Merlin Software Announces Reseller Agreement With Programmer's Paradise.Business & Technology Editors ALTAMONTE SPRINGS Al·ta·monte Springs A city of east-central Florida, a residential suburb of Orlando. Population: 40,900. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 12, 2000 Merlin Software Technologies Inc.(TM) (OTCBB- MLSW MLSW Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare ), a leading provider of Linux and Unix based Refers to a Unix operating system. The operating system may comply with the UNIX specifications governed by The Open Group, such as Sun's Solaris, or it may be an operating system based on the architecture and principles of Unix, such as Linux. software applications, announced today an agreement with Shrewsbury, NJ-based Programmer's Paradise, an international provider of software, hardware and services to corporate enterprises. Programmer's Paradise will sell Merlin's PerfectBACKUP+(TM) Linux backup and crash recovery software to its retail channel. Programmer's Paradise (NasdaqNM:PROG) is an international provider of software, hardware and services to corporate enterprises and has full service offices in Germany, France, The Netherlands, Austria, Canada, Italy and the UK. This coverage allows Programmer's Paradise customers to leverage their worldwide purchasing power Purchasing Power 1. The value of a currency expressed in terms of the amount of goods or services that one unit of money can buy. Purchasing power is important because, all else being equal, inflation decreases the amount of goods or services you'd be able to purchase. 2. and still receive localized support, reporting, fulfillment, and currency exchange. The company operates principally through five distribution channels: Internet, catalog, direct sales, telemarketing and wholesale distribution. Programmer's Paradise carries over 40,000 software and hardware titles and has long-term relationships established with all the key publishers and manufacturers including IBM/Lotus, Oracle, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. , Computer Associates, Symantec, Cisco, Hewlett Packard, Seagate, Toshiba, InPrise and others. With over 10,000,000 catalogs printed per year, Programmer's Paradise is one of the largest resellers in the World. PerfectBACKUP+(TM) for Linux is an extremely easy to use, fully automated, backup software See backup program. (tool, software) backup software - Software for doing a backup, often included as part of the operating system. Backup software should provide ways to specify what files get backed up and to where. application for backing up Linux, Unix, Windows and Macintosh computers for as low as $69. It is the most economical, powerful, network backup and crash recovery tool available. It provides backup scheduling and remote backup, recovery, encryption, robotics module, enhanced security and many other features with both a graphical and character user interface. PerfectBACKUP+ is available for all major versions of Linux. "The conclusion of this agreement with Programmer's Paradise goes a long way to helping us achieve the global market penetration Noun 1. market penetration - the extent to which a product is recognized and bought by customers in a particular market penetration - the act of entering into or through something; "the penetration of upper management by women" for our products that we are seeking," said Robert Heller Robert Heller, also Joseph Heller, (born William Henry Palmer, 1826-1878), was a British magician, mentalist, and musician. The year of his birth is the subject of some speculation; some sources list it as 1829 while others claim 1830. , President, Merlin Software Technologies. "This agreement benefits not only Merlin Software Technologies and Programmer's Paradise, but also the Linux user." PerfectBACKUP+ is in use at more than 230,000 locations world-wide and continues to lead the way with innovation, performance and reliability. Its users include small, as well as Fortune 500, companies. Merlin Software Technologies Inc. (Merlin Softech), is a software publishing company that provides Linux, Unix, Windows and Mac users with unique Linux and Unix based software that dramatically improves a system's reliability and speed. Merlin Softech has offices in Altamonte Springs, Florida Altamonte Springs is a city in Seminole County, Florida, United States. A northern suburb of Orlando, Florida. The city's name is Spanish for "high hill." [1] The population was 41,200 at the 2000 census. According to the 2006 U.S. and Burnaby, British Columbia “Burnaby” redirects here. For persons sharing this surname, see Burnaby (surname). Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, is the city immediately east of Vancouver. . For more information, contact: Merlin Software Technologies Inc., 405 Douglas Avenue, Suite 1305, Altamonte Springs, Florida 32714 Toll Free: (888) 414-3311 Phone: (604) 320-7227 Fax: (604) 320-7277 Web site: http://www.merlinsoftech.com. Statements in this news release which are not purely historical are forward-looking statements, including any statements regarding belief, plans, expectations or intentions regarding the future. Forward looking statements in this news release include the expectation that Programmer's Paradise will distribute PerfectBACKUP to its customers pursuant to the terms of the announced agreement. Unforeseen factors could cause results to differ materially from expectations, and include risks that Programmer's Paradise marketing efforts may not result in sales, that a competitor's product may prove superior to PerfectBACKUP. |
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