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Keeping your clients informed


Using SoftCD your reference CD-ROM need never be out of date again:
Any information can be distributed on CD-ROM with SoftCD: financial, insurance, commercial, scientific or medical data.
SoftCD is compatible with any Windows application you use to present your information.
Update as often as required, even daily, without distributing new CD-ROMs
Individual tailoring - for evaluation purposes, for charging or for differing client markets
... all with minimal training and without changing the way you work.

In short, SoftCD puts you back in control:

Generate amendments as often as required. You can charge for the convenience of more frequent updates available electronically
Only produce new CD-ROMs periodically, for example, every 6 months. In between, use SoftCD to keep information up-to-date.
Distribute all the data but only reveal an evaluation copy. Send an amendment to reveal the rest of the data when you receive payment.
Enjoy significantly reduced production and administration costs because SoftCD eliminates the need to manufacture and distribute new CD-ROMs for each update. When tailoring CD-ROMs, by using one base CD-ROM for all markets, you benefit from economy of scale.

How you use SoftCD
SoftCD requires no programming and is simple to use. The steps are:
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1. Distribute the first version of your information to your customers on CD-ROM.
Any set of files, in any Windows compatible file format, can be a SoftCD publication.
SoftCD is compatible with any Windows application, so you can use whatever application you wish to provide a front-end to your information.
2. Publish updates.
When information requires updating, the administrator uses SoftCD Publisher to publish the updates to the CD-ROM as Amendment Files. SoftCD's unique Epsilon Technology includes only the changes in the Amendment Files and then compresses the file size further.
To tailor the information to different audiences, use one base CD-ROM but distribute different amendments to "complete" the information.
3. Download the amendment.
At the clients' convenience, the Amendment Files are downloaded to the local hard disk. One click starts the download.
Download times are typically minutes, some 10 to 100 times faster than with competitive products.
4. Keep working.
When the client next references information on the CD-ROM, the latest data is displayed. The changes are seamless because SoftCD Client uses the Amendment Files to provide the effect of an updated CD-ROM.
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