Product continues top-seller status for Ingram Micro, Tech Data; SoftRAM dominates all competitors in opening, using applications in PC Today magazine analysis.CULVER CITY Culver City, city (1990 pop. 38,793), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles; inc. 1917. It is a center of the U.S. motion-picture industry, whose roots in the city date to c.1915. Its chief manufactures are rubber products and computers. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 11, 1995--Syncronys Softcorp (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). : SYCR) was rated first in a review of its SoftRAM product against all competitors in the November issue of PC Today, a prestigious national computer publication. Another competitor, RAM Doubler A software technique that compresses the contents of memory, thereby doubling (more or less) its available capacity. , received the lowest rating with PC Today stating that RAM Doubler has no interface and failed to open key test applications. In other news, SoftRAM continues its top-seller status as reported by both Ingram Micro Ingram Micro, Inc. NYSE: IM a Fortune 100 company founded in 1979 and based in Santa Ana, California. It is the world’s largest technology distributor and a leading technology sales, marketing and logistics company. , Tech Data and PC Magazine. In a head-to-head comparison including RAM Doubler, MagnaRAM and Hurricane, SoftRAM received the highest ranking in a uniform test based on opening a suite of programs. These applications included the popular Microsoft Word A full-featured word processing program for Windows and the Macintosh from Microsoft. Included in the Microsoft application suite, it is a sophisticated program with rudimentary desktop publishing capabilities that has become the most widely used word processing application on the market. for Windows, Lotus Approach, Okna's DeskTop Set PIM (1) (Protocol Independent Multicast) A multicast routing protocol endorsed by the IETF. Used in conjunction with an existing unicast routing protocol, it comes in two flavors: Dense Mode (PIM-DM) is used when recipients in the target group are in a concentrated , State of the Art's BusinessWorks for Windows, CompuServe's WinCIM and Lotus 1-2-3 for DOS. The review stated: "SoftRAM is easy to install and set up. You can change configuration options to optimize power as well. SoftRAM doubled our RAM and let us open and use more programs than any of the other RAM software reviewed. `Use' is the optimal word here. Some of the other programs reviewed opened all the applications we used for this test, but wouldn't run all of them when we switched back and forth between the applications." In addition, SoftRAM's interface was judged the easiest to read with all information accessible from a single window. PC Today's conclusion represents a strong evaluation of SoftRAM stating that "if your only concern is the ability to open and use the most applications you can at one time, we suggest you buy SoftRAM." "The independent evidence is growing daily which supports our absolute conviction that SoftRAM is the most dynamic and effective memory enhancing utility for Windows 3.1. PC Today is saying it loud and clear. XXCAL Labs, an internationally recognized software testing Software testing is the process used to measure the quality of developed computer software. Usually, quality is constrained to such topics as correctness, completeness, security, but can also include more technical requirements as described under the ISO standard ISO 9126, such lab, also said that SoftRAM effectively doubles RAM for the configurations it tested," Rainer Poertner, Syncronys' president and 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. noted. "Our customers are saying it through a statistically representative study conducted by the highly respected market research firm Dataquest. Their results showed that eighty percent said that SoftRAM performed as expected and eighty-two percent described themselves as being either very satisfied or satisfied with the product," Poertner added. Additionally, latest sales reports further confirm Syncronys' position as the number one selling RAM expansion utility program. For the fourth time, SoftRAM was ranked number one on PC Magazine's Top Retail Software chart. The listing appeared in the Dec. 19 issue of PC Magazine. In its most recent issue, SoftRAM's shipment volume ranked ahead of Netscape Navigator An earlier Web browser for Windows, Macintosh and X Windows from Netscape that provided secure transmission over the Internet. Soon after its introduction in 1994, Navigator, or just "Netscape," as it was commonly called, quickly became the leading browser on the Web. and WordPerfect 6.1. The list is compiled by Ingram Micro and ranks PC business programs according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the total number of copies shipped to more than 12,000 stores and resellers in the week ending Oct. 13, 1995. According to reseller Tech Data's "Best Sellers List," SoftRAM has held the number one sales position in the utilities category for four months and in the December listing, SoftRAM tops PLUS! 1.0 from Microsoft and Remove-It 2 from Verisoft. To date, more than 700,000 copies of SoftRAM have been sold through distribution channels worldwide. SoftRAM is an innovative software product that effectively doubles the amount of memory available to Windows applications. Unique among memory products, SoftRAM uses proprietary technology that actually enhances physical RAM. SoftRAM works with any 386, 486 or Pentium PC, desktop or notebook and offers additional features over the bestselling original version of SoftRAM. Headquartered in Culver City, Syncronys Softcorp is a leader in the business of providing memory-enhancement and other performance-improving software for PCs. Syncronys' diversified complement of software products are sold through distribution channels worldwide. 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