Cambex Announces Reseller Partnership With StorageTek; Leading Network Storage Company to Resell Cambex's FibreQuik Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter Cards.Business/Technology Editors WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 18, 2000 Cambex Corporation (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). :CBEX CBEX China Beijing Equity Exchange ) today announced that StorageTek (Storage Technology Corporation) (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :STK), a leading network storage solutions provider, has entered into an agreement to resell Cambex's FibreQuik Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBAs). StorageTek provides end-to-end Storage Area Network (SAN) solutions including tape libraries, disk arrays, Fibre Channel infrastructure products as well as storage management and back-up software. Cambex, through extensive interoperability testing, has demonstrated compatibility with several StorageTek products facilitating the deployment of SAN-based storage and back-up applications. A key driver in early SAN implementations has been LAN-free back-up of data from disk arrays to tape libraries which can significantly improve corporate network performance. "Cambex is pleased to be partnering with StorageTek by supplying Fibre Channel infrastructure components for StorageTek's SAN solutions," stated Peter Kruy, Executive Vice President of Cambex. "Cambex's FibreQuik MC1000 host bus adapter is the only HBA (Host Bus Adapter) See host adapter. that enables the connectivity of Micro Channel-based servers to Fibre Channel Storage Area Networks". The Micro Channel bus is utilized by certain models of 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) RS/6000, IBM RS/6000 SP See IBM SP. and Bull Escala computer servers. Cambex's FibreQuik PC1000 HBAs, providing PCI bus to Fibre Channel connectivity, together with the FibreQuik MC1000s enable the implementation of Storage Area Networks in IBM AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. , Sun Solaris, Linux, and Windows NT environments. Integrated with StorageTek's storage and management software products, they provide a powerful SAN solution. About StorageTek StorageTek is the preeminent provider of network storage. The company's strategy is to provide "Open, Intelligent and Integrated" TM solutions that combine storage products, storage management software and storage services. StorageTek solutions help customers collect, move, store, share and protect all types of digital content on platforms ranging from laptops to enterprise servers. The company, with headquarters in Louisville, Colo., reported revenue of $2.3 billion in 1998. Information on StorageTek is available on the World Wide Web at www.storagetek.com or phone 1-800-786-7835. About Cambex Corporation Cambex, headquartered in Waltham, MA, is a leading designer and supplier of Fibre Channel hardware and software solutions for building Storage Area Networks. The Company's products include host bus adapters, hubs, high availability software and disk arrays. The Company also supplies memory for IBM (NYSE:IBM) enterprise servers. Cambex is a member of the Fibre Channel Industry Association, the Storage Networking Industry Association An association of producers and consumers of storage networking products, whose goal is to further storage networking technology and applications. The Storage Networking Industry Association, or SNIA , and the FibreAlliance. Cambex can be reached at 781-890-6000, or on the World Wide Web at www.cambex.com. FibreQuik is a trademark 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 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. 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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