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Hickory, NC – April 24th, 2009 – Chris Franzen, technology coordinator for the Nokomis School District in Nokomis, IL manages any project, issue and question related to technology among the district’s 700 students and faculty members.  He’s a one man show, which means that he never has a dull moment and has to make smart decisions about managing his time.  When he joined the district last year and learned that it was running an outdated antivirus solution on its network, finding new antivirus software topped his to-do list.

“The network was running an antique edition of Norton Antivirus, which was not centrally managed, meaning I had to check over 310 computers and 10 servers weekly to make sure the software was updated,” Franzen recalled.   “That process demanded too much of my time and I was eager to find a product to replace Norton.”

Fate Intervenes

Last month Franzen was perusing a forum for school network administrators when he learned that value-added distributor Walling Data was offering a special promotion to schools on his personal favorite antivirus solution, avast!

“I didn’t need to be convinced that avast! antivirus was the best solution to replace Norton because I already used it on my home PC and recommend it to all my friends and family,” said Franzen.  “avast! is a great product and perfect fit for the school district.  It’s strong enough to keep threats at bay, it’s affordable and above all, it’s centrally managed and I can customize it completely to my liking.  That’s a nice feature that other antivirus products often don’t offer.”

Although Franzen was sure that avast! antivirus was the best fit for the Nokomis School District, he needed to convince others to this was the time to make the change.

“Actually, we were not slated to make any software purchases until this summer, but Walling Data was offering such an unbelievable value on avast! that the deal was just too sweet to pass up,” Franzen said.  “So, I approached the superintendent about the deal and explained all the product’s benefits.  That’s how I got approval to move ahead with the purchase of avast! antivirus enterprise suite.”

A day later, Franzen called Walling Data to place the order and joined the more than 75 million registered users of avast! antivirus.

Unbeatable Prices and Customer Service

Walling Data is the only value-added distributor of avast! antivirus products to provide free, unlimited, domestic phone and remote support for all of its customers.  This service was something Frazen raved about.

“The best thing about purchasing from Walling Data is the support team that is willing to help you as much and often as you need it,” Franzen said.  “They installed avast! on our entire network for me and I followed along as it went.  It deployed beautifully on all our Vista and XP machines.”

He continued, “The sales and support team at Walling Data replies very quickly to emails, helped me out with any issue or question, and went above and beyond what you’d expect from a software distributor.  And to top it off, their prices for schools are unbeatable.”

For more information on purchasing avast! antivirus products from Walling Data, or to learn more,  visit http://www.avastusa.com

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About Walling Data:

Founded in 1994, N.C.-based Walling Data is a value-added technology distributor of security products for resellers, small businesses, education, and government institutions.  Walling Data is the nation’s first distributor of avast! Antivirus products providing no-cost, unlimited, U.S.-based remote and toll-free telephone support.  It is also the only value-added distributor for Cymphonix Network Composer, an award-winning device that helps companies control and monitor users compliance with internet usage policies.  For more information, visit http://www.wallingdata.com or http://www.avastusa.com

MTS to MPG Converter for Mac is designed for Mac users to convert MTS, M2TS videos to MPG, MPEG, MP4, MOV, M4V, AVI, MKV, 3GP, WMV, VOB, Divx, FLV, ASF, etc. It can also extract MTS M2TS audio to M4A, MP3, WAV, AC3, MKA, OGG audio formats.

MTS Converter for Mac is compatible with personal portable devices like iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, PS3, Xbox 360, Zune, Archos, iRiver, Creative Zen, PMP, MP4/MP3 Player, Smart Phone, Pocket PC, PDA, Sandisk, Mobile Phone, etc.

Key Features:
1. Input Video/Audio formats: AVCHD Video(.mts, .m2ts), HD Video(.ts, tp, trp), DVD, MOD, TOD, WMV, MP4, MOV, M4V, AVI, FLV, 3GP, 3GPP, 3G2, MPG, VOB; M4A, MP3, WAV, AC3,MKA, MP2, etc.
2. Output video/Audio formats: MPG, MPEG, MP4, MOV, M4V, AVI, FLV, 3GP, 3GPP, 3G2, ASF, VOB, MKV; M4A, MP3, WAV, AC3, MKA, OGG, etc.
3. Powerful Edit Functions: Trim, Crop, Set Brightness, Contrast and Saturation; Add watermark to movie video; Merge/join multiple files to one file.
4. Rip DVD movies and Convert Videos to iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, PS3, Xbox 360, Zune, Archos, Creative Zen, Sandisk, iRiver, Pocket PC, PMP, MP4/MP3 Player, Smart Phone, PDA, Mobile Phone, etc.
Tutorial: How to Convert MTS to MPG on Mac with Mac MTS to MPG Converter?

Step 1: Add MTS files to Mac MTS Converter
Click the “Add video” button to import MTS videos. MTS to MPG Converter for Mac supports batch conversion, so you can import multiple MTS files at a time.

Step 2: Select Output Video format
Choose the output formats you’d like to get, e.g. iPod MPEG-4 Video. And specify the output directory.

Step 3: Start to Convert MTS to MPG
Tick “Merge into one file” option, you can join multiple files into one. Then click “Start” button to convert.

The following tutorial is going to show you how to rip DVD and convert video to all sorts of video and audio formats on Mac OS X (including Snow Leopard) using only one tool – iSkysoft iMedia Converter for Mac. It also shows several tips and tricks you can’t miss out on while using this iMedia Converter to rip DVD and convert video on your Mac machine.

Step 1. Download iSkysoft iMedia Converter for Mac, install and launch it.

Step 2. Add DVD or Video

You can click “Load DVD” button to load DVD or click “Add Video” to import video files for conversion.

After a DVD or several video files are imported successfully, you can see all of them listed in the program:

Step 3. Output Settings

Choose the output format you want. After you choose a format from the “Profile” list, it is the time to check out the Setting panel:

Profile: Click here to know which formats iMedia Converter supports.
Settings -> Video: Set video encoding settings by selecting a resolution, a frame rate, a video encoder and a bit rate.
Settings -> Audio: Set audio encoding settings by selecting a sample rate, an audio channel, an audio encoder and a bit rate.

Tip:
You can customize the video and audio encoding settings and save them as your own profile. After you have chosen the encoding options, just click the “Save as” button and name your profile, and then the profile will be saved in the “User Defined” list. You can use the customized profile next time by selecting it from the list.

Apply to All: Check this option to apply the current profile to all the files.
Merge into one file: Check this option and the program will convert all the selected video files into a single file.

Step 4. Start Conversion

After all the necessary settings and editing job, the last step is clicking the “Start” button to start ripping DVD and convert video on your Mac machine with this powerful iMedia Converter for Mac.

Tips and Tricks:

Before clicking the “Start” button, you can do a lot more DVD/video editing jobs like DVD movie/video length trimming, video cropping, adding special effects, adding watermark, capturing images during previewing, etc. For example, If you want to capture a clip from the current title/chapter, you can click the “Edit” button to open the “Trim” window and trim the current title or chapter.

In “Edit” panel, there are 3 methods to do the trimming job:

1. Input value. Input certain time number in Set start time and Set end time fields manually.
2. Drag the sliders in the playback progress bar to set start time and end time quickly:
3. Insert trim start and end flags when you are previewing an video file in Edit panel.

Note: If you are using Windows OS, it is recommended you try Aimersoft Video Converter Pro to help you rip DVD and convert video to your iPod, iPhone, Zune, PSP, BlackBerry and a lot more mobile players.

The following tutorial is going to show you how to rip DVD and convert video to all sorts of video and audio formats on Mac OS X (including Snow Leopard) using only one tool – iSkysoft iMedia Converter for Mac. It also shows several tips and tricks you can’t miss out on while using this iMedia Converter to rip DVD and convert video on your Mac machine.

Step 1. Download iSkysoft iMedia Converter for Mac, install and launch it.

Step 2. Add DVD or Video

You can click “Load DVD” button to load DVD or click “Add Video” to import video files for conversion.

After a DVD or several video files are imported successfully, you can see all of them listed in the program:

Step 3. Output Settings

Choose the output format you want. After you choose a format from the “Profile” list, it is the time to check out the Setting panel:

Profile: Click here to know which formats iMedia Converter supports.
Settings -> Video: Set video encoding settings by selecting a resolution, a frame rate, a video encoder and a bit rate.
Settings -> Audio: Set audio encoding settings by selecting a sample rate, an audio channel, an audio encoder and a bit rate.

Tip:
You can customize the video and audio encoding settings and save them as your own profile. After you have chosen the encoding options, just click the “Save as” button and name your profile, and then the profile will be saved in the “User Defined” list. You can use the customized profile next time by selecting it from the list.

Apply to All: Check this option to apply the current profile to all the files.
Merge into one file: Check this option and the program will convert all the selected video files into a single file.

Step 4. Start Conversion

After all the necessary settings and editing job, the last step is clicking the “Start” button to start ripping DVD and convert video on your Mac machine with this powerful iMedia Converter for Mac.

Tips and Tricks:

Before clicking the “Start” button, you can do a lot more DVD/video editing jobs like DVD movie/video length trimming, video cropping, adding special effects, adding watermark, capturing images during previewing, etc. For example, If you want to capture a clip from the current title/chapter, you can click the “Edit” button to open the “Trim” window and trim the current title or chapter.

In “Edit” panel, there are 3 methods to do the trimming job:

1. Input value. Input certain time number in Set start time and Set end time fields manually.
2. Drag the sliders in the playback progress bar to set start time and end time quickly:
3. Insert trim start and end flags when you are previewing an video file in Edit panel.

Note: If you are using Windows OS, it is recommended you try Aimersoft Video Converter Pro to help you rip DVD and convert video to your iPod, iPhone, Zune, PSP, BlackBerry and a lot more mobile players.

The following tutorial is going to show you how to rip DVD and convert video to all sorts of video and audio formats on Mac OS X (including Snow Leopard) using only one tool – iSkysoft iMedia Converter for Mac. It also shows several tips and tricks you can’t miss out on while using this iMedia Converter to rip DVD and convert video on your Mac machine.

Step 1. Download iSkysoft iMedia Converter for Mac, install and launch it.

Step 2. Add DVD or Video

You can click “Load DVD” button to load DVD or click “Add Video” to import video files for conversion.

After a DVD or several video files are imported successfully, you can see all of them listed in the program:

Step 3. Output Settings

Choose the output format you want. After you choose a format from the “Profile” list, it is the time to check out the Setting panel:

Profile: Click here to know which formats iMedia Converter supports.
Settings -> Video: Set video encoding settings by selecting a resolution, a frame rate, a video encoder and a bit rate.
Settings -> Audio: Set audio encoding settings by selecting a sample rate, an audio channel, an audio encoder and a bit rate.

Tip:
You can customize the video and audio encoding settings and save them as your own profile. After you have chosen the encoding options, just click the “Save as” button and name your profile, and then the profile will be saved in the “User Defined” list. You can use the customized profile next time by selecting it from the list.

Apply to All: Check this option to apply the current profile to all the files.
Merge into one file: Check this option and the program will convert all the selected video files into a single file.

Step 4. Start Conversion

After all the necessary settings and editing job, the last step is clicking the “Start” button to start ripping DVD and convert video on your Mac machine with this powerful iMedia Converter for Mac.

Tips and Tricks:

Before clicking the “Start” button, you can do a lot more DVD/video editing jobs like DVD movie/video length trimming, video cropping, adding special effects, adding watermark, capturing images during previewing, etc. For example, If you want to capture a clip from the current title/chapter, you can click the “Edit” button to open the “Trim” window and trim the current title or chapter.

In “Edit” panel, there are 3 methods to do the trimming job:

1. Input value. Input certain time number in Set start time and Set end time fields manually.
2. Drag the sliders in the playback progress bar to set start time and end time quickly:
3. Insert trim start and end flags when you are previewing an video file in Edit panel.

Note: If you are using Windows OS, it is recommended you try Aimersoft Video Converter Pro to help you rip DVD and convert video to your iPod, iPhone, Zune, PSP, BlackBerry and a lot more mobile players.