BCC Expands Reseller Channel.Business Editors and High-Tech Writers IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 2, 2001 BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) The field in an e-mail header that names additional recipients for the message. It is similar to carbon copy (cc), but the names do not appear in the recipient's message. Not all e-mail systems support the bcc feature. See fcc. Technologies, long-time provider of storage solutions for the 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) iSeries marketplace, today announced the expansion of their BCC Authorized Reseller (BAR) Program to add additional North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. resellers and to recruit distributors for overseas territories. BCC resellers carry a full line of disk and tape storage systems and related software for the IBM iSeries (AS/400). BCC's BAR program enjoys the advantages of a highly competitive line of storage solutions providing a strong ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). for both resellers and users. Emphasis is on strong product differentiation Product Differentiation A source of competitive advantage that depends on producing some item that is regarded to have unique and valuable characteristics. and price-performance, to provide highly competitive products to storage resellers. BCC's Extender See Media Center Extender, bus extender and DOS extender. (TM) Disk Drive (EDD Noun 1. EdD - a doctor's degree in education DEd, Doctor of Education doctor's degree, doctorate - one of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a university ) family and their Maxback line of tape drives and tape libraries have been engineered, manufactured and sold since 1994. Disk products run on all models of the iSeries that support the iSeries' super-fast HSL (Hue Saturation Luminosity) A color space similar to HSB. See HSB. connectivity. Tape products also support NT, Linux and Unix platforms. "Our BAR Program has grown steadily under careful controls over the past year, and now we are ready to take it to the next level," announced John Gimpl III, vice president of sales at BCC. "Our BAR Program provides the training and the marketing support that resellers need to successfully do business in the growing storage industry." "Published industry research shows tremendous growth for the storage market. IDC's Worldwide Storage Guide shows a $39 billion market for disk storage systems in 2001 with $1.3 billion in iSeries disk. Freeman Associates projects a $7.7 billion worldwide tape market growing at 20 percent per year. And the total storage opportunity (disk, tape and services) for the iSeries this year is $1.7 billion," said Gimpl. Being the only manufacturer of internal disk for the iSeries besides IBM, and the only maker of both disk and tape products for the I series, the company is well-positioned to take full advantage of the demand for high-performance storage. World Data Products, leading iSeries and AS/400 provider of hardware and software solutions for information systems, has been in BCC's BAR Program for three years. "They give us the edge in the highly competitive storage market we need, and support us with 24/7 technical support to make sure everything works right the first time," said Dave Alrick, sales manager of this Minnesota-based reseller. "Offering our Best-of-Breed storage solutions has brought our resellers more new business opportunities, as well as additional business from their existing customer base," reported Gimpl. "Our program includes extensive marketing planning and support, pre-sales and sales support, configuration engineering, Web and e-collateral materials, joint marketing campaigns with resellers and other storage manufacturers including Sony Corporation, product training and technical support." Interested resellers should contact Gimpl at BCC Technologies Inc., 15331 Barranca bar·ran·ca also bar·ran·co n. pl. bar·ran·cas also bar·ran·cos Southwestern U.S. 1. A deep ravine or gorge. 2. A bluff. Parkway, Irvine, Calif. USA Tel 949/453-7600 ext. 26, fax 949/453-7601; e-mail jgimpl@bcctech.com. BCC's BAR Program and a Reseller Application are available at: http://www.bcctech.com/reseller/index3.html. About BCC Technologies BCC Technologies, founded in 1989 with corporate headquarters in Irvine, is a leading manufacturer of computer storage solutions for the iSeries, AS/400, Unix, Linux and NT platforms. BCC's Extender Disk Family that includes both 10K EDD and 15K EDD disk subsystems fulfills BCC's commitment to provide the highest performance and value for the iSeries community. Tape subsystems and enterprise-wide libraries are configured with 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. , AIT, and 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. technologies. BCC's products are marketed directly and through BCC Authorized Resellers (BARs) accessible through the company's Web site at http://www.bcctech.com. About World Data Products World Data Products, based in Minnetonka, Minn., buys, sells and leases BCC, CISCO, COMPAQ, DELL, EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. , HP9000, HP3000, IBM AS/400, NETFINITY, NETSERVERS, NORTEL, RS6000 and SUN equipment. Software available includes Veritas, Microsoft, Symantec, Oracle, Novell, Check Point, and Citrix. Services offered include High Availability Installation, Performance Tuning, Network Design, Remote Support, Migration Services, Depot Maintenance, Application Software Integration, Board Level Repair, 24-Hour Parts Availability and Training for all computers the company carries. World Data's Web site is http://www.wdpi.com. |
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