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Product Overview
TrueUpdate 2.0 is a comprehensive solution for software developers, network administrators and IT departments wanting to integrate automated update capabilities into their software applications and business processes. TrueUpdate provides a robust client/server framework for determining required updates, and then retrieving and applying the necessary patch or installation files using Internet or LAN protocols. Additionally, the TrueUpdate system can be integrated quickly and easily into new and existing software products and networks, regardless of the installation, patching, or deployment solutions being used.
TrueUpdate 2.0 is easy to integrate into your software deployment strategy and offers almost unlimited flexibility and customization options. The easy-to-use project wizard walks you through the whole process, helping you identify your file versions, configure patch download locations, build your customized TrueUpdate client and upload the information to your server. By using open and trusted protocols (HTTP, HTTPS, FTP) and a standard web server, rather than the proprietary servers required by competing products, organizations of any size can deploy TrueUpdate 2.0 enabled software without the need for specialized and costly hardware and software platforms.
Features
Easy Licensing - Simple royalty-free, per-developer license that doesn't scale up in costs no matter how many products or end users you have. Easy to Integrate - As a compact and standalone executable, the TrueUpdate Client application is extremely easy to integrate into software. A typical software developer can have it done in only a few hours.
Powerful Scripting Engine - TrueUpdate is built on a powerful scripting engine that includes more than 250 high-level actions, featuring everything from registry editing and file copying to web file downloads and much more.
Flexible Architecture - Fully compatible with any update/patching method, from full setups and selfcontained binary patches to downloading and extracting from zip files.
Private and Secure - All configuration data is automatically compressed and encrypted. TrueUpdate's entirely "client pull" architecture completely avoids the legal privacy concerns of competing "server push" architectures.
Open Protocols - TrueUpdate is built on trusted, dependable standards you already rely on (such as HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP), eliminating the need for specialized and costly hardware and software platforms.
You Control the Server - Other services lock you into using their servers; with TrueUpdate, you decide where your update files are hosted. There is no need to rely on the uncertain future of an "update service," pay exorbitant annual fees or wait helplessly during downtimes you are powerless to resolve.
Scalable and Fault-Tolerant - Complete support for redundant servers is built right in, and full control over the underlying server technology means that you can tailor load-balancing to meet your specific requirements.
International Language Support - Integrated language selection is built into all screen dialogs, making it easy to create multilingual client interfaces and modify existing translations at any time.
Lightweight and Self-Contained - The TrueUpdate client is compact, optimized, and completely selfcontained, with no external dependencies or extras to distribute.
Stand-alone or Embedded - The client can easily be integrated into existing software or installed as a standalone application.
Fully Compatible - Update systems created with TrueUpdate 2.0 work just fine on every Windows operating system from Windows 95 to XP and beyond.
FREE Technical Support - Free web/email technical support is available, as well as cost-effective consulting and integration services. The software ships with a comprehensive help file and a 267-page user's guide in PDF format.
Benefits of Automatic Updating
Today's rapid product cycles, security vulnerabilities and short turnaround times make it more important than ever to get new versions into the hands of users quickly and efficiently. The Internet has created a highly competitive market where users expect immediate results; the prize often goes to the company that reacts the most quickly to changes in user needs and perceptions. In order to streamline software deployment, it is becoming increasingly desirable for software authors to incorporate automated updating abilities into their software.
Software developers, network administrators and end-users alike share in the benefits of update-enabled software. Developers appreciate it for the control it gives them over software that has already been deployed. Network administrators benefit from improved security and better control of network nodes. End-users see update-enabled software as an assurance of quality-a symbol that the developer is there to stand behind their product.
Ensuring that everyone is using the most recent point release of a particular package makes good sense. It eliminates legacy technical support calls, and corresponding user frustration. It ensures that data is current. It also serves to maintain customer satisfaction.
Independent software vendors, consulting companies, IT departments, or any organization that distributes timely software and data can benefit from automating the electronic update process.
Competitive Position
Unlike hosted services where the update technology is beyond your control, TrueUpdate is uniquely designed to provide full control over every part of the update process. Every last detail, from the update method to the actual servers where everything is hosted, is entirely within the developer's control. There's no need to rely on the uncertain future of a proprietary web-based update service, pay exorbitant annual fees or wait helplessly during downtimes you are powerless to resolve.
Unlike other solutions that are limited to simply downloading and running a file, TrueUpdate's client can perform a full range of system changes. In addition, because the updates are client-originated using a unique client-pull architecture, with no identifying information needing to be transmitted at all, TrueUpdate completely avoids the legal privacy issues that can limit the application of other services.
Every aspect of TrueUpdate is customizable, from the appearance and flow of the user interface to the details of the update process itself. It is equally adept at managing firewalls, proxy servers, corporate networks and consumer software installations. It can be configured to work in any situation, the way the developer and their company want to work, rather than being shoe-horned into a generic update system as with other services.
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