ADIC Signs Distribution Agreement with Tokyo Electron Ltd.Business Editors & Technology Writers REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 14, 2004 Master Agreement Extends to Automated Tape Libraries, Pathlight VX Disk-to-Tape Backup Solutions; Marks Expansion of ADIC in Japanese Market Advanced Digital Information Corporation (Nasdaq:ADIC), leading supplier of intelligent storage solutions for the open systems market, announced today that it has finalized See finalization. a distribution agreement with Tokyo Electron Limited (TEL TEL Telephone TEL Telegram TEL Telugu (langauge) TEL Terrorist Exclusion List TEL Technology-Enhanced Learning TEL Transporter-Erector-Launcher TEL Tetra-Ethyl Lead TEL Team Deutsche Telekom ). Under terms of the agreement, TEL will act as the master distributor for the entire line of ADIC automated tape libraries and Pathlight VX disk-to-tape backup solutions throughout Japan. TEL, one of the leading suppliers of semiconductor production equipment and electronics components, has expanded its business to also become one of the primary international distributors of servers, networking, security, and data protection products. The company's Computer Network Division has been in the forefront of providing Fibre Channel Storage Area Networking (SAN) solutions for a wide variety of the largest commercial companies in Japan, as well as for government agencies, research facilities, and value-added resellers A value-added reseller (VAR) is a company that adds some feature(s) to an existing product(s), then resells it (usually to end-users) as an integrated product or complete "turn-key" solution. serving the indirect sales channel. TEL represents a significant number of the leading suppliers of SAN-based data protection products in Japan, including Brocade Communications, Veritas Software Veritas Software Corp. was an international software company that was founded in 1983 as Tolerant Systems, renamed Veritas Software Corp. in 1989, and merged with Symantec in 2005. It was headquartered in Mountain View, California. , Emulex Corporation and HP. "We are very pleased to have the team at Tokyo Electron work with us to help ADIC expand our business in Japan," said Scott Roza, ADIC Vice President of Sales and Marketing. "TEL has a unique combination of qualities that make them an ideal long-term partner for ADIC. They offer sophisticated technical skills in the area of data protection, well-established continuing customer relationships, and a commitment to bringing the IT community the very best solutions delivered through a blend of advanced products and responsive service." "TEL is extremely pleased to be able to offer ADIC tape automation and disk-to-tape solutions to help the IT community manage and protect their rapidly growing data more effectively," said Vic Amano, VP & General Manager of Computer Network Division, TEL. "In Japan, the tape automation market segment is one of the fastest growing IT sectors. ADIC is not only the market leader in the open systems tape automation segment, but also offers a heritage of product innovation, on-going commitment to customer and partner relationships, and strong service and support capabilities." About TEL TEL (Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. : Kiyoshi Sato) established in 1963, is a leading supplier of innovative semiconductor and FPD (1) (Flat Panel Display) See LCD, plasma display, EL display, FED and flat panel display. (2) (Field Programmable Device) An umbrella term for all chips that can be programmed by the customer including SPLDs, CPLDs and FPGAs. See PLD. production equipment worldwide. In Japan, TEL also distributes computer network related products and electronic components of global leading suppliers. To support this diverse product base, TEL has strategically located around the world. TEL is a publicly held company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Tokyo Stock Exchange Main stock market of Japan, located in Tokyo. It opened in 1878 to provide a market for the trading of government bonds newly issued to former samurai. . http://www.tel.com.
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About ADIC Advanced Digital Information Corporation (Nasdaq:ADIC) is a leading provider of Intelligent Storage(TM) solutions to the open systems marketplace. ADIC is the world's largest supplier of automated tape systems using the drive technologies most often employed for backing up open system, client-server networks.(1) The Company's data management software, storage networking appliances, and disk-to-tape data protection solutions provide IT managers innovative tools for storing, managing and protecting their most valuable digital assets in a variety of disk and tape environments. ADIC storage products are available through a worldwide sales force and a global network of resellers and OEMs, including Cray, Dell, Fujitsu-Siemens, HP, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) and Sun. Further information about ADIC is available at www.adic.com. (1) IDC 2001 worldwide revenue and unit market share data for all automated systems using DLT (Digital Linear Tape) A magnetic tape technology originally developed by Digital for its VAX line. The technology was later sold to Quantum, which makes it available to other manufacturers. DLT uses half-inch, single-hub cartridges similar to IBM's 3480/3490/3590 line. , SDLT (Super DLT) See DLT. , LTO (Linear Tape Open) A family of open magnetic tape standards developed by HP, IBM and Quantum (formerly the Certance subsidiary of Seagate) that are licensed to third-party vendors. LTO cartridges contain a memory that stores historical usage data. , 8mm or AIT drives; Gartner Dataquest, 2002 Market Shares and Forecasts for Tape Automation Systems, F. Yale, August 2002; and, Gartner Dataquest, Tape Automation Systems Market Shares, 2002, F. Yale, April 2003. ADIC, Scalar scalar, quantity or number possessing only sign and magnitude, e.g., the real numbers (see number), in contrast to vectors and tensors; scalars obey the rules of elementary algebra. Many physical quantities have scalar values, e.g. and Pathlight are registered trademarks and Intelligent Storage is a trademark of Advanced Digital Information Corporation. All other trade or service marks mentioned in this document should be considered the property of their respective owners. |
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