Agate and iGo Establish Strategic Distribution Alliance; Agate's Q USB Storage Device Will Be Marketed Under iGo's Road Warrior Brand.Business Editors CERRITOS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 27, 2001 Agate Technologies, Inc. (AGTE.OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). ) and iGo Corporation (Nasdaq:IGOC IGOC Immigration Guardian of Children Act (Australia) ) today announced that they have formed a relationship whereby iGo will distribute and market Agate's product line. As part of this relationship, Agate will customize the Q product set and co-brand it as iGo's Road Warrior A person who frequently travels with laptop and cellphone. (R) product. The Q is featured in iGo's catalog, website, and business-to-business outbound sales activities, and the companies plan to aggressively drive sales to iGo's award winning website for mobile technology solutions. The move comes on the heels of the Q's popularity, and is consistent with Agate's strategy to align and strengthen partner relationships and enhance distribution to better meet the growing customer demand for Agate's product line. "iGo can now offer customers a state-of-the-art portable mini hard drive solution that puts up to 64 megabytes of storage on a key chain," says Ken Hawk, 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. of iGo Corporation. "This relationship strengthens our position in the market as the mobile technology manufacturer and marketer of high-tech accessories that keep mobile professionals powered up and connected." "Agate is delighted to partner with iGo to broaden the scope of our distribution capabilities. iGo is exactly the type of relationship we desire as we focus on selected high quality partners for distribution," explains, John Madigan John Madigan is a Gaelic football player from Laois in Ireland. At club level, John usually lines out at centre half back with Ballyroan Abbey and in 2006 he had the honour of captaining the Ballyroan/Abbeyleix combination, Ballyroan Gaels to the Laois Senior Football Championship , President and Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. for Agate. "The Q product has been well accepted in the marketplace, and we are expecting great results from the relationship and our co-branding activity." The Q is available from iGo Corporation effective immediately. The Q USB Hard Drive See external drive. is a next generation flash memory plug and play storage product that plugs directly into a USB port A USB socket on a computer or peripheral device into which a USB cable is plugged. See USB. , stores 16/32/64 megabytes of data, and does not require cables or power source. Q shows up as a hard drive on the user's system, and the data stored there can be accessed - including running programs - as on any other drive. Compact and lightweight with no moving parts Moving parts are the components of a device that undergo continuous or frequent motion, most commonly rotation. "Parts" only include the mechanical components which does not include fuel, or any other gas or liquid. , the Q can be put into a pocket or on a key ring and can be used on any other USB-compatible system. About Agate Technologies, Inc. Agate Technologies, Inc. pioneered hot swapping to IDE peripherals and continues to spearhead the move towards a new paradigm New Paradigm In the investing world, a totally new way of doing things that has a huge effect on business. Notes: The word "paradigm" is defined as a pattern or model, and it has been used in science to refer to a theoretical framework. in data availability and security. As a premier designer, developer, and marketer of mobile data storage and management, Agate is committed to delivering breakthrough technology solutions that give users accessibility, mobility, and security of data that are cost-effective and user-friendly. Agate has been licensing hot-swap technology to various OEMs since 1997, including HP, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , and Siemens. Contact us at: Agate Technologies, Inc., 16000 Carmenita Road, Cerritos, CA 90703, 1-800-98-AGATE, www.agatetech.com About iGo Reno, NV-based iGo Corporation (Nasdaq: IGOC) develops, manufactures and markets parts and accessories including batteries, adapters and chargers for mobile technology products such as laptops, cell phones and wireless devices. The company's products address the needs of mobile professionals and corporations with mobile workforces who demand solutions to keep them powered up and connected. iGo enables more than half of the FORTUNE 500 to efficiently purchase and receive mobile products and services overnight. iGo's products are available through a catalog toll-free (1-800-228-8374), online (www.igo.com), and through a dedicated corporate account teams. Products are also available through leading distributors including Ingram Micro and TechData, value-added resellers such as GE Capital, and 1,100 resellers nationwide. iGo's industry leading alliances and business partners include companies such as Acer, Handspring, 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) , NEC, Ericsson and Fujitsu. Some of iGo's corporate accounts include AT&T, UPS, and Merck. For more information about iGo, please see "About iGo" at www.igo.com. Some statements in this release may be "forward-looking statements," and as such may include risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to; factors detailed in the company's latest 10Q filings with the SEC. Agate and Q are trademarks or registered trademarks of Agate Technologies, Inc. iGo and Road Warrior are trademarks or registered trademarks of iGo Corporation. |
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