) March 19, 2009 -- SmartDraw.com, maker of SmartDraw, the software that helps you work smarter by communicating visually, today announced that it has published a plug-in for IBM Lotus users, which allows them to integrate SmartDraw into the Symphony Suite.

"The SmartDraw plug-in allows Lotus' three million users the opportunity to use SmartDraw to improve communications by communicating visually," said Todd Savitt, Chief Sales Officer for SmartDraw.com. "Lotus users can now create a flowchart to explain a business process, a Gantt chart to show a project schedule or an organizational chart, or any of SmartDraw's 40 types of visuals, without a learning curve and in just minutes."

After 15 years and 15 million downloads, SmartDraw.com, maker of SmartDraw, the software that helps you work smarter by communicating visually, today announced that Paul Stannard, founder and CEO of SmartDraw.com, is a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year®. (PRWeb May 7, 2009)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/05/prweb2394674.htm

) September 15, 2009 -- SmartDraw.com, maker of SmartDraw, the software that helps you work smarter by communicating visually, now works hand-in-hand with Microsoft Visio® software with the introduction of its MS Visio® filter, a key new feature of SmartDraw 2010.

Studies show that people are six times more likely to retain and understand information presented to them visually. SmartDraw 2010 empowers anyone in an organization to communicate visually. Businesses using SmartDraw increase their bottom line by improving communication both internally and with their customers, refining operations, completing projects on time, and successfully implementing their plans.

) February 11, 2009 -- SmartDraw.com, maker of SmartDraw, the software that helps you work smarter by communicating visually, today announced its new Learning Center (www.smartdraw.com/learn/LearningCenter/index.htm), a repository of original, unbiased and useful information and eCourses for managers across all industries, whether or not they are SmartDraw.com customers.

SmartDraw Learning Center screenshot

) November 6, 2008 -- SmartDraw.com, maker of SmartDraw, the software that helps you work smarter by communicating your work visually, has earned the CNET Downloads.com top honor, its 5-Star editorial review rating.

) January 6, 2009 -- SmartDraw.com, maker of SmartDraw, the software that helps you work smarter by communicating visually, has announced a free, three-part series of e-Courses entitled, "Recession Proof Your Business."

Our blog and our regular customer communication pieces strive to educate business people on ways to work smarter. The e-Courses are designed as a much more in-depth educational offering based on solving the most pressing issues that our customers - and all managers - are facing

) March 26, 2009 -- SmartDraw.com, maker of SmartDraw, the software that helps you work smarter by communicating visually, is becoming the software tool of choice for healthcare systems looking to visually document and standardize processes across hospital departments in order to meet regulatory requirements.

) March 30, 2009 -- SmartDraw.com, maker of SmartDraw, the software that helps you work smarter by communicating visually, today announced that the new book, SmartDraw: A Hands-On Tutorial and Guide is available through Pearson Higher Education, a division of Pearson, the global leader in education publishing.

) September 30, 2008 -- AvantLogic, developers of MapsAlive, the premier interactive map and floor plan application, is now offering a free copy of SmartDraw 2009 with a MapsAlive purchase. SmartDraw 2009, the popular visual productivity software, contains dramatically enhanced functionality and exclusive new features that help business people improve communications, better organize ideas, refine their operations and simply work smarter. SmartDraw is ideal for creating the floor plans, maps, and diagrams that can be made interactive with MapsAlive.

) September 11, 2008 -- SmartDraw.com, maker of the world's most popular business graphics software, today announced the release of SmartDraw 2009, containing dramatically enhanced functionality and exclusive new features that help both professionals and homeowners create polished, professional plans to design homes, decks, landscapes, offices, kitchens & baths, and more in a matter of minutes.

"Everyone knows that a picture is worth a thousand words when trying to express design ideas and architectural plans," said Paul Stannard, SmartDraw.com CEO. "Because SmartDraw draws for them, building managers, contractors and even do-it-yourselfers can easily create an accurate and detailed landscape or interior plan. The only thing required is the users' imagination."

) January 28, 2009 - "Foundations of Persuasive Presentations" is now available as a free e-Course at the Working Smarter blog (http://blog.smartdraw.com), part of the Working Smarter Network (WSN), an exclusive consortium of websites and blogs that provide varied, useful and relevant information to help businesspeople be more effective.

Working Smarter

) January 22, 2009 -- "Don't Let PowerPoint Ruin Your Presentation" is the newest e-Course offered at The Working Smarter Network (WSN), an exclusive consortium of websites and blogs that provide varied, useful and relevant information to help businesspeople be more effective.

Working Smarter

) January 14, 2009 -- The Working Smarter Network (WSN), an exclusive consortium of websites and blogs that provide relevant information to help businesspeople be more effective, has announced the addition of 11 new member sites.    

The new sites (with links displayed at the Working Smarter site: http://blog.smartdraw.com/) were selected and accepted by an advisory group that conducts a rigorous site review process focused on quality, relevance, content, and applicability.

New WSN members include the following:

Sales-focused Sites

Nucleus Technologies.com, the most experienced provider of data recovery products and services announced the release of improved version of Kernel PowerPoint Recovery File Repair software.
New Delhi July 14, 2006 Nucleus Technologies.com today introduced the enhanced version of the Kernel PowerPoint file repair software. The revised version with a new look and much more enhanced features now recovers every enhancement made in the presentation file (.ppt, .pot, .pps) like animation, sound effects, tables, images and rotations.

) February 22, 2010 -- m62 visualcommunications, the global leader in presentation effectiveness, has today released tips on how to engage an audience in a sales presentation.

Presentation training

) July 14, 2009 -- Small-to-medium sized businesses (SMBs) and freelancers often struggle to find an affordable and simple project collaboration tool that is not bloated and has a minimal learning curve to manage tasks and projects.

PROJECTURF

Projecturf - http://www.projecturf.com - is the economical new web-based project collaboration software, specifically designed for SMBs in all industries as well as freelancers, with features that other PPM tools do not offer in one low-cost package. Features which differentiate affordably priced Projecturf from other on-demand project management solutions include:

Aspose.Slides is a .NET component to create, read, write and modify a PowerPoint document. It allows saving PowerPoint PPT slides to PDF and PowerPoint formats: PPT, POT, PPS are also supported.

) September 24, 2009 -- Projecturf, a leading provider of on-demand project and collaboration management software designed for small to medium-sized businesses, announced today they will be rolling out Projecturf 2.0 - a new project collaboration tool with features not offered by other SaaS products for project management. Projecturf 2.0 is a direct response to customer feedback and requests for specific features and tools following Projecturf's major product release in March 2008. Projecturf 2.0 will be available Q4 2009.

PROJECTURF

Wondershare PPT2DVD is the first program offering a cost-effective method to burn PowerPoint presentations to DVD. No complex computer skills are required. Just import the PowerPoint files, create professional look DVD menus from build-in templates, and start the burning process. Its all that easy!
The key feature of PPT2DVD:
1. All the animations, transitions, sounds, video clips, internal links contained in the original presentation would perform exactly the same after the conversion
2. An easy step-by-step conversion guide
3. Flexible Output Options
4. Support generating high resolution video for HD-TV playback
5. Create professional look DVD menus for flexible and fast navigation
6. Makes the videos in the original PowerPoint presentation full-screen play

) November 3, 2009 -- m62 visualcommunications, the global leader in presentation effectiveness, has released a guide to performing well in a job interview, all of which has been formed from research into successful sales presentations.

) October 15, 2009 -- CorasWorks Corporation, a leading provider of software that makes it easier to develop applications on Microsoft SharePoint, today announced that it has released its Project Portfolio Management application for Microsoft SharePoint. The Project Portfolio Management application is a flexible, integrated application for project and portfolio management on SharePoint.

With the CorasWorks Project Portfolio Management app, users benefit from numerous features, including interactive Gantt charting.

) April 27, 2009 -- AquaFold, Inc. has released Aqua Data Studio 7.5, a major upgrade to its powerful database administration software that makes it simple to visualize and manipulate multiple databases from within a single interface. The application has proved to be a boon for Business Analysts, Software Developers, and Database Administrators (DBAs), who can save time and money in the design, development and maintenance of enterprise relational databases by consolidating their efforts into one versatile, multi-platform application.

) October 5, 2009 -- Element Software has released the fourth version of its Copper Project Management product, widely regard as the web's best project, task, contact, and document management tool for creative teams.

Copper is a web-based project and task management toolset designed specifically for creative teams. Customers include Apple, Mercedes Benz, Sony Pictures, Herman Miller, eBay, but Copper is equally adopted by smaller, more agile studios and high output teams looking for a cohesive collaboration tool.

) October 16, 2009 -- m62 visualcommunications, the global leader in presentation effectiveness, has today highlighted to presenters the importance of ensuring there is a clear objective in a sales or investor presentation.

Many presenters simply reuse old generic presentations, and occasionally adapt the wording of bullet points slightly in an attempt to tailor the presentation to the pitch audience. The resulting effect can be one of incoherence. Presenters with no clear objective have no aim to work towards. Many presenters may not even realise how ineffective this is.

PowerFlashPoint 2.0 convert your Powerpoint (XP/2003/2007) presentations to flash in a single click. Easily distribute your presentations via CD/e-mail to anyone, anywhere! PowerFlashPoint accurately converts your PowerPoint to Flash and retains all of your special effects with upto 98% reduction in file size. It also allows you to create high-quality web banners from PowerPoint.
PowerFlashPoint (PPT2Flash Converter): The most accurate PowerPoint to Flash Converter. Retains all of your special effects, including:
(a) Narration & Continuous Audio.
(b) Video.
(c) Animations & Transitions.
(d) Hyperlinks.
PowerFlashPoint:Works ditto Powerpoint.
Bonus:You Enjoy all the benefits of Flash:
(1) Easy distribution on the Web or CD.
(2) Greatly reduced file size.

) July 16, 2009 -- OffiSync, a software company focused on extending Microsoft Office with Google's™ cloud services, today announced the availability of its latest version that delivers on the vision of Software plus Service for all Microsoft Office versions. OffiSync enables Microsoft Office users to store and organize their documents and collaborate in real time through Google Docs™, and improve enterprise document management through Google Sites™.

OffiSync in PowerPoint 2007

) September 30, 2009 -- AEC Software, developers of project management software, announced today that Starz Animation Toronto, Canada's leading digital animation studio, relied on FastTrack Schedule to develop top-level pre-production schedules and "what-if" scenarios during production of Focus Features' animated fantasy epic 9, the hit movie whose director is Shane Acker and whose producers include Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov.

) June 3, 2009 -- Projecturf, a provider of on-demand project and collaboration management software, recently launched Projecturf - a scalable, elegant, and affordable new web-based project management tool with unlimited storage space that is browser, platform and database independent. Projecturf was specifically designed to support the project management needs of small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in all industries. The task tracking software allows SMBs to cost-effectively define initiatives and projects, automate processes, and distribute data through a secure, stylish, intuitive and easy-to-use online environment with almost no learning curve.

The main part of any performance dashboard is the KPI that can measure various values: profit, sales, customers, number of consultants and employees, etc. KPIs are mostly represented in charts and graphs.
So, the creation of KPIs is now easier than ever, as Perpetuum Software unveils a new version of the .Net Dashboard Suite 3.5 which includes components that will help you develop KPIs according to your business purposes and views: Chart ModelKit and Instrumentation ModelKit.

) September 17, 2008 -- LiquidPlanner, the first online project management software that enables teams to capture and manage uncertainty, today announced the introduction of new features designed to help teams realize the benefits of social project management. While Web 2.0 applications have exploded in the consumer market, enterprise organizations are only beginning to take advantage of similar tools to improve their bottom line. With this in mind, LiquidPlanner has released new functionality with an eye on helping teams - whether they're internal or distributed across the globe - collaborate with one another and make project planning and execution more efficient.

) June 5, 2009 -- RidgeLogic Development, a developer of multimedia presentation solutions, announces the beta release of SceneStudio Online, a revolutionary product allowing multimedia presentations to be played back virtually anywhere.

SceneStudio Online Slide Editor is a template-based presentation development tool.

) January 6, 2009 -- TheBrain Technologies announced that PersonalBrain 5.0, the latest version of its powerful information visualization and organization software is now available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. PersonalBrain 5.0 will be unveiled at Macworld 2009 at booth #3419, North Hall.

PersonalBrain Integrates Information

PersonalBrain's award-winning dynamic interface enables users to link all ideas, files, and Web pages so people can better understand their information, see hidden connections, and liberate themselves from linear file organization.

) July 13, 2009 -- Zoomerang's Survey Results Widget is gaining popularity among users as a way to post charts of their survey results on web sites and blogs. Zoomerang has addressed the need to quickly and easily distribute survey insights online with their robust new functionality. Rob Glickman, Director of eCommerce for Zoomerang explains, "We found that our subscribers were talking about the results of their surveys online--and thought we would make it easier and more visually appealing for them to do."

Acoolsoft releases PPT to video V3.0 , a quick PowerPoint to video maker that enables users to convert PowerPoint to video with excellent quality easily.

) January 24, 2009 -- pYzam.com has launched a completely free and customizable photo slideshow maker. Their new slideshow creation process allows even novices to design their own high quality photo slideshow in a matter of minutes. With this new tool pYzam has improved on two of the most difficult parts of creating a slideshow: uploading photos and customizing the design.

Photo Slideshow

) June 17, 2009 -- High-Logic B.V., a leader in providing font editing software, today announces FontCreator 6, the world's most popular font editor. This version delivers powerful tools such as direct import of both raster and vector based images. With FontCreator 6, font designers can create and modify high quality TrueType and OpenType fonts faster than ever.

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Custom Fonts for Business People and Hobbyists

Last but not least feature of such system is its ability to extend functionality and to evolve with your business to address tomorrow challenges.
Development of such ideal reporting system can take much time and effort. Perpetuum Software LLC offers a feature-rich solution to help you make this process less time and effort consuming and more cost-effective.
Report Sharp-Shooter 3.0 is a flexible report engine for .Net 2.0 capable of creating any reports from any data sources for any users and deliver reports in desirable output format: PDF, HTML, XML, CSV, MS Word, TXT, Excel, Gif, Tiff, etc.

Acoolsoft releases PPT to Flash V2.0 , a quick PowerPoint to flash maker that enables users to convert PowerPoint to flash with excellent quality.

) June 30, 2009 -- EtQ, Inc. is pleased to announce enhanced features in the latest release of its Web-based enterprise system for Quality, Compliance, and Environmental Health and Safety management, Reliance 6.2.

EtQ Reliance 6.2 incorporates enhanced features and utilities including automation, integration, and reporting.

Enhancements to the latest release include:

) June 15, 2009 -- Deltek, Inc. (NASDAQ: PROJ), the leading provider of enterprise applications for project-focused businesses, today announced the release of Cobra 5.0, the leading enterprise cost and earned value management solution for government contractors and other project-based businesses. By delivering tight control over project costs, insight into mission-critical project data and the ability to easily calculate and report on earned value, Cobra 5.0 helps organizations better manage project and program performance.