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NETWORLD, Boston, February 11-- Ziff Communications today announced that it
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has acquired TECHS, International, of Anaheim, California, publisher of
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the Technical Encyclopedia of Computer Hardware and Software, the only
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multivendor database of technical support information for computer
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hardware and software.
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Ziff plans a future release of the TECHS product as part of its Computer
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Library CD-ROM product line, according to Seth Alpert, vice president and
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general manager of the Computer Library Group. "The TECHS acquisition is
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strategic for us," said Alpert, "because it enables us to enter the
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critical area of technical support with a definitive CD-ROM product in the
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near future."
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The current TECHS product is available on CD-ROM and contains technical
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information from over 60 hardware and software vendors including Novell,
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3Com, Banyan, AST Research, Cabletron, SynOptics, Madge, and Standard
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Microsystems Corp. (SMC). It is especially useful for supporting network
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products and offers cross-referenced information about error messages,
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hardware and software compatibility, and installation and configuration of
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hardware. It has received a number of awards including Product of the Year
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from LAN Magazine in 1988.
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TECHS is used by end-user organizations, major computer product
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manufacturers, distributors, and resellers in the U.S. and over 20
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countries throughout the world.
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TECHS founder Jeff Schwartz welcomes the Ziff acquisition, and will
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continue on as Computer Library's director of LAN support products. "This
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acquisition means we now have the resources available to substantially
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improve the scope and quality of the product," says Schwartz. "We remain
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committed to offering the most comprehensive and accessible technical
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support information available anywhere."
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For product support or ordering information, TECHS customers should
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continue to call TECHS International at (714) 777-7700.
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A division of Ziff Communications Company, Computer Library develops,
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markets and supports comprehensive, CD-ROM databases of computer
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information that help businesses evaluate, buy, use and manage personal
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computers and networking products.
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| From the America On-Line & PC-Link New Product Info Services |
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| This information was processed with OmniPage Professional OCR |
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| software (from Caere Corp) & a Canon IX-30 scanner from data |
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| provided by the above mentioned company. For additional info, |
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| contact the company at the address or phone# indicated above. |
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| All submissions for this service should be addressed to |
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| BAKER ENTERPRISES, 20 Ferro Drive, Sewell, NJ 08080 U.S.A. |
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