Rimage 3Q Profit Rises

Rimage 3Q Profit Rises

Rimage Corp., which makes CD and DVD publishing and duplication systems, said Tuesday its third-quarter profit rose 9 percent, helped by favorable tax rates.

Quarterly earnings climbed to $4.4 million, or 43 cents per share, from $4.1 million, or 39 cents per share, during the same period last year.

Results were helped by higher-than-expected tax-exempt interest income and a reduction in a prior year's tax reserve which pushed down the effective tax rate, Rimage said.

Revenue dropped 11 percent to $24.8 million from $28 million in the year-ago quarter. Rimage said sales in last year's quarter benefited from a retail order of $6 million.

"Our third-quarter operating results benefited from strong sales of our mission-critical Producer CD/DVD publishing systems for retail and medical imaging applications, as well as the introduction of our next-generation P3 Producer product line during the quarter," said Bernard P.

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Media Supply Adds Microboard's New GX-1 to Product Line

Media Supply Adds Microboard's New GX-1 to Product Line

EXTON, Pa., Oct. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Media Supply, Inc., the nation's largest wholesaler of premium quality DVD & CD recordable media, announced today that it has added Microboards' GX-1 Disc Duplicator to its fine line of disc publishing equipment.

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Frank Quinlisk, Media Supply Vice-President said, "The GX-1 will save its users money well beyond the initial purchase price. It features the lowest cost per print of any inkjet publisher in its class, and its HP print engine offers superior print quality. GX-1 users will save money with every disc they print compared to similar disc publishers. With its 50-disc input capacity, HP print engine and low price, the GX-1 is perfect for businesses and organizations requiring short runs of professional looking discs."

Internal and third-party testing have confirmed that the GX-1 wins in its class for lowest ink cost-per-disc, speed of print and print quality.

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Kansas City Report

Kansas City Report

Many of the people I spoke to at the ITEC conference in Kansas City referenced the massive layoffs done by Sprint over the last few years. Some of the news was good, some not. One executive has had one interview in 17 months. Several one-person consultants slash resellers were busy providing support to all the small businesses started by former Sprint employees. Many asked me what the hot topics are for getting jobs today. I said security experience always helps, and wireless remains hot. Let me know if you agree.

The exhibitor mix was similar to that of Chicago, with some interesting differences. There were fewer CD duplication product companies, but more education companies. Beside DeVry, a local junior college (Johnson County) had a booth. That's to be expected when a large number of people are forced to change.

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DiskFaktory.com and MakeAStar.com Join Forces and Announce the " ...

DiskFaktory.com and MakeAStar.com Join Forces and Announce the " ... Irvine, CA, October 14, 2006 --(PR.COM)-- DiskFaktory.com, a leader in the CD and DVD duplication industry and MakeAStar.com, a premiere provider of online contests are pleased to present an exciting online promotional contest for emerging musical talent. The contest winners will receive over $5000 in cash and prizes distributed among six music genres; Pop, Rock, Alternative, Spiritual, Country and Hip-Hop/Rap. Not only can a participant win cash and prizes, but each song entered will be heard and scored by music industry A&R experts. The Contest will have 3 Phases. The Grand Prize winner of Phase III in each genre will have his/her song showcased on the upcoming "Best of MakeaStar" CD which will be sent to record label A&R, and will receive $500 cash plus a DiskFaktory Super ProPak valued at $349.

Aleratec Sponsors American Idol Underground Contest

Aleratec Sponsors American Idol Underground Contest CHATSWORTH, Calif., Nov. 13, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Aleratec, a leading developer and manufacturer of "Prosumers' Choice" USB, DVD/CD duplicating, and DVD/CD publishing solutions is excited to announce sponsorship of American Idol Underground's Rock and Pop genres contest. .