Connectix Corp. Signs Distribution Agreement with ASCII NetMedia Division Corp.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers SAN MATEO San Mateo (săn mətā`ō), city (1990 pop. 85,486), San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1894. It is a commercial and retail center with some high-technology manufacturing. San Mateo, Spanish for St. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2000 Connectix Corporation, the leader in cross-platform compatibility solutions announced that it has signed a distribution agreement for Japan with ASCII ASCII or American Standard Code for Information Interchange, a set of codes used to represent letters, numbers, a few symbols, and control characters. Originally designed for teletype operations, it has found wide application in computers. NetMedia Corp., headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. ASCII NetMedia Division expands distribution in Japan for the Connectix product line. Connectix anticipates that this new partnership will further strengthen its distribution channels and provide additional sources for product and support to Connectix customers in Japan. Connectix believes ASCII NetMedia's proactive e-commerce program and its development of new and innovative software delivery channels will accelerate distribution of its well-known Virtual PC and Ram Doubler A software technique that compresses the contents of memory, thereby doubling (more or less) its available capacity. product lines. "We are extremely pleased with how Japanese customers have shown so much excitement and support for Connectix," said Chihsan Ho, Connectix Director of International Sales, "Japan is the single largest market for Connectix outside of 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. ....we felt we have to provide Connectix customers in Japan with added availability and support, especially as we increase our product offering this year. We believe ASCII NetMedia will add to the world class, top notch sales and support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services our current distribution partners provide." ASCII NetMedia Division is a branch of the ASCII Corp., the well-known publisher of computing titles. The NetMedia Division is distributing Internet and multimedia software. About Connectix Founded in 1988 and based in San Mateo, California San Mateo is a city in San Mateo County, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is one of the larger suburbs on the San Francisco Peninsula, located between Burlingame to the north, Foster City to the East, and Belmont to the south. , Connectix is a leader in low cost, high-performance compatibility software, originally entering the market with Virtual, a groundbreaking Macintosh-based product that provided virtual memory. The ever-popular RAM Doubler and Speed Doubler Refers to hardware or software that doubles the speed of its predecessor. For example, Intel's earlier Speed Doubler was the name given to the technology that allowed the clock speed to be doubled on its 486 DX2 chips. products were then launched in 1994 and 1995, respectively. In 1994, Connectix introduced the industry's first tethered Attached to a data or power source by wire or fiber. Contrast with untethered. digital camera, QuickCam(tm), producing more than one million units before selling the hardware business to Logitech in September 1998. The company continues to develop innovative, award-winning products that allow computer users to use popular software and hardware products from a variety of different platforms. In 1997, Connectix broke the platform barrier by launching Connectix Virtual PC(tm) which allows consumers to run popular Microsoft(R) Windows(R) applications on their Apple Macintosh personal computers. Connectix remains focused on new technologies and products that meet the demands of an emerging multi-platform, internet-driven business environment. |
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