DATADESK NO NEWCOMER TO CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION

Datadesk is a creative, award-winning company respected for its unique and unconventional approaches to the design of computer products. The company's family of input devices include keyboards, trackballs, touchpads and other accessories that optimise both comfort and productivity for personal computer users at home, in the workplace and at school.

Datadesk is one of the first companies in the fast-growing technology field to recognize an increasing awareness among computer users of the importance of keyboard design and functionality in relation to their comfort, health and productivity. By creating products superior to standard computer keyboards, Datadesk has achieved the respect and attention of industry and consumers alike. Since it was founded in l985, the company has achieved several impressive milestones that have garnered it attention and respect within the computer industry.

• Datadesk pioneered the third-party Macintosh keyboard market by developing IBM-style keyboards for Macintosh users including the first extended keyboard with function keys (the MAC-101). It was on this product that Bill Gates first demonstrated Microsoft Word for the Macintosh.
• The company was the first to develop a cross platform user-configurable keyboard (supporting MAC and PC computers in the same product - the SwitchBoard) that enabled users to actually re-arrange the physical layout of the keyboard by plugging and unplugging components in a variety of positions.
• Datadesk was the first to develop a keyboard incorporating patented variable-width key caps that makes ergonomic or "split" keyboards easier to type on. As a result, the Datadesk SmartBoard is claimed by the the Guiness Book of Records, world's fastest typist Greg Arakelian, to be the easiest-to-use and fastest keyboard ever.
• Datadesk is also the first company to develop a true children's keyboard, LittleFingers, specially designed for smaller hands and fingers. LittleFingers helps kids learn their most important computer skill - keyboarding. The concept is so original and unique, that it was awarded an exclusive United States utility patent.

Today, the company is in the process of creating new, small footprint peripherals, configurable to users needs, allowing them to effectively build their own input solutions by positioning components where they are most comfortable and productive.

Datadesk is a privately-held company headquartered on Bainbridge Island, Washington, near Seattle. Its products are sold world wide through a network of distributors, mail order catalogues and retail dealers.

DBZ is pleased to be associated with Datadesk through their appointment as the exclusive distributor for their innovative range of  keyboards in Australia and New Zealand.

You can find out more about DBZ at the DBZ home page - www.dbz.com.au