sqlDESKTOP: a new office productivity software for Windows and Linux

Drowned in info glut? Flooded by emails? Always scrambling? Let sqlDESKTOP organize your work!

ANTONY , Nov.24 2002-- PIM announced today that it is shipping sqlDESKTOP 1.0.

Business problem:
Every day we are deluged by Emails, faxes, snail mails,.. and overloaded with information: in-company communication, communication with customers, with suppliers...Information we need is located everywhere and anywhere: files in PC drive, database records on server, emails in Outlook, Web sites on the Internet. To find what we need, we have to browse into many different places: PC directories, Out look folders, Internet bookmarks.... Its like searching for a pair of socks stored in two different messy drawers.

sqlDESKTOP solution:
sqlDESKTOP is a computerized manual filing system arranged just like an ordinary office with pictures of real cabinets and real folders. With sqlDESKTOP put in the same binder side by side documents related to the same topic regardless of their physical storage location or data format. You can arrange by project, by department or whatever makes sense to you. sqlDESKTOP doesn't tell you how to organize, it lets you do things your own way.It's easy to use because you don't have to remember the exact name of the document or where you put it. Visually locate what you are looking for in a familiar office environment and click on the selected document.

Data security.
Do you remember your last virus attack, or the last hard drive breakdown? How would your business be affected if all your desktop files (Excel, Word etc... files) were destroyed or lost? With sqlDESKTOP your desktop files are stored on a database server. Servers are safer because server closets are physically secure, access to database are controlled and professionals regularly backup servers. With sqlDESKTOP there are no permanent files stored on your desktop. Recovery from a hard drive failure or other severe disaster is then easy, just ask a reseller to ship another desktop.

Risk free migration path from WINDOWS to LINUX.
sqlDESKTOP runs on Windows and Linux. You can connect Windows and Linux desktops to the same server. Users can log on from Windows and Linux desktops to retrieve or share data. Windows users can log on from a Linux desktop to try this OS with their own actual data before considering a definitive migration. And its easy to switch back: they just have to log on from a Windows desktop.

PIM is a privately held company based in ANTONY, FRANCE. The company specializes in marketing cutting-edge productivity software.

Pricing
The desktop edition is free.
Price of the network edition depends on quantity and starts from 50$ per user for 100 users to 100$ per user for 1 user. Free for certified schools or universities.

sqlDESKTOP is immediately available at http://www.sqldesktop.com for downloading.

System requirements

LINUX or WINDOWS (95,98,Me,2000,XP)

JAVA version 1.3 or higher (bundled with sqlDESKTOP)

And any of the following databases:
HSQL (free Open Source database bundled with sqlDESKTOP)
InstantDB
MySQL (free Open source database)
Postgresql (free Open source database)
Sql Server version 6.5 or higher
DB2 version 5.2 or higher
Oracle 8i version 1.6 or higher