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NORFOLK, VA – August 20, 2007 -- Wasabi Systems today announced its non-exclusive distribution agreement with leading IT products distributor Tech Data Corporation which will significantly expand the availability of the powerful, world-class Wasabi Storage Builder® solutions to highly qualified value-added resellers (VARs) in the United States. The agreement brings to the market an increased availability of cost-effective, simplified storage solutions for IP-SAN and NAS appliance applications for the growing SME marketplace.
“Together with Tech Data, we will leverage their great product family of industry accepted server components and add Storage Builder products to make storage solutions simple. It is our goal to simplify storage and provide extraordinary value at a competitive price,” said Michael J. Kress, Wasabi’s Vice President of Worldwide Sales. “We are very excited to work with Tech Data. Their strong presence and solid reputation in the high-tech sector brings additional expertise and knowledge and will broaden our reach in the storage market.”
“Supported by Tech Data’s Components Specialized Business Unit, Wasabi Storage Builder will be available to IT reseller and systems builders nationwide,” said Brian Davis, Tech Data’s vice president, Client Computing. “System builders are constantly looking for trends they can profitably capitalize upon by creating custom, specialized solutions for their end-user customers. The addition of Wasabi Storage Builder to our components product offering, enables our customers to take their server-building expertise to the next level and target the increasing demand for storage capacity by creating versatile IP-SAN and NAS storage appliances.”??Tech Data will distribute the entire Wasabi Storage Builder product line. Wasabi Systems as an Intel Enabled Server Acceleration Alliance (ESAA) member has certified the new Intel® Storage System SSR212MC2, available through the Components Specialized Business Unit at Tech Data. This platform is a great example of the outstanding solutions combining the Intel White Box Server Storage platform and Wasabi Storage Builder can deliver excellent support to VARS.
About Tech Data: Founded in 1974, Tech Data Corporation (NASDAQ GS: TECD) is a leading distributor of IT products, with more than 90,000 customers in over 100 countries. The company's business model enables technology solution providers, manufacturers and publishers to cost-effectively sell to and support end users ranging from small-to-midsize businesses (SMB) to large enterprises. Ranked 109th on the FORTUNE 500®, Tech Data generated $21.4 billion in sales for its fiscal year ended January 31, 2007. For more information, visit www.techdata.com. |
