LinkTek wins patent for automatic link fixing technology

Released on = July 14, 2006, 7:55 am

Press Release Author = Bruce Saliga

Industry =

Press Release Summary = - LinkTek Corporation, a leading provider of data migration
software, announced today it has been granted a U.S. Patent entitled "Method of
Automatically Correcting Broken Links to Files Stored on a Computer".

Press Release Body = CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, USA - LinkTek Corporation, a leading
provider of data migration software, announced today it has been granted a U.S.
Patent entitled "Method of Automatically Correcting Broken Links to Files Stored on
a Computer".

Many software applications such as Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, AutoCAD, Adobe
InDesign, Adobe Acrobat and others include the ability to create files with links to
other files. However, when documents are moved or renamed from their original
locations, links to the documents are broken. For example, an Excel file may be
linked to another Excel spreadsheet, a Word document, a HTML file and so forth. If
the linked Excel file is moved or renamed, the documents that link to this Excel
file will cause their associated applications to report that the linked file is
missing and consequently will not be able to correctly display data, charts or
accurately update critical calculations.

Typically when software applications encounter a broken link, they ordinarily do
nothing more than display an error message. Some software applications may provide a
few basic tools to help the user locate missing files, but such tools are typically
not automated, require user intervention and can only handle one type of file.
Further, existing tools are not always accurate and are tedious when multiple broken
links must be repaired in multiple documents.

The purpose of LinkTek's newly patented invention is to overcome the above problems
and others, by providing a fast, reliable and automatic method of restoring broken
links in large groups of files that were created by a wide variety of applications.

IT professionals who are responsible for moving end-users' files when conducting
data migrations, due to server consolidations, server name changes, path name
changes or folder reorganizations, must contend with the problem of ensuring that
links contained within these files are not broken as a result of the move.

This is the problem that LinkFixerPlus solves. It has been designed so that IT
professionals can automate the reporting, management and repair of links in a wide
variety of files so they won't have to worry about broken links as a result of files
being moved or renamed.

LinkFixerPlus is the first software application that can fix broken links totally
automatically when files or folders are moved or renamed. It helps eliminate the
time-consuming and tedious process of manually finding and fixing broken links.
Additionally, LinkFixerPlus can create a variety of detailed reports, in Comma
Separated Value (CSV) or HTML formats, showing all of the links contained within
files, including any broken links.

First introduced at the Internet World convention in New York City, LinkFixerPlus
won the Best of Show award in the design category. Since that time, LinkFixerPlus
has been favorably reviewed by industry experts on: Computer America talk radio,
CNET radio, CNNfn, PC Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine, Cadalyst Magazine, the
Washington Post, the New York Times, Computer World and the Wall Street Journal.

How To Contact LinkTek

For more information about LinkFixerPlus, please visit LinkTek's Web site at
http://www.linktek.com, call 1-727-442-1822 extension 9381 or send an e-mail to
9381@linktek.com.

About LinkTek

Headquartered in Clearwater, Florida, LinkTek Corporation provides software
solutions for automating the management and repair of links contained within a wide
variety of prevalent file formats. LinkTek's flagship product LinkFixerPlus breaks
new ground and introduces the new software category of "automatic link repair". It
is a leading data migration and link repair tool used by some of the world's largest
corporations. LinkFixerPlus is the first application designed to automatically fix
broken links when files are moved or renamed.

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Web Site = http://www.linkfixerplus.com

Contact Details = Press Contact:
Ian Pires
VP of Marketing
1805 Drew Street, Clearwater, FL 33765
+1-727-442-1822 (Main)
+1-727-442-8344 (Fax)
info@linktek.com

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