| | April 20149CIOReviewMeet John Byrne. A gadget freak, race car enthusiast and a hi-tech fanatic, who has a passionate fl air for well-crafted products that runs on cutting edge technology. As an active member of automobile communities, Byrne is either busy driving his posh yellow Lamborghini Murcielago, determined to break his own record of 195 miles per hour, or brainstorming with like-minded people about new technologies. "Technology, like my car is out on a fast ride in the market, constantly changing track with the trends," says Byrne.Byrne has spent the greater part of his life cultivating an obsession with software and new technology. After graduating from Sellinger School of Business at Loyola College of Maryland, Byrne worked for Mercantile Bank for a decade, successfully directing the transformation of the bank's software infrastructure to Citrix Mainframe. It was during this process, he realized the apparent lack of softwares to effi ciently manage print connections and operations in an organization. Byrne's entrepreneurial zest and his addiction for perfection drove him to craft an innovative solution for the industry--Tricerat."There has been tremendous growth in print technology over the last decade to support remote printing," says Byrne. Tricerat was one of the pioneers to recognize this. "Tricerat is riding the mighty waves of change. We were the fi rst to initiate the universal driver technology in 2001, to eliminate pesky printer driver and 32 and 64-bit compatibility issues in server-based, virtual, or workstation environments," says Byrne.Screwdrivers to Simplify PrintingUsing the universal driver technology, the developers at Tricerat wanted to create a unique print protocol to speed up remote printing and to improve server performance, resulting in minimal spool crashes. Thus, they came up with ScrewDrivers, a simple plug `n' play remote desktop solution, which employs driverless technology to mirror print drivers from the network print server, bypassing the user's end point entirely. ScrewDrivers technology is compatible for both 32 and 64-bit systems and supports Trimeta fi le format, the company's very own invention, which enhances the outcome of printed materials in terms of quality and speed. Most companies either use fi le formats like Enhanced Metafi le (EMF) or Portable Document Format (PDF), which takes up large amount of space on the network. Trimeta fi le format is highly compressed and speeds up the process ten times, fueled by the company's universal print drivers. "If you were to use universal drivers from Microsoft, which comes with standard windows fi le formats, in many cases the printout is not what you expect. Problems like half printed documents and bad rendering of texts and images in the printed documents are persistent. But Trimeta grabs the information right from the printer driver and formats it on the fi le; into the fi delity it was intended. With this, the print out will be exactly what you expect," explains Byrne. "No crashes. No lost print jobs. Just printing from any application to any available printer," adds Byrne.Sold through direct distributors as well as resellers, today, the revenue potential for Screwdriver stands at $250Million. The product comes in Tricerat:Print Management Solutions that Bypass IT LimitationsSolution Providers 10 Most Promising Enterprise Print Management Solution ProvidersEnterprise Print Management
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