Cambex Announces IBM Support for Its Storage and Fibre Channel Connectivity Products.WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 15, 1999-- Cambex Customers can Use IBM Global Services IBM Global Services is the world's largest business and technology services provider. It is the fastest growing part of IBM, with over 190,000 professionals serving customers in more than 160 countries. to Provide On-site Support for the Company's Centurion 2000 Disk Arrays and FibreQuik Fibre Channel Adapters Cambex Corporation (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). BB:CBEX CBEX China Beijing Equity Exchange ) today announced that IBM Global Services will provide Cambex Centurion disk array and FibreQuik adapter customers with on-site installation and hardware support services 24 hours-a-day, seven days-a-week. "For 30 years, Cambex has been committed to providing first class support for its customer base. We are confident that our relationship with IBM Global Services will ensure that we can continue to deliver on our commitment," stated Joseph F. Kruy, President and 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 Cambex. "IBM support services, with their outstanding reputation and world-wide reach, will allow all our customers' storage solutions to be reliably supported," said Kruy. "IBM Global Services possesses the depth and breadth of skills to help customers implement and support their Cambex storage solutions," said Larry Buonocore, business alliance executive, IBM Global Services. "Now Cambex customers can leverage IBM's hardware services to optimize their Cambex Centurion and FibreQuik solutions." Cambex's Centurion disk arrays provide ultra reliable, highly available storage for IBM, Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, NCR and Microsoft Windows NT open systems servers. The Centurion 2000 M, FM, FJ, and SA models provide the customer with Fibre Channel, SCSI SCSI in full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. , and SSA (Serial Storage Architecture) A fault tolerant peripheral interface from IBM that transfers data at 80 and 160 Mbytes/sec. SSA uses SCSI commands, allowing existing software to drive SSA peripherals, which are typically disk drives. host connectivity options for building enterprise-wide Storage Area Networks (SANs). Cambex's FibreQuik MC1000 and PC1000 Fibre Channel host bus adapters enable the implementation of SANs with 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). and Microsoft Windows NT servers, whether Micro Channel or PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). based, substantially expanding the size, speed and scalability of their storage capabilities. Cambex, headquartered in Waltham, MA, has been a leader for 30 years in the design and manufacture of memory and direct access storage systems for a wide variety of processors. The Company's products today include Fibre Channel connectivity products and disk array systems for building heterogeneous Storage Area Networks (SANs) as well as memory for IBM, Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard enterprise servers. Cambex's products are installed in over 800 mainframe and open systems data centers worldwide. Cambex can be reached at 781-890-6000, or on the World Wide Web at www.cambex.com. FibreQuik and Centurion are trademarks of Cambex Corporation; other trademarks are the properties of their respective holders. Forward looking statements are made in this release pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Investors are cautioned that all forward looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, the timing of new announcements or product introductions by the Company and its competitors, the hiring and retention of key employees, competitive pricing pressures, dependence on third parties for components and products, general economic conditions in the United States and international markets, and the risk factors detailed from time to time in the Company's periodic reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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