lecture attendance. Students can expect to understand the entire lecture by reading the handouts, so feel that attending in person is futile. The lecturer becomes redundant.

PowerPoint can be a valuable tool in academic presentations as well as business or sales presentations, when used correctly. A visual aid should be used to support understanding of the message, and not to remind the presenter what to say. Simple diagrams, graphs and charts work well to explain the point being made, and to further engage the audience. Relevant photographs can be produced that complement the message, without distracting. Using something slightly different, such as video, can boost attention levels and recall.

Nicholas Oulton, Founder of m62, commented: “Many lecturers may feel that they are utilising modern technology to enhance their students’ learning experience by using PowerPoint, but this is often not the case. In fact, many students have reported that lectures consisting of bullet points are considered boring, and are often poorly attended.

“The most important things a lecturer should remember when using visual aids are: don’t read what the audience are reading for themselves; don’t use slides for handouts; and don’t just use visual aids for the sake of it. Visual aids should help the message, or not be used at all.”

m62 has produced almost 10,000 presentations for clients worldwide, from offices in the UK, US and Singapore. m62’s services range from presentation training to free PowerPoint templates.

For more information about m62 visualcommunications, visit m62.net or call +44 (0)151 259 6262.

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