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St. Louis, MO — General Data Systems inks reseller agreement with Preton Ltd., a leading provider of print management and toner optimization software solutions.
GDS has been certified and begun offering the PretonSaver™ print optimization software that can reduce computer printer consumable expense by up to 50% to the great St. Louis metropolitan business community.
The Preton software essentially instructs printers how to lay the toner/ink on the page in an optimized way, using much less toner and ink. By using advanced mathematical algorithms, the software determines how many, and which dots of toner/ink can be removed from each printed element to still achieve the desired quality.
The value proposition is straightforward — any business can continue to work with whatever vendors they currently use to supply ink and toner — and the GDS/Preton software will simply enable you to purchase 1/3 less!
St. Louis, MO — GDS purchases technology company and expands services.
GDS has purchased the PC and Printer Sales and Service operation of Computime, Inc. This acquisition in 2006, which included 4 technicians, expanded GDS’ Systems Services Technical Operations which now provides a “Single Source Solution Provider” for all your PC, Printer, Server and LAN/WAN Technical requirements.
These expanded sales, service and support offerings are comprised of products from IBM, HP, Xerox, Okidata, Cisco, Microsoft and Symantec. These companies are industry leaders that offer products to the business world and choose partners like GDS, who are committed to the long term success of the end-user.
St. Louis, MO — GDS moves to an independent and flexible business model.
General Data Systems has completed a milestone with the announcement of
their new open source based system of software development. With the rapid
advances in hardware and operating system software, the GDS management
team decided in late 2003 to initiate a new development course for ProfitTool.
This decision was driven from both a technology and business perspective. “Our customers have a wide array of unique problems and requirements that it was imperative to accommodate their needs now and anticipate changes and upgrades that could affect their systems for years in to the future,” stated Dave Whiting, president of General Data Systems, Inc. With this move, the ProfitTool platform has been re-engineered to perform optimally and be flexible ensuring a strong return on investment for clients.
This decision was driven from both a technology and business perspective. “Our customers have a wide array of unique problems and requirements that it was imperative to accommodate their needs now and anticipate changes and upgrades that could affect their systems for years in to the future,” stated Dave Whiting, president of General Data Systems, Inc. With this move, the ProfitTool platform has been re-engineered to perform optimally and be flexible ensuring a strong return on investment for clients.
St. Louis, MO — GDS and IAS Ink Agreement.
In a move to offer the most stable, field-tested, and proven systems available
for the wholesale distribution industry, GDS has concluded a Vertical Industry
Partnership agreement with IAS, Inc. This agreement allows GDS to engineer
proprietary elements of the Visual Advance Accounting Software system into
ProfitTool.
“ProfitTool has become a more robust, customizable, and affordable solution for our clients with this agreement with IAS, Inc.” stated Dave Whiting, president of General Data Systems. “We’re pleased to update our premier ProfitTool financial management product utilizing IAS technology. This will allow greater flexibility in deploying ProfitTool and allow easier maintenance and interoperability for years to come” stated Whiting.
The agreement was inked in February, 2004. The newest versions of ProfitTool with IAS technology have shipped for more than a year and are utilized exclusively within the wholesale distribution industry.