ALISO VIEJO and PLEASANTON, Calif., Feb. 21, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Memeo (formerly Tanagra, Inc.), a worldwide provider of file management and backup software solutions for the consumer and small-to-medium business markets, and Avanquest Publishing USA, a leading developer and publisher of best-selling productivity software, PC utilities and digital media products with operations in Europe, the U.S. and Asia, today announced a new partnership. The relationship allows consumers to purchase Memeo's advanced backup software for iPod - Memeo iExtend and its home / SMB backup software solution - Memeo AutoBackup(tm). Effective immediately, these two products will be available in popular retail outlets including Fry's, CompUSA, Micro Center, J&R Electronics and Office Max. Memeo AutoBackup will be available in a 3-user pack for $49.95 and Memeo iExtend will retail at $29.95.
"The demand for our products continues to increase due to the enormous amount of digital content being stored on various electronic devices by consumers," stated Hong Bui, CEO and co-founder of Memeo. "We made this move so that consumers could have wider access to our products in order to discover how easy and affordable it is to protect their valuable digital assets."
Memeo iExtend, the company's latest backup solution iPod, allows users to expand the device's capabilities beyond music. iExtend allows users to transfer to their iPod computer content such as photos, financial files, PowerPoint presentations, etc. and synchronize their latest e-mail correspondences, contacts, calendars, notes, etc., which allows easy access to data while on the go. Memeo iExtend also gives users the ability to access RSS news feeds from their iPod.
Avanquest recently announced its push into the iPod market by offering a suite of iPod applications designed to enhance the digital life on-the-go and benefit both iPod users and pod cast creators.
Memeo's AutoBackup data protection software is designed to protect the ever-evolving digital life style at home or at the office. Both iExtend and AutoBackup include Zero-Touch(tm) data preservation technology, which automatically conforms to individual user behavior and recognizes the need to use various types of content in different ways. Unique to Memeo, both products automatically back-up any new file addition or change. In addition, the simple SmartPick checklist is designed to take the guesswork out of locating important files by allowing users to simply check-off what files or content they want to backup and to what location. Memeo technology keeps track of changes made to files while the designated backup destination is disconnected from the PC and automatically updates those changes upon re-connection. Memeo also includes a powerful search feature so users can instantly find and restore any information-from a version of a single file to an entire computer's worth of data.
"By partnering with Memeo, we've answered the call from our retailers to provide an easy and affordable solution for data backup and file management to consumers," said Christina Seelye, president and CEO, Avanquest Publishing USA. "We felt Memeo's software products had the right mix of features, functionality and price point to meet this requirement."
About Memeo
Memeo (formerly Tanagra, Inc.), based in Aliso Viejo, CA, is a software company focused on providing solutions that manage and protect irreplaceable and mission-critical digital data files. Founded in 2003 in an effort to capitalize on the rapid move towards a digital world from everything from finance to photography and music, the company developed its flagship software, Memeo to give consumers and businesses alike a better way of protecting, managing and sharing digital, portable files and make them universally accessible. For more information on Memeo and its products, please visitwww.memeo.com.
About Avanquest Publishing USA
Avanquest Software Publishing offers software developers a complete range of valuable software publishing resources and immediate access to worldwide software markets. Headquartered in Pleasanton, CA, Avanquest Software Publishing has a local presence on five continents and long-established relationships across all channels of distribution in markets covering nearly 90% of the world's total software sales. Avanquest Software Publishing is part of Avanquest Software, a leading international software developer and publisher that was founded in Paris in 1984 and is listed on the Nouveau Marche of the Euronext stock exchange (ISIN FR0004026714). For additional information, please visit www.avanquest.com and www.avanqustusa.com.
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