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Case Study: DL Technologies, Inc. Saves 50% in Time Through Use of D-Tools Software
03/24/2011 – 3:15 pm | Comments Off
Case Study: DL Technologies, Inc. Saves 50% in Time Through Use of D-Tools Software

Based in Orange County, CA, DL Technologies, Inc. specializes in residential and commercial system integration.  DL Technologies is composed of engineers, developers, digital artists, systems administrators, and customer service representatives with the knowledge and experience …

D-Tools System Integrator™ 5.5 Named as Finalist for 2011 CEA Mark of Excellence Award
03/03/2011 – 2:32 pm | Comments Off
D-Tools System Integrator™ 5.5 Named as Finalist for 2011 CEA Mark of Excellence Award

CONCORD, CA – MARCH 03, 2011 – The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA®) announced that D-Tools, Inc. was named a finalist for the 2010 Mark of Excellence Awards, presented by CEA’s TechHome Division. …

Webinar: What’s New in D-Tools SI5.5 SP3
01/18/2011 – 11:52 am | Comments Off
Webinar: What’s New in D-Tools SI5.5 SP3

Join us for a webinar on the latest enhancements to our award-winning SI5.5 software Wednesday January 26, 4:00 PM EST (1:00 PM PST). This webinar will demonstrate new productivity enhancements to the SI5.5 Navigator, Projects, …

D-TOOLS SI5.5 SP3 UPGRADE NOW AVAILABLE
01/18/2011 – 10:04 am | Comments Off
D-TOOLS SI5.5 SP3 UPGRADE NOW AVAILABLE

Latest Service Pack of award-winning software makes it easier than ever to design, estimate, and document integration of low voltage systems
CONCORD, CA – JANUARY 18, 2011 — D-Tools, Inc., the worldwide leader in system integration …

SI5.5 SP3 Now Available!
01/18/2011 – 8:18 am | Comments Off
SI5.5 SP3 Now Available!

D-Tools releases SI5.5 SP3 to all customers on January 18th, 2011. SP3 adds enhancements and bug fixes to continue support of our customers business processes.

Additional Wire Phase Functionality Shape
12/01/2010 – 3:59 pm | One Comment
Additional Wire Phase Functionality Shape

I have some great Wire features to announce that build on our previous blog post “Additional New Wire Shape” by Steve Collard. In the previous post Steve announced some new wire shape features. The benefits …

Use Sample Documentation to SELL
08/16/2010 – 8:40 am | Comments Off
Use Sample Documentation to SELL

Do you regularly or have you ever spent countless hours creating full or project documentation/ engineering drawings to help you win a project proposal (without an upfront design fee)?  Can we agree that this is …

SI5.5 SP2 Upgrade Now Available
04/26/2010 – 9:14 am | Comments Off
SI5.5 SP2 Upgrade Now Available

D-Tools  is proud to announce the general availability of SI5.5 SP2 . The newest release in the SI5.5 series is now available to existing customers via automatic updates.

Automate Your Price Update Process with EZMatch, EZip and Quickbooks
10/27/2009 – 3:23 pm | 4 Comments
Automate Your Price Update Process with EZMatch, EZip and Quickbooks

We just finished putting the final touches on huge, highly competitive design build project that could make or break our quarter, when the purchasing manager rushed into the owner’s office and told him we just …

Scheduled Server Maintenence Alert
10/19/2009 – 4:43 pm | Comments Off
Scheduled Server Maintenence Alert

D-Tools will be performing necessary maintenance of our production servers on Thursday, October 22nd. The maintenance is scheduled for 5PM PST (8PM EST) and will take approximately 2 hours to complete. During this time, some …

Vista Users Upgrading to SI5.5 SP1
09/28/2009 – 7:46 am | Comments Off
Vista Users Upgrading to SI5.5 SP1

This posting is to inform you of a slight variation in which the update to SP1 must be run on a Vista machine.  Most of the instructions in this post apply but there is one …

The “Check In” Command for Projects
09/22/2009 – 2:30 pm | Comments Off
The “Check In” Command for Projects

When you Check-In a project from your Client to the Server, you are adding a copy of your project to the server.