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agami Systems and Bell Microproducts Sign NAS Distribution Deal; Leading Storage-Centric Distributor to Offer the agami Systems Information Server in the United States and Canada.SUNNYVALE, Calif. & SAN JOSE, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Oct. 18, 2005 -- agami Systems Inc., a leading developer of next-generation information server solutions, and Bell Microproducts (Nasdaq:BELM), the world's largest storage-centric, value-added distributor, announced today that they have signed a distribution agreement. This new relationship will enable Bell Microproducts to sell agami information server solutions to value-added resellers (VARs) and system integrators throughout the United States and Canada. End customers who purchase agami Systems information servers from Bell Microproducts' partners will benefit from tremendous improvements in functionality, increased performance and capacity, and simplified management at a dramatically reduced cost of ownership. "Bell Microproducts is a highly respected player in the storage distribution business," said Craig Stevens, Vice President of Sales for agami Systems. "This partnership will allow rapid market penetration of our next-generation NAS solution, agami information servers (AIS). Their well established reputation and expertise enables Bell Microproducts certified resellers to offer our AIS 3000 series information server to end customers across the United States and Canada." "Our customers are always looking for easy-to-use advanced storage solutions that provide the performance and feature set required for today's medium-to-large enterprise customers," said Phil Roussey, Executive Vice President of Enterprise Solutions, at Bell Microproducts. "The agami Systems 3000 series typically exceeds our customers' requirements, at a dramatically lower total cost of ownership. We're extremely pleased to be a solutions partner with agami Systems." Both companies have proactively developed and are deploying a certified Reseller Training Program offering ongoing technical training, marketing support and financial incentives, enabling resellers to dramatically reduce their time to revenue. About agami Systems Inc. agami Systems is a leading provider of next-generation network attached storage (NAS) systems that dramatically reduce customers' Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). The company's recently announced AIS 3000 series NAS solution has broken all known performance records delivering industry-leading aggregate read throughput performance of over 500 megabytes (MB) per second from a single NAS module. The AIS 3000 series is the world's first NAS system that incorporates symmetrical multi-processing (SMP) with ccNUMA based on the 64-bit AMD Opteron(TM) with Direct Connect, HyperTransport(TM) bus and I/O link technologies. Enterprise-class features and reliability are provided by the agamiOS(TM) software that includes easy-to-use, policy-based management GUI, 64-bit file system -- agamiFS(TM) and integral network-efficient file system replication -- agamiFSR(TM). The AIS 3000 series supports a wide range of Microsoft Windows(R), UNIX and Linux client platforms using industry standard NFS and CIFS protocols, as well as backup and restore using NDMP and industry leading backup systems. Additional information about agami Systems and the AIS 3000 series information servers can be found at the company's web site at www.agami.com. About Bell Microproducts Bell Microproducts is an international provider of a wide range of high-technology products, solutions, and services to the enterprise, industrial and commercial markets. The company is an industry-recognized specialist in storage products and is one of the world's largest storage-centric, value-added distributors. Bell Microproduct's offering includes storage products of various types including desktop, high-end computer and storage subsystems, Fibre Channel connectivity products, RAID, NAS and SAN storage systems, back-up products, storage management software, semiconductors, computer platforms, peripherals, and extensive support, integration and installation services. The company's products are available at any level of integration, from components to subsystem assemblies and fully integrated, tested and certified system solutions. The company adds value with a broad range of services including system design, integration, installation, maintenance, testing, software loading, and other consulting services. Trained and certified technical personnel complete each of these processes at Bell Microproducts' ISO 9001:2000 facilities. Bell Microproducts markets and distributes more than 140 brand name product lines, as well as its own Rorke Data storage products and Markvision memory modules, to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), contract electronic manufacturing services (CEMS) customers, value-added resellers (VARs) and system integrators in the Americas and Europe. More information can be found in the company's SEC filings or by visiting the Bell Microproducts' website at www.bellmicro.com. All trademarks, trade names, service marks, and logos referenced herein belong to their respective companies. NOTE TO EDITORS: agami has an accent mark over the second "a". |
