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HELIOS WebShare UB2 major update offers world-wide collaboration

On November 1, 2012, In General Discussion, By T2Rman

Hannover, Germany (PRWEB) October 09, 2012

HELIOS Software, developer of well-known file, print, image and PDF server software, released today a fundamental update for its Web file server WebShare UB2. Optimized code, with better performance and higher HTML compatibility are the major benefits from choosing the Eclipse IDE for the Java development. Presentation of file dates and times in the user’s local time zone and language, additional e-mail notification options, and other user interface tweaks make using WebShare even easier.

The development of our upcoming iPad Document Hub App was the starting point for a general revision of our successful WebShare File Server,”explains Helmut Tschemernjak, CEO of HELIOS Software GmbH. The switch to a new Java development environment improves the general performance and compatibility. Our attention to fine details such as localized date and time formats, time zone support, advanced file transfers, and remote file & folder synchronization enhance the overall user experience. I’m excited about this highly optimized and polished update.

HELIOS WebShare UB2 now supports file up- and downloads of any size. Using the included Mac and Windows native application, WebShare Manager, resumable file transfers without any limits can be handled in a very convenient way.

Benefits of the WebShare UB2 update include:

Very fast installation and startup

Overall faster WebShare Web Server performance

Enhanced HTML generation with higher compatibility

Easy integration into existing web sites with direct URL access

Increased productivity due to improved user experience

Updated WebShare Manager allows remote file & folder synchronization

Prepared administration for the iPad Document Hub synchronization

All known issues are fixed

Detailed information about HELIOS WebShare UB2 and other products of the HELIOS Server Solution Suite are available at the HELIOS website http://www.helios.de.

Smart Ideas for Better Networking

HELIOS UB2 Unbreakable Server Solutions deliver mission critical server solutions to enterprise, government, university, and prepress sites. WebShare, EtherShare, and PCShare provide integrated cross-platform networking for Mac, Windows and Web clients, with advanced file and print server features, and easy remote server administration. HELIOS ImageServer, PDF HandShake and PrintPreview bring high efficiency and advanced capabilities to design, prepress and printing operations.

HELIOS products run on powerful and scalable servers including Apple Mac OS X, IBM AIX, Linux, Oracle Solaris, and Windows systems. HELIOS products provide reliable cross-platform support for Mac, Windows, Web and UNIX-based clients.

Distributors sell HELIOS products worldwide to value-added resellers who provide complete networking solutions to customers. HELIOS also works with many strategic partners that incorporate HELIOS server software to provide powerful third-party archive, asset management and workflow solutions.

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HELIOS Xtar Now Available for Mac Intel

On March 4, 2012, In General Discussion, By T2Rman

Hannover, Germany (PRWEB) March 12, 2007

HELIOS Software GmbH has released for free download a Mac Intel compatible version of its backup tool HELIOS Xtar.

As a leading developer of cross-platform networking, PDF, and image server solutions, HELIOS Software is able to ensure reliable transfers of Mac meta data (Finder and resource information) between different platforms. Now HELIOS passes on its accumulated development experience to the Open Source community in the form of the free Xtar tool, which is basically the UNIX “tar” program extended by HELIOS to include full Mac OS X (PPC/Intel) compatibility.

“It is a HELIOS Software tradition to share our development know-how with the community in the form of free tools,” explained Helmut Tschemernjak, CEO and president of HELIOS. For example, HELIOS LanTest is used worldwide as a standard tool for measuring network data throughput. “Likewise, HELIOS File System Test, is a tool used frequently as a neutral reference to verify the Mac OS X compatibility of file systems,” noted Tschemernjak.

HELIOS Xtar for Mac (PPC/Intel) stores each HFS file as a double file in the standard “tar” format. Unicode file names as well as all meta data–including creation and modification date–are preserved. During the restore with Xtar to an HFS volume, the Finder and resource information are written into a valid HFS file. In doing so, all Mac OS X specific meta data are preserved so that volumes are bootable after the restore.

In this aspect, “HELIOS Xtar qualifies as the ideal tool for cloning Mac OS X system drives,” reports Tschemernjak. In HELIOS server installations, “Xtar reliably performs data migration from Mac OS X systems to HELIOS volumes and vice versa.” HELIOS htar is a commercial HELIOS developed “tar” tool, which preserves Mac meta data even on restoring data to HELIOS volumes under Windows. The htar tool is part of the HELIOS UB server suite for Windows, which has been available since the end of the year 2006.

More information on the deployment of Xtar and other HELIOS products can be found on the HELIOS website http://www.helios.de

Smart ideas for Better Networking

HELIOS UB Unbreakable Server Solutions deliver mission critical server solutions to enterprise, government, university, and prepress sites. WebShare, EtherShare, and PCShare provide integrated cross-platform networking for Mac, Windows and Web clients, with advanced file and print server services, and easy remote server administration. HELIOS ImageServer, PDF HandShake and PrintPreview bring high efficiency and advanced capabilities to design, prepress and printing operations.

HELIOS products run on powerful and scalable servers including Apple Mac OS X, Hewlett-Packard HP-UX, IBM AIX, Linux, Sun Solaris, and Windows systems. HELIOS products provide reliable cross-platform support for Macintosh, Windows, Web and UNIX-based clients.

Distributors sell HELIOS products worldwide to value-added resellers who provide complete networking solutions to customers. HELIOS also works with many strategic partners that incorporate HELIOS server software to provide powerful third party archive, asset management and workflow solutions.

For U.S. Sales:

European MikroGraf Corp.: 916-923-3520; E-mail: sales (at) ugraf.com; http://www.ugraf.com

Editorial contact:

Germany

Helmut Tschemernjak, HELIOS Software GmbH, Steinriede 3, D-30827 Garbsen, Germany; Tel +49-5131-709320 Fax +49 5131-709325; E-mail: mktg (at) helios.de; Internet: http://www.helios.com

U.S.A.

Thomas Hallinan, HELIOS Software GmbH, 209-827-2760, mktg (at) helios.de

Bill Gram-Reefer, WORLDVIEW, 925-459-8537, reefer (at) worldviewpr.com

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HELIOS Offers Free “mkisofs” Utility That Can Be Used to Create UDF Disk Images for Backups, File Archives and System Snapshots

On March 3, 2012, In General Discussion, By T2Rman

Hannover, Germany (PRWEB) April 4, 2007

HELIOS Software GmbH has released for free download the ultimate cross-platform “mkisofs” disk image utility that enables flexible disk image creation for file archives and backups of critical files that goes far beyond simple DVD image creation. HELIOS “mkisofs” can be used for system snapshots, cross-platform archives, legal preservation, platform independent file transfer and as a simple and affordable backup software utility.

As a leading developer of cross-platform networking, file transfer, PDF and image server solutions, HELIOS Software takes pride in passing on its accumulated development experience to the Open Source community. HELIOS has extended the open source “mkisofs” utility, removing size and format limitations, making it a powerful and flexible tool ideal for creating data archives and custom universal disk format (UDF) images. It is scriptable for automated tasks (including scheduled backups) and can be used interactively (via “hot folders”).

With built-in cross-platform support for preserving Mac and Windows file attributes, HELIOS “mkisofs” is hardware independent and creates disk images that can be read on multiple platforms. This makes HELIOS “mkisofs” suitable for long-term, archival applications where future OS and hardware requirements are unknown. Additionally, since HELIOS “mkisofs” creates “read-only” disk images, it can be used for preservation and legal archival documentation as it provides an uneditable snapshot of system files, documents or other data.

Tagged with: Archives • Backups • create • Disk • file' • Free • HELIOS • Images • mkisofs • Offers • Snapshots • system • Used • Utility

HELIOS Offers Free Simplified Linux Distribution for Sony PLAYSTATION 3

On March 3, 2012, In General Discussion, By T2Rman

Hannover, Germany (PRWEB) May 29, 2007

HELIOS Software GmbH, a leading developer of cross-platform networking, PDF, and image server solutions for Mac, Windows, UNIX, and web clients, released today, under basic agreement with Terra Soft Solutions, a free download of its modified Yellow Dog Linux (YDL) distribution optimized to use Sony’s PlayStation

Tagged with: Distribution • Free • HELIOS • Linux • Offers • PlayStation • Simplified • Sony

HELIOS Software Offers Complete UB Server Solution Suite for Special Price

On March 2, 2012, In General Discussion, By T2Rman

Hannover, Germany (PRWEB) June 7, 2007

HELIOS Software GmbH, a leading developer of cross-platform networking, PDF, and image server solutions for Mac, Windows, UNIX, and web clients, announced today a new HELIOS UB Server Solutions Suite for only 9.800 Euro.

This unique software bundle includes HELIOS EtherShare UB for 10 users, PCShare UB for 10 users, and WebShare UB for 5 users, offering universal file and print server access from any Mac, Windows and web client. HELIOS ImageServer UB adds powerful image repurposing features, workflow automation, ICC based color management, and support for remote OPI for all major image file formats and color spaces. HELIOS PDF HandShake UB provides a seamless PDF workflow with PDF creation, PDF preflighting, PDF printing and PDF-native OPI utilizing well accepted industry standards like Acrobat

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HELIOS Software Debuts its UB+ Cross-Platform Server Software for Windows, Mac, and Web Clients

On March 2, 2012, In General Discussion, By T2Rman

Hannover, Germany (PRWEB) June 21, 2007

HELIOS Software GmbH, a leading developer of cross-platform networking, PDF, and image server solutions for Mac, Windows, UNIX, and web clients, announced today the first public preview of the next generation of its Unbreakable Server Solutions, named HELIOS UB+. The free downloadable HELIOS test drive offers customers, prospects and journalists hands-on insight into the upcoming UB+ software. It includes HELIOS WebShare UB+, the state-of-the-art file server for web clients, offering the highest security and performance for enterprise, government, university, and prepress sites. Utilizing Web 2.0 technology, WebShare UB+ features easily customizable user interfaces, extensive access controls with audit trail, and extremely fast file searching.

“UB+ continues the success of HELIOS Software’s fast, reliable, and secure server software used by customers around the world,” noted Helmut Tschemernjak, president of HELIOS Software GmbH. “By providing a public preview of UB+, we invite everyone to explore the great new features and to provide feedback.” According to Tschemernjak, “A free preview of all UB+ products is available now at the HELIOS web site.” The preview runs as a test drive on all major server platforms, including Apple Mac OS X, Linux, Sun Solaris, IBM AIX, HP-UNIX and Windows Server.

HELIOS WebShare UB+ is one of the highlights of UB+. WebShare UB+ is a highly secure state-of-the-art file server for web clients. Using Web 2.0 technology, administrators can easily create beautiful custom brandings, to present a personalized interface for each remote group or user. The web based branding editor offers an easy way to select all user interface elements without programming. WebShare action scripts allow custom processing of files, and integrate with HELIOS ImageServer, PDF HandShake and PrintPreview for remote image conversion, PDF preflighting, and print job proofing. The unique HELIOS zipstream technology delivers the best performance, with on-the-fly compression of downloads. Options add multi-page previews of images, QuarkXPress, Adobe InDesign, and PDF documents.

“WebShare UB+ offers a completely new approach to file sharing,” noted Dr. Martin Reinders, head of development at HELIOS. “WebShare UB+ now offers customer branding, custom action scripts, and a new preview and proofing mode.” According to Reinders, “WebShare UB+ is the perfect file sharing platform for collaborative and distributed teams.” Reinders explained that, “WebShare UB+ enables companies of every type to increase service to customers while increasing profits.”

WebShare UB+ includes:

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HELIOS WebShare UB+ Proofing for Apple iPhone

On March 2, 2012, In General Discussion, By T2Rman

Hannover, Germany (PRWEB) September 6, 2007

HELIOS Software GmbH, a leading developer of cross-platform networking, PDF, and image server solutions for Mac, Windows, and web clients, will present at Graph Expo (Booth #5432) its WebShare UB+ software, supporting remote document previewing and customer collaboration using the new Apple iPhone. HELIOS WebShare UB+ and the Apple iPhone support easy yet highly secure remote access and previewing of images, layout documents, PDFs, and print jobs for printers, print buyers, ad agencies and sales people.

HELIOS WebShare UB+ is a highly secure file server for web clients, allowing easy remote file access and management. Customized interfaces can be set up for different groups or users, and WebShare UB+ action scripts enable remote processing of files. WebShare UB+ integrates with HELIOS ImageServer UB+, PDF HandShake UB+ and PrintPreview UB+ for remote viewing of images, QuarkXPress and Adobe InDesign documents, and PDF files, with proper rendering of transparencies, plus image conversion, PDF preflighting, and accurate color-matched print job proofing. With the easy to use interface, automatic support for low and high resolution previews, and high-performance HELIOS ZIP-stream downloads, WebShare UB+ facilitates remote collaboration and approval.

HELIOS UB+ benefits to users include:

Remote collaboration with customers, agencies and print shops saves time
Reliable distribution of documents via any web browser improves customer interaction
Fast file transfer utilizing HELIOS ZIP-stream technology and a secure two-tier setup
Image previews including transparency support reduce time consuming errors
XPress and InDesign document previews for immediate remote approval
PDF generation, preflight, proofing and flattening for fully automated PDF processing
Remote OPI supports time saving collaboration between customer and agency
ICC-color and image format conversion for highest quality image repurposing saves time and reduces costs

Whether one uses an iPhone, or any other web browser, HELIOS WebShare UB+ makes remote collaboration and remote workflow support a no-brainer for design and print professionals. Detailed information on remote iPhone proofing via WebShare UB+ can be found at the HELIOS web site.

For further information on HELIOS UB+ and the top ten new features visit the HELIOS web site to view the QuickTime presentation. Also customers, journalists and prospects can download a preview version of the HELIOS UB+ suite.

Smart Ideas for Better Networking

HELIOS UB Unbreakable Server Solutions deliver mission critical server solutions to enterprise, government, university, and prepress sites. WebShare, EtherShare, and PCShare provide integrated cross-platform networking for Mac, Windows and Web clients, with advanced file and print server services, and easy remote server administration. HELIOS ImageServer, PDF HandShake and PrintPreview bring high efficiency and advanced capabilities to design, prepress and printing operations.

HELIOS products run on powerful and scalable servers including Apple Mac OS X, Hewlett-Packard HP-UX, IBM AIX, Linux, Sun Solaris, and Windows systems. HELIOS products provide reliable cross-platform support for Mac, Windows, Web and UNIX-based clients.

Distributors sell HELIOS products worldwide to value-added resellers who provide complete networking solutions to customers. HELIOS also works with many strategic partners that incorporate HELIOS server software to provide powerful third-party archive, asset management and workflow solutions.

For U.S. Sales:European MikroGraf Corp.: 916-923-3520; E-mail: sales (at) ugraf.com; http://www.ugraf.com

Editorial contact:

Germany

Helmut Tschemernjak, HELIOS Software GmbH, Steinriede 3, D-30827 Garbsen, Germany; Tel +49-5131-709320 Fax +49 5131-709325; E-mail: mktg (at) helios.de; Internet: http://www.helios.com

U.S.A.

Thomas Hallinan, HELIOS Software GmbH, 209-827-2760, mktg (at) helios.de

Bill Gram-Reefer, WORLDVIEW, 925-459-8537, reefer (at) worldviewpr.com

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HELIOS Software Introduces UB+ Cross-Platform Prepress Server Software at Graph Expo

On March 2, 2012, In General Discussion, By T2Rman

Hannover, Germany (PRWEB) September 6, 2007

HELIOS Software GmbH, a leading developer of cross-platform networking, PDF, and image server solutions for Mac, Windows, UNIX, and web clients, will introduce at Graph Expo (Booth #5432) the next generation of its Unbreakable Server Solutions, named HELIOS UB+. Advanced transparency support, incorporated into ImageServer UB+, PDF HandShake UB+, and PrintPreview UB+ is one of the highlights of the UB+ suite. In combination with the integrated PDF flattening it allows for flexible creative work and multi-purpose document usage.

The use of transparencies has become a critical feature in modern prepress work, yet most RIPs lack support for PDFs containing transparencies. With overall transparency support and PDF flattening HELIOS UB+ ensures accurate and reliable proofing and print production.

Benefits to users include:

Image transparencies are preserved during image conversion by HELIOS ImageServer UB+, supporting a broader range of image repurposing, and greater flexibility in prepress work.

Reliable proofing of PDFs containing transparencies with HELIOS PrintPreview UB+ saves time and reduces costly errors in print production. Proofing quality is further increased by support for ICC color matching of spot colors, overprints, and in-RIP separations.

PDF flattening by HELIOS PDF HandShake UB+ automates time consuming PDF flattening, to support the PDF/X standard and compatibility with all RIPs.

HELIOS WebShare UB+ adds remote access and support for previewing of images and PDFs containing transparencies to enable remote approval and easy collaboration of agency, customer and print shop.

Altogether, these features allow the use of the latest design techniques, including transparencies, while ensuring that the output is optimized for each different medium.

For further information on HELIOS UB+ and the top ten new features visit the HELIOS web site and view the QuickTime presentation. Also customers, journalists and prospects can download a preview version of the HELIOS UB+ suite.

Smart Ideas for Better Networking

HELIOS UB Unbreakable Server Solutions deliver mission critical server solutions to enterprise, government, university, and prepress sites. WebShare, EtherShare, and PCShare provide integrated cross-platform networking for Mac, Windows and Web clients, with advanced file and print server services, and easy remote server administration. HELIOS ImageServer, PDF HandShake and PrintPreview bring high efficiency and advanced capabilities to design, prepress and printing operations.

HELIOS products run on powerful and scalable servers including Apple Mac OS X, Hewlett-Packard HP-UX, IBM AIX, Linux, Sun Solaris, and Windows systems. HELIOS products provide reliable cross-platform support for Mac, Windows, Web and UNIX-based clients.

Distributors sell HELIOS products worldwide to value-added resellers who provide complete networking solutions to customers. HELIOS also works with many strategic partners that incorporate HELIOS server software to provide powerful third-party archive, asset management and workflow solutions.

For U.S. Sales:European MikroGraf Corp.: 916-923-3520; E-mail: sales (at) ugraf.com; http://www.ugraf.com

Editorial contact:

Germany: Helmut Tschemernjak, HELIOS Software GmbH, Steinriede 3, D-30827 Garbsen, Germany; Tel +49-5131-709320 Fax +49 5131-709325; E-mail: mktg (at) helios.de; Internet: http://www.helios.com

U.S.A: Thomas Hallinan, HELIOS Software GmbH, 209-827-2760, mktg (at) helios.de;

Bill Gram-Reefer, WORLDVIEW, 925-459-8537, reefer (at) worldviewpr.com

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HELIOS Software Will Debut its UB+ Server Solutions Suite with New ICC Color Management Features at IfraExpo

On March 1, 2012, In General Discussion, By T2Rman

Hannover, Germany (PRWEB) October 8, 2007

HELIOS Software GmbH, a leading developer of cross-platform networking, PDF, and image server solutions for Mac, Windows, and web clients, will introduce at IfraExpo (booth #A900) the next generation of its Unbreakable Server Solutions, named HELIOS UB . With its new UB version, HELIOS incorporates the most advanced ICC color management features into HELIOS ImageServer, PDF HandShake, and PrintPreview, making it the most reliable and feature-rich color management server for the newspaper and media publishing firms at [IfraExpo.

HELIOS server-based color management addresses the needs of color-critical environments, automating design and production processes to reduce time and costs, while meeting the most exacting color quality requirements. HELIOS advanced color management is used throughout the HELIOS product suite, for the highest quality color matched: image conversion, content repurposing, proofing, printing, and WebShare image and document previews.

In HELIOS UB , new color management features include support for Black Point Compensation, grayscale profiles, device-link profiles, and ICC 4 profiles. While HELIOS has long supported the ability to detect and preserve Grays, Whites, and Blacks for both vector and image data, UB can now preserve primary colors as well. Also, HELIOS Tagger, the ICC profile tagging application, goes cross-platform, supporting Mac and Windows.

These capabilities are utilized by users in many ways:

as a general purpose image conversion engine (in web, prepress, and asset management environments)
to normalize incoming images to a standard color space and format
to repurpose documents, optimized for each different medium (e.g. Internet, magazine, newspaper)
to support on-the-fly RGB to CMYK color space transforms while printing
for local and remote proofing with separations and color matched composite preview

All of these processes can be full automated, or used interactively via hot folders or print queues. HELIOS WebShare adds remote workflow support, including remote proofing, preflighting, and the ability to to remotely view images and documents.

The flexibility, ease of use, and predictable, accurate output of the HELIOS color management system is well suited to the needs of agencies, prepress firms, and of course, newspapers and magazines.

For information on HELIOS UB and the top ten new features visit the HELIOS web site http://www.helios.com and view the QuickTime presentation. Also customers, journalists and prospects can download a preview version of the HELIOS UB suite.

Smart Ideas for Better Networking:

HELIOS UB Unbreakable Server Solutions deliver mission critical server solutions to enterprise, government, university, and prepress sites. WebShare, EtherShare, and PCShare provide integrated cross-platform networking for Mac, Windows and Web clients, with advanced file and print server services, and easy remote server administration. HELIOS ImageServer, PDF HandShake and PrintPreview bring high efficiency and advanced capabilities to design, prepress and printing operations.

HELIOS products run on powerful and scalable servers including Apple Mac OS X, Hewlett-Packard HP-UX, IBM AIX, Linux, Sun Solaris, and Windows systems. HELIOS products provide reliable cross-platform support for Mac, Windows, Web and UNIX-based clients.

Distributors sell HELIOS products worldwide to value-added resellers who provide complete networking solutions to customers. HELIOS also works with many strategic partners that incorporate HELIOS server software to provide powerful third-party archive, asset management and workflow solutions.

For U.S. Sales:?European MikroGraf Corp.: 916-923-3520; E-mail: sales (at) ugraf.com; http://www.ugraf.com

Editorial contact:

Germany?Helmut Tschemernjak, HELIOS Software GmbH, Steinriede 3, D-30827 Garbsen, Germany; Tel 49-5131-709320 Fax 49 5131-709325; E-mail: mktg (at) helios.de; Internet: http://www.helios.com

U.S.A.?Thomas Hallinan, HELIOS Software GmbH, 209-827-2760, mktg (at) helios.de?Bill Gram-Reefer, WORLDVIEW, 925-459-8537, reefer (at) worldviewpr.com

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