The Grafx Blogs

Despite the fact that many of us sit here and think we are untouchable on our Mac’s by viruses and other nasties its still important to keep those applications we use most patched and up to date.

In a bulletin released on Tuesday, Adobe says there are  ”critical vulnerabilities” that could crash your applications or “…potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.” They recommend that anyone using version 9.2 and earlier update to Adobe Reader 9.3 and Acrobat 9.3 right away. Likewise, those using Acrobat 8.1.7 should update to version 8.2.

We also recommend you complete these updates and you can find more details and the patches themselves by clicking here.

Grafx are proud to announce the continued status of Extensis Preferred Partner for 2010. This status recognises the skills found within Grafx to actively promote and support the full range of Extensis products, including Font Management Solutions such as UTS2 and Sutcase Fusion 2, and Digital Asset Management tools such as Portfolio, Portfolio Server, Net Publish and Net Media Max. We are sure this status will not only promote Grafx to a national level, but also allow us a greater means of supporting all our existing clients.

Kevin Lamb (Channel Sales Manager for Extensis Europe) said of our reappointment

‘Extensis is delighted to be able to renew the Extensis Preferred Partner status granted to Grafx during 2008. Over the last 12+ months, Grafx has continued to develop its sales performance and technical expertise to such a level as to make this authorisation an easy decision.’

This year Grafx will be putting on a series of seminars about Font and Digital Asset Management as well as tailored demonstrations relevant to your company. If you would like to discuss how Grafx can help your business in these areas please contact Jon on 01242 704364.

With the recent release of NetMediaMax to complement the already fully featured Portfolio Server 9 solution from Extensis Grafx have decided to run some One on One demonstrations for our key clients as well as any other companies that would like to see how Portfolio 9 can enhance their workflow.

If you interested in signing up for one of these demonstrations please call 01242 704332 or email sales@grafx.co.uk

I posted a couple of weeks ago about the great deals Apple Finance have here in the UK on business deals. The offers continue and as you can see from the below there are some great reasons to look again at these deals and consider upgrading your current hardware.

If you would like to talk more about how Grafx can help you with your next hardware purchase please give us a call on 01242704330.

Here at Grafx we are growing and to help support that growth we are now on the hunt for someone to join our B2B Sales team.

We are looking for an enthusiastic sales support person to help develop a B2B division within the company. Administrative and customer service skills are essential, as well as the ability to work closely with Account Managers to ensure customers’ needs are met. Over and above the basic salary, a commissioned target ensures scope to increase earnings.

Full details of the job can be found here and we look forwards to hearing from you!

Grafx in partnership with Apple Finance are currently offering a cost effective and flexible leasing solution to our customers.

2 or 3 years fixed term rental.

Interest free

Available on orders containing 80% Apple Equipment.

Business users only.

At the end of your rental term you can either purchase the equipment for a fair market value , or just start again with fresh new technology.

If you interested in discussing this further please call Grafx on 01242 704330 or email sales@grafx.co.uk

The other day I posted about our slot on the Extensis Total Control Tour 2009 here at Grafx in Cheltenham on the 23rd September. The response so far has been fantastic and now I have the full schedule and details of where you can sign up I wanted to share them with you!

The morning will progress as follows -

09:30 – Registration

10:00 – Presentation 1: Portfolio Server 9

11:00 – Question & Answer Session

11:15 – Refreshments Break/Session 2 Registration

11:45 – Presentation 2: Universal Type Server 2 Overview

12:45 – Question & Answer Session

13:00 – Finish and lunch!

Your welcome to come to one or both of the sessions!

To sign up and reserve your place please click here and we look forwards to seeing you on the 23rd of September.

Just to remind you don’t forget to hang onto your personalised confirmation invites you will be receiving in the post as there will be a competition on the day to win a couple of appropriate prizes!

As an Extensis preferred partner here in the South of the UK we get involved in lots of Extensis based promotions. With the recent release of Portfolio 9 (and of course the relatively recent release of Universal Type Server 2) Extensis asked us if we would like to be part of their upcoming tour where the two products will be demonstrated. Of course with our client base (creative professionals, design agencies the list goes on!) we jumped at the chance.

It will be a morning seminar with two sessions on Portfolio 9 and UTS2 and of course your welcome to attend one or both sessions.

I will be sending out further details next week however if you want to reserve your place now (these events are always oversubscribed at Grafx) then drop me a line.

We are aware that many of our customers are in education or have sons and daughters at school. With this in mind we have decided to offer a specific online store to our Educational customers which can be found here.

You will find many products from companies such as Adobe, and Wacom as well as a wide range of iPod accessories.

If you have any idea’s of products you would like to see on there let us know in the comments.

Some of the more observant of  you may have noticed to the right of this our Twitter feed. When we feel we have something real quick to share or just want to say hello to the world that’s where you will find out about it first. Let us know what your own Twitter ID’s are in the comments and we will be sure to add you…..who knows you may even get something out of following us!