Ciprico and Partners In Europe Announce Partnership.Ireland-based PIE Will Provide Sales, Distribution and Other Support for Ciprico's RAIDCore Products in Europe MINNEAPOLIS -- Ciprico Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CPCI See CompactPCI. ), a leading provider of intelligent storage software, solutions and appliances, has entered into an agreement with Partners In Europe (PIE) to further develop the European market for the company's RAIDCore products. Ciprico selected Partners In Europe Group, headquartered in Shannon, Ireland, to develop sales, logistics handling and customer support for its RAIDCore add-in cards and software products. "This new partnership will significantly increase Ciprico's distribution capabilities in Europe, a key market opportunity for us," said Steve Merrifield, 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 Ciprico. "We believe that PIE's experience and past success in these markets will dramatically increase Ciprico's presence for our RAIDCore solutions in Europe." Ciprico's new generation RAIDCore products include the recently announced RC5000 series of software 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. add-in cards that dramatically improve performance, functionality and system costs for Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. or Linux based application or files servers, workstations and high end personal computers. Said Kieran Sheahan, CEO of PIE: "We believe this is an excellent opportunity for both Ciprico and PIE. The depth and breadth of Ciprico's RAIDCore product line combined with our sales and service capabilities open new avenues for growth for both our companies." OEMs and system builders interested in receiving further information on RAIDCore should contact us at sales@ciprico.com. About Ciprico Ciprico Inc. (NASDAQ:CPCI) is a leading provider of intelligent storage software, solutions and appliances for enterprise class IT servers, professional workstations and digital media workflows. More information about Ciprico is available at www.ciprico.com. About Partners In Europe Founded in 1993, Partners in Europe (PIE) was a Pioneer in providing product and services distribution and sales in the European market. Since its inception, the company has represented major US Manufacturers in the European market, including Tseng Labs (Tseng Labs, Inc., Newtown, PA) A company that manufactured chipsets and display adapters for PCs. Founded in 1983, it provided products that enhanced PC display standards, and its ET3000 and ET4000 chips have been used in millions of display adapters. , 3Ware, AMCC AMCC Applied Micro Circuits Corporation AMCC Air Mobility Control Center AMCC Ashore Mobile Contingency Communications AMCC Advanced Materials Commercialization Center AMCC allied movement coordination center (US DoD) , Broadcom, Arcsoft, Connectix, Sony, Polaroid, Jazz Multimedia and Sanus. PIE achieved significant sales for their clients in the European market and due to this strong growth, for the past four years PIE has been listed as one of Europe's fastest growing companies in the Deloitte Fast 50. For more information please contact Kieran.sheahan@pie.ie. Ciprico and RAIDCore are among the trademarks of Ciprico Inc. and/or its affiliates in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , certain other countries and/or the EU. Intel is a trademark of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. Any other trademarks or trade names mentioned are the property of their respective owners. |
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