12.08.2004Seybold review – File Transmission with Flair from DevZeroG.

The special DRUPA report issued in July had an extremely complementary review of our products, which we are really happy to share!

The special DRUPA report that came out in July had a very complementary review, which we are happy to share:

"After Drupa it is nice to see that we are not the only ones to feel that our products are right for the market! Take a minute to read the Seybold Review on our solutions:

At any trade show there are a few vendors that leave you wondering, "Why didn't anyone think of this before?" At Drupa, England's DevZeroG (www.devzerog.com) was a leader in this category.

The simplest of its offerings (and maybe the most remarkable for its elegance) is Uploader. Simply put, it allows those who maintain FTP sites to send a small applet (created with Uploader Creator software) to those who upload files to them. This appears on the user's desktop as an icon. To upload a file, the user drags it onto the icon. Period. Done.

This alarmingly bright idea works on Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 and Apple Macintosh OS X and OS 9.

PrintSure is a preflighting and file-transfer portal that takes the same simpler-is-better approach. The host runs a server on which preflighting profiles are stored, as well as file-storage and routing facilities. Clients get their own preflighting software that runs on their desktops. Using DevZeroG's preflighting technology, this software is a remarkably svelte 360K and runs in a browser window. Once again, it's a matter of drag and drop to initiate the proceedings, and if preflighting finds no problems, the certified PDF is sent to the server.

nVerge is a server-to-server file transfer system with no hub; all servers are considered peers. File transfers are accomplished on an address-book basis, with users sending files to names rather than folders or complex file addresses. Everything is done through a browser, and all sends and receipts are acknowledged by e-mail (there's no denying you got that file; the software tattles on you, right down to the second it landed on your server). To balance the loads on networks with limited bandwidth, users can specify times at which they will accept files to avoid bottlenecks. The system can even detect redundant transfers of the same file to reduce unnecessary traffic. This is a very clever system. Both PrintSure and nVerge server software will also run on Apple XServe servers running OS X."

About the Author
James Felici is a long-time contributor to The Seybold
Report and former managing editor of Publish Magazine.
His latest book is "The Complete Manual of Typography" (Adobe Press).

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