DATACORE/SYSTEMAX UNVEIL NEW CLASS OF STORAGE SERVERS.DataCore Software, Fort Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. , Fla., has announced that Systemax Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :SYX SYX Sanya, China (Airport Code) SYX Smalltalk YX (open source programming language) SYX Skyway Airlines (ICAO code) ) will offer a range of Storage Servers, which combine technology from DataCore's SANmelody software with Systemax PCs to create a breakthrough in storage ease-of-use that will be sold via the giant computer retailer Tiger Direct TigerDirect (also known as TigerDirect.com) is a major direct online retailer of computer electronic items based out of Miami, Florida, founded by Gilbert Fiorentino, Carl Fiorentino and Daniel Brown in 1987 in Miami, Florida. and other major subsidiaries of Systemax. The Systemax branded Storage Server appliances will be capable of serving disks over LANs to users that need more storage space in a simple, point-and-click fashion. A $2 billion PC maker and direct marketer, Systemax serves as a leading distributor and manufacturer of PC hardware, related computer products and industrial products in North America and Europe. "This is the first time Systemax has come out with its own brand of storage servers designed specifically to address its base of PC users and the retail storage space in general," said Skip Murray, 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 Server Marketing Manager at Systemax. "This product is revolutionary in the sense that Systemax is bringing the ease-of-use we are known for in the PC market to storage. I am convinced that the Systemax Storage Servers that we have built, powered by DataCore, will set the standard as the simplest to use storage appliance on the market." Systemax sells through Tiger Direct. This fact underscores just how bullish both Systemax and DataCore are about the prospects for a mass-market, storage appliance. "Based on user surveys there is clearly demand for storage servers that can be purchased easily via direct marketing methods," said George Teixeira, president & 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. , DataCore Software. "These systems will be sold through Tiger Direct - the mass-market, catalogue-based channel. Through Tiger Direct, these appliances will be deservedly billed as a 'breakthrough' in 'speed, ease-of- use, low-cost' for a storage and SAN server appliance." Systemax, one of the nation's leading computer system builders has decided to take its existing PC business, add DataCore Software and deliver low-cost storage solutions that will be sold as appliances via retail catalogues. The bottom-line for consumers and the general public is that they can get great value, simplicity and top price performance for data storage - just like they do with PC servers from Systemax. For the data storage market and the IT industry as a whole, the Systemax Storage Server, powered by DataCore, is an out-of-the-box, turnkey solution that adds expansion capacity over a local area network (LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. ) simply and easily. About Systemax Systemax Inc. utilizes an integrated system of branded e- commerce web sites, direct mail catalogs and relationship marketers to sell PC hardware, related computer products and industrial products in North America and Europe. Systemax is a Fortune 1000 company. For more information, visit http://www.systemax.com or call 888/202-4153. About DataCore Software DataCore Software fundamentally changes the economics of managing storage. DataCore's disk server software easily adds capacity expansion and centralized storage management for Windows, 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). , Linux, VMware, MacOS, and NetWare systems. DataCore is privately held with corporate headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Florida Fort Lauderdale, known as the "Venice of America" due to its expansive and intricate canal system, is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. The city's population is described as metropolitan, where diverse culture is commonplace. According to 2006 U.S. . For more information, visit http://www.datacore.com or call 954/377-6000, |
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