Ansyr and Kingston Demonstrate First Electronic Reference Books; Mobile Professionals Will Soon Have a New Method to Access Mission-critical Data.Business Editors CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 1, 2000 One of the greatest frustrations mobile professionals face is the need to access large documents when working remotely. Ansyr Technology and Kingston(R) Technology Company have created a solution: the first electronic reference book for mobile professionals. The companies will demonstrate the new technology at BookExpo America on June 1-3 in Chicago, Booth No. 3499. Publishers seeking new outlets for distribution in the electronic age now have a solution for the growing handheld market. Suitable for large manuals, textbooks, or reference materials, the Ansyr-Kingston electronic reference book is the answer to easy storage and transport of content-heavy documents on handheld devices. The combination of Ansyr's Primer(TM) PDF (Portable Document Format) The de facto standard for document publishing from Adobe. On the Web, there are countless brochures, data sheets, white papers and technical manuals in the PDF format. viewer and Kingston's CompactFlash storage cards form a unique solution to allow the secure flow of mission-critical information to handheld devices, regardless of format. Using CompactFlash to store the material and Primer to view the content, reference books and documents can now be displayed on handheld PCs  An editor has expressed concern that this article or section is .Please help improve the article by adding information and sources on neglected viewpoints, or by summarizing and without reformatting, giving handheld users the opportunity to carry volumes of critical information in the palm of their hand. At BookExpo, Ansyr and Kingston will demonstrate the use of their solution in the industrial, government and medical industries. Ansyr is making mobile access to information easy with Primer, the first handheld application that enables users to view and navigate PDF files See PDF. . Primer relieves mobile workers of the cumbersome need to carry hardcopy documents or laptop computers to access necessary manuals, catalogs, books, literature, and reference materials. Ansyr enhances the usefulness of handheld devices by enabling users to work with documents formatted in Adobe's Portable Document Format (file format) Portable Document Format - (PDF) The native file format for Adobe Systems' Acrobat. PDF is the file format for representing documents in a manner that is independent of the original application software, hardware, and operating system used to create those documents. (PDF), the de facto standard Hardware or software that is widely used, but not endorsed by a standards organization. Contrast with de jure standard. de facto standard - A widespread consensus on a particular product or protocol which has not been ratified by any official standards body, such as ISO, for electronic document distribution worldwide. Kingston's CompactFlash cards expand handheld memory capacity up to 128MB as well as increase productivity and battery life. Flash memory is a reliable and easy way to store and transport vital information because it is more rugged and much faster than a hard drive, and, unlike RAM, can retain data even when the power is turned off. CompactFlash has quickly become one of today's hottest portable storage technologies. Kingston's new, high-capacity CompactFlash cards provide a low price per megabyte One million bytes, or more precisely 1,048,576 bytes. Also MB, Mbyte and M-byte. See mega and space/time. (unit) megabyte - (MB, colloquially "meg") 2^20 = 1,048,576 bytes = 1024 kilobytes. 1024 megabytes are one gigabyte. of reliable, high-speed media. "With the emergence of electronic books, professionals are able to access large documents such as industry manuals and reference books through their handheld devices. Ansyr's PDF viewer for handheld devices combined with Kingston's high capacity CompactFlash cards enable users to easily transport and store their high content and high value documents," stated Shannon O'Bryan, strategic alliances project manager. "There are so many uses for electronic books in the professional world from doctors needing to look up the name of the generic equivalent to a prescription medication to an industrial engineer needing to look up a part number on location," said Norman Levy, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and founder of Ansyr Technology. "Using Kingston's CompactFlash, Ansyr is able to show off its capability to deliver large amounts of mission-critical information in PDF format to mobile professionals in a number of industries." About Kingston Technology Kingston Technology Co. is an American producer of memory products. It is located in Fountain Valley, California with manufacturing and logistics facilities in the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Malaysia, China and Taiwan. Company, Inc. With annual sales over $1.5 billion in 1999, Kingston offers a complete line of memory, storage, networking and PC enhancement products. With strictly regulated ISO-registered facilities in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. (ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001), Ireland (ISO 9002), Malaysia (ISO 9002) and Taiwan (ISO 9002), Kingston markets its products through an extensive worldwide network of distributors, major reseller chains and independent dealers. Visit the Kingston home page on the Internet at http://www.kingston.com. For additional information, please contact Kingston at 800/337-8410. About Ansyr Technology Ansyr Technology Corporation develops solutions to enhance the usefulness of handheld computers, mobile devices and information appliances by enabling access and use of mission-critical information. Ansyr Technology currently offers a PDF reader for handheld computers and Internet appliances that run on the Windows(R) CE operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. . Ansyr is a member of the Palm(R) Solution Provider Program, Adobe Solutions Network Adobe Solutions Network (ASN) is the official name of the end-user training, developer, and print service providers authorized by Adobe Systems, Inc. There are three basic components to the program. and is a Windows-powered Pocket PC Launch Partner. For more information, please call 425/688-1600, fax 425/688-9918, e-mail info@ansyr.com, or visit the Ansyr Web site at www.ansyr.com. All trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective holders. |
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