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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The Big But Post
05/18/2011 – 2:57 pm | 4 Comments
The Big But Post

**Updated**
So if you read my last post you know I am on an automation kick here at D-Tools. Just trying to make everyone’s job a little bit easier. In that post I …

Crestron Utilizes D-Tools System Integrator Software to Design Crestron Experience Centers
05/17/2011 – 8:32 am | Comments Off
Crestron Utilizes D-Tools System Integrator Software to Design Crestron Experience Centers

Leader for advanced home, campus & building control automation utilizes award-winning platform for system design, estimation, and project management to create state-of-the-art experience center at Crestron world headquarters
CONCORD, CA – MAY …

Be the Squeaky Ball, Danny
05/09/2011 – 3:04 pm | One Comment
Be the Squeaky Ball, Danny

I’ve never been accused of being a wallflower. I’m not a “whatever happens, happens” kind of guy. I’m really not at all “mellow”, I’m definitely a Type A, and in fact many friends have “affectionately” …

Automation Is as Automation Does: Part 1
05/03/2011 – 2:53 pm | Comments Off
Automation Is as Automation Does: Part 1

I was planning on writing this business process automation post last year but my wife got really-really sick, really-really quick and I have been out of the office for the past eight months taking care …

D-Tools Manufacturer Vantage Point News for April 2011
04/29/2011 – 12:26 pm | Comments Off
D-Tools Manufacturer Vantage Point News for April 2011

D-Tools MVP manufacturers realize the importance of bringing you their product information and have chosen to support the D-Tools user community by joining the program and making their product data directly available through D-Tools SI …

D-Tools New and Returning Manufacturer Vantage Point Partners for April 2011
04/29/2011 – 12:26 pm | Comments Off
D-Tools New and Returning Manufacturer Vantage Point Partners for April 2011

We welcome the following Manufacturers into the MVP Program as new partners this month:

IC Realtime® designs and manufactures integrated security systems and software applications that deliver the maximum levels of protection and flexibility …

Proposal Reports
04/26/2011 – 7:55 am | Comments Off
Proposal Reports

Getting a client to sign off on a project can be challenging.  The documentation that you provide could make or break the pending agreement.  SI5.5 comes with a variety of professional reports to help you …

D-Tools MVP Partner, Atlona KIT-PROHD3 Review by Commercial Integrator
04/21/2011 – 2:58 pm | Comments Off
D-Tools MVP Partner, Atlona KIT-PROHD3 Review by Commercial Integrator

Commercial Integrator gets hands on with the Atlona’s Award Winning Connectivity Kit.
It’s a James Bond-like carrying case for integrators looking to diagnose digital connectivity issues.

The Atlona KitProHD3 Testing Kit includes a signal generator, monitor, HDMI …

Let’s Be Flexible
04/21/2011 – 1:24 pm | Comments Off
Let’s Be Flexible

© 2011 Steve Feinstein and Atlantic Technology
Atlantic has a really nice, affordable in-wall sub, the IWTS-28 SUB (http://www.atlantictechnology.com/default.asp?NodeId=141 ). It can be used both actively and passively. When we say the IWTS-28 SUB can be …

Things I like about Zoho 2011: Changes to Zoho Campaigns
04/20/2011 – 3:07 pm | One Comment
Things I like about Zoho 2011: Changes to Zoho Campaigns

It’s been a while since I wrote about how our sales and marketing teams use Zoho. When we first implemented the CRM system a couple of years ago we learned how to adjust our lead …

What’s new in Visio 2010
04/18/2011 – 3:11 pm | Comments Off
What’s new in Visio 2010

We are going to start shipping Visio 2010 with all NEW purchases of versions of SI5.5  soon and as the resident Visio geek I thought our customers and readers would appreciate a heads up on …

5 will get you SIx – Productivity is Job 1
03/30/2011 – 11:11 am | Comments Off
5 will get you SIx – Productivity is Job 1

I can’t believe that it is almost the end of March already. As Q1 comes to a close it struck me that Q1 is really all about preparing for the rest of the year ahead. …