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Leader Technologies has been at the top of the communications and software business since its founding in 1992. Our experience, combined with our commitment to continually enhance our products and services, has kept us at the forefront of our industry and has allowed us to meet the unique needs of our customers.
We began our existence with the development of our file synchronization and backup utility program, PowerMerge. Portable computers were just coming into widespread use in 1992 and we recognized the need users would have to keep data in-synch between their portable and desktop machines. PowerMerge fulfilled this need. However, with the success of PowerMerge, we quickly recognized another problem that was developing, the need to enter all of the registration cards that were being returned by our PowerMerge customers.
To alleviate this problem, we developed an in-house version of our PowerREGISTER electronic registration system. At about this time, Leader was approached by a leading disk drive manufacturer to develop a version of its PowerMerge software to be bundled on their disk drives. During these preliminary discussions, we demonstrated our electronic registration application. The drive manufacturer immediately recognized the value of including an electronic registration application with its products and became our first PowerREGISTER customer.
Since then, Leader has developed hundreds of registration applications for over 40 computer hardware and software companies, shipping on millions of computer products each month. Our PowerMerge software continues to ship today and is used by thousands of portable computer users. Leader Technologies is an industry leader because we provide cost effective, quality products in a timely manner. Our commitment to customer satisfaction is our number one goal and our track record proves that we are excellent at meeting this commitment.
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January 1992
Leader ships the first version of its file synchronization software program for the Macintosh market, PowerMerge. PowerMerge receives a four star rating from both MacWeek and MacWorld publications and sells well through leading resellers such as MacZone, MacWarehouse and CompUSA.
April 1994
Leader releases PowerMerge 2.5, which is upgraded to run on Apple’s new Power Macintosh operating system.
November 1995
Leader creates a private label version of its PowerMerge software for Iomega to ship on its soon to be released Zip Disk System.
May 1996
Leader and Iomega enter into an agreement for Leader to supply Iomega with an electronic product registration application for its Macintosh version of its hugely successful Zip disk drive system. Within twelve months, Iomega awards Leader all of its electronic product registration business for both the Macintosh and PC line of products.
The commercial version of PowerREGISTER is launched and other leading companies such as Umax Scanners enlist Leader to help them identify end-users of their products through the service.
August 1998
Leader signs an agreement with Hasbro Interactive, its first electronic gaming company, to use the PowerREGISTER system. Other companies such as Atari and Disney Interactive follow.
December 1998
Leader replaces a competitive registration system at Palm Computing and becomes the leading supplier of electronic registration systems worldwide.
March 2001
The first multiple language version of the PowerREGISTER systems are delivered. PowerREGISTER and Leader’s email marketing services eventually support over 35 separate languages, including double-byte and right-to-left reading languages.
August 2003
Leader supplies a version of the PowerREGISTER service that controls mandatory registration and unlocking code delivery to Adobe Systems to ship with its free photo editing software program, Photoshop Album Starter Edition.
November 2003
The first PC manufacturer, Gateway Computers, bundles PowerREGISTER directly onto its computers during manufacturing. This leads to relationships with Acer, IBM, Lenovo and Dell.
May 2006
Leader deploys its first automated and triggered email marketing service, ePowerMail, to support Adobe’s Trial Software Download program. Emails are constructed in multiple languages and emails are sent to recipients around the globe.
June 2007
Leader deploys its first Net Promoter Score system shipping with Logitech’s products. Net Promoter Score becomes an integral part of how Logitech management tracks the success of its products. Logitech and Leader work closely together to build out an NPS ecosystem around the Net Promoter Score survey delivered through Leader’s product registration service.
August 2007
Leader enters into an Agreement with Acer to ship its first direct-to-desktop communication application on its computers named Acer Assist. Acer Assist is used for sending technical support and marketing messages directly onto the desktop of these Acer computers.
December 2008
Seagate integrates the first Webview version of PowerREGISTER on its disk drives. The Webview system combines key features of a front-end registration application with the flexibility of a web-based system that can be updated while the system is already integrated with a manufacturer’s products. Seagate is able to track supply chain velocity through the registration system.
July 2009
The first LTCM direct-to-desktop communication application is shipped with Epson printers. This is the first version of the open-network version of the desktop communicator, meaning users that receive the application from any participating company will be able to receive messages from all companies. This community approach helps increase the installed base of LTCMs running on computers.
June 2010
Leader signs a multi-year agreement with Dell computer to deliver product registration services for all Dell retail products for both Windows and Android operating systems.
June 2011
Leader delivers its first Registration Incentive Portal to Dell Computers. Using the Registration Incentive Portal, Dell is able to change incentives to register that are displayed when the registration application appears. Changes made on the web interface are automatically distributed throughout the registration system.
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