Thursday, October 8, 2009

Software Shelf International Signs Microsoft License Agreement

PALO ALTO, Calif., Clearwater, Fla. & LONDON--(Business Wire)-- Software Shelf International, a Microsoft Certified Partner, signed the Microsoft ISV Royalty Licensing Program, a significant integration step between Software Shelf`s flagship product, Print Manager Plus and Microsoft`s own product line.  As a participant of the ISV Royalty Licensing Program, Software Shelf now has the ability to incorporate Microsoft technology into their value-added software, which includes Print Manager Plus 2010 Reports Center.  Based on the award winning software, Print Manager Plus allows for a complete audit of all enterprise printing. This green technology allows you to share network-printing data with your entire enterprise. The new reports center allows for web-based reports and built-in viewing rights and permissions that hook into Active Directory so that you can plan and execute your budget needs and flow data with ease and precision. Set it all to automatic with a built-in scheduler that will build enterprise reports, send reports and graphs via email, or save to a share on the server. Use the 120 plus pre-made reports, or edit and create reports, statements, and graphs with the Business Intelligence Development Studio. (Ad-Hoc Reporting)  The ISV Royalty Licensing program is scalable across all ISV segments selling to large, small, or mid-market customers. In this way, Software Shelf can offer total solutions, without the client having to acquire the Microsoft products licenses themselves.  About Software Shelf  Software Shelf was established in 1994 in Silicon Valley by Bill Feeley. Its flagship product Print Manager Plus is used by thousands of companies, schools and government offices worldwide. The company provides tech support from its offices in the US and UK and from its partners and resellers in 62 countries.  For a fully functional evaluation of the product please email, sales@softwareshelf.com or contact us.  Software Shelf and Print Manager Plus are trademarks owned by Software Shelf worldwide.  Software Shelf International, Inc. Bill Feeley, 727-445-1920 or 800-962-2290 Fax: 727-445-9223 bfeeley@softwareshelf.com http://www.softwareshelf.com

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Print Manager Plus now Fully Compatible with Windows Server 2008 Core Installation

Print Manager Plus now Fully Compatible with Windows Server 2008 Core Installation

Print Manager Plus Passes All Windows Server 2008 Core Compatibility Tests

Palo Alto, California and London, England

25 June 2009

Software Shelf International, Inc, developers of the world’s leading print monitoring and print accounting software, today announced that its flagship product, Print Manager Plus, is now fully compatible with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Core Installation.
Software Shelf, a Microsoft Certified Partner, has been a designated beta tester for Microsoft for many years, ensuring that its print management software remains ‘state of the art’ software technology for use on Microsoft operating systems. Print Manager Plus operates as a seamless extension of the Windows operating system.

"The server infrastructure changes that organizations have to encounter will now be seamless with respect to their use of Print Manager Plus,” affirms Software Shelf CEO Bill Feeley.

“We are very excited about the release of Print Manager Plus for Windows Server 2008 Core, especially following very positive customer satisfaction surveys* so we are very proud to be able to announce that Print Manager Plus is fully compatible with Windows Server 2008 Core Installation."

With this announcement, Software Shelf can now confirm that Print Manager Plus runs on all main versions of Windows i.e. Windows Server 2000, Windows Server 2003, and now Windows Server 2008 Core installation. The product also runs on Microsoft Cluster Services, Terminal Services,and virtualized installation of Windows Server. The technical support that Software Shelf provides in 13 languages from its offices in the US and UK and from its partners and resellers in 62 countries will include support for the Windows Server 2008 Core platform.

Print Manager Plus requires no training for anyone familiar with Windows, it is affordable to nearly any organization being licensed at a fraction of the price of other similar software while yet being of the highest technical quality. Microsoft made it their “Solution of the Month” for the public sector for 18 months in a row. Hewlett-Packard recently awarded Software Shelf its Outstanding Partner of the Year Award due in part to the quality and functionality of its flagship product, Print Manager Plus.

What is a Server Core installation?

The Server Core installation option is an option that you can use for installing Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2. A Server Core installation provides a minimal environment for running specific server roles, which reduces the maintenance and management requirements and the attack surface for those server roles. A server running a Server Core installation of Windows Server 2008 supports the following server roles:

* Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)
* Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS)
* DHCP Server
* DNS Server
* File Services
* Hyper-V
* Print Services
* Streaming Media Services
* Web Server (IIS)

A server running a Server Core installation of Windows Server 2008 R2 supports the following server roles:

* Active Directory Certificate Services
* Active Directory Domain Services
* Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS)
* DHCP Server
* DNS Server
* File Services (including File Server Resource Manager)
* Hyper-V
* Print Services
* Web Server (including a subset of ASP.NET)

To accomplish this, the Server Core installation option installs only the subset of the binary files that are required by the supported server roles. For example, the Explorer shell is not installed as part of a Server Core installation. Instead, the default user interface for a server running a Server Core installation is the command prompt.

What’s new in the Server Core installation option?

The Server Core installation option of Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 requires initial configuration at a command prompt. A Server Core installation does not include the traditional full graphical user interface. Once you have configured the server, you can manage it locally at a command prompt or remotely using a Terminal Server connection. You can also manage the server remotely using the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) or command-line tools that support remote use. For more information please visit Microsoft Technet article:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753802(WS.10).aspx

About Software Shelf

Software Shelf was established in 1994 in Silicon Valley by Bill Feeley. Its flagship product Print Manager Plus is used by thousands of companies, schools and government offices worldwide, including: Yale University, Los Angeles Unified School District, Harvard University, Oxford University, Morgan Stanley, British Library, University of California, Bank of England, NATO, CNN, Commerzbank, European Transaction Bank, National Bank of Kuwait, Hyatt Hotels and Microsoft. The company provides tech support from its offices in the US and UK and from its partners and resellers in 62 countries.

For a fully functional evaluation of the product please email, sales@softwareshelf.com or contact us.

Software Shelf and Print Manager Plus are trademarks owned by Software Shelf worldwide.

For further information, contact:

Danny Byrnes
Software Shelf International, Inc.
601 Cleveland Street
Suite# 710
Clearwater, FL 33755
United States
Phone: 727-445-1920
Phone: 800-962-2290
Fax: 727-445-9223
Email:
sales@softwareshelf.com
Website:
http://www.softwareshelf.com

Europe, Middle East, Africa:

Tatjana Kunze
Software Shelf International, Inc.
Vitality House 2 - 3 Imberhorne Way
East Grinstead
West Sussex, RH19 1RL
United Kingdom
Phone +44 1342 310950
Fax +44 1342 302405
Email:
sales@softwareshelf.co.uk
Website:
http://www.softwareshelf.co.uk

Friday, June 12, 2009

Print Manager Plus GOES GREEN

GuideMeGreen
Printer Management Software ‘Print Manager Plus’ officially a ‘green’ company as it saves over 150,000 trees a month worldwide
Clearwater, Florida and London
22 January 2008
‘Print Manager Plus’ makes major contribution towards reducing global wastage of paper and ink
The printer control company, Software Shelf International, has been included in the international green online directory GuideMeGreen which lists companies and charities that offer ethical and environmentally-friendly products and services.
Software Shelf’s print management tool, Print Management Plus, limits users’ ability to print their files by setting quotas or restricting printing by file size and type. The result is a dramatic reduction in wasted paper and ink which not only saves a vast amount of cost for the organisation, but is also great for the environment.
The approximate number of trees that Print Manager Plus saves worldwide every 30 minutes.
One user of Print Management Plus recently conducted a study into how much paper the software was actually saving them. The Jeanne d’Arc Technical College in Rennes, France which installed the software 2 years ago has 1200 students, 130 staff, 350 workstations and 14 networked printers. They report a saving of between 200 to 300 reams of paper per month, which together with savings on ink, electricity, printer repair and maintenance equates to a saving of about 15,000 Euros a year.
David Oglaza, founder of www.guidemegreen.com says “I was astounded when I saw how many thousands of trees Print Manager Plus is saving and we very much welcome Software Shelf to the site.”
According to the environmental site Conservatree, 17 reams of paper can be made from one tree. As there are about 10,000 schools using Print Manager Plus worldwide (each with an average of 1100 students), each school using Print Manager Plus is saving around 15 trees a month. In total, that represents a saving of 150,000 trees every month among its school customers alone; this figure does not even take into account the thousands of companies that also use this print limiting software.
“The positive impact that Print Manager Plus has on the environment is far reaching. Not only does it reduce paper and ink consumption, but it also reduces the amount of waste paper going to landfill as well as CO2 emissions as a result of the reduced printer running time. It thoroughly deserves to be known, from now on, as a ‘green’ product and Software Shelf has truly earned its listing in GuideMeGreen,” says Danny Byrnes, Software Shelf’s product manager.

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Print Manager Plus 2010

Small/Medium Size Business
Manage Users, User Groups, Organizational Units, Printers, and Print Traffic over your network and have full control of your printing resources with Print Manager Plus 2008 Network Enterprise Edition. Small to Medium size companies have many department budgetary needs. One of these is printing, which includes monies dispersed for Toner, Paper, Printers, and Maintenance. Now with Print Manager Plus 2008 you can Control and Manage that budget with precision. You can use Print Manager Plus to Manage user printing across a department or your entire organization.
Monitor all printing with over 130 detailed premade reports and Graphs that allow you to see who are printing, what they are printing, and the cost of that printing. Bill back department budgets or just examine overall print traffic. Dissuade employees from printing personal documents, pictures, and emails with over 10 permission based restrictions or even hard quotas. Irresponsible printing puts a strain on your company’s budget and Print Manager Plus can eliminate wasted printing by up to 50% or more on a single network.