VisionTek Announces Industry Leading Memory Configuration Tool.GURNEE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 19, 1997-- VisionTek On-Line Technical Advisor Guide and Encyclopedia Provides Quick Access to System Upgrade Information VisionTek, one of the nation's leading manufacturers and suppliers of value-added peripheral and memory products, today announced VisionTek's On-Line Technical Advisor Guide and Encyclopedia (VOLTAGE), the premier computer system upgrade resource for resellers and end-users. Free Internet- and/or CD-ROM-based information creates the most advanced and complete parts database for finding memory upgrade information -- a dynamic, one-stop shopping resource for resellers and end-users. VisionTek's VOLTAGE is the definitive memory upgrade information program that runs online over the Internet or locally on a PC. This valuable tool sets a new standard for memory configuration and online product information programs, allowing end-users and resellers to quickly and easily find the correct product for their system, access technical information, technology and terminology resources. In addition to providing a vast resource of VisionTek company and reseller computer system and upgrade information, VOLTAGE eliminates the need to have several different memory upgrade programs. Unlike any other configuration resource in the industry, VisionTek has included product part numbers from different memory manufacturers, simplifying the task of upgrading for computer users and purchasers. VisionTek customers have found VOLTAGE to be a resource that saves time and effort, especially when supporting end users with a vast array of computers or managing large memory inventories. Customers agree that VOLTAGE puts all the information they need right at their fingertips "Fingertips" is a 1963 number-one hit single recorded live by "Little" Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label. Wonder's first hit single, "Fingertips" was the first live, non-studio recording to reach number-one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States. , allowing them to find solutions fast. While other memory makers offer similar resources, only VOLTAGE includes frequently updated part numbers for all of the major memory upgrade manufacturers as well as part information, such as fault tolerance See fault tolerant. (architecture) fault tolerance - 1. The ability of a system or component to continue normal operation despite the presence of hardware or software faults. This often involves some degree of redundancy. 2. level, RAM type and speed. VOLTAGE also helps users get a look at the inside of their notebooks, desktops and servers without even having to open the box by providing illustrated system board layouts in graphical and text-based format. VOLTAGE gives resellers access to product documentation as well as data on discontinued products and more detailed technical information, and allows them to add and save group and personal notes related to a system family or a VisionTek product. In addition, the Educational Reference/Encyclopedia built into VOLTAGE gives users everything they ever wanted to know about computers, memory and upgrading computers. "Just about every memory company has some sort of catalog program but we've designed VOLTAGE to be the one program that provides resellers and end-users with the very best and most timely product information available," said VisionTek Chief Executive Officer Mark Polinsky. "We know that it's critical for our customers to maximize their IS budgets and VOLTAGE can help them do that." This "one program/resource" idea is made possible by the fact that VOLTAGE uses Java, the latest cutting-edge dynamic programming technology, allowing VOLTAGE to be run from just about anywhere -- the Internet, a company's intranet, a stand-alone PC A desktop or laptop computer that is not permanently connected to a local area network (LAN) or a wide area network (WAN). Throughout the 1990s, millions of stand-alone PCs were networked in offices, but it is no longer uncommon to find computers networked in the home so that family , over a LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. or WAN and even from mainframes. In addition, VOLTAGE can be used with all major operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. , including Windows 3.X Windows 3.x can refer to either an individual or all of the following versions of Microsoft Windows:
Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). . Whether downloading the program from the Internet or loading the software onto their hard drive with the CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). , resellers and end-users can stay on top of rapidly changing prices and critical memory information with VOLTAGE's daily updates. The VOLTAGE application is available for free from VisionTek over the Internet or on CD-ROM. Complete details are available on the VisionTek Web site at http://www.visiontek.com/voltage/. VisionTek VisionTek, based in Gurnee, Ill., is one of the nation's leading manufacturers and suppliers of value-added peripheral and memory products. The company's mission is to consistently deliver first-to-the-market, value-added peripheral and memory products that meet the highest standards for quality and value. VisionTek operates the industry's fastest manufacturing lines, has sophisticated product design and engineering capabilities and a worldwide network of offices and sales partners. The product list includes memory upgrade SKUs for virtually every leading PC, workstation, server and printer available. Additional products offered by VisionTek include its award-winning, innovative ExtremeDrive(TM) portable hard drive upgrade that earned a "Stellar" rating from Windows Sources, a desktop CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. upgrade and other inventive memory technologies such as the sECCureSIMM(TM)(ECC (1) (Error-Correcting Code) A type of memory that corrects errors on the fly. See ECC memory. (2) (Elliptic Curve Cryptography) A public key cryptography method that provides fast decryption and digital signature processing. on a SIMM). VisionTek also manufactures memory for leading Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). To ensure the highest standard of quality, VisionTek products are 100 percent guaranteed compatible and are supported under an IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Service Agreement. VisionTek products are sold through authorized resellers and VARs and are available through master distributors Ingram Micro and MicroAge. The company was awarded the International Organization for Standardization International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Organization for determining standards in most technical and nontechnical fields. Founded in Geneva in 1947, its membership includes more than 100 countries. (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 Quality System Registration assuring that all VisionTek products are designed, manufactured, tested and shipped by a documented system that meets the rigorous requirements of ISO 9001. -0- VisionTek, 1175 Lakeside Drive, Gurnee, IL, 60031, 847-360-7500 or 800-726-9695. Tek Support: 800-360-7173. Tek Fax: 800-360-7170. Tek Net BBS (1) (Bulletin Board System) A computer system used as an information source and forum for a particular interest group. They were widely used in the U.S. : 847-360-7432. Http:\\www.visiontek.com . -0- Brand names and product names may or may not be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Resellers determine their own pricing which may or may not be higher than stated prices. EDITOR'S NOTE: There is an "at" symbol following "lisacollins" and "joellem" in the e-mail addresses listed below. This symbol may not show properly in some systems. CONTACT: Marcy Monyek and Associates Lisa Collins/lisacollins@msn.com Joelle McGinnis/joellem@msn.com 312/263-2135 |
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