Rorke and Hitachi Data Systems Team Up to Deliver Enterprise Storage Solutions for the Diagnostic Imaging & Hospital Information Systems Markets
Chicago, IL, RSNA 2001, Booth #1122, November 26, 2001 - Rorke Data, Inc., a subsidiary of San Jose-based Bell Microproducts, Inc. (NASDAQ:BELM), and a leader in Fibre-Channel SAN and data storage solutions for the healthcare industry, announced today that it has signed an agreement to deliver enterprise-level and mid-range storage systems from Hitachi Data Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE:HIT), into the medical imaging market for a wide range of PACS (Picture Archiving & Communications System) and HIS (Hospital Information Systems) applications.
"Hitachi Data Systems is excited to work closely with Rorke Data to deliver the industry-leading Hitachi Freedom™ storage systems to the medical imaging market," said Don McNicoll, director, Product Marketing, Hitachi Data Systems. "Rorke's long-standing, worldwide experience with PACS & HIS applications, combined with Hitachi Data Systems leading position in the storage market, translates into providing enhanced value to customers with the strictest business requirements. Not only does Rorke supply other compatible, quality products for medical imaging storage, but they have always emphasized an open-systems infrastructure and workflow integration, which Hitachi Data Systems is proud to support."
A Rorke spokesperson said the new agreement covers Hitachi Data Systems' award-winning Lightning 9900™ Series of enterprise-level storage and the new Thunder 9200™ mid-range storage system, both members of the Freedom Storage 9000 all-Fibre family. The Lightning 9900 and Thunder 9200 both offer high levels of availability and scalability, and unparalleled performance.
"The Rorke Data team is very excited to be working with Hitachi Data Systems," said Joe Rorke, VP/Marketing, Rorke Data. "We're honored to be able to offer Hitachi Data Systems' high-quality branded storage products, which leverage enterprise-level features such as patient image file protection and availability, while enabling workflow enhancements such as collaboration through high-speed file sharing."
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About Rorke Data
Rorke Data is a full digital storage solutions provider with expertise in Fibre-Channel RAID, SAN, DVD, tape and optical libraries, Unix, NT and Mac environments, high bandwidth networks, digital asset and document management, and engineering and maintenance services. Founded in 1985, Rorke Data, together with its European subsidiary, Rorke Data Europe, located in Emmen, The Netherlands, is composed of six divisions: Medical Archive Applications, Audio/Video, Prepress, Imaging, Document Management, Engineering and Installation Services. More information about Rorke Data can be found at www.rorke.com. Rorke Data is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bell Microproducts, Inc. (Nasdaq: BELM).
About Bell Microproducts
Bell Microproducts is an international value added provider of a wide range of high technology products, solutions, and services to the industrial and commercial marketplace. The company's offering includes semiconductors, computer platforms, peripherals, and storage products of various types including desktop, high-end computer and storage subsystems, Fibre-Channel connectivity products, RAID, NAS and SAN storage systems and back-up products. Bell Microproducts is an industry-recognized specialist in storage products and is one of the world's largest storage-centric value-added distributors.
The company's products are available at any level of integration from components, to subsystem assemblies, to fully integrated, tested and certified system solutions. The company adds value with a broad range of services including testing, software loading, kitting, mass storage system integration, and computer system integration. Trained and certified technical personnel complete each of these processes at Bell Microproducts' ISO 9002 facilities. Bell Microproducts markets and distributes more than 125 brand name product lines, as well as its own BellStor storage and TradeMark computer brands, to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), contract electronic manufacturing services (EMS) customers, value-added resellers (VARs) and system integrators in the Americas and Europe. More information can be found in SEC filings, or by visiting the Bell Microproducts website at www.bellmicro.com.
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This release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements, which reflect the Company's current views of future events and financial performance, involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results or facts to differ materially from such statements for a variety of reasons including, but not limited to: the ability to successfully integrate the operations of recent acquisitions, industry conditions, changes in product supply, pricing, and customer demand, competition, other vagaries in the computer and electronic components markets, changes in relationships with key suppliers, foreign currency fluctuations and the other risks described from time to time in the Company's reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission (including the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K). Investors should take such risks into account when making investment decisions. Shareholders and other readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they are made. The company undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statements.
For more information, contact: Rorke Data, Inc., 7626 Golden Triangle Drive, Eden Prairie, MN 55344; 800/328-8147 or 952/829-0300; fax: 952/829-0988; website: www.rorke.com.
