DayStar Veterans Team Up to Lead XLR8 Product/Company Initiatives.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 5, 1999-- 6 Former VPs of DayStar Digital's Marketing, Sales and Business Development Join Interex Team, Bringing New Products and Engineering MACWORLD BOOTH 507-XLR8(tm) by Interex, a new leader in Mac(R) performance upgrades, announced its new initiative to take a commanding role in the Apple(R) Macintosh market. After months of development and planning, XLR XLR X-linked lymphocyte regulated XLR X-Linked Recessive (genetics) XLR Accelar (Nortel/Bay network switch) XLR Ground Left Right (digital audio) 8 has released some of its new product plans and announce its newest management additions, Jack Kolk and Gary Dailey. The People Jack Kolk joined Interex/XLR8 in September, 1998. Now, as Vice President of the XLR8 Division, and Interex International Sales, Kolk is leading the company through the development of a broad range of Mac focused products in a variety of categories. Jack Kolk's experience in channel management at Merisel, SuperMac, Ramp Networks, and as VP of Sales and Marketing of DayStar Digital DayStar Digital, Inc., was founded in 1983 by Andrew Lewis as a subcontract manufacturer of electronic assemblies and circuit boards. In 1986, the company released memory upgrades for Apple Macintosh Computers, its first product. provides insight into the needs of end users, and the distribution channel. Kolk has a proven track record in new product development and team building. "We're excited by the immediate results of our efforts," Kolk said. "The Mac is back on track, and we're here to deliver products that complete the elegant solution." Gary Dailey formally joined Interex/XLR8 this month as the Product Manager for the XLR8 division. Dailey's decade of experience at DayStar as Vice President of Marketing and Business Development -- followed by his own venture in research and development at GDTS -- has provided the experience and staff capable to complete development, and drive the aggressive schedules of the new business initiatives. Gary's staff consists of former, seasoned DayStar technicians, engineers and support personnel. "Our team has actually been working beyond expectations on product developments," said Gary Dailey. "We've only disclosed a fraction of the products in progress." The Products The XLR8 team continues on its developmental track that was initiated mid 1998. The product initiatives include a range of products that fill the needs of the Mac Power User. Formal product announcements are targeted for February, with shipments soon to follow on many of the new products. In addition to the continued improvement of existing products -- such as the recently released, full compatibility and performance software upgrade for the MACh Speed products -- the XLR8 team is putting the final wraps on a number of products, including the following: USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. Products for the Mac (versions on demo at Macworld booth #507) o Scrolling Mouse - Includes user programmable scroll wheel on USB mouse. o iMac Hub - Designed to be compact, and visually compatible. o Cables, expansion cables o Dual Port PCI cards A circuit board that plugs into the computer's PCI bus and contains the control electronics for a peripheral device. Starting in the latter half of the 1990s, PCI became very popular. See PCI. o InterView - Interactive video and imaging for the iMac Storage Acceleration Products o DataRocket U2, the fastest Ultra2 SCSI See Ultra SCSI. card for PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). o DataJet UW, Ultra-wide 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. capability for PCI Testing and Benchmarking Software o PowerControl 3.0, with SCSI, RAM, Video testing, benchmarking. Additional products in development address other USB needs, Performance upgrades for additional CPUs and platforms, Expansion Chassis', as well as software extensions for Graphics and Video. Utilizing Interex's worldwide PC development and distribution resources, plus their own extensive knowledge of the Mac environment, the XLR8 team is dedicated to providing superior products, with an eye to price and performance. For more information on XLR8 products, contact XLR8 at 800-513-9744 or visit their website at www.xlr8.com. About XLR8 by Interex XLR8 is a division of the 16-year connectivity leader, Interex. XLR8 provides leading performance enhancement solutions for the Macintosh environment. Every XLR8 product includes toll-free technical support and a two-year limited warranty Limited warranty A warranty with certain conditions and limitations on the parts covered, type of damage covered, and/or time period for which the agreement is good. . XLR8 and Interex products are available in more than 15,000 computer superstores, mass merchants, wholesale clubs, computer electronic superstores, wholesale distributors, resellers and online catalogs Similar to an online library or databases in the information storage respect, ‘’’online catalogs’’’ allow potential customers to browse a company’s items for sale from a different location using the internet. worldwide, including the following channels and more: Comp USA, Computer Town, Cyberian Outpost Cyberian Outpost was an online vendor of discount computer hardware and software, and was one of the first successful online retailers. CybOut was founded in 1994 by Darryl Peck and announced its IPO in 1998 (NASDAQ: COOL). , Fry(1)s Electronics, Ingram Micro Ingram Micro, Inc. NYSE: IM a Fortune 100 company founded in 1979 and based in Santa Ana, California. It is the world’s largest technology distributor and a leading technology sales, marketing and logistics company. , Micro Center, Micro Warehouse, Other World Computing, and PBS/Microage/Clubmac. |
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