Bell Microproducts to Distribute AEP Systems Security Products; Agreement Launches Leading Storage Distributor's Expansion into Security Market.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 5, 2003 AEP AEP - Application Environment Profile Systems is pleased to announce the appointment of Bell Microproducts as a North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Master Distributor of AEP Systems' e-Security and acceleration hardware products. "We have enlisted the support of Bell Microproducts because our resellers, system integrators, OEMs, and VARS VARS Value Added Reseller VARS Vehicle Accounting and Reporting System (US Immigration and Naturalization Service) VARS Vertical and Azimuth Reference System VARS Variant Stem VARS Variables are asking for the kind of logistical and credit support Bell Microproducts offers," said Mark Taber, Vice President of Sales at AEP Systems. "Partnering with Bell Microproducts means we can provide US customers with fast, quality service when they purchase AEP Systems' security hardware products." AEP Systems develops hardware security and acceleration solutions that are fast, simple and cost effective to deploy. AEP Systems' products are installed in over 1000 government and commercial sites around the world. Bell Microproducts provides a wide range of storage and network high-tech products, solutions and services to industrial and commercial markets. They have now added AEP Systems' line of security products to their portfolio of products for resellers and integrators. "Security and storage are the cutting edge of IT needs in the current market," said Nick Ganio, President of Bell Microproducts Enterprise Solutions Division. "AEP Systems' superior experience, quality service, and ease-of-installation fits our strategy to align with the top suppliers in these areas to provide complete and reliable solutions to our customers and their end users." For more information about AEP Systems' product offerings, visit www.aepsystems.com or email info@aepsystems.com. For a full listing of Bell Microproducts products and services, visit www.bellmicro.com. About AEP Systems AEP Systems, the high-speed security solutions company, delivers hardware security and acceleration solutions that are fast and cost-effective to deploy. Customers include financial institutions, government bodies, healthcare organizations and OEMs. Founded in 1998, AEP Systems is privately held and based outside Dublin, Ireland with offices in the UK, USA (Boston and Palo Alto Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. ) and Asia-Pacific (Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. and Tokyo). About Bell Microproducts Bell Microproducts is an international, value-added provider of a wide range of high-technology products, solutions, and services to the industrial and commercial markets. The company's offering includes semiconductors, computer platforms, peripherals, and storage products of various types including desktop, high-end computer and storage subsystems The part of a computer system that provides the storage. It includes the controller and disk drives. See storage system. , fibre channel connectivity products, RAID, NAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Network Attached Storage) A specialized file server that connects to the network. A NAS device contains a slimmed-down operating system and a file system and processes only I/O requests by supporting the popular and SAN storage systems, back-up products, storage management software, and extensive support, integration and installation services. Bell Microproducts is an industry-recognized specialist in storage products and is one of the world's largest storage-centric value-added distributors. The company's products are available at any level of integration, from components to subsystem assemblies and fully-integrated, tested and certified system solutions. The company adds value with a broad range of services including testing, software loading, kitting, mass storage system integration, and computer system integration. Trained and certified technical personnel complete each of these processes at Bell Microproducts' ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9002 facilities. Bell Microproducts markets and distributes more than 125 brand name product lines, as well as its own BellStor and Rorke Data storage and Trademark(R) computer brands, to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), contract electronic manufacturing services (EMS) customers, 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. (VARs) and system integrators in the Americas and Europe. More information can be found in the company's SEC filings, or by visiting the Bell Microproducts Web site at www.bellmicro.com. Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. 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Such forward-looking statements, which reflect the Company's current views of future events and financial performance, involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results or facts to differ materially from such statements for a variety of reasons including, but not limited to: the ability to successfully integrate the operations of recent acquisitions, industry conditions, changes in product supply, pricing, and customer demand, competition, other vagaries in the computer and electronic components markets, changes in relationships with key suppliers, foreign currency fluctuations and the other risks described from time to time in the Company's reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission (including the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. ). 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