Thursday, April 30, 2009

Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500 Color Image Scanner

Improve office productivity and reduce reliance on paper with the ScanSnap S1500 new from Fujitsu. It can save office space, reduce storage cost and enhance business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-eCommerce (B2C) communication.

It's ideal for business professionals in any industry looking to achieve the "paperless office".

It's feature rich and can do the following: Scan to pdf, Scan to Word, Excel and PowerPoint, Scan to Email, Scan to Email, Scan to Folder, Scan to Printer (copy), and Scan to Picture Folder (eg JPEG files).

Here are some special features: Scan to Cardminder for business cards, Scan to SharePoint Server and Scan to Rack2Filer software, bundled with the S1500 at no extra cost. RackFiler2 software is a powerful tool for organizing, archiving and retrieving documents. Check out RackFiler2 at this web site:

http://www.fujitsu.com/us/services/computing/peripherals/scanners/software

For more information and pricing, contact Ashlin at 416-256-3096 or sales@ashlin.ca

Monday, April 27, 2009

Tripp Lite Introduces New KVM Switches with Built-In IP Access

Tripp Lite’s new NetDirector® Cat5 IP and Console KVM Switches enable remote control of connected computers by up to 5 independent, simultaneous users (1 local, 4 remote). Cascade additional KVMs to control up to 256 computers or servers from a single console. RJ45 connectors facilitate efficient, economical installation with inexpensive Cat5e cabling. Console KVM Switches include an integrated 17“ LCD monitor, keyboard and touchpad in a 1U retractable, sliding housing.

Eee Box 206 Home Entertainment Nettop

The Eee Box has always offered a stylish, quiet, and energy efficient solution that provides incredible value for small businesses, education, and light home users. But its lack of dedicated graphics limited its potential as a home entertainment hub - until now.

With the addition of a Dedicated Graphics Engine (DGE) and HDMI connectivity, the new Eee Box 206 becomes an excellent home entertainment hub. It provides high definition audio and video entertainment, is ultra-quiet and very attractive as a consumer product should be, and only uses a small percentage of the energy a typical PC users. And because it’s a member of the Eee family, it makes it easy to learn, easy to work and easy to play. If you haven’t pushed the Eee Box to home users, now is the perfect time.

Home Entertainment Hub

The digital content revolution means that today’s users have much more available to them than just DVDs or CDs. Today’s users download movies and songs, and store photos and movies from their camcorders digitally. They want everything available to them for viewing on their big screen televisions and surround sound stereo systems.

With a built-in Dedicated Graphics Engine (DGE) Radeon HD 3450 256MB powered by ATI and HDMI connectivity, the Eee Box 206 has the necessary ingredients to be the home entertainment hub people are looking for. Users can take advantage of all of the above mentioned content, in addition to
surfing the Internet, playing games and more in true-to-life clarity. And with a full-featured media player, Eee Cinema and an exclusive remote control, their multimedia libraries are easy to organize and content is easy to access, even from the comfort of the livingroom couch.

Quiet and Reliable Home Computing
A system that will be used in a living room as part of a home entertainment system must meet specific criteria. It must be pleasing to look at, unobtrusive, and quite. The Eee Box 206 is barely audible at only 26dB, which is quieter than a whisper. And it’s clean, high tech looks mean that it will fit into the livingroom seamlessly. It’s even small enough to mount on the back of a TV, monitor or under a desk for those who prefer it to be invisible.

Energy Efficient and power saving
The Eee Box 206 saves up to 90% power consumption vs. tower PCs. This power savings translates into into cash - from $12 per year for light users to as much as $156 per year for constant usage. The Eee Box 206 integrates an optimized air flow design and silent Q-fan technology (fan speed control) for quiet and efficient system cooling. With an uninterrupted power

Easy to Learn, Work and Play
The Eee Box 206 gives users even more, but it is still easy to use. Easy Mode brings up an intuitive icon-based user interface that allows one-click to access your work documents or PC applications that is suitable for users of almost all ages. The Eee Box 206 even comes with attractive matching accessories like a Chiclet-style wireless keyboard, wireless mouse, and a multimedia remote for easy control.

The new Eee Box 206 can open up a the home entertainment segment for your business. Even corporate accounts will appreciate the choice of an Eee Box with extra power.

Seagate BlackArmor NAS 440 and 420

The Seagate® BlackArmor® NAS 440/420 storage server is a complete, small-business-specific network storage solution designed to provide optimum uptime and data integrity to ensure business continuity for up to 50 workstations. Continuously and automatically protect business-critical data with incremental and full-system backup, bare metal restore (full-system restore) and individual file to entire volume encryption. Enhance data integrity and/or performance with RAID 0/1/5/10 & JBOD configuration options. Access files securely over the internet from any popular web browser — no special software required. Includes four energy efficient, reliable Seagate® hard drives. All four drives are easily removable without tools and hot-swappable to optimize uptime and data availability. Backed by a 3-year limited warranty from Seagate, the world leader in storage technology.
BlackArmor NAS 420

The BlackArmor NAS 420 storage server has the same hardware and software features as the BlackArmor NAS 440 storage server, but has two hard drives preinstalled instead of four. As your business grows, add two more hard drives to the system to take advantage of RAID 5/10 configurations and increase storage capacity.
Highlights:
• User-configurable RAID 0/1/5/10 & JBOD
• Four USB 2.0 ports for external drives, printers and UPS (uninterrupted power supply)
• Offers the level of security that is right for your business – from individual files to entire volume encryption
• On-board LCD screen for quick status info
• Microsoft® Active Directory support
• Multi-volume management
• Event email notification
• DLNA and iTunes® media streaming
• 3-year limited warranty
• Designed for small business to provide optimum uptime and data integrity for up to 50 workstations
• Supports Windows® XP, Windows Vista® operating systems and Mac OS® X 10.4.11 or later
• Includes energy efficient, reliable Seagate® hard drives
• Incremental and full-system, scheduled, automatic backup for network connected PCs using Windows® XP and Windows Vista® operating systems
• Secure internet access from any popular web browser – no special software required
• Hot-swappable, user-replaceable drives — no tools required
• Two Ethernet ports for local network connection, port failover and NAS to NAS replication
• Includes 10 software licenses, additional licenses available at www.seagate.com
Here is how the BlackArmor NAS lines up against the competition.

Tuesday, April 07, 2009

Reduce Knowledge Worker Printing 22% in 60 days

Take Control of your Print Evolution Strategy

Ashlin's partner, Preo Software Inc. is the market leader in providing Print Knowledge Management Systems (PKMS) to enterprises around the world. Printelligence, the flagship SaaS offering, includes a 4-step cost savings process named MACH, a patented PKMS Rules Engine and an ROI Program. Decreasing an organization’s print volume is paramount to controlling print costs. Decrease your print Volume 22% in the next 60 days

Printelligence™ can be rapidly deployed into your organization giving you insight into your Total Cost of Print. With this knowledge you can implement printing business rules allowing you to decreases print volumes by up to 8% on the first day, 16% in the first 30 days and 22% in the first 60 days. First year print volume reduction can be as high as 30%.

Printelligence™, with the patented PKMS Rules Engine, changes employee print behavior by educating them about the true cost of print. Preo is designed to save you money; our sole focus is to educate your employees and help you drive down your print volumes.

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Friday, April 03, 2009

What does Lifetime Warranty Really Mean

Watch out because for some manufacturers, Lifetime, does not mean your lifetime, but the length of time that the manufacturer decides to support the product.

In other words it really means nothing.

Netgear and HP offer true lifetime warranties, and in Netgears case it covers all their switches, firewalls, and wireless devices, including the power supplies and fans. HP covers most of this, but not all their switches, so check the model.

So ask your Ashlin technology adviser which products offer you true protection before placing your orders.

Wednesday, April 01, 2009

Free Next Business Day Onsite Exchange on NEC Multisync 15 Series

Until June 30, 2009 when you purchase any NEC Multisync 15 series model (LCD3215, LCD4215, LCD4615) from Ashlin NEC will give you a full year of Advance Exchange Overnight Service.

Go to http://www.necdisplay.com/supportcenter/registration/ to register your display befroe July 31 to qualify for this special offer.