CS Odessa Newsletter                

"Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction." -- Al Bernstein

This month is marked with a number of important events and celebrations, that we would like to share with you. In mid-November the world mindmapping community will celebrate 30 years of mindmapping. Mind Mapping has made important contributions to business processes, personal productivity and education methodology. Now, after 30 years, it has spread over the world and continues to gain more enthusiasts.

One more remarkable event that we celebrate in November is the 8th Birthday of ConceptDraw.

ConceptDraw product line started from one application and now includes a range of tools and services, with the aim to help you in your business tasks and everyday life. We want to thank our customers and partners, all of you who have been with us during this time, who helps us with your time and advises us on how to make our products better.

We welcome your ideas and comments at our User Forum. Find out about CS Odessa projects and activities on our Corporate Blog, or get fast support response to your requests with our web-based Trouble Ticket System.

In celebration of ConceptDraw's Birthday we announce 1 month of incredible deals and we will hand out presents to many of our customers who would like to share this time with us.

New customers who make purchases until 29th November will receive additional licenses or no charge annual upgrade maintenance for the product.

All registered customers are invited to participate in the contest "Share your success story". The best 8 stories will be published on ConceptDraw.com and the authors will receive ConceptDraw Business Suite and a free 1 year upgrade maintenance for Business Suite. Another 8 stories will receive as a prize a free 1 year upgrade maintenance for the product owned.

Please find the details for ConceptDraw Specials at
http://www.conceptdraw.com/pg?id=news_november_special8bd

ConceptDraw MINDMAP 5.2 is available as a free update for all MINDMAP 5.x users.

The new version of ConceptDraw MINDMAP 5 contains the following additions:

• iCal export functionality, making MINDMAP even greater tool for personal and business planning;
  
• topic autoplacement, making it easy to create and organize the map;
  
• new ClipArt view interface;
  
• new Page Navigator interface.
  

ConceptDraw MINDMAP 5.2 is available as no charge update for all registered users of ConceptDraw MINDMAP 5.x. Find out more:
http://www.conceptdraw.com/pg?id=news_november_wnew-mm

ConceptDraw Project 4.1 is available as a free update for all Project 4.x users.

The new version of ConceptDraw Project focuses on the need for accurate and timely communication with stakeholders and team members, making the task of keeping all interested parties informed on status much easier. New to Project 4.1:

• the expanded ability to export critical project information to MS PowerPoint for project review;
  
• sessions and updates;
  
• export to PDF format;
  
• easy way to share information with the project team via e-mail.
  

Read more: http://www.conceptdraw.com/pg?id=news_november_learn-prj

ConceptDraw Business Suite now runs on Leopard

ConceptDraw Business Suite applications now got support for recently released Mac OS X 10.5 called Leopard. An update adds interface changes and Quick Look capability for ConceptDraw 7 and ConceptDraw MINDMAP 5. Quick Look is a powerful technology introduced in Leopard that provides users with a way to preview the content of files without opening them, so necessary charts and diagrams could be easily found on your computer. Learn more about ConceptDraw Business Suite: http://www.conceptdraw.com/pg?id=news_november_about-bs

ConceptDraw MINDMAP 5 Review by David Sparks at the Surfbits.com:

"I found ConceptDraw's MindMap Pro the first application in this genre that I actually used for its intended purpose. Like all good software, after you learn to use ConceptDraw's MindMap Pro, it gets out of your way and allows you to be productive. I will continue to use this application in my work."
Read the full review: http://www.surfbits.com/?p=1341