• Dual Monitor Support!
  
• Automatic and manual proxy server support
• Multiple RSS feed tickers
• Multi-language support for XML feeds (Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Hebew, Thai etc.)
• Much improved logging (or not logging) options
• Redesigned log post back architecture
• Portrait Display Ticker Support
  

There features were, pretty much, stuff we had on the drawing board for 1.0 but didn't quite make it in for the reasons that will be apparant to anyone who's worked on a software project.

The great part of being done with 1.1 is that we can no refocus our attention to our final release in the 1.x phase.  Namely XP Embedded and TV!  Lots more to come on those in the coming days.
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Outside of the tech side of things, the other big news is that we have a new distributor – SignTV.  They run a whole bunch of digital signage media in New Zealand and have selected CampainManager to help them display it.  



To check out Ryarc and SignTV, just drop in for a burger at McDonalds Auckland airport and you'll see what I mean.  The success in NZ shows that the word on CM continues to spread.   We always figured that creating a quality product at keen prices will do just about all the marketing we need.  So far so good.
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This week, we're launching the free trial version of our ScreenSaver product which we've christened "Zusa!".  The new application allows the delivery of timed, targeted mixed content direct to the screensaver.  So other than delivering pretty pictures etc to a screensaver, what could it be used for?

Well, firstly, this is very (fundamentally) different to any screen saver that's been available before.  With Ryarc you can now turn every subscribed desktop into an information / education / entertainment channel.  You can divide subscribers into different groups and then tailor content for each division.  Instead of relying on cork and pin bulletin boards, under visited intranet sites and email, Ryarc users can leverage every corporate desktop to deliver company announcements, social club info, safety info, CEO addresses etc.  You can even include local news and weather tickers, or create your own corporate RSS feed with nooked.com to create up to the minute news and views from across the company.

Our improved RSS engine can now combine multiple feeds into a single ticker.  These RSS feeds will automatically refresh at an interval of your choice.  This is a great way to disseminate not just your own corporate news, but news from industry sources and your competition.

CampaignManager enables control of every aspect of these feeds.  Changing content is as easy as sending an email.  You can pull content, have stuff only appear at the top of the hour, temporarily replace content by publishing new information with a higher priority etc. etc.   You can create unlimited 'channels' so, if you wish, you can offer your users a choice of feeds each with different focus and content.

Because it works across the internet, you can also make these feeds available to remote staff or staff on the road.

A feature that is generating particular interest is Ryarc's ability to remotely deliver live WebPages to the screen.  This means that current 'portal pages' which are currently being used to collate and deliver team critical information on projects, metrics, sales etc. can be included with the content sent to the screensaver.

Delivering and updating content is so easy, that it can also be used for more trivial short term announcements.  Oh, and did we mention the setup is only 1.5mb?

More later!

(Widescreen LCD monitor showing RSS News ticker & WMV HD video clip)