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Create visually rich, engaging content for virtually any media - print, web, interactive, video, audio, and mobile - using the tightly integrated tools and services in Adobe Creative Suite 4 Master Collection software.

Express yourself freely and stay in the creative flow, no matter what the medium for your design, thanks to numerous new features and improvements in Creative Suite 4 Master Collection. Design across media more efficiently and effectively using simpler ways to complete common tasks and innovative approaches to moving from one medium to another. What's more, this software works with enhanced creative professional services that enable you to collaborate online with colleagues and clients, find answers to technical questions, create and share color harmonies, and more.

This A3 printer is your cost-effective solution for large workgroup and department black-and-white printing. Users and IT managers alike will appreciate its flexible features enabling more efficient workflow and maximized productivity.

Highlights of the HP LaserJet 9040dn - printer - B/W - laser

• Get reliable, proven performance with the HP LaserJet 9040 and HP LaserJet print cartridge technology. This high-volume printer can easily handle heavy print loads and enables greater uptime with minimal intervention.

Freecom understands that consumers appreciate easy to install, ready to use, well priced products. Freecom products offer flexibility, connectivity and value that are unmatched by other manufacturers.

PRODUCT FEATURES:

Based on leading Quantum DLT-Technology;

Connection with standard SCSI Ultra320-Interface;

Including DLTSage: monitors drive and media health;

MTBF of 250.000 hours (@ 100% duty cycle);

Compares the data while writing (Read While Write), theoretical no verify necessary;

WORM (Write Once Read Many) support with DLTSage on standard S4 Media;

Backwards read compatible to SDLT600 and SDLT320;

Roadmap with large capacity.

Supplied with Heavy duty lockable castors & built in anti tilt bars, suitable for all major server vendors. 800kg load capacity, enhanced airflow ventilation at front, rear, and sides. Reversible front mash steel door. Increased material thickness to 2mm for overall stability.

The MX Range freestanding cabinets suitable for office, equipment room and cabling closet installation. Attention to styling with attractive colors black Ral9005, light gray Ral7035 or/and Ral7037 with a smoked glass door reinforced with vertical left and right metal frames mean that cabinets can be deployed in the most demanding of office environments when looks really matter. Front door frames are available with decorative trim or customized as blue, green, light blue, red. However, MX Range is an exceptionally rugged and strong cabinet enabling it to be used for all applications. The Universal Line offers a highly cost-effective and assembly-friendly solutions for numerous applications in the field of network technology and electronics. The MX Range is highly configurable to the end-users requirements and provides unique features to benefit system designers, installers and network managers. Completely assembled standard cabinet. Can be delivered as a single enclosure with side panels or as a side-by-side cabinet with no side panels. The rigidly welded frame construction can be dismantled and assembles easily without any special tools. Thus, narrow doors, staircases and lifts are no problem.

The XL6600U from Mitsubishi Electric is a high-end, 1024 x 768 resolution projector for use in large meeting rooms and conference halls. The model features six different viewing modes, depending on user preferences, and automatically analyzes input to determine the optimum screen size, from widescreen to 4:3.

The XL6600U can show separate images from different sources together. Its 6000 lumens of brightness, 1000:1 contrast ratio and 3D luminance/chrominance processing enable vivid pictures, whatever the room size. Moreover, the model's sRGB color technology enables accurate and uniform color reproduction.

The XL6600U's RJ45 terminal allows remote LAN control, including diagnostics as well as projection. The projector runs at a quiet 29dBA in low mode.

AXIS 214 PTZ Network Camera is a high performance camera for professional surveillance and remote monitoring. It combines a high quality color camera with the flexibility of remote pan/tilt/zoom operations. The 18x optical motorized lens with auto focus allows the user to zoom in on a small or distant object with exceptional clarity.

Introducing the D300 - the ultimate blend of image quality, quick response and go-anywhere mobility. A new 12.3 effective-megapixel DX-format CMOS image sensor, Nikon's original EXPEED digital image processing concept, Scene Recognition System and the new Picture Control System advance all aspects of system performance. Setting the standards for the next-generation, the D300 achieves the best overall system balance of any DX-format D-SLR.

Highlights of the Nikon D300 SLR inc 16-85mm Lens

• A new 12.3-megapixel DX-Format CMOS Sensor
• The 3.0-inch super density 920,000-dot VGA color monitor
• Continuous shooting up to 6 frames per second
• Fast, accurate 51-point autofocus with 3D Focus Tracking
• Nikon's exclusive Scene Recognition System (SRS)
• Dynamic Integrated Dust Reduction System
• Two LiveView shooting modes
• New Picture Control settings
• Rugged magnesium-alloy construction

The new Cisco MDS 9506 Multilayer Director with Dual Supervisor 2 delivers multiple layers of intelligence, including multi-protocol support (Fiber Channel, iSCSI, FCIP), Virtual SANs (VSANs), embedded diagnostics and role-based security. With these innovations, companies can build highly scalable, available storage networks with comprehensive security and unified management.

The MDS 9509 with Supervisor 2 delivers industry-leading performance (1.44 Terabits internal system throughput) and increases total port density from 128-ports maximum to a new maximum of 192 when the new 48-port 4/2/1 Gb Fiber Channel modules are used. The MDS 9506 also features high availability, to lower TCO and enable integrated SAN infrastructures. HP delivers the Cisco MDS 9506 Multilayer Director with high availability features designed in. The base unit includes a 6 slot modular chassis with dual supervisor modules and dual power supplies to help ensure smooth, continuous operation and non-disruptive upgrade capability. Four remaining expansion slots can be filled by optional MDS 9000 Family Modules, which include 16 and 32 port 2Gb Fiber Channel port Modules, 12, 24 and 48-port, 4Gb Fiber channel and a 4-port 10Gb Fiber Channel Modules as well as 4-port and 8-port 1Gb IP Storage Services Modules and a Multiprotocol Services Module (14+2, 14, 2Gb FC and 2, 1Gb IP ports) These modules provide integrated Fiber Channel, FCIP and iSCSI operation for SAN extension over IP networks for business continuance and disaster recovery solutions, iSCSI host access to Fiber Channel connected arrays and Enterprise-wide Data Archiving solutions. The MDS 9000 Storage Services Module enables fabric-based applications to access fabric-wide services for a wide range of solutions for business continuance, storage virtualization, data migration, network assisted backup solutions and information life cycle management. All modules are interchangeable across MDS 9500 Directors and 9200 series Fabric Switches, providing a smooth migration path, common sparing and investment protection.

Layered, intelligent features also include integration with HP OpenView, HP Storage Essentials and CiscoWorks RME, delivering ease of administration, improved customer productivity, and infrastructure management through a single pane-of-glass. This common software platform also ensures that the user's SAN environment will scale seamlessly as business grows and technology evolves.

The Firebox X550e with 1-Year LiveSecurity combines a powerful firewall and VPN endpoint security appliance with expert guidance and support. The X550e provides small to mid-size businesses with true zero day attack protection and intuitive, centralized management of all security capabilities to streamline network administration. LiveSecurity offers high-value support services including hardware warranty, technical support, software updates, and threat alerts.

The family of HP StorageWorks Ultrium tape drives is HP's premier line of backup devices. Based on the LTO Ultrium format, an open standard with a well-defined six-generation roadmap, HP Ultrium tape drives offer customers the best choice for investment protection. With ultimate reliability and ease of use in mind, even at 100% duty cycles, HP's rugged design builds on superior LTO technology and adds advanced features like hardware data encryption to create a new level of data protection. The tape drives employ dynamic data rate matching to adjust to the speed of the host, reducing wear and tear on both drive and media and increasing performance, even on slower hosts. HP's ultra-durable soft-load feature automatically positions the data cartridge, and the highly reliable HP leader-capture mechanism virtually eliminates lost leaders, increasing the success of your backup and restore operations. Support for HP One-Button Disaster Recovery provides the easiest way to restore data in the event of a disaster. The StorageWorks family of tape drives also features support for HP Library and Tape Tools, which provides a single application for drive management, diagnostics, and performance optimization. If data is critical to your business, protect it with an HP StorageWorks Ultrium tape drive.

HP StorageWorks LTO-4 Ultrium 1840 Tape Drive sets new standards for capacity, performance and security. The Ultrium 1840 represents HP's fourth-generation of LTO tape drive technology capable of storing up to 1.6TB per cartridge while providing hardware-based data encryption to enable greater levels of security and unprecedented performance. AES 256-bit hardware data encryption provides easy-to-enable security to protect the most sensitive data and prevent unauthorized access of tape cartridges. By using Ultrium 1840 hardware data encryption, not only is data fully capable of being compressed therefore maximizing capacity, encrypted backups are completed without a loss in performance. Capable of data transfer rates up to 240MB/sec, HP's exclusive Data Rate Matching feature further optimizes performance by matching speed of host to keep drives streaming and enabling the fastest performance of any tape drive in the industry. The Ultrium 1840 provides investment protection with full read and write support with LTO-3 media, and the ability to read LTO-2 cartridge. By doubling the capacity of previous generation Ultrium drives, HP customers now require fewer data cartridges to meet their storage needs, significantly reducing their IT costs and increasing their ROI.

The new HP ProLiant DL380 G5 High Performance model includes the latest performance technologies and enterprise class availability features pre-installed for convenience and value.

Freecom offers a full portfolio of Midrange and high-performance backup tape-drives for professional use.

LTO Drives "powered by HP" are ideal for server environments with high capacity and performance requirements, larger application servers, such as large databases and e-mail servers. Freecom LTO-drives are based on leading HP Technology and offer One-Button-Disaster-Recovery and Tape-Alert.

HP ProCurve Switch 2900-48G with 48 10/100/1000 ports has 4 dual-personality ports for 10/100/1000 or mini-GBIC connectivity. In addition, by including four integrated 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports (two CX4 and two X2), the 2900 series offers the most flexible and easy-to-deploy multiple 10-Gigabit stacking and uplinks in its class. Together with static routing, robust security and management features, the 2900 series is a cost-effective, future-proof solution for customers who are building high-performance networks.

The HP StorageWorks Ultrium 448 tape drive represents HP's second generation of half-height LTO tape drive technology. As the highest capacity, highest performance half-height drive in the StorageWorks family, the Ultrium 448 delivers a compressed storage capacity of 400 GB per data cartridge, using LTO 2 media. The Ultrium 448 Tape Drive is fully read and write compatible with all first and second-generation Ultrium drives and media. These features combined with low pricing make the Ultrium 448 the ideal direct-attach and network backup solution for entry-level and midrange servers where capacity and low cost of ownership are critical.

IBM System x3650 servers feature fast Intel processors, which provide greater system performance. With a compact 2U footprint, the rack-optimized System x3650 servers help save valuable rack space and resources. It is packed with highly integrated, advanced server features designed for compute-intensive, web-based, or enterprise network applications, where space is a primary consideration.

Promethean ACTIV board interactive whiteboard provides long term reliability and durability with pinpoint accuracy and fast response plus a manufacturers three year onsite warranty. You connect the interactive whiteboard to your PC and projector.

Ideal for use in larger classrooms the proACTIV allows maximum use of your wall space. Despite its dimensions the proACTIV is much lighter than other interactive whiteboards of its size and can easily be used in conjunction with the ACTIVstand (extra).

Both teachers and learners interact with the software using Prometheans cordless, battery free ACTIVpen, which provides the same function as your mouse but is used directly on the boards surface.

Features

Cordless battery free pen

Connection serial RS232 to host at up to 38.4bs or USB 1.1/2

Screen surface low glare melamine providing efficient projection surface

Board size 1995mm diagonal

Overall dimensions: 1700 x 1240mm; active area 1624 x 1160mm, active area diagonal 1995mm

Resolution internal 2730 points (lines) per inch, output to 200 for precise operation

Tracking rate 200 inches per second providing a fast response to pen commands

Output rate 100 coordinate pairs per second for accuracy when writing and drawing on the board

Pointing device - cordless battery-free pen

Power requirements 6 volt 0.5 amp

Packed weight: 26kg

Board weight: 17kg making it easy to share between rooms using the optional ACTIVstand

ACTIV boards

Promethean ACTIV boards are supplied with either ACTIVstudio2 or ACTIVprimary software, developed to help teachers add real impact to lesson delivery.

ACTIVstudio2 is packed with tools and resources designed for secondary and higher education students while ACTIVprimary has been specifically designed to inspire primary and nursery school children.

Please note

Each board is supplied with software, wall-mount brackets, 2 ACTIVpens, cables and user guide, 3-year onsite manufactuers warranty; 5-year manufacturers warranty on writing surface. The ACTIV 20m serial cable (optional extra) replaces the supplied 8 metre cable. Up to 2 ACTIV USB cables (optional extras) can be added to the supplied USB cable to give a total of 15m. ACTIVlink (optional extra) enables wireless connection between the board and your computer.

ACTIVprimary software

A key feature of ACTIVprimary is its resource library including over 2,000 items of curriculum clipart, backgrounds, templates and example lessons, enabling teachers to view, organise and import rescources quickly and easily.

ACTIVprimary software features:

2 chunky, child-friendly pens

Customisable teacher toolkit to allow teachers to work comfortably at their own level of expertise All flipchart content at the end of the lesson can be saved, printed or distributed electronically over your computer network Comprehensive library of pre-drawn shapes, lines and arrows

4-way reveal tool for use over flipchart and desktop Spotlight tool with choice of eclipse, rectangle or inverse spotlight Handwriting recognition tool

Camera tool with area, freehand, point to point and full screen snapshot Student keyboard, calculator, rolling dice facility (random number generator) and fraction creator, all with add-to-page feature Power tools for mathematic activities including a ruler for drawing and creating scaled lines, protractor for angle measurement and creation Intelligent colour fill tool allowing even poorly drawn shapes to be filled with colour without filling the whole page Scalable and snap-to background grids

Teacher notes pop-up box for key words, objectives and instructions Interactive toolkit includes: protractor and ruler to assist drawing and measuring On-screen flipchart bin to qucikly delete unwanted objects Insert and edit text boxes anywhere in the flipchart

Rubber stamp/clone tool for adding multiple images Insert hyperlinks within flipcharts to link to other flipchart pages or computer applications Drag and drop resources into the flipchart page Attach sounds to images

Integrated software for use with radio communications Software licence Ability to swap between presentation and designer mode, to provide a more comprehensive toolkit for preparing flipcharts away from the board

ACTIVprimary software licence

Customers purchasing an ACTIV board will be supplied a copy of ACTIVprimary which permits you to install and use one copy of this application on a single computer that acts as host to a Promethean ACTIV board. Additionally, this license permits installation for use in preparatory work on the license holder's hardware or on the user's personal hardware on or off site. This license for preparation is restricted to five (5) users per ACTIV board...and this is the same for upgrades.

ACTIVboard 78 primary interactive whiteboard specification

Screen size (diagonal) 78

Weight (KG) 17

Technology Electromagnetic

Size 1700x1240mm

Projection type Front

Size (mm) 1700x1240mm

Additional features Optional stand

Warranty (UK) 3 year swap

Dramatically increase productivity with AutoCAD LT software, the world's number-one-selling 2D drafting and detailing product. AutoCAD LT is a powerful solution for designers who need full DWG native file format compatibility but do not require 3D capabilities or advanced customization.

Highlights of the Autodesk AutoCAD LT 2009 5 Pack

• Efficient everyday drafting
• Easy file sharing
• Simplified plotting
• Native DWG compatibility ensures seamless data exchange with AutoCAD
• Electronically publish and distribute drawing sets in a single DWF file for fast, secure collaboration with team members, or export designs in PDF format
• Increase efficiency with an updated user interface that not only accelerates routine tasks, but also makes commands easier to find, helping new users become productive as quickly as possible

All the scanning performance and flexibility your busy office or department needs.

PRODUCT FEATURES:

Duplex (i160) model for color, bitonal and grayscale imaging;

Perfect Page Scanning with iThresholding delivers sharp, clean images without rescanning;

Renowned SurePath paper handling that minimizes jams;

Scans up to A3-size documents to handle your full workload;

3-D ultrasonic multi-feed detection lets you scan with confidence;

Easy setup and operation;

Worldwide service and support for your peace of mind.

Highlights of the Kodak i160 Scanner

• Duplex (i160) model for color, bitonal and grayscale imaging;
• Perfect Page Scanning with iThresholding delivers sharp, clean images without rescanning;
• Renowned SurePath paper handling that minimizes jams;
• Scans up to A3-size documents to handle your full workload;
• 3-D ultrasonic multi-feed detection lets you scan with confidence;
• Easy setup and operation;
• Worldwide service and support for your peace of mind.

Designed for use by imaging professionals, the SUPER COOLSCAN 5000 ED offers 135/IX240 film scanning at an amazing 20 seconds per image (including image transfer to display) - at 4, 000 dpi true optical resolution. Highly accurate color reproduction and representation of detail are made possible by the 16-bit A/D converter and 16-bit output channel.

The SUPER COOLSCAN 5000 ED targets primarily business users such as professional photographers and photo finishers, who require superb image quality and high-speed scanning capability. Private users of 135/IX240 format cameras - advanced amateur SLR photographers, for example - will welcome the scanner's speed and image quality. Users who deal with numerous slide mounts and uncut film rolls will appreciate the increased ease of use and productivity afforded by optional accessories like the SLIDE FEEDER SF-210 and ROLL FILM ADAPTER SA-30. The SUPER COOLSCAN 5000 ED offers the performance and efficiency to make it the ideal digital archiving solution.

With fast, easy image transfer thanks to the USB 2.0 interface, the SUPER COOLSCAN 5000 ED is an extremely powerful, extremely fast, extremely efficient desktop film scanner that will augment your productivity and give you scanned images that will take your breath away.

Here is a new agility and creativity in telephoto zoom lenses. This is the world's first camera zoom lens with a DO element: a triumph of precision optics delivers compact size, low weight and ultimate image quality.

The Xerox Phaser 5550DN laser printer means serious business for any office with diverse and high-volume print demands because it combines high productivity with low cost to own and operate. Large workgroups will get Xerox quality, reliability, and performance in a printer that can print at up to 50 ppm and hold up to 4,100 sheets.

The JVC DLA-HD1 is a full HD front projector with a native contrast ratio of 15, 000: 1, a level that ensures outstanding black reproduction without sacrificing picture brightness since there is no iris mechanism.

The high native contrast ratio is achieved through the combined use of a new 0.7-inch full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) D-ILA device and a new optical engine. Like all D-ILA-based JVC front projectors and rear projection televisions, the DLA-HD1 uses three D-ILA devices - one each for red, green and blue color reproduction.

It offers a 2x zoom lens, a lens shift mechanism, and front fan intake and exhaust for placement flexibility, so its use is not limited to a dedicated home theater room. In addition, the ultra high pressure mercury lamp is easily accessible from a side panel.

The HP ProLiant DL320s Storage Server is a high-density Network Attached Storage (NAS) solution that enables customers with small and medium office environments to consolidate multiple direct-attached storage (DAS) installations and management interfaces to a single centralized Windows-based file and print solution. While DAS can be fractured and difficult to track and maintain, NAS lowers your total cost of storage ownership since management and protection are performed from one interface in one location. It supports multiple file sharing protocols and Windows storage-specific tools that make file share maintenance both easy and powerful. And with optional Microsoft iSCSI Software Target, you can upgrade to host block-based storage for Exchange, SQL or other applications. The NAS solution not only aids in consolidation and cost reduction, but also helps you spend less time and effort deploying and managing file and print services.

ZyWALL USG 1000 is a Unified Security Gateway engineered to provide a variety of security services on top of a robust, hardware-accelerated platform.

By integrating both IPSec VPN and SSL VPN technologies, the ZyWALL USG 1000 allows organizations to establish Virtual Private Network (VPN) connections amongst multiple locations such as remote branch offices, business partner sites and even a remote teleworker getting connected in a potentially unsafe hotel hotspot.

Communication channels are securely encrypted so that information leakage / data theft can be mitigated when transmitting confidential information over insecure networks, such as the Internet.

The Hub and Spoke VPN feature is capable of reducing policy management overhead dramatically in a complex, multi-site corporate network infrastructure.

Information technology professionals rely on HP quality to ensure maximum productivity. As the power of applications, processors, memory adapters and storage devices increases, high-end computer users are seeking ways to optimize their system performance. HP provides leading solutions, adding new levels of performance, availability, flexibility, and management.

The HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array 50 Enclosure MSA50 is a 1U Serial Attach SCSI (SAS) disk drive storage enclosure supporting Small Form Factor (SFF) SAS or Serial ATA (SATA) drives. This enclosure delivers industry-leading data performance, availability, storage density, and upgradeability to meet customers' demanding and growing storage needs. The SFF drive carrier is designed to support the Universal form factor hard drive in either SAS or SATA. This new form factor provides optimized performance per U of space while delivering unparalleled power consumption. The MSA50 enclosure supports direct attach storage to HP ProLiant Servers. The MSA50 supports the cascading of shelves in a 1+1 configuration to allow a maximum of 20 SFF drives in a 2U configuration attached to a single controller port. This single controller port incorporates four lanes for a total max throughput of 12Gb/s for SAS.

The Ethernet-ready Lexmark C772dn with standard duplex offers up to 1200x1200 dpi or 4800 Color Quality printing for high quality color output at speeds up to 25 ppm (24 ppm A4). With its StapleSmart Finisher, choice of paper handling, wireless and special application options, the Lexmark C772dn is easily adapted to an array of business needs. Color Care Technology and the Lexmark Coverage Estimator help you manage printing for your business.

This industry's first quad-core processor for mainstream servers provides breakthrough performance and capabilities for the ultimate in powerful, dense and energy efficient servers. With the Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor you get breakthrough performance greater than the industry-leading Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor in the same power envelope.

Classic notebook and practical tablet PC - the Toughbook 19 is the perfect 2-in-1 solution. For the conversion you need only tilt the pivoted 10.4" XGA display over the keyboard.

Built from the ground up as a full rugged convertible PC, the Toughbook 19 can be used at all times, even in extreme levels of damp, dust, heat, cold or vibration. The optimized display technology with extra low reflection rate ensures excellent clarity of display even in bright ambient light.

The integrated Intel Centrino Duo Mobile Technology promises the highest performance with efficient energy consumption and the high performance lithium-ion battery provides an operating time of up to 8 hours.

Thanks to the dual diversity WLAN antennae in the display housing, optimum data transfer is continually achieved, enabling you to stay connected at all times.