ARS Technologies Urges Mac Users "Work Different" with ISA, PCMCIA and ISA Cards

San Diego, CA (PRWEB) August 20, 2008

Ten years ago Apple established a paradigm for computational simplicity and ease-of-use with the unveiling of its iMac. After having incorporated the Intel possessor, Apple has metamorphosed its once efficient yet cryptic box into virtual toolbox.

Now hardware and software developer ARS Technologies recently utilized Apple's more versatile computer to offer both passionate and potential Mac users the chance to use ISA, PCMCIA and PCI cards on the MAC OS platform.

ARS Technologies develops USB to ISA to ISA, USB to PCMCIA and SSI to PCI peripherals that allow users to operate ISA, PCMCIA or PCI cards via the UBS or SSI2 port on their computers.

For years ARS Technologies has helped PC users operate ISA, PCMCIA and PCI cards on Windows and Linux Operating Systems. Meanwhile, Mac users waited in earnest for the day when they would likewise have the chance to expand the possibilities of their Apple computers with ARS Technologies' peripherals.

ARS Technologies is glad to finally release software to support MAC OS users. ARS Technologies currently serves and niche group of consumers that have programmed ISA, PCI and PCMCIA for specific, creative and significant purposes. Even as the computer shrinks in size, ARS Technologies gives consumers that the chance to keep using their unique cards via peripherals.

Since 1997, Apple has urged millions of people to "Think different". This inspirational mode of thinking has undoubtedly led MAC users to envision unprecedented functions for ISA, PCMCIA and ISA cards. Today, ARS Technologies can help these innovations come to life on the MAC OS platform.

ARS Technologies' MAC OS compatible software is available for download from its website http://www.arstech.com and from Apple's Unix and Open Source download section of their website.

About ARS Technologies, Inc.

"We virtualize peripherals." Headquartered in San Diego, California, ARS Technologies creates products that allow use of ISA, PCI, PCMCIA cards outside of computer systems. The company sells products in more than 50 countries around the world.

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New Bento 3 Contact and Customer Manager from FileMaker Prepares Mac Users For A More Organized and Productive New Year

Santa Clara, CA (Vocus) January 14, 2010

FileMaker, Inc. today announced the Bento 3 Contact and Customer Manager, a customized set of three new templates that make it easy for Mac users to organize all their contacts and customer details in one place the perfect solution to a very popular New Years resolution. The Bento 3 Contact and Customer Manager includes a free 30-day trial of the popular Bento 3 personal database for Mac, plus three professionally designed, ready-to-use templates including customer and client contacts, sales receipts, and sales opportunities.

The Bento 3 Contact and Customer Manager also works with Bento for iPhone and iPod touch, so customers can organize their contacts and business activities on an iPhone or iPod touch and then synchronize the information to their Mac.

With the Bento 3 Contact and Customer Manager, users can store and organize extensive details such as completed and upcoming calls, as well as meetings and to-do items for each contact linked from iCal Events and iCal Tasks. They can also keep date-and-time stamped notes from meetings and conversations and attach documents, spreadsheets, images and e-mails to any contact record. The Bento 3 Contact and Customer Manager lets users track sales opportunities including product or service, units, amount and probability of close. All of this detailed information can be located quickly using iTunes-style searching.

Customers and prospects can tell if you are organized or not. By tracking notes from past meetings and conversations, upcoming to-do items, completed phone calls, and important e-mails youll be ready when your customers are. said Ryan Rosenberg, vice president, marketing and services, FileMaker, Inc. With the Bento 3 Contact and Customer Manager, were providing an easy and affordable way for customers to get instant access to complete contact and customer detailsfully integrated with iCal Tasks and iCal Eventsso they have a central hub of information that lets them stay more organized and productive.

The Contact and Customer Manager is designed to work with Bento 3, which has received rave reviews from the media including a recent 2009 Editors Pick award from Macworld. Bento 3 adds useful new features such as Grid View, integration with iPhoto, sharing data with others on a local network and securing data with 128-bit AES encryption.

About FileMaker, Inc.:

FileMaker is the leader in easy-to-use database software. Millions of people, from individuals to some of the world's largest companies, rely on FileMaker software to manage, analyze and share vital information. The company's products are the FileMaker Pro line versatile database software for teams and organizations, for Windows, Mac and the Web and Bento, the personal database for Mac, iPhone and iPod touch. FileMaker, Inc. is a subsidiary of Apple.

Media Contact:

Kevin Mallon

408-987-7227

kevin_mallon(at)filemaker(dot)com

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