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To 2012, and beyond: big news and big plans

It’s been one hell of a journey from 2005 to here. In fact, it’s been such a journey that we needed an infographic (yes, another) just to condense everything that’s happened into a vaguely digestible format. You can download it here, or scroll down to view it in its glorious entirety. The news Back to ... Read more

Four handy ways to reduce PDF file size

How many times have you created a PDF file, gone to email it and it’s too large to send? It’s one of the biggest hassles in the office and companies like Box or Dropbox have based entire business strategies on the headache of sending and receiving documents. Well, we have 4 easy tips to take ... Read more

Rebagz Customer Profile

Company: Rebagz Industry: Fashion Handbags Website: www.rebagz.com Customer Since: 2011 Rebagz is a women-owned and operated handbag company whose goal is to blur the line between eco- consciousness and fashion. Rebagz was started by Marty Stevens-Heebner four years ago. Her mission was not only to create a handbag line that used recycled materials and operated ... Read more

Welcome our new Nitronauts!

Here at Nitro, we keep getting bigger! This past week we welcomed 4 new Nitronauts in our San Francisco office and there’s many more to come! Want to know more about the people who are going to help bring you the best PDF software out there? Check out their profiles below! Think you’d be a ... Read more

PDF: The World’s Digital Document [Infographic]

For the second in our series of infographics (stay tuned — there’ll be plenty more!) we decided to tackle people’s familiarity with PDF — or lack thereof. It’d be counter-intuitive to set about explaining all this in a written blog post — after all, the purpose of an infographic is to visualize copious quantities of ... Read more

Announcing Nitro’s 2011 Sean Stewart Values Award Winners

When Nitronaut Sean Stewart passed away in March 2010, we wanted to find a way to remember him. Sean was the company’s rockstar sales guy at the time, handling our European business from London, and generally being awesome at everything he touched. Sean was more than just a kickass sales guy, he was also a ... Read more

Dilbert may finally be fed up with office inefficiency

Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, the well-known comic about everyday office life, recently blogged about simplicity, efficiency, and intuitive office methods—or lack-there-of. The primary example Adams used involved an ordeal of printing and signing a document for his accountant. Although the post was very tongue-in-cheek, the underlying frustration of Adams was certainly prevalent. The gist ... Read more

Jost Architects Customer Profile

Company: Jost Architects Website: www.jostarchitects.com Industry: Architecture Customer Since: 2011 Team Size: 5-10 Jost Architects is an architectural practice based in Melbourne, Australia, that was formed in 2000 & has been involved in a number of different projects throughout the Melbourne area. Founder Patrick Jost believes that their work “should not only have the ... Read more

Sales ends February with a gong (er bang!)

Today one of our sales executives, Richard Todd, made a pretty big sale and we wanted to celebrate! Every time we close a big account, we bang a gong (with a mallet usually). Because of the size of this sale though, we decided to use our Communications Manager, Nick Chandler’s head! It’s definitely great to ... Read more

What do Bill Clinton, Mark Zuckerberg, and PDF have in common?

No, that isn’t the opening to a joke but they’re definitely related! The PDF format has finally hit the big time. How can you tell? It was recently displayed on an episode of the Simpsons, of course! A little over a month ago, in the episode titled “The D’oh-cial Network,” Homer buys a “Mapple ... Read more

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