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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ACSL Marks 10 Years as a Publisher in the Sun Microsystems
Market
December 3, 2001 -
ACSL, a publisher in the enterprise server markets, announced the 10
years anniversary of its incorporation. The company was founded in December 1991
to research the Sun Microsystems compatible market. Its best known publication
in the Sun market is the SPARC
Product Directory which started life as a printed book called the "SBus
Product Directory" in the first quarter of 1992. The publication was
renamed with its own exclusive SPARC trademark and transitioned to the web in
1996.
"Nowadays publishing our directories involves the active
collaboration of thousands of companies" said publisher Zsolt Kerekes. "But
because our publications are now so well known, my job has become a lot easier
than it used to be in the early days when I had to explain to everyone what they
were all about."
Kerekes admits that he knew nothing at all about
publishing when he started ACSL and made a lot of fundamental business mistakes
in the early years. "But luckily when the web came along, all publishers
restarted with a level playing field, and it was an ideal medium for this kind
of information."
"I'd like to thank everyone who uses
our publications, my content partners and all our advertisers for helping
ACSL get through a difficult year in 2001." ...ACSL profile
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ACSL (Applied Computer Science, Ltd.)
Highview Farm
Haughurst
Hill
Baughurst
Tadley
RG26 5JR
England
tel:- +44-1189-820-880
fax:- +44-1189-820-445
email:- info@SPARCproductDirectory.com
url:-
www.SPARCproductDIRectory.com | |
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Zsolt Kerekes,
founder and
publisher ACSL |
ACSL
believes that an industry directory shouldn't just reflect the market it's in,
but should also help to change it.
"A committed publisher becomes a stakeholder in the markets they
cover, and wants to see them succeed and grow" said publisher Zsolt
Kerekes.
During the early 1990's ACSL played a part in accelerating
the growth of the SPARC market by researching and supplying critical marketing
data to leading OEMs, on channels, partners, users and branding.
In
fact it was not until 1998, that the company diversified outside the SPARC
market, with the launch of its enterprise storage portal called
STORAGEsearch.
In recent
years there's been a lot of new competition from heavily funded wannabe portal
publishers. ACSL sees that as a good thing, because competitive pressure leads
to better products in publishing, as well as in systems. Kerekes observed that "if
you've been competing for eyeballs with publications from Sun Microsystems for
10 years, then no other publisher can scare you."
Despite new
competition, ACSL's readership ends 2001 at record high levels, with growth
continuing strong. | |
