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E d Te c h S h o w D a i l y 9 F r i d a y, J a n u a r y 2 3 , 2 0 1 5 WI-FI NETWORK CLOCKS PROVIDE SYNCHRONIZED TIME WITH LESS INFRASTRUCTURE, CAPITAL COST American Time, a market leader in inte- grated time solutions, now offers Wi-Fi network clocks that maintain accurate, synchronized time throughout a building and require no maintenance for five years. This new solution is ideal for organizations that require a facility's clocks to be syn- chronized, but may not have the capital resources for investing in the infrastructure needed for a more comprehensive wired or wireless timekeeping system. Synchronized clocks keep precise time throughout a school building, which is crucial for optimizing the flow of occu- pants and ensuring building security and safety. The American Time Wi-Fi net- work clock technology receives a precise time signal from a facility's network time server on a regular basis, which provides a school with the same, accurate time on every clock. In addition, the clocks auto- matically update for Daylight Saving Time and have a five-year battery life, saving maintenance staff a significant amount of time by avoiding the need to manually change the clocks twice per year. The clocks' staggered wake times mean that schools will not notice any extra load or slow-down of their existing 802.11b Wi-Fi system. "The new American Time Wi-Fi clocks are an excellent solution for organ- izations that want synchro- nized time but may not have the resources for a more robust wired or wireless sys- tem," said Dieter Pape, President, American Time. "With no need for addi- tional equipment, license fees, managed services or other costs, our new offering opens up synchronized time to schools that previously didn't think they could have the benefits of this service." St. Cloud State University, the sec- ond-largest public university in Minnesota, installed Wi-Fi clocks in eight buildings throughout its 100-acre campus. The university now has precise time with no discernible impact on the speed of its Wi-Fi net- work. Furthermore, it expects to save on maintenance costs with the clocks' five-year bat- tery life. American Time manufac- tures and markets integrated, custom timekeeping systems and accessories for education, healthcare, government and manufacturing organizations. It is the only company in the industry that offers a master controller clock with the ability to run a legacy wired clock system along with a new wireless clock system, saving customers time and money. For more information, visit www.atsclock.com, call 800.328.8996, email theclockexperts@atsclock.com or stop by booth #558. WORK FASTER AND SMARTER WITH PDF FILES PDF files have become ubiquitous in edu- cation. By enabling anyone to present doc- uments in a secure, compressed format that preserves original formatting and can be viewed in any browser or operating system, PDFs have made it easier for educators, students and school staff to share informa- tion across campus and around the world. Still, it can be challenging to work with PDF files. You need special soft- ware to create your own PDFs, as well as to protect them with passwords, redac- tion and digital signatures. PDFs aren't always easy to edit, modify or collaborate on with colleagues, and it can be difficult to convert PDFs to editable formats, or to extract text and other content from PDFs. The Easy, Affordable, All-Purpose PDF Tool ABBYY ® PDF Transformer+ is a cost- effective software application that makes it easy for schools and educa- tors to quickly perform all of their daily PDF tasks. With PDF Transformer+, you can view, create, convert, edit, protect and add com- ments and annotations to PDF files – all in a few simple steps using the friendliest interface on the market. By combining ABBYY's Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technolo- gy with Adobe ® PDF Library technology, PDF Transformer+ delivers the highest text conversion accuracy, the ability to open and work with any type of PDF document, and reliable performance no matter what the PDF task. Open and View PDFs PDF Transformer+ enables you to open and view any type of PDF document, and navigate the content using tools that let you jump from page to page, zoom in or out, and more. You can easily collaborate on PDFs with colleagues using tools such as sticky notes, strikethroughs, underlines, highlights and comment notes. You can also assign approval statuses to com- ments and add custom stamps to your PDFs. Create PDFs or Convert Them to Other Formats Use PDF Transformer+ to create search- able, editable PDF files from scanned paper documents or Microsoft ® Word ® , Excel ® , PowerPoint ® , Visio ® , Apache OpenOffice™ and other files. You can also convert PDF documents into editable formats such as Word, Excel and OpenOffice Writer, preserving the origi- nal layout and formatting. Edit and Modify PDFs PDF Transformer+ lets you make minor changes or replace text within any PDF document. Insert text and images exactly where you need them. Remove text or images, or extract content for use in other documents. Safeguard Your Documents Control access to your PDFs with 128- or 256-bit AES encryption passwords. Redact or mark sensi- tive information throughout a PDF, and add digital signatures to PDFs to ensure authenticity and help avoid unauthorized changes. Superior PDF Tools, Special Pricing for Education With its affordable price and easy-to-use tools, PDF Transformer+ is ideal for helping schools and educators share information efficiently and cost-effec- tively. To learn more, view education pricing and download free trials of PDF Transformer+, visit www.abbyyusa.com. Stop by booth #370 for more information. SECURE EMAIL FROM GOLDKEY Security is quickly becoming the buzz- word of the decade, yet one very high security target that is still inadequately addressed is email. While a number of email systems are scrambling to close those seemingly never-ending security holes via more and more advanced security settings – such as SMS verification – most users still log into their email account with a password and an OTP code, and in every case their email is still sitting, fair game, unen- crypted, in the cloud. Enter GoldKey Secure Email. Secure GoldKey Secure Email manages authen- tication via a custom USB hardware token for PCs (a GoldKey) or a GoldKey Soft Token downloaded onto a mobile device – plus a PIN that is created by the user. GoldKey never asks for the user's email address and never sends the user's PIN over the Internet. In addition, GoldKey Secure Email never stores copies of email on the device – it's all stored, encrypted, in the cloud. This means that simply removing the GoldKey or Soft-token and signing out makes it impossible to access the data – including all those private messages, pic- tures and personal information. Convenient Not only is GoldKey Mail secure, but it is also has some attractive convenience features. One of those is logging in. Just getting into and out of email accounts can be a hassle, especially if security is the goal. Instead of requiring the email address, password, and text message verification, GoldKey simply requires the user's PIN. Another convenience of GoldKey Mail is its GoldKey Groups. This feature allows users to create different groups – e.g., work, family, friends – and invite candidates to join. This makes it possible for GoldKey Mail users to easily send announcements and messages, or have group discussions with everyone in a given group. Clean One of the surprise features of GoldKey Mail is that it is clean. GoldKey has refrained from using email data for advertising, so GoldKey Mail is com- pletely ad-free. Along these same lines, GoldKey Mail has a unique way of fighting spam. It creates an Inbox that can only be reached by invitation or by another GoldKey secure email account. Uninvited senders find their messages "junked" by GoldKey. GoldKey Mail users can go into their junk folder and retrieve legitimate emails to their Inbox. In the future, emails from these senders go into the secure Inbox, while the real junk never gets through. GoldKey Secure Email has elegantly addressed three significant and much- needed email features: Secure. Convenient. Clean. For more information, visit www .goldkey.com. PRIVO UNVEILS IMPORTANT ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION TOOLS PRIVO is launching a number of exciting and important tools to help websites, apps, games and other online services comply with COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act). The new tools include a discovery platform and a simplified online registra- tion solution, called the PRIVO iD, that provides safe interoperable sign-on cre- dentials across apps, sites and games. The tools make it easier for parents to navigate and manage across a host of par- ticipating top trafficked sites including Toca Boca, Elf on the Shelf, A+E Networks (Planet H), Outfit 7, Garfield (Paws Inc.) and many others. PRIVO's Directory is a comprehen- sive listing of hundreds of online sites, mobile apps, and partner profiles where parents can view thorough descriptions of services, privacy policies, and informa- tion on member companies – like Moshi Monsters, Houston Texans Toro Kids Club, Rocket 21, Marked Private and oth- ers. The Directory enables parents to make educated choices on which online services to pre-approve their kids' access by utilizing the PRIVO iD. For more information, visit privo.com.