D-Tools Announces 2011 Project:SUCCESS Winners
01/31/2012 – 10:10 am | No Comment

Winning entries showcase exceptional projects and success stories utilizing D-Tools Award-winning System Integrator software. D-Tools MVP Partners Atlantic Technology, URC, and Atlona Technologies provided prizes as the contest sponsors.
AMSTERDAM RAI , NL, ISE 2012 — JANUARY 31, …

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D-Tools Launches SI5.5 Estimator for Vertical Markets
10/13/2009 – 12:38 pm | One Comment
D-Tools Launches SI5.5 Estimator for Vertical Markets

D-Tools Inc., the worldwide leader in system integration software today announced that it is expanding its customer focus to enable systems integrators in the Energy, IT, and Security markets to quickly and easily generate accurate, …

Design Firms Team up to Provide Best of Breed Service Offering
10/06/2009 – 2:04 pm | Comments Off
Design Firms Team up to Provide  Best of Breed Service Offering

Veteran design firms Media Environment Design and Audio Design have teamed up to combine experience and best practices to deliver high quality outsourced design services to integrators.
October 5, 2009 – Media Environment Design, Inc. (MED), …

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.

SI5.5 SP1 on September 28, 2009
09/22/2009 – 11:54 am | 2 Comments
SI5.5 SP1 on September 28, 2009

SP1 to SI5.5 will be released to current users on September 28th.

Article Review: Creating Compelling Sales Proposals
09/21/2009 – 2:12 pm | Comments Off
Article Review: Creating Compelling Sales Proposals

I read this article by Curt Hayes of design outsource firm Audio Design, Inc. while at CEDIA Expo a few weeks back and wanted to make sure every D-Tools user knew about it.  It’s a …

SI5.5 SP1 Release Date Announced
09/04/2009 – 12:33 pm | 2 Comments
SI5.5 SP1 Release Date Announced

The D-Tools team is proud to announce the release of the first service pack (SP1) for the award winning  version 5.5.  New customers will begin receiving discs with SI5.5 SP1 starting on September 14 2009.  All existing SI5.x …

CEDIA 2009 Manufacturer Partner Training
08/31/2009 – 10:49 am | One Comment
CEDIA 2009 Manufacturer Partner Training

I will be teaching two classes at CEDIA this year.  The first one will focus on how project are created in SI5.5 and the second class will cover the project management functions of SI5.5.  Both …

D-Tools Web Services Maintenance
08/27/2009 – 2:30 pm | Comments Off
D-Tools Web Services Maintenance

We will be performing some web server maintenance tonight from 8- 10:00 pm Pacific Time. Web services and data downloads will be unavailable during this time. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Manufacturer Vantage Point (MVP) News for August 2009
08/26/2009 – 12:49 pm | 3 Comments
Manufacturer Vantage Point (MVP) News for August 2009

The D-Tools MVP program ensures that D-Tools customers get the most up-to-date product specifications available for use in their D-Tools System Integrator projects, making it easier to specify, design, and install world-class systems for their …

Component IDs
08/26/2009 – 10:34 am | Comments Off
Component IDs

A Component ID is the unique identifier that is assigned to every product that you add to an SI5.5 project.  Component IDs display on most of the Visio shapes and AutoCAD blocks and are used …

D-Tools Unveils New Website
08/26/2009 – 9:41 am | One Comment
D-Tools Unveils New Website

CONCORD, CA – AUGUST 26, 2009 – D-Tools Inc., the worldwide leader in system integration software, today announced, the launch of its newly re-designed website located at www.d-tools.com.
“With its fresh appearance and dynamic interactivity, our …