Exabyte Signs New Distribution Agreement with Condre Storage16 March 2005
Exabyte Corporation (OTCBB: EXBT), a leading innovator in tape backup, restore and archival systems, announced today that it has signed a distribution agreement with Condre Storage, Inc., a distributor and integrator of computer hardware and software serving the VAR and Reseller community with a specific product focus in data storage. This agreement expands Exabyte's existing distribution channels to the mid-range VAR and reseller community and broadens availability of Exabyte tape storage solutions. Condre Storage will begin shipping the complete line of Exabyte products immediately.
"Condre is very selective about which storage products it distributes -- only selecting the most reliable, most cost-effective, highest quality products for its VARs and resellers -- and Exabyte is proud that our products meet Condre's high standards of excellence," said Tom Ward, president and CEO of Exabyte. "This distribution agreement is significant because it enhances Exabyte's support of the mid-range reseller community and makes Exabyte solutions more widely available throughout North America."
"Condre Storage is committed to offering the reseller community the most advanced storage solutions, which is why Condre has added Exabyte's tape storage products to our portfolio," said Dennis Maetzold, president of Condre Storage. "Exabyte's industry-leading tape drives and tape automation solutions have the features, specifications and cost-effective pricing that meet the business needs of our resellers and the technical needs of their customers."
Condre Storage will now distribute the full suite of award-winning VXA tape storage products, including stand-alone VXA Packet Drives and VXA PacketLoaders as well as Exabyte's robust line of Magnum LTO libraries. Exabyte automation products feature ExaBotics(TM), Exabyte's patented robotics systems, built on its 20-year legacy of tape storage innovation and its superior engineering, quality and reliability.
This agreement expands Exabyte's existing distribution channels to provide more coverage of mid-sized VARs served by Condre Storage. For more information on Exabyte, its channel partners, and its products, please visit www.exabyte.com.
About Condre Storage
Condre Storage, Inc. is a distributor and integrator of computer hardware and software serving the VAR and Reseller community with a specific product focus in data storage. Condre Storage has carefully chosen a combination of product lines in Hard Drives, Tape Backup, RAID Systems, Storage Area Networking (SAN), and software to provide computer VARs and Resellers with a wide variety of storage solutions. Condre Storage's management, sales representatives, engineering staff, and support team, all have extensive backgrounds in the data storage market (over 130 years combined). For more information, visit www.condre.com.
About Exabyte Corporation
Exabyte Corporation (OTCBB: EXBT), now entering its 20th year, is a recognized pioneer and leading innovator in tape storage. Its heritage comprises an impressive list of industry "firsts," including the first manufacturer of tape drives to break the 1, 2, and 5 GB capacity barriers; the first to introduce 8mm, native Fibre Channel, and FireWire tape drives and libraries; and the first and only manufacturer to offer VXA Packet Technology, which enables its VXA Packet drives, autoloaders and tapes to read and write data in packets like the Internet, allowing far superior restore integrity, exceptional transfer speeds and scalable tape capacities. With award-winning VXA Packet Technology, patented ExaBotics(TM) and its innovative engineering approach, Exabyte delivers new VXA(TM) and LTO(TM) (Ultrium(TM)) products that consistently raise the bar for industry standards in engineering, quality and data reliability. The company's product suite is ideally suited for SMB and departmental servers, workstations, LANs, and SANs, providing dramatically higher capacity, speed and reliability at competitive prices. Exabyte has a worldwide network of OEMs, distributors and resellers that share the company's commitment to innovation and customer service, including IBM, HP, Fujitsu Siemens, Apple, Imation, Bull, Toshiba, Logitec, Kontron, Tech Data, Ingram Micro, CDW and Arrow Electronics. For additional information, call 1-800-EXABYTE or visit www.exabyte.com. For investor relations inquiries, contact Kelly Beavers at investor@exabyte.com.
Contacts
Trippe-Marino, Inc. (Exabyte PR)
Bill Marino, 303-988-5133
bmarino@trippemarino.com
Source: Business Wire
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