Bell Microproducts to Distribute Zetera's Breakthrough Network Storage Systems7 February 2005
Bell Microproducts, Inc. (Nasdaq: BELM), a leading worldwide distributor of data storage products, and Zetera Corporation, announced today a strategic alliance to develop and
market storage solutions utilizing Zetera's patent-pending network storage
technology. Bell Microproducts will be the master distributor for a new family
of network storage devices targeting the needs of the business market. Bell
Microproducts expects to ship its first Zetera-enabled products in the second
quarter of 2005 to resellers in North and South America and Europe.
Zetera's technology enables storage area networks to deliver high
performance and improved scalability at significantly lower cost. "Zetera's
new storage architecture is one of those rare technology breakthroughs that is
simultaneously better, faster, cheaper and easier to deploy than its
predecessors," said Zetera CEO Chuck Cortright. "Bringing our products to
market through one of the storage industry's most revered providers, Bell
Microproducts, reinforces our conviction that Zetera-powered network storage
is the wave of the future."
Zetera network storage technology eliminates the need for costly
controllers and custom switches, through an innovative application of
Internetworking Protocol (IP). Zetera-powered storage devices can deliver
high performance at little more than the cost-per-gigabyte of off-the-shelf
USB storage devices.
"We're always on the lookout for new sources of growth in the storage
market," said Joe Cousins, Vice President of Computer Products for Bell
Microproducts. "Zetera's network storage architecture opens up new markets
for customers that require high performance solutions at a lower price
points." Zetera-powered storage systems are expected to sell for at least one
third less than other technology solutions, and to deliver superior
performance, scalability, and interoperability.
Zetera's network storage technology virtualizes storage at the IP layer,
and in doing so, eliminates the physical transport gateways and disk
controllers that have made storage area networks so costly. Zetera-based
solutions scale smoothly from consumer applications to massive data center
arrays. By using IP as the storage fabric, data replication, performance and
reliability are delivered without custom and costly specialized hardware such
as RAID controllers.
About Bell Microproducts, Inc.
Bell Microproducts is an international, value-added provider of a wide
range of high-technology products, solutions, and services to the industrial
and commercial markets. The company's offering includes semiconductors,
computer platforms, peripherals, and 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, and extensive support, integration and
installation services. Bell Microproducts is an industry-recognized specialist
in storage products and is one of the world's largest storage-centric
value-added distributors.
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 testing, software loading, kitting, mass storage system integration,
and computer system integration. Trained and certified technical personnel
complete each of these processes at Bell Microproducts' ISO 9001:2000
facilities. Bell Microproducts markets and distributes more than 125 brand
name product lines, as well as its own Rorke Data storage brands, to original
equipment manufacturers (OEMs), contract electronic manufacturing services
(EMS) 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 Web site at www.bellmicro.com.
About Zetera Corporation
Founded in 2002, Zetera Corporation is a developer of a patent-pending
technology that enables networked storage to be realized at unprecedented
price-performance levels. The technology was invented by the creators of the
IDE and ATAPI disk drive standards, which have shipped in billions of disk
drives. Leveraging the latest IP advances, Zetera has created a new class of
network storage technology that is superior in performance, cost, scalability
and compatibility to all other types of network storage. Based in Irvine,
Calif., Zetera licenses its technology to leading storage, computer,
peripheral and device manufacturers worldwide, including Netgear and StorCase.
For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.zetera.com.
Safe Harbor Statement for Bell Microproducts:
This release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking
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financial performance, involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties which
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successfully integrate the operations of recent acquisitions, industry
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/Web site: http://www.zetera.com/
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For further information: Rob Watson of Bell Microproducts,
+1-408-501-3315, or rob@bellmicro.com; or Jennifer Tolkachev of Lages &
Associates, +1-949-453-8080, or jennifer@lages.com, for Zetera
Corporation
Source: Canada NewsWire
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