IMATION SELECTED BY IBM TO DELIVER WORLDWIDE STORAGE MEDIA DISTRIBUTION.Imation Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :IMN IMN Iraqi Media Network IMN Indicated Mach Number IMN Inter Member Network IMN Infectious Mononucleosis IMN Invisible Moose Network (website) IMN Illegal Macro Name IMN Internet Marketing Newsletter ), a worldwide provider of data storage and information management, recently announced an agreement with IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) to manage and deliver after-market data storage media distribution services for IBM worldwide. The agreement establishes Imation as a key distributor of IBM brand optical and tape media products -- including but not limited to IBM LTO (Linear Tape Open) A family of open magnetic tape standards developed by HP, IBM and Quantum (formerly the Certance subsidiary of Seagate) that are licensed to third-party vendors. LTO cartridges contain a memory that stores historical usage data. Ultrium and IBM TotalStorage Enterprise 3590 cartridges -- providing sales, marketing, distribution, and management services to customers using IBM's storage media products. Imation was chosen for its marketing and supply chain expertise, built through long-standing co-development relationships with leading drive manufacturers, and nearly 50 years experience manufacturing and delivering reliable data storage media. "We are pleased with the opportunity to provide users of IBM storage products with storage media products and distribution services that mirror the high quality and reliability they have come to expect from IBM," said Stephen Dwyer, business development manager, Data Storage and Information Management, Imation. "This agreement marks another phase in the long-standing relationship between our two companies." The three-year contract covers Imation distribution of IBM branded media including all facets of order management, procurement The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases. assistance, customer contact management, and warranty returns. International fulfillment and distribution also are included under the contract, including distribution to 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. , Canada, Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. , Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and Africa. The services will be managed by an Imation distribution, sales and marketing organization independent from the existing Imation data storage product line businesses. "Our agreement with Imation is a crucial part of our tape storage strategy to maintain strong relationships with media manufacturers and distributors, and to ensure tape system users are offered superior media services," said Bob Maness, director of worldwide product marketing, tape products, Storage Systems Group, IBM. "Imation provides a worldwide distribution network that strongly supports our distribution strategy for tape. Over the years, we've worked with Imation's strong technical and marketing team to promote IBM tape media offerings. This collaboration is a new phase in our relationship that will benefit our customers." |
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