CALGARY, AB - April 22, 2009 -- Userful Corporation, the common baton in high-performance, bargain desktop virtualization, today announces a "PC" betrayal in anniversary of the 39th celebration of Earth Day. Userful is giving abroad a chargeless 2-user adaptation of their avant-garde software which turns one computer into up to ten with the ambition of accepting 100,000 humans download the software and allotment their computer afore Earth Day. In 2008 Userful's PC-sharing software adored over 40,000 bags of CO2 emissions, and is on clue to save over 200,000 bags of CO2 in 2009, the agnate of demography added than 35,000 cars off the road, or burying 50,000 acreage of trees!
Desktop computers sit abandoned while we analysis our e-mail, cream the web, or blazon a document. Userful's PC-sharing and desktop virtualization technology leverages this balance accretion ability to actualize an environmentally able addition to acceptable desktop computing. Up to 10 users can plan on a individual computer by artlessly adhering added monitors, mice and keyboards.
"On March 28th hundreds of millions of humans angry off their lights for Earth Hour," says Timothy Griffin, President of Userful. "Events such as Earth Day and Earth Hour prove that a simple change common can badly abate all-around activity burning and connected CO2 emissions. For archetype the government of Brazil afresh deployed over 350,000 Userful PC-sharing workstations into schools. This abandoned will save 200 actor kWh annually, the agnate of axis 3.7 billion lights* off for an hour. Now brainstorm if on Earth Day hundreds of millions of humans absitively to download Userful's chargeless PC-sharing software to allotment their PC. The electricity and e-waste accumulation of this simple change would be incredible.”
Userful PC-sharing desktops accept been deployed in over 100 countries with a archetypal agreement of 6 workstations per computer. Reducing the amount of computers in use has added earth-friendly benefits. Electronic decay is an accretion botheration globally due to the quick obsolescence of electronics. This is circuitous by the actuality that computer decay is top in abounding baneful abstracts such as abundant metals and flame-retardant plastics, which calmly bleed into arena baptize and bio-accumulate. Using Userful articles can abate cyberbanking decay by up to 80%, added abbreviating its ecology footprint.
Userful is the simplest, and accomplished achievement access to desktop virtualization and administration on the market. All added PC-sharing solutions advance to sacrifices in achievement and abundant administering overhead. Userful offers the appearance of a abounding PC including top achievement video for beneath than $50 per added bench in ample deployments such as a contempo 356,800 workstation deployment in Brazilian schools, and uses accepted PC hardware. Savings of up to 90% in electricity use as compared to a acceptable PC-per-workstation band-aid are accomplished acknowledgment to Userful's advocate solution.
Need an added PC about the house? In anniversary of Earth Day Userful is giving abroad a chargeless adaptation of its avant-garde software that gives you a additional computer for free! This is the absolute way to abate line-ups for the computer as spouses, parents and accouchement action for a turn.
"The chargeless two-user betrayal doubles the account and amount of your absolute computer with basal cost," says Griffin, "In fact, if you already accept an added adviser and keyboard, it's like accepting a chargeless computer. Our ambition is for 100,000 humans to download the software and allotment their computer afore Earth Day.”
The chargeless two-user licenses broadcast beneath this advance accredit users with an added video agenda (or a dual-head video card) to add an added workstation by artlessly active in a additional monitor, USB keyboard and mouse. Thousands of users accept acquired chargeless two-user licenses and advice about the advance from userful.com/earth-day-free-pc.
*(Based on 526kWh per PC per year for operation; 1818kWh per PC for production; electricity generated at 1.55lbs CO2 per kWh; 11,560lbs CO2 per car per year; 60W per light; and 8,060lbs CO2 per acre of copse per year)
About Userful
Userful is the industry baton in desktop virtualization and multi-station Linux computing: the low-cost, high-performance addition to attenuate clients. Userful's able software transforms accepted PCs to abutment up to 10 accompanying monitors, keyboards and users, and manages them all at already through a axial website. Privately captivated and founded in 1999, Userful launched their flagship artefact in 2003 and was afresh called Alberta's 10th fastest growing aggregation beneath $20 actor in revenue. Userful software is acclimated in over 100 countries, and is bringing affordable blooming desktop accretion to millions of users worldwide. www.userful.com
Press Contact:
Sean Rousseau
Marketing Manager, Userful
srousseau@userful.com
Tel: +1.403.289.2177
2009年12月16日星期三
Omni Technology Solutions - SASSA cuts costs and improves account accumulation in rural areas with Novell and Userful Multiplier
25 June 2009 - Omni (omni-ts.com), its South African distributor, Lekgotla Technologies, and Novell South Africa today appear the acknowledged accomplishing of Userful Multiplier™ desktops in 50 rural South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) offices. SASSA began with a 13-site pilot of the Linux Desktop virtualisation software active on SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop® in August 2007 to abate costs and advance turnaround times on amusing admission applications from rural offices. The activity yielded antecedent amount accumulation of R250 000 (US$31,000) per website and has adapted appliance processing from several weeks to the targeted 24 hours. Since accepting clearly accustomed by SASSA, several South African ambit are analytic to accept this action to enhance account accumulation and to abode account restraints and bound electrical and connectivity basement in rural South Africa.
"Novell South Africa played an basic allotment in the action of allowance Lekgotla Technologies and SASSA body a rural deployment roadmap," said Thomas Heubner, Director of Lekgotla Technologies and Omni Authorised Distributor in South Africa. "Userful Multiplier active on SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop delivers the a lot of cost-effective and energy-efficient desktop action for rural and burghal SASSA offices. Using this Linux desktop virtualisation software, a individual desktop computer can ability up to 10 full-featured stations that crave basal electricity. Each desktop comes able with a MTN 3G modem that provides wireless acceptance to the Social Pension System (SOCPEN) in Pretoria. SASSA admiral are now able to abduction and action amusing admission applications aural 24 hours from rural areas. Based on the success of the 13-site pilot in Limpopo, Userful Multiplier has been deployed in added rural SASSA offices in Mpumalanga, Limpopo and North West Province. We are actively alive with SASSA leaders from added ambit with agnate account restraints and basement challenges."
"SASSA is committed to administering amusing grants in a cost-effective and able manner," said Jabulani Makondo, arch of SASSA IT Operations in Pretoria. "Userful Multiplier is badly convalescent our adeptness to action amusing admission applications from rural sites that are badly defective in IT infrastructure. Even burghal SASSA sites faced with account constraints are because the activity of converting their stand-alone computers to multi-station Linux desktops application this cost-effective desktop model."
"Since deploying Userful Multiplier in 2007, the 39 analysis sites in our arena accept badly bargain hardware, software and basement costs," said Solly Mokgohloa, chief SASSA ICT administrator for the Limpopo Region. "Our aboriginal analysis website was GaMatlala, which is far abundant from Polokwane to be remote, but still abutting abundant to acquiesce us to appointment the website for abutment and aftereffect purposes. The arrangement start-up took 30 account and aural 45 account we were online and processing admission applications. During the accomplished two years, the appointment in GaMatlala has been in connected operation with about no abutment or arrangement problems. Tens of bags of grants accept been processed. The Userful Multiplier desktops accept done what they are declared to, they crave actual little maintenance, and they add amount to our business. This next-generation desktop archetypal delivers cogent allowances to our barter and addresses the account accumulation challenges in rural South Africa."
"Over 400,000 seats of Userful Multiplier accept been awash in 100 countries," said Trevor Poapst, administrator of all-around business and business development for Omni. "The success of the Userful Multiplier pilot in Limpopo, Mpumalanga and the North West Province marks an important win for SASSA — and the millions of South Africans the government agency serves in these regions. The amusing appulse of this government Linux desktop action will be cogent for rural South Africa."
For added advice on the SASSA activity and Userful Multiplier, amuse acquaintance Thomas Heubner at tom@omni-ts.com or alarm +27 11 326 0062.
About Omni Technology Solutions Inc.
Omni delivers a accurate portfolio of integration, management, messaging and Linux desktop solutions for action networks. Omni is the absolute benefactor of Userful Multiplier globally for SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop and openSUSE from Novell. Lekgotla Technologies is Omni's software benefactor in South Africa. www.omni-ts.com
About Novell
Novell, Inc. (Nasdaq: NOVL) delivers the best engineered, a lot of interoperable Linux belvedere and a portfolio of chip IT administration software that helps barter about the apple abate cost, aggravation and risk. With our basement software and ecosystem of partnerships, Novell accordingly integrates alloyed IT environments, acceptance humans and technology to plan as one. For added information, appointment www.novell.com.
About Userful Multiplier
Userful Multiplier is the arch low-cost, high-performance Linux Desktop virtualization band-aid that turns 1 PC into ten. Userful Multiplier enables a individual accustomed computer to abutment up to 10 absolute users all at the aforementioned time, anniversary with just their own monitor, keyboard, and mouse. With over 400,000 Linux workstations awash in over 100 countries, Userful Multiplier offers users the appearance of a abounding PC including top achievement video and saves up to 80% on accouterments costs, 70% on abutment and aliment costs, and 90% on electricity use as compared to a acceptable PC. www.omni-ts.com/linux-desktop/
Thomas Heubner
Managing Director
Lekgotla Technologies
443 Elgin Avenue
Johannesburg, Gauteng 2160
South Africa
Phone: +27 11 326 0062
Cell: +27 82 459 6254
tom.heubner@gmail.com
Trevor Poapst
Director, Global Marketing
Omni Technology Solutions Inc.
1200, 10104 - 103 Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Phone: +1.780.423.4200
www.omni-ts.com/contact-us.html
"Novell South Africa played an basic allotment in the action of allowance Lekgotla Technologies and SASSA body a rural deployment roadmap," said Thomas Heubner, Director of Lekgotla Technologies and Omni Authorised Distributor in South Africa. "Userful Multiplier active on SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop delivers the a lot of cost-effective and energy-efficient desktop action for rural and burghal SASSA offices. Using this Linux desktop virtualisation software, a individual desktop computer can ability up to 10 full-featured stations that crave basal electricity. Each desktop comes able with a MTN 3G modem that provides wireless acceptance to the Social Pension System (SOCPEN) in Pretoria. SASSA admiral are now able to abduction and action amusing admission applications aural 24 hours from rural areas. Based on the success of the 13-site pilot in Limpopo, Userful Multiplier has been deployed in added rural SASSA offices in Mpumalanga, Limpopo and North West Province. We are actively alive with SASSA leaders from added ambit with agnate account restraints and basement challenges."
"SASSA is committed to administering amusing grants in a cost-effective and able manner," said Jabulani Makondo, arch of SASSA IT Operations in Pretoria. "Userful Multiplier is badly convalescent our adeptness to action amusing admission applications from rural sites that are badly defective in IT infrastructure. Even burghal SASSA sites faced with account constraints are because the activity of converting their stand-alone computers to multi-station Linux desktops application this cost-effective desktop model."
"Since deploying Userful Multiplier in 2007, the 39 analysis sites in our arena accept badly bargain hardware, software and basement costs," said Solly Mokgohloa, chief SASSA ICT administrator for the Limpopo Region. "Our aboriginal analysis website was GaMatlala, which is far abundant from Polokwane to be remote, but still abutting abundant to acquiesce us to appointment the website for abutment and aftereffect purposes. The arrangement start-up took 30 account and aural 45 account we were online and processing admission applications. During the accomplished two years, the appointment in GaMatlala has been in connected operation with about no abutment or arrangement problems. Tens of bags of grants accept been processed. The Userful Multiplier desktops accept done what they are declared to, they crave actual little maintenance, and they add amount to our business. This next-generation desktop archetypal delivers cogent allowances to our barter and addresses the account accumulation challenges in rural South Africa."
"Over 400,000 seats of Userful Multiplier accept been awash in 100 countries," said Trevor Poapst, administrator of all-around business and business development for Omni. "The success of the Userful Multiplier pilot in Limpopo, Mpumalanga and the North West Province marks an important win for SASSA — and the millions of South Africans the government agency serves in these regions. The amusing appulse of this government Linux desktop action will be cogent for rural South Africa."
For added advice on the SASSA activity and Userful Multiplier, amuse acquaintance Thomas Heubner at tom@omni-ts.com or alarm +27 11 326 0062.
About Omni Technology Solutions Inc.
Omni delivers a accurate portfolio of integration, management, messaging and Linux desktop solutions for action networks. Omni is the absolute benefactor of Userful Multiplier globally for SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop and openSUSE from Novell. Lekgotla Technologies is Omni's software benefactor in South Africa. www.omni-ts.com
About Novell
Novell, Inc. (Nasdaq: NOVL) delivers the best engineered, a lot of interoperable Linux belvedere and a portfolio of chip IT administration software that helps barter about the apple abate cost, aggravation and risk. With our basement software and ecosystem of partnerships, Novell accordingly integrates alloyed IT environments, acceptance humans and technology to plan as one. For added information, appointment www.novell.com.
About Userful Multiplier
Userful Multiplier is the arch low-cost, high-performance Linux Desktop virtualization band-aid that turns 1 PC into ten. Userful Multiplier enables a individual accustomed computer to abutment up to 10 absolute users all at the aforementioned time, anniversary with just their own monitor, keyboard, and mouse. With over 400,000 Linux workstations awash in over 100 countries, Userful Multiplier offers users the appearance of a abounding PC including top achievement video and saves up to 80% on accouterments costs, 70% on abutment and aliment costs, and 90% on electricity use as compared to a acceptable PC. www.omni-ts.com/linux-desktop/
Thomas Heubner
Managing Director
Lekgotla Technologies
443 Elgin Avenue
Johannesburg, Gauteng 2160
South Africa
Phone: +27 11 326 0062
Cell: +27 82 459 6254
tom.heubner@gmail.com
Trevor Poapst
Director, Global Marketing
Omni Technology Solutions Inc.
1200, 10104 - 103 Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Phone: +1.780.423.4200
www.omni-ts.com/contact-us.html
Userful Corporation - Userful Launches “Secure Your Funding” Stimulus Bill Initiative
Store this angel in big sizeCalgary, AB – July 14, 2009 – Userful announces the “Secure Your Funding” action to advice libraries, association colleges and added accessible area organizations administer for, and accept Broadband Technology Opportunity Program bang money. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) has allocated $7.2 billion to activate the development of broadband infrastructure. This includes a minimum of $200 actor to aggrandize accessible accretion centermost capacity. The federal government began accepting applications for the aboriginal $4 billion of allotment today, July 14. The appliance aeon for this annular will abutting on August 14.
The action aims to advice libraries and added accessible area organizations who ambition to defended allotment by accouterment a committed aggregation of humans that these organizations can buzz or e-mail to get admonition on how to defended funding. The action is aswell accouterment a alternation of webinars (online seminars) and assets which accommodate an overview of the program, eligibility, and tips on how to adapt a acknowledged appliance to accomplish it simple for organizations to administer with confidence. The aboriginal such webinar took abode on May 19 with John Windhausen, a Washington DC based technology allotment adviser who served as communications admonition for the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, and has accounting abundant studies and white affidavit on technology funding. Ginny Bird, Director of New River Public Library Cooperative abounding the webinar and declared it as a... “Good webinar, abstruse added in an hour on the Stimulus Bill than I did at an all day meeting.” A video of the webinar can be apparent here: userful.com/media/webinar/stimulus-bill .
“This bang allotment is actual important for libraries and added accessible area organizations,” said Daniel Griffin, VP of accessible accretion at Userful. “Unfortunately there is a sea of abashing about the Broadband Technology Opportunity Program which is authoritative it difficult for these organizations to get the allotment they charge and deserve. Any libraries or added accessible area organizations analytic for advice applying for accessible computer centermost bang allotment should buzz one of our abreast assembly at: 1-866-873-9126 or e-mail: info@userful.com .”
On July 2 the Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) appear a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) that describes appliance procedures and activity appraisal processes for the $4 billion aboriginal annular of allotment that opened for applications today. A abridgment of the NOFA highlighting the important items that organizations charge to apperceive to administer for the accessible computer centermost chic is accessible here: library.userful.com/btop-synopsis.php . All of the money in this annular is accepted to be accepted by September 30, 2010 with two added circuit of allotment accepted to follow. Libraries, association colleges and added accessible area organizations who would like to crop advantage of this action should phone: 1-866-873-9126, or e-mail: info@userful.com.
About Userful
Userful helps libraries accomplish and apparatus acceptable accessible accretion solutions. Founded in 1999, Userful solutions are acclimated in over 100 countries, and are bringing affordable blooming desktop accretion to millions of users worldwide. www.userful.com
Press Contacts: Sean Rousseau, Marketing Manager Userful Phone (international): +1.250.590.7791 Toll chargeless (Within North America): +1.866.873.9008 srousseau@media-userful.com
Userful
200-709 11th Ave. SW
Calgary, Alberta T2R 0E3 CANADA
The action aims to advice libraries and added accessible area organizations who ambition to defended allotment by accouterment a committed aggregation of humans that these organizations can buzz or e-mail to get admonition on how to defended funding. The action is aswell accouterment a alternation of webinars (online seminars) and assets which accommodate an overview of the program, eligibility, and tips on how to adapt a acknowledged appliance to accomplish it simple for organizations to administer with confidence. The aboriginal such webinar took abode on May 19 with John Windhausen, a Washington DC based technology allotment adviser who served as communications admonition for the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, and has accounting abundant studies and white affidavit on technology funding. Ginny Bird, Director of New River Public Library Cooperative abounding the webinar and declared it as a... “Good webinar, abstruse added in an hour on the Stimulus Bill than I did at an all day meeting.” A video of the webinar can be apparent here: userful.com/media/webinar/stimulus-bill .
“This bang allotment is actual important for libraries and added accessible area organizations,” said Daniel Griffin, VP of accessible accretion at Userful. “Unfortunately there is a sea of abashing about the Broadband Technology Opportunity Program which is authoritative it difficult for these organizations to get the allotment they charge and deserve. Any libraries or added accessible area organizations analytic for advice applying for accessible computer centermost bang allotment should buzz one of our abreast assembly at: 1-866-873-9126 or e-mail: info@userful.com .”
On July 2 the Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) appear a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) that describes appliance procedures and activity appraisal processes for the $4 billion aboriginal annular of allotment that opened for applications today. A abridgment of the NOFA highlighting the important items that organizations charge to apperceive to administer for the accessible computer centermost chic is accessible here: library.userful.com/btop-synopsis.php . All of the money in this annular is accepted to be accepted by September 30, 2010 with two added circuit of allotment accepted to follow. Libraries, association colleges and added accessible area organizations who would like to crop advantage of this action should phone: 1-866-873-9126, or e-mail: info@userful.com.
About Userful
Userful helps libraries accomplish and apparatus acceptable accessible accretion solutions. Founded in 1999, Userful solutions are acclimated in over 100 countries, and are bringing affordable blooming desktop accretion to millions of users worldwide. www.userful.com
Press Contacts: Sean Rousseau, Marketing Manager Userful Phone (international): +1.250.590.7791 Toll chargeless (Within North America): +1.866.873.9008 srousseau@media-userful.com
Userful
200-709 11th Ave. SW
Calgary, Alberta T2R 0E3 CANADA
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