Box Hill, StorageTek announce strategic reseller relationship."SILICON ALLEY An area in New York that has become known for its companies devoted to multimedia and the Internet. It is located in Manhattan's "Soho" district, which does not stand for Small Office Home Office, rather it is SOuth of HOuston Street. ," Soho, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 8, 1996-- Box Hill Systems Corp. and the Global Partners Group of Storage Technology Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :STK) today announced the beginning of a strategic reseller relationship under which StorageTek's 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. (tm) automated cartridge systems will be incorporated into Box Hill's enterprisewide client/server backup and data storage solutions. Philip Black, chief executive officer of Box Hill, said, "We are very excited to be working with StorageTek and integrating its high-end DLT libraries into our selection of enterprisewide backup solutions. Box Hill's knowledge of client/server backup combined with StorageTek's tape automation expertise will allow us to satisfy the needs of our customers with the most complete enterprisewide client/server backup solutions available." David E. Weiss, chairman, president and chief executive officer of StorageTek, said, "Box Hill's overwhelming acceptance by client/server customers demonstrates high regard for its technology by sophisticated users. This relationship will allow us to leverage our 'industrial-strength' robotics in client/server markets." Box Hill Systems Corp. is the leading full-service provider of complete, high-availability data storage systems and backup solutions for mission-critical data on client/server platforms. Box Hill's extensive engineering staff continues to meet the accelerating demand for large storage capacities, fast unattended backup and high-availability systems. Box Hill's customer base includes many of the world's largest financial institutions, telecommunications companies, government organizations and university research institutions. The company's Web site is http://www.boxhill.com on the World Wide Web. Based in Louisville, Colo., StorageTek designs, manufactures, markets and services, worldwide, information storage and retrieval information storage and retrieval, the systematic process of collecting and cataloging data so that they can be located and displayed on request. Computers and data processing techniques have made possible the high-speed, selective retrieval of large amounts of subsystems for enterprisewide computer systems and networks. The company reported revenue of $1.93 billion for the fiscal year ended Dec. 29, 1995. Information on StorageTek is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.storagetek.com. -0- Editors Note: Box Hill and StorageTek will hold a news conference after the keynote address at UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). Expoplus. It is scheduled for 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. EDT EDT abbr. Eastern Daylight Time EDT Eastern Daylight Time EDT n abbr (US) (= Eastern Daylight Time) → hora de verano de Nueva York EDT on Oct. 9 in Room 1D03/04 of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center Jacob K. Javits Convention Center is a large convention center on the west side of Manhattan in New York City. It was designed by architects I. M. Pei and partners. The revolutionary space frame structure was built in 1986 and named for New York Senator Jacob K. in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . Trademarks: Product or company names mentioned are used for identification purposes only, and may be trademarks of their respective owners. CONTACT: Box Hill Tanya Weliky, (212) 989-4455 ext. 209 tanya@boxhill.com or StorageTek David Reid, (303) 673-4815 david_reid@storagetek.com |
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