Abler Technology Announces Networking Products Distribution Agreement with Merisel.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 20, 1998-- Agreement with Leading North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Distributor Brings New SOHO Soho (sōhō`, sə–), district of Westminster, London, England, known for its continental restaurants. Once a fashionable quarter, it became popular among writers and artists in the 19th cent. and 10/100 Switch Products to Market Abler Technology Corporation, today announced an agreement with El Segundo El Segundo (ĕl sēgŭn`dō), industrial city (1990 pop. 15,223), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1917. Its products include navigation and computer systems, aircraft parts, office machines, telephone apparatus, and , Calif.-based Merisel, Inc. a leading distributor of computer hardware and software products. Under the terms of the agreement, Merisel will distribute Abler's growing line of SOHO Advantage network adapters, hubs, and switches to retailers and Abler's emerging line of 10/100 switch products to VARs and system integrators throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Canada. "Abler has just entered the North American networking market with an exciting line of connectivity and network switching hardware that is extremely competitive in both features and pricing," noted Al Gounod, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Abler. "With this agreement, we are now able to offer these new products throughout North America. We are sure that Merisel's customers will find Abler's products to offer superior performance at an outstanding value." Abler Technology Corporation has just started to ship the first in a comprehensive line of small office/home office See SOHO. (SOHO) network adapters, hubs, and desktop Ethernet switches. Abler's SOHO Advantage product line has been designed to give customers a plug-and-play, end-to-end approach to wiring networks with less than 20 nodes. Abler will expand the SOHO Advantage line with a new series of SOHO switch products, built around the company's high-performance ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. , later this quarter. "We anticipate that our partnership with Abler Technology will offer our customers selling into the small to mid-sized market high-performance 10/100 wiring technology at a very competitive price," said Merisel's Vice President, Technical Products Division Art Merkin mer·kin n. A pubic wig for women. [Alteration of obsolete malkin, lower-class woman, mop, from Middle English, from Malkin, diminutive of the personal name Matilda.] . "Partnering with manufacturers like Abler that are developing new, cost effective wiring solutions based on their own innovative ASIC, helps us keep our customers one step ahead of the competition." Abler Technology plans to deliver a new line of Fast Ethernet switches based on the company's own switching ASIC. Abler's new line of 10/100 Mbps switches will deliver switched connections to desktop workstations for the same price per port as 10/100 Mbps hubs. The company will also market customizable silicon solutions to other Ethernet equipment makers who are seeking higher performance, more cost-effective components for their own switching products. About Merisel, Inc. Merisel, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :MSEL MSEL Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory MSEL Milton S. Eisenhower Library (Johns Hopkins University) MSEL Master Scenario Events List MSEL Master of Studies in Environmental Law ) is a leader in the distribution of computer hardware and software products, with reported 1997 sales of $4.05 billion. Merisel, based in El Segundo, Calif., distributes a full line of 25,000 products and services from the industry's leading manufacturers to more than 45,000 resellers throughout North America. In addition, the company provides a full range of customized, value-added services. Merisel also offers dedicated support to high-end resellers through the Merisel Open Computing Alliance (MOCA MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art MOCA Multimedia over Coax MoCA Museum of Chinese in the Americas MOCA Minnesota Ovarian Cancer Alliance MOCA Montezuma Castle National Monument (US National Park Service) ), a specialty division for Sun Microsystems and third-party products. Merisel's corporate Web site is located at www.merisel.com. About Abler Technology Abler Technology was established in September 1996 in Hsinchu, Taiwan, by Dr. Shiwei Wang, one of the world's leading authorities on ATM and switching technologies. Abler is dedicated to developing innovative technology that delivers high-speed, cost-efficient connectivity to the desktop. Abler Technology markets its desktop connectivity hardware through a network of resellers and retailers throughout North and South America. The company also offers innovative ASIC technology to OEMs and ODMs who are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. less expensive, customizable, standards-compliant silicon solutions that they can incorporate into their own products. Abler Technology, Inc. maintains its North American headquarters at 2674 North First Street, Suite 207, San Jose, Calif. 95134; Phone: 408/423-3100; Fax: 408/432-3101; web site: http://www.ablertech.com. CONTACT: Abler Technology Inc. Christy Calderon, 408/432-3105 christy@ablertech.com or Merisel, Inc. Julie K. Motta, 310/615-1283 julie.motta@merisel.com or Woolf Media Relations, Inc. Tom Woolf, 650/508-1554 tomw@woolfmedia.com |
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