Chaparral Technologies Enters Into North American Distributor Agreement With Bell Microproducts, Inc.LONGMONT, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 31, 1999--Today, Chaparral Technologies announced a strategic alliance with Bell Microproducts Incorporated (Nasdaq:BELM), a leading distributor in mass storage solutions. The agreement expands Chaparral's presence in the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. distribution channels for its line of external RAID controller A disk controller card that supports one or more RAID configurations. Originally only for SCSI drives, RAID controllers have become very popular for PATA and SATA drives. See RAID. products. "We are pleased to enter into this partnership with Bell Microproducts," said Brian Allison, Vice President of Sales. "Bell has an excellent reputation in providing quality systems integration and value-added services for the growing needs of the industry. As companies continue to implement high-performance technologies such as Ultra2 and Fibre Channel, Bell's proven sales and support skills will complement our line of reliable, high-performance products." "Chaparral's family of powerful, cost-effective controllers will further enhance our efforts to provide Fibre Channel solutions for the growing SAN market," said Phil Roussey, Senior Vice President of Marketing at Bell Microproducts. "We are excited about Chaparral's advanced performance capabilities and future SAN intelligence. These controllers will continue to bring customers innovative SAN solutions as new storage applications are realized." About Chaparral Products Chaparral's family of External RAID Controllers for disk storage systems is designed for industry-leading high-performance and secure data protection for departmental and enterprise storage markets. The product family includes 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 Fibre Channel offerings. Chaparral's products feature an embedded Application An application that permanently resides in an industrial or consumer device. Providing some type of control function and/or user interface, the software is typically stored in a non-volatile memory such as ROM or flash memory. Programming Interface (API (Application Programming Interface) A language and message format used by an application program to communicate with the operating system or some other control program such as a database management system (DBMS) or communications protocol. ) which supports third-party Graphical User Interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to (GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. ) implementation for simplified RAID configuration and management. Advanced feature of Chaparral's RAID controllers include advanced configuration and management interfaces, high-availability functions such as automated fail-over, ECC-protected memory and hot-swappable components. Chaparral's External RAID Controllers will be shipping the first of April. Live demonstrations of these products can be seen at NAB, April 19-22, in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , NV (Sands Convention Center, Booth No. S2150). About Bell Microproducts Bell Microproducts Inc. (Nasdaq:BELM) is a distributor of high technology products serving the industrial and commercial markets. The company markets and distributes the products of more than 70 manufacturers of semiconductors, disk drives, tape drives, optical drives, computers, enhancement products and peripherals primarily to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), value-added sellers (VARs) and system integrators nationwide. The company adds value to its products through a broad range of services including testing, kitting, mass storage subsystem The part of a computer system that provides the storage. It includes the controller and disk drives. See storage system. assembly and the integration of complete computer systems. Bell Microproducts, through its Quadrus division, operates an advanced contract manufacturing facility for printed circuit board assemblies and custom systems assembly. More information on the company is available from the company's SEC filings or by contacting the company directly. Bell Microproducts' news and product/service information are available at World Wide Web site http://www.bellmicro.com. About Chaparral Technologies Chaparral is headquartered in Longmont, CO, and provides external RAID and ROUTER Fibre Channel and SCSI storage products and solutions to OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and and Distribution customers. Chaparral is privately held and has a strategic relationship with Adaptec, that includes equity participation. Additional information about Chaparral and its products can be found at www.chaparraltec.com. |
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