April 2006 - "PentaSuite DigiPhoto contains 17 utilities that will make life easier for any user because it allows full control over image files (RAW or other formats) through a group of easy to use, well integrated programs that an amateur, experienced user or professional can put to good use with ease."
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PentaSuite DigiPhoto

April 20, 2006 - "PentaSuite DigiPhoto has all the utilities a photographer will need. Do you need to grab frames from a movie? Do you need to adjust colour, brightness, contrast or add a logo or a copyright notice to a picture or make a series of smaller copies of your images to show them on an internet page? Do you need to search through images using EXIF data for your searches? Do you need to perform batch renames of Digital Camera images? You can do this and more with PentaSuite DigiPhoto."
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PentaSuite DigiPhoto

January 2006 - "Create PDF files from a variety of applications—including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel—and upload and download files using FTP functionality. PentaWare Manager allows users to access all PentaSuite DigiPhoto programs from an easy-to-use interface, while PentaZip manages compressed archives, makes self-extracting files, and manages zip archives larger than 4GB."
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PentaSuite-PRO

January 2006 - "Packed with more file-management tools than you can shake a stick at, PentaWare's loaded PentaSuite Pro 8 boasts a series of basic, well-integrated utilities that will help you organize files, compress and encrypt archives, create PDFs, burn DVDs, and view and convert image files…the list goes on."
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PentaSuite-PRO

January 2006 - "...PentaSuite 8 scores points for the sheer breadth of its file-handling abilities; if you need to open a FPX, MRW, or SFW file or you need to take a quick peek inside a pile of DOC files, PentaSuite 8 is a handy tool in a pinch."
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PentaZip

October 20, 2005 - "Once again, by offering a CD and DVD component as an integral part of PentaZip, we are living up to the slogan, ‘It’s more than just a Zip program,’" said Claude H. Ostfeld, president and chief executive officer of Portsmouth-based PentaWare Inc. "Now our users can zip, encrypt and burn files to CDs and DVDs, as well as create baseline .PDF files at a competitive price."
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October 19, 2005 - "PentaWare, Inc. announced today the addition of CD and DVD burning capabilities to PentaZip 8.1. CD/DVD burning is available for all Windows Operating Systems starting with Windows 98 SE up to and including Windows XP Home and Professional."
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October 19, 2005 - "CD/DVD burning is available for all Windows Operating Systems starting with Windows 98 SE up to and including Windows XP Home and Professional."
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October 19, 2005 - "Without the need for additional software, PentaZip provides users with the means to read 16 different compression formats (ZIP, ZIP64, ZGB, BZip2, ARC, etc…), 4 different email formats (Uuencode, MIME-64, XXencode and BinHex), write 8 different compression formats (ZIP, ZIP64, ZGB, BZip2, LHa, GZip, etc…), zip and mail files and perform virus checks using any existing AntiVirus program."
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PentaSuite-PRO

November 2005 Issue - "You can use the suite’s 17 apps individually, but the greatest benefit seems to come from combining them. For example, PentaBrowser lets you search for a file and view a thumbnail of its contents, whether it’s a graphic, Word doc, or PowerPoint presentation. Double-clicking a graphic loads it in PentaView, which has basic graphics editing tools."
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August 12, 2005 - "Since Microsoft began gobbling up utilities and repackaging them (usually in truncated versions) for Windows, there have been few commercial utilities packages still on the market. PentaWare is an exception; this collection of file management utilities has recently come out with a new version."
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August 9, 2005 - "Back in the DOS days, I wouldn't have dreamed of doing without a file manager, usually one of the string of TSR utilities I had battling it out for scarce space in my megabyte of RAM. (Anyone else have fond memories of triumphs over complex autoexec.bat and config.sys issues?). In these Windows days, file managers have rather fallen out of fashion. The PentaWare people, though, are trying to change that with PentaSuite-PRO. Now in its 8th release, PentaSuite-PRO packs enough different utilities into one shell that it just might get you thinking about owning a file manager again.
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August 5, 2005 - "PentaWare continues to develop it's flagship PentaSuite product based to a great extent on input from registered users. Updates are consistent and frequent, features and functions receive continual attention from the product development team, and the feature set continues to grow in useful ways. The company is very responsive. A good example is the digital photo management in PentaSuite which has kept pace nicely....."
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July 3, 2005 - "PentaWare Inc. has released PentaSuite-Pro, its file management program that incorporates new PDF conversion capabilities for users of the suite."
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June 29, 2005 - "“After two years of hard work and many customer suggestions we have come out with a product that rivals all other PDF converters on the market, “said Claude H. Ostfeld, President and CEO of PentaWare, Inc. “Our customers came to us asking for an additional utility that would create multiple PDF files high in quality but in a short amount of time using right mouse commands, printing and integrated into Microsoft Office and Corel WordPerfect programs.”
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June 29, 2005 - "PentaWare, Inc., the leading supplier of software utilities, announced today the availability of a new Server Edition Product Line. PentaSuite-PRO, PentaSuite Business-PRO, PentaCLI-PRO and PentaZip have all been re-engineered to take advantage of the greater processing power that server computers have to offer. "
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June 2005 - "PentaSuite-PRO supports PDF conversion for all printable formats and also enables users to decide if they want to embed True Type Fonts when creating their PDF's."
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June 28, 2005 - "Users can create PDF files directly from the "Print" command, by accessing the right mouse menu, and from the PentaPDF button on toolbars inside Microsoft Office and Corel WordPerfect programs."
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June 28, 2005 - "The addition of this PDF conversion tool technology to PentaSuite-PRO has created the ultimate means for generating top quality PDF files in half the time."
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June 27, 2005 - "By Coupling any PentaSuite-PRO Server Edition with PentaCLI-PRO Server Edition a PentaWare user will have not only the GUI interfaces at their disposal but also all the Command Line power that may be needed to help automate recurring tasks and processes. PentaCLI-PRO Server Edition is greatly enhanced by the PentaCLI-Wizard that takes the drudgery out of creating Command Line strings.
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June 27, 2005 - "Web based applications can also benefit from this product line because web based users can interface with a Web Server to have PDF Files made taking advantage of the superior Deployment tools that PentaWare’s PDF Creation tool set has to offer."
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June 27, 2005 - "The kind of needs that PentaSuite-PRO Server Edition addresses include:

• File Compression using ZIP, ZIP64, LHa and the other supported algorithms
• Compressed Archive Extraction (from more than 16 formats)
• Self extracting file creation
• Protection of Sensitive Data using Strong Encryption (PGP, WinZip, PKZip, AES, Self Decrypting and others)
• Creation of PDF files from any printable format
• Burning CD’s and DVD’s for local storage or for deployment of completed tasks
• Conversion of files from one format to another

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June 2005 - "...incorporates useful tools needed when dealing with digital images... PentaPDF-PRO allows the creation of files in PDF format for all documents and graphic files that PentaView supports including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, WordPerfect, JPEG, TIF, HTML, DWG, RTF and Digital Photography RAW formats.
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May 2005 - "For email security many people use PGP, which isn't the most intuitive encryption program around. To help you out, PentaPGP wraps a friendly user interface around the PGP program so you can conveniently encrypt and decrypt email to protect your messages from prying eyes."
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April 2004 - "PentaPDF generates PDFs. It can convert Word DOC, RTF, HTML, TXT, and graphics supported by Adobe PDF format. I was able to successfully convert a TXT file to PDF. The process was quick and I was able to easily view the PDF in Acrobat Reader. As a writer, I have tried to convert my documents to PDF using free online programs, but to no avail. After so much hassle, I was pleased to finally find an easy conversion program in PentaSuite."
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March 2005 - "a program designed to meet the needs of digital photographers. The new release is designed to manage the overrun of image files that hinder a computer’s performance and eat up storage."
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In Italian

February 11, 2005 - "...PentaSuite Business, un programma progettato per rispondere alle esigenze delle aziende o dei singoli professionisti che cercano una soluzione semplice e accessibile per la gestione di tutti i loro documenti."
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January 2005 - "PentaSuite DigiPhoto simplifying the management of digital images.  PentaSuite DigiPhoto packs in all the powerful and necessary imaging tools needed to create a userfriendly program for all digital camera enthusiasts, home users, professional photographers and graphic artists."
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January 24, 2005 - "Software vendor PentaWare announced its entry into the digital imaging market at International CES with the introduction of the PentaSuite DigiPhoto software suite. The imaging program lets users compress, encrypt, view, upload or download, store and send image files and contains of a host of programs for more advanced imaging tasks such as the PentaFrameGrabber (ex - PentaWhiteBoard), which lets users save individual frames captured from AVI, MPG and MOV clips captured by digital cameras."
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January 19, 2005 - "...a user-friendly program for digital camera enthusiasts, home users, professional photographers and graphic artists."
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January 19, 2005 - "A feature that many digital camera users will find particularly useful is PentaRename. This amazing program enables users the ability to rename single files or numerous files (“batch renaming”) at one time. Users can also copy or move files from a CD or DVD to a hard drive and make the renaming changes at the same time."
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January 7, 2005 - "...PentaSuite DigiPhoto, a program designed to meet the needs of the growing popularity of digital photography. "
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January 7, 2005 - "PentaSuite DigiPhoto packs a powerful package of tools for everyone dealing with digital images"
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January 6, 2005 - "The PentaSuite DigiPhoto program incorporates the most useful tools needed when dealing with digital images, such as allowing users to open, compress, encrypt, view, upload or download, store and send files."
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December 2004 - "...the tools in the suite are very useful, especially for those who don't have ready access to an application that can read the RAW format or those who need to capture still images from a video file."
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December 1, 2004 - "Normally we don't do reviews of so-called "point releases" hot on the heels of a review of the base version. But as usual with PentaWare, a point release is darn near the equivalent of a full revision."
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in French

23 Novembre 2004 - "A l’occasion de la sortie de la version 7 du logiciel de compression Pentasuite, K’Sys Distribution souhaite renforcer son canal de distribution avec un programme partenaires."
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in French

19 Novembre 2004 - "K'sys Diffusion, distributeur exclusif de PentaSuite, le logiciel de compression édité par Pentaware, propose une version plus aboutie propre à satisfaire les exigences des professionnels et des particuliers. Des débutants aux experts, PentaSuite s'adresse à tous du fait de sa simplicité d'installation et d'utilisation."

in French

19 Novembre 2004 - "Cette version propose de nombreuses fonctionnalités comme la visualisation de fichiers (graphiques, Multimedia, Word, AutoCAD, Images), ZIP et autres fichiers compressés, ou la gravure de DVD et CD. Le logiciel permet de créer des PDF depuis des documents Office, la création d’albums photos en HTML ou PDF ou le transfert des fichiers par FTP."
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October 5, 2004 - "PentaWare, Inc., today released the French translation of the PentaSuite 7.1 software... PentaSuite is also available in English, German, Italian and Spanish. “The importance of making our product available to users who speak various languages is a top priority for us,” said Claude Ostfeld, President and CEO of PentaWare, Inc. “PentaWare has a user base close to 1,000,000 dedicated users and we are careful to respond to their requests. With the creation of the PentaSuite software in multiple languages, the whole world can now enjoy and utilize this incredible software.”"
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October 22, 2004 - "Some of the tasks which PentaCLI-Pro features are: copying data to CD’s and DVD’s, sending email messages, encrypting data (using PGP, AES, DES and other truly safe encryption methods), making self-extracting files (SFX), creating PDF files and creating compressed archives (supported formats for compression are ZIP, ZIP64, GZip, TAR, TAR-GZip, CAB, BZip2, LHA)."
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October 22, 2004 - "PentaCLI-Pro Provides Ease While Creating Commands"
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October 22, 2004 - "Another feature of PentaCLI-Pro is the PentaCLI Wizard, which enables users to easily create Command Line commands by providing a simple interface containing various options for each command. The resulting command line strings are instantly checked for syntax and compatibility between options."
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October 20, 2004 - ""PentaWare prides itself on staying ahead of the curve in today's booming software market by creating products that are user-friendly," said Claude Ostfeld, President and CEO of PentaWare, Inc. "Our new PentaCLI-Pro is the perfect tool for network administrators, IT professionals and home users who want to make daily data management tasks a snap.""
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October 20, 2004 - "PentaCLI-Pro was designed to give users a means to easily create tasks and commands for repetitive use. PentaWare’s Command Line Interface (CLI) is made up of 7 programs that can only be used in the CMD (or MS-DOS) window."
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October 5, 2004 - "PentaWare, Inc., today released the French translation of the PentaSuite 7.1 software... PentaSuite is also available in English, German, Italian and Spanish. “The importance of making our product available to users who speak various languages is a top priority for us,” said Claude Ostfeld, President and CEO of PentaWare, Inc. “PentaWare has a user base close to 1,000,000 dedicated users and we are careful to respond to their requests. With the creation of the PentaSuite software in multiple languages, the whole world can now enjoy and utilize this incredible software.”"
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October 05, 2004 - "PentaWare, Inc., today released the Spanish translation of the PentaSuite 7.1 software... PentaSuite is also available in English, German, French, and Italian. “The importance of making our product available to users who speak various languages is a top priority for us,” said Claude Ostfeld, President and CEO of PentaWare, Inc. “PentaWare has a user base close to 1,000,000 dedicated users and we are careful to respond to their requests. With the creation of the PentaSuite software in multiple languages, the whole world can now enjoy and utilize this incredible software.”"
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September 24, 2004 - "With Camera RAW images becoming more and more a part of the creative workflow for both professionals and consumers, the capability to open these RAW files are limited to a few, mostly professional image editing applications. if you don't have the money to buy one of the high end image editing applications to open and view your RAW files, there are inexpensive solutions out there that enable you to view them. ...the PentaSuite 7.1 application, which is a series of file management utilities designed to help manage your media files. In addition to the PentaView application, the suite includes tools for DVD/CD burning, file compression, Encryption, FTP, and file renaming."
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September 2004 Buyer's Guide - "PentaSuite supplies users with a means to open, compress, encrypt, view, upload or download, store and send files. The program seamlessly integrates with email and anti-virus software and makes handling large files easier than ever. The latest release of PentaSuite can be easily customized to fit the needs of a broad base of users."
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September 2004 - "PentaWare's latest upgrade to its file-archiving software can do just about everything with your files except serve them for dinner."  "A program that can compress, extract, encrypt, convert, burn, browse, view, rename, and transfer your files, PentaSuite 7.1, lives up to its lofty claim of being a 'complete file-management system.'"

August 17, 2004 - PentaWare isn't just a ZIP company anymore. For many years, its lone product was the well-known PentaZip, a high-end alternative to popular compression applications WinZip and PKZip. Last year the company introduced an eclectic collection of file-management tools, and the latest upgrade, PentaSuite 7.1, offers everything from file viewing, compression, and encryption to CD and DVD burning, video-frame capture, and FTP transfer...New in version 7.1 is PentaPDF, which lets you create PDF files from any file format the viewer supports.
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Find out a little more about PentaWare in this interview that Claude Ostfeld did with General Protection Fault.  "GPF had a chance to speak with Claude Ostfeld, one of the Co-founders and CEO of PentaWare. In our discussion, we learned more about the company, its philosophy and their two flagship products: PentaZip and their newly released PentaSuite."

in German

Pentasuite 7.0.1.287 vom 23.07.2004 - Neben dem Packer Pentazip, der Explorer-Alternative Penta Browser und dem Dateibetrachter Penta View sind weitere 12 Tools enthalten. Pentasuite umfasst eine Sammlung von Tools, die dem Anwender die Arbeit erleichtern sollen. Neben dem Packer Pentazip, der Explorer-Alternative Penta Browser und dem Dateibetrachter Penta ... FULL ARTICLE

July 21, 2004 - PentaWare isn't just a ZIP company anymore.

In Italian

July 19, 2004 - Read what Top Trade Informatica has to say about PentaSuite .
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July 12, 2004 - ...you can create PDFs in the following formats: Word, Excel, JPEG, TIF, JFIF, HTML, DWG, RTF, and Digital Photography RAW
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July 6, 2004 - PentaWare, has announced the addition of PentaPDF to its PentaSuite 7.1 software...will allow users to create files in the PDF format for all documents and graphic formats that PentaView supports.
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July 1, 2004 - Recently, PentaWare added PDF document creation from PentaView-supported formats such as .JPG, .TIF and .GIF graphics; .DOC, .RTF and .TXT documents15 as well as .HTML (Web) and .XLS (spreadsheet) formats. This feature works really well. I especially like the ability to lock .PDF files to prevent unauthorized changes to photos and documents, which is not possible when using WordPerfect’s “Publish to .PDF” feature.

June 30, 2004 - The PentaPDF programs let users create PDF files one at a time or in batch mode. PentaPDF creates PDF files from all raster and vector file formats that PentaView supports, including JPEG, TIF, HTML, DWG, RTF, Word and Excel—just to name a few
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June 13, 2004 - Listen to a radio Interview with Dave Graveline and PentaSuite's CEO Claude Ostfeld.  Visit Dave Graveline's website for more about the interview and click here to hear the interview.

June 11, 2004 - With the creation of PentaSuite 7.1, PentaWare has created the ultimate tool for converting document files and graphic files into the PDF format and send files. Adding this capability to our powerful file manager, viewer, FTP, encryption, compression storage, (burn to CD/DVD) makes this product an incredible value.
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June 10, 2004 - PentaSuite is a comprehensive file management program that simplifies opening, compressing, encrypting, viewing, storing and transmitting files.

June 14, 2004 - Integrated PentaPDF program allows users to create files in PDF format for all documents and graphic formats that PentaView supports and also offers conversion capabilities. Software is suited for use by digital camera users, graphic artists, and web designers.
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June 10, 2004 - PentaWare is adding PDF conversion capabilities to its Swiss-Army-Knife-on-steroids file management system, PentaSuite 7.1. This thing can read just about everything and now it can output to PDF format.
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June 7, 2004 - "Integrated PentaPDF program allows users to create files in PDF format for all documents and graphic formats that PentaView supports and also offers conversion capabilities. Software is suited for use by digital camera users, graphic artists, and web designers."
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May 2004 - The suite includes PentaBrowser to navigate through stored files, PentaConverter to convert file formats, backup and storage tool PentaDVD, PentaPGP to encrypt files and compression utility PentaZip.

May 31, 2004 - If you’re looking for a nicely rounded set of file management utilities – for anything from burning files to CD or moving them to a folder on the Web to compressing them and sending them via e-mail, PentaSuite has a component to get it done.
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In Italian

May 14, 2004 - Read what Top Trade Informatica has to say about PentaSuite.
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In Italian

May 3, 2004 -  Why didn't anyone tell us that you could do more than one thing with one utility? We've seen file management suites before of course, but this one has a unique character we found especially interesting. Is it for you?

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April 27, 2004 - New features include a preview module and the ability to save work so that changes can be made at a later date.
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April 2004 - The PentaSuite 7.0 program from PentaWare, Inc. is a full-featured file management program that just got a little stronger with the addition of PentaExif.

April 2004 - PentaWare has the good sense to combine all the tools you'll need to open, compress, encrypt, view, upload, e-mail, and store files into one coherent package. Half-baked utility suites flood the market, but only PentaSuite 7.0 brings together exactly what you need to manage and distribute files digitally.
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April 5, 2004 - It can also be easily customized to fit the needs of a broad base of users.
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Apr. 2, 2004 - Toronto Globe and Mail
The Verdict: A useful suite of content management tools for power Internet users and Web developers.
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This article also appeared on www.globetechnology.com

In Polish

February 2004 - Read what PC World Komputer had to say
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February 26, 2004 - Go beyond simple file compression with PentaSuite

February 1, 2004 - PentaSuite's wide array of tools is a decent value. For security and backup-conscious mobile users who are extremely savvy, PentaSuite can be a tremendous asset.
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February 1, 2004 - In the never-ending quest to make your computing life easier and better functional, PentaWare adds variety to the array of utility suites.
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February 2004 - Some of the tools available in PentaZip show up in PentaSuite in a different form or with expanded capabilities. For example, PentaView is a built-in file viewer in PentaZip, but in the suite this file-viewing tool is part of the redesigned PentaSuite Browser, a utility that works similarly to Windows Explorer..

MetroG.com

THE IMPORTANCE OF UTILITIES - Picking one or several, that are right for you.
by Kurt von Behrmann - December 29, 2003

Rather than buying one program to open zip files, another for RAR files and yet another for whatever else, PentaSuite offers support for popular compressed file formats as well as an FTP client, file encryption, file viewing and CD creation.

In Italian

Digifocus/Prodotti/Software

23 Dicembre 2003  - Nella versione 7, PentaSuite si dedica alla gestione delle immagini digitali

La nuova raccolta di applicativi proposta da PentaWare consente l'acquisizione, l'organizzazione, l'archiviazione e la masterizzazione di foto digitali. Ma anche la creazione di album in formato Pdf e Html da distribuire o pubblicare via Internet
Fabrizio Pincelli

eWeek

Nov. 24, 2003 - Windows users seeking a comprehensive desktop file management utility should consider PentaWare's PentaSuite 7.0.-
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PentaZip named "BEST STAND-ALONE UTILITY"   in the selection "The Top 100 Products of the Year

WinPlanet

Mon May 19, 2003 - A freeware compression utility is fine if you just need an occasional archive of a few files, but if you've got to ride herd on an overflowing hard disk, PentaWare's new PentaSuite file management solution lets you take total command of PC file management and data sharing.
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…..PentaSuite offers more file-management functions than any other archiving program we've tested , including PKZip…..

by Bruce Stewart, February 25, 2003

PentaSuite

by Lincoln Spector, special to PCWorld.com, Friday, April 04, 2003

PentaSuite

Chicago Tribune

Nothing fascinates hard-core computer users more than a great utility. This new offering from PentaWare Inc., called PentaSuite, is one great utility. ....

by James Coates, July 12, 2003