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NEWS2007-- 2006--2005--2004--2003--2002--2001--2000Monday, March 10th 2008 - Releasing the 'SSI2 ISA' and 'SSI2 PCI' Products (full release) We announce the release and the general availability for purchase from our customers of two new products in the SSI2 line of products - 'SSI2 ISA' and 'SSI2 PCI' products. The 'SSI2 ISA' product allows using ISA bus peripheral cards outside of desktop and notebook computers. The 'SSI2 PCI' product allows using PCI bus peripheral cards outside of desktop and notebook computers. A specific host card, depending on the computer system - a desktop or a notebook, is needed in order to use the 'SSI2 ISA' and 'SSI2 PCI' products. Friday, March 7th 2008 - Elektor-France technology magazine features our products An online technology magazine Elektor-France features our products on their main page, and provides an article on them as well - special thanks to Guy Raedersdorf / Editor in Chief. Written in French language Elektor reaches subscribers in France, Belgium and Switzerland. Thursday, February 21th 2008 - Uniform Support for DOS Software (full release) We are releasing support for DOS software, for our USB2 based line of products and the SSI2 based line of products. Additional information is available in our article on the DOS software support. The Uniform DOS support is part of our installation software and is available as a free download for our existing and new customers. Wednesday, February 13th 2008 - Introducing 64bit support under Linux operating system (full release) We are adding support for 64bit releases of Linux operating system, for our USB2 based line of products and the SSI2 based line of products, which help utilize the advanced features of the latest microprocessors. The 64bit support under Linux operating system is included in our install software, and available as a free download to our existing and new customers. Tuesday, February 5th 2008 - New edition of USB2ISA-R, and discontinuing of USB2ISA product There is a new edition of our ROHS compliant (lead free) product - USB2ISA-R. One of our best selling products - USB2ISA, is non ROHS compliant (non lead free) and will be discontinued. Our customers have a choice of the equivalent - USB2ISA-R or USB2ISA-RA products. In addition, for our volume orders customers, we are able to provide standard (leaded) / non ROHS compliant versions based on our USB2ISA-R product. Wednesday, January 16th 2008 - Selecting PRWEB.com We are selecting PRWEB.com as our public releases (PR) provider. Monday, October 22, 2007 - Updated main web page, including SSI2 products The web site of our company has a new main page look. We are bringing our third generation - SSI2 line of products, to the front. They will allow servicing of - ISA, PCI, and 16 and 32bit PCMCIA cards. Monday, April 30, 2007 - Microsoft Windows Vista support We have updated our installation software to include support for working under Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system. We have updated our User's Guide as well to include the description of the latest options and features. Our installation software is provided as a free update to all of our existing customers. Thursday, March 01, 2007 - Start offering ROHS compliant product in the USB2ISA family of products We start offering the ROHS compliant USB2ISA-RA-R product - recommended for customers in the European Union, and all other customers as well. In addition, we did update the ROHS compliant status on the individual page of every of our products, and within the product name - when ordered as an acessory to USB2ISA-RA-R product. Customers in the European Union shall select our ROHS compliant products, when placing an order. The ROHS regulation of the EU is very recent and it allows exemptions . Customers in the European Union wishing to use an exemption and order any of our products, need to contact us. Friday, December 29, 2006 - Updated information on UPCOMING PRODUCTS page We plan to start releasing in January 2007 the first products of a new product line. Initial details are available on our UPCOMING PRODUCTS page. Friday, May 19, 2006 Notice to European clients regarding ROHS requirements Starting July first 2006 hardware imported into Europe must meet ROHS requirements. ARS Technologies started work to meet the ROHS standards in January 2005. We will ship fully ROHS compliant hardware in October of 2006. Between July and October 2006, ARS Technologies will not ship items to Europe until our entire stock of hardware is ROHS compliant. Wednesday, 3 May 2006 - ARS Technologies releases developer support for MAC OS. Details about using and installing the MAC OS support for usb2isa and usb2pcmcia products is located at: MAC OS Support for Developers Monday, 2 January 2006- ARS Technologies adds new powering options to its inventory ARS Technologies adds the ISA-PWR-EC External Power Supply 25W-ECONOMY and PWR-5V External Power Supply 5V to it's inventory. The ISA-PWR-EC External Power Supply 25W-ECONOMY offers a more economical powering choice while the PWR-5V External Power Supply 5V expands the powering of the USB2PCMCIA card. Wednesday, 11 October 2005- ARS Technologies launches new company image and website. After seven years of the same website layout, ARS Technologies has decided to update its company image and website. The new website offers secure ordering via a secure socket layer. Also, it is now easier for clients to receive installation updates and new products release dates faster, once they join the ARS Technologies product update mailing list. Monday, 12 September 2005 – ARS Technologies offers 2 new choices of external power supplies We start offering 2 choices of External power supplies for powering of ISA card(s) mounted on our USB2ISA family of products: Please refer to these product's pages for details. Friday, 9 September 2005 - change in the payment options There is a change in the payment options - new customers can order and pay for the products using credit cards only. We reserve the option of shipping C.O.D. for delivery within US, and bank funds transfer for delivery outside of US, for our existing customers who have an account with us. Monday, 22 August 2005 - phasing out our USB1 based products We are in the process of phasing out our USB1 based line of products. They will be available in limited quantities in the next 2-3 months and will be discontinued after this. We offer equivalent USB2 based line of products. If you are an existing customer of our USB1 based products, please contact us at info @ arstech.com for help with the transition to the USB2 based products. Thursday, 11 August 2005 - new enclosures, install software and SDKBUS updates We have designed and are releasing a new generation of enclosures. The first products to be updated with the new enclosures are the USB2PCMCIA product and the USB2ISA-RA product - including a single length and a double length enclosure. There is a new version of the installation software for our USB2 line of products - our existing customers can request a free update. We are releasing a new version of the SDKBUS product as well - existing customers can get the new version through the SDKBUS-UP update. Friday, 28 July 2005 - Linux operating system support We are happy to release Linux operating system software support for our USB2ISA family of products and the USB2PCMCIA product. There is a new article posted as well on our Linux support - please visit to find details on our release. See Knowledge Base. Monday, 30 May 2005 - new software release We are releasing a new version of our installation software for our USB2.0 based products. We offer this update free for all our existing customers - to request an update please send an e-mail to info @ arstech.com . Wednesday, 27 April 2005 - accepting payments in a number of currencies In addition to payments in U.S. dollars for the orders of our products, we can accept payments in a variety of currencies - Euro, British Pound, Swiss Franc, Canadian Dollar, Australian Dollar, South African Rand. Thursday, 16 December 2004 - release of a new version of SDKBUS We are releasing a new version of our SDKBUS product - containing a new API set based specifically for our USB2.0 based products - USB2ISA family of products and USB2PCMCIA product. Our new API set allows easy access to hardware resources - I/O ports, memory areas, IRQ channels, DMA channels, and simplifies the development of device drivers and applications using these hardware resources in C/C++, Visual Basic, and Java programming languages. Friday, 12 November 2004 - official release of number of USB 2.0 based products We are officially releasing the following USB 2.0 based products - · USB2ISA-sl - USB 2.0 to ISA slot version card · USB2ISA-x3 - USB 2.0 to ISA 3 connectors card · USB2ISA-x7 - USB 2.0 to ISA 7 connectors card · USB2PCMCIA - USB 2.0 to PCMCIA card The products which have been available to selected customers, are available now for all of our customers. We are in the process of phasing out our USB 1.1 products. We are offering these products, with a price reduction, only for our existing customers who have purchased previously, are familiar with, and are currently using them. Friday, 20 August 2004 - receiving trademark protection for USBPCMCIA We have received trademark protection for the name of our USBPCMCIA product. Friday, 05 March 2004 - releasing USB2.0 products = > USB2ISA, USB2ISA-RA We are releasing the first 2 products of a new generation of products based on USB 2.0 - the USB 2.0 to ISA card and the USB 2.0 to ISA - right angle card . USB 2.0 with a raw speed of 480Mbit/s allows much faster handling of ISA and PCMCIA cards. In the same time with the offering of the 2 new products - USB2ISA and USB2ISA-RA , we are announcing significant price reductions of the equivalent USB 1.1 based products - USBISA and USBISA-RA. Monday, 23 February 2004 - new release of our SDKBUS product We are releasing a new version of our SDKBUS product . We are adding - The new version is available to our existing customers, who have purchased previous versions of SDKBUS through the sdkbus-up product . Tuesday, 17 February 2004 - speed evaluation surprises of the USB host controllers We offer 2 lines of products allowing the use of ISA and PCMCIA cards through usb. In most of the cases the ISA and PCMCIA cards are data intensive and demand quick processing and speed. One overlooked aspect, up until now , is the speed of the usb host controller . Choosing of a good combination of an operating system and a host controller may improve significantly the performance and the speed of handling ISA and PCMCIA cards through usb. We have designed an utility and performed speed evaluation of a number of usb host controllers . We have put the results in the article - Speed test surprises of the USB hosts - choosing the fastest hardware and software . Wednesday, 28 January 2004 - receiving trademark protection for USBISA We have reived a trademark registration and protection for our USBISA mark. Monday, 29 December 2003 - support for Windows Server 2003 OS We are adding Windows Server 2003 to the number of operating systems we support. Friday, 07 November 2003 - providing Windows CE support We start providing support for Windows CE based systems in our installation software, and our SDKBUS product. The software includes support for 4 different groups of processors - Our existing customers can contact us at – update @ arstech.com to get more information, or a free update of the installation software. Friday, 20 June 2003 - release of a new version of our software We are releasing a new version of our installation software that includes - We offer this update free for all our existing customers - to request an update please send an e-mail to update @ arstech.com. Monday, 03 February 2003 - start offering enclosures for usbisa, usbisa-ra, and usbisa-x3 products We are starting to offer - The enclosures are available in 3 different colors - black , gray , and bone . In addition there are double length enclosures available on request , allowing the use of long ISA cards . Thursday, 19th December 2002 - include variety of shipping options in our ordering system We have included a variety of shipping options in our ordering system , as well as calculating shipping costs based on the total weight of the order . The shipping destinations include domestic shipping , within US , as well as international shipping to any country of the world . Our shipping options include - First class mail / Air mail , Express Mail Service (EMS) domestic / international , as well as shipping on the UPS , FedEx , or DHL accounts of our customers . Thursday, 12th December 2002 - offering enclosures for our USB to PCMCIA products We start offering our USB to PCMCIA products with enclosures / boxes, in 3 different colors. Our customers have choice between - black, gray and bone colors. If you have a preference for a specific color, please specify the color at the time of ordering . Monday, 04th November 2002 - releasing a new product , PC/104 to ISA adapter We are releasing a product - PC/104 to ISA adpter allowing use of PC/104 peripherals through USB. Traditionally the PC/104 peripheral cards are serviced by a microprocessor module , running an embedded operating system , and we are offering a new way of servicing these peripherals . For details , please refer to our article - 'Handling PC/104 peripherals - entering the embedded and industrial computers world' . Monday, 09th September 2002 - start offering project consulting and device implementation services; adding a new product - USB to ISA right angle card; adding a web page for investing in our company We start offering 2 types of services to our customers - There is a new product we offer for our customers - USB to ISA right angle card . In addition to all of the features of an USBISA card , our new product allows flat mounting of an ISA card . We are proud of our achievments and believe our company is very attractive for investing in it . We have added an investing link on our web site for the latest information and offers related to investing. Wednesday, 04th September 2002 - releasing a new version of SDKBUS We are releasing a new version - 1.5 of our sdkbus product. The new version has the following new or improved features - The new version is available to our existing customers , who have purchased previous versions of SDKBUS through the sdkbus-up product . Wednesday, 21st August 2002 - our company has incorporated as a California corporation We are proud to announce that our company - ARS Technologies Inc. has incorporated as a California corporation. The new business form gives us - Tuesday, 07th May 2002 - start offering Power Supply Module for our USB to ISA family of products We start offering Power Supply Module for our usbisa , usbisa-x3 , and usbisa-x5 products . The module is small and compact , and provides additional voltages : -5V , +12V , and -12V for the ISA card(s) mounted on the one of the - usbisa , usbisa-x3 , or usbisa-x5 products . Friday, 19th April 2002 - adding limited 32bit USL support for Windows 2000 and XP We are releasing the initial limited support for 32bit drivers in our Universal Software Layer - USL , for Windows 2000 and Windows XP operating systems . Existing customers can request the new User's Guide - to find about the new features , or the free software update , by sending us an e-mail to - update@arstech.com . Tuesday, 2nd April 2002 - new version of SDKBUS product The new version of our sdkbus product - ver 1.4 , has the following new and updated existing features - Our current customers who have purchased previous versions of sdkbus , who want to use the latest release , can request the upgrade as sdkbus-up product . Thursday, 06th January 2002 - an article about our products Our company have received coverage at the web site of Xbitlabs. com . For more information please visit - www.xbitlabs.com/news/story.html?id=1010370026 Tuesday, 18th December 2001 - Windows XP support We are releasing software support for Windows XP operating system , for our USB to ISA family of products , and for the USB to PCMCIA product . The necessary software is included on the install disk for our products. Wednesday , 21st November 2001 - Announcing 2 new products We are releasing 2 new products - They are members of the usbisa family of products and will allow users to use up to 3 , or 5 ISA cards through USB . Tuesday , 9th October 2001 - Offering upgrades of the sdkbus product We start offering an upgrade of our sdkbus product , as a separate product - sdkbus-up . It is available for users who have purchased previous versions of the sdkbus . We are continuously adding new features in the sdkbus , and have new releases every 2-6 months . By offering the upgrade , we will keep our customers up to date with the newest features , for a fraction of the price of sdkbus . Monday , 20th August 2001 - Universal Software Layer We have completed the development and testing and are releasing important new feature for our products - the Universal Software Layer. What is Universal Software Layer ? The Universal Software Layer - USL , is a package of programs allowing redirection of resources through USB . Friday , 2nd March 2001 - New features in our SDKBUS product We are releasing version 1.3 of our SDKBUS product, and we have added the following features: We are continuously working on adding new products , and new features in the existing products. Wednesday , 23th January 2001 - Announcing 2 new products - USB to ISA slot version , and USB to PCMCIA We are proud to announce 2 new products . They are very significant additions to our bus converter portfolio of products . The first product - USB to ISA - slot version , allows use of multiple ISA cards , plugged on a standard passive ISA backplane . This is a significant addition in capabilities to the current USB to ISA card . The second product - USB to PCMCIA card , allows using of PCMCIA cards through USB . All of the products are software compatible with each other , and with the API set of our SDK . Monday , 04th December 2000 - Up to 25% price reduction of USB to ISA card We are announcing up to 25% price reduction on our USB to ISA card . The increased demand for this card , have lead us to volume production , allowing the current price reduction . As the demand for this card , as well as our new and upcoming products , grows continuously , we expect further price reductions, which we are going to pass to our customers . Monday , 22nd May 2000 - Release of USB to ISA card , and SDK developers kit We are proud to release our USB to ISA card , the first available on the market , together with a developers kit . We believe this card will assist a wide range of companies and users of ISA cards , and allow them smooth transition to USB . We are defining a process and a path for conversion , for the benefits of users . |
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