 Englewood, Colo. February 13, 2008 Alternative Technology, the leading specialty distributor of thin-client/server-based computing, edge infrastructure, virtualization, and government-approved security solutions, today announced the addition of ThinPrint Software to its General Services Administration (GSA) Schedule. ThinPrint is a global leader in print management solutions for server-based computing architectures.
ThinPrint has several key elements of its product line available for authorized VARs to sell to federal, state, and local government entities via Alternative Technology’s GSA Schedule. These products include: ThinPrint's .print Virtual Desktop Engine and .print Application Server Engine virtualized printing systems. ThinPrint Solutions virtualize printer drivers to create total independence from hardware, operating system, application, and physical location for printing.
“Federal, state and local markets have a strong need for more cost-effective print management solutions. Adding our solutions to Alternative Technology’s GSA Schedule will allow us to better serve that marketplace,” said Henning Volkmer, chief operating officer, ThinPrint. “Our software allows users to save on bandwidth cost, utilize their servers more efficiently, save on administration and make their users work more productively. Alternative Technology has an excellent reputation in the VAR community, particularly for their strong Citrix and network infrastructure focus and their technical services and education programs, which enable VARs to more easily support federal, state and local markets with GSA-approved products.”
“The addition of ThinPrint to Alternative Technology’s GSA Schedule allows us and our channel partners to tap into the growing market need for print management solutions,” said John Stubbs, vice president of business development, Alternative Technology. “Government agencies are looking for more control over their printing infrastructures and greater value for their expenditures. With ThinPrint leading-edge technology in this area, we can address their needs with off-the-shelf solutions.”
ThinPrint’s .print has established itself as a worldwide market leader of software solutions for printing in distributed environments. Features ensure that users maintain complete control over printing activities in their network, even in complex architectures and application scenarios.
About ThinPrint GmbH
ThinPrint is specialist for mobile enterprise solutions and for printing in distributed network environments. The solutions created by the software developer with headquarters in Germany and branches in the United States and Australia are deployed successfully worldwide by businesses of all sizes in a variety of industries. More than 500 major distributors and resellers in over 80 countries sell products made by ThinPrint GmbH. Thanks to numerous partnerships, client components using patent-pending .print technology have been integrated into the terminals, printboxes, PDAs and mobile phones of several leading hardware producers. A special role is played here by strategic partnerships with BlackBerry (RIM), Bluetooth SIG, Citrix Systems, Inc., Fujitsu Siemens Computers, Lexmark International, Inc., Microsoft, Nokia, Orange, Palm, Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Symbian Ltd., VMware, Inc. and XPS Software GmbH. For more information, go to: www.thinprint.com
About Alternative Technology
Alternative Technology is a leading specialty distributor for value-added resellers who need products and services targeted at thin-client/server-based computing, edge infrastructure, virtualization, security, and wireless markets. Driving the widespread adoption of leading-edge technologies by bridging the gaps between products and services to solve critical business problems, Alternative identifies business issues that are key to its markets and offers multivendor solutions that drive demand back through its reseller partners. Alternative Technology, headquartered in Englewood, Colo., has offices in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Carlsbad, Calif., and Mississauga, Canada. Alternative Technology is a wholly owned subsidiary of Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions, which is a business unit of Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW). For more information, go to: www.AltTech.com, e-mail: sales@AltTech.com or call toll-free: 800.544.7674 (USA), or 866.240.9991 (Canada).
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Media Contacts
For Alternative Technology
Mark Rieger
Stanton & Associates Marketing & Public Relations
mrieger@stantonpr.com
303-520-4524
For ThinPrint Inc.
In North America:
Francesca Brunello
Business Relations and Communications Manager
Francesca.brunello@thinprint.com
440-331-8446
Headquarters:
ThinPrint GmbH
Silke Kluckert
Public Relations Manager
press@thinprint.com
+49.30.39 49 31-66
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