EBIZ Enterprises Joins Adaptec's Platinum Partner Program; New Relationship Will Speed Development of New Terian Computing Products.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 22, 2002 EBIZ EBIZ Electronic Business Enterprises Incorporated ("EBIZ") (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :EBPR EBPR Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal ), the Houston-based computing solutions provider, announced today that the company has been selected by Adaptec to join the Adaptec Platinum Partner Program. The Platinum Partner Program is a worldwide initiative to help resellers and systems integrators target the rapidly growing market for storage networking products. "Adaptec is bringing qualified resellers and integrators the high-quality storage networking products and services they need to sharpen their competitive edge and expand their reach in this important market," said Kerry Reid Kerry Melville Reid, MBE, (born August 7,1947, in Mosman, New South Wales) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Reid is best remembered for winning the women's singles title at the January 1977 edition of the Australian Open, although she won 26 additional singles , Adaptec's vice president of worldwide channel sales. "The Platinum Partner Program will provide EBIZ with early access to future technologies, including Adaptec's Infiniband, Serial ATA See SATA. Serial ATA - Serial Advanced Technology Attachment and iSCSI technologies," said Don Young, EBIZ director of production development. "This program helps solidify EBIZ's position as a premier supplier of networking storage products through our line of Terian products." To qualify for the Adaptec Platinum Partner Program, EBIZ had to meet requirements identified by Adaptec including achieving a specific level of annual sales of Adaptec products, staffing a well-trained and responsive technical support team and maintaining high levels of customer satisfaction. "EBIZ manufactures and sells Terian computing platforms See platform. to resellers and enterprise-level accounts nationwide," added Young. "We have used Adaptec storage solutions in our Terian product line extensively for the past ten years. Becoming an Adaptec Platinum Partner will allow us to be even more responsive to the needs of our customers." About Adaptec Adaptec Inc. (Nasdaq:ADPT ADPT Automated Data Processing/Telecommunications ADPT Adaptec Corporation (stock symbol) ADPT Adaptive Prediction ADPT Auger Depth Profiling Technique ADPT Automated Data Processing Telecommunications ADPT Adapter ) provides highly available storage access solutions that reliably move, manage and protect critical data and digital content. Adaptec's storage solutions are found in high-performance networks, servers, workstations and desktops from the world's leading manufacturers, and are sold through OEMs and distribution channels to ISPs, enterprises, medium and small businesses and consumers. Adaptec is an S&P SmallCap 600 Index member. About EBIZ Enterprises Incorporated EBIZ Enterprises Incorporated (www.ebizenterprises.com) is a national provider of products and services for the business computer market. EBIZ manufactures the Terian product line of computing platforms. Terian systems provide the latest open architecture hardware for applications in the built-to-order, specialized server and high performance cluster markets. EBIZ is located at 13715 Murphy Road Suite D, Stafford, Texas Stafford is a city in the U.S. state of Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown Metropolitan Area. Stafford is mostly in Fort Bend County with a small portion in Harris County. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the city population was 15,681. 77477 and may be reached by phone at 800/876-8649 or via e-mail at sales@ebizenterprises.com. This press release contains statements that constitute "forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. " as that term is defined by 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. 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 (the "Reform Act"). Specific forward-looking statements contained in this press release include, but are not limited to, the continued acceptance of EBIZ Enterprises Inc.'s Terian products in the marketplace including acceptance of Adaptec's network storage product solutions and the level of customer satisfaction regarding the EBIZ and Adaptec product lines. Factors that could affect the results of EBIZ Enterprises Inc. and cause them to materially differ from those contained in the forward-looking statement include shifts in customer demand, product shipment schedules, product mix, competitive products and pricing, technological shifts and other variables. Other factors include those risk factors and cautionary statements made in EBIZ Enterprises Inc.'s annual report on Form 10-KSB for the period ended June 30, 2002. Other factors that EBIZ Enterprises Inc. is currently unable to identify or quantify, but may arise or become known in the future. |
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