Eden Prairie, Minnesota, January 7th 2003, Rorke Data, a subsidiary of San Jose-based Bell Microproducts, Inc. (NASDAQ:BELM), and a leader in SAN, RAID, and Archive storage solutions for the digital Post-Production, Broadcast, Prepress, and Medical Imaging industries, announced today that it has released the storage industry’s first Storage Area Network (SAN) file management application ImageSAN OSX ™, specifically designed for Apple Computer’s OS X™ operating system.
“ImageSAN OSX harnesses the power of Apple’s OS X platform” said Bob Herzan, Vice President of Sales for Rorke Data’s Video & Broadcast Division, Herzan continued “It is simple to use and straight forward to install. Our software design approach centers on Mac users that are creative professionals on the one hand, and very much part of a serious business environment on the other. ImageSAN is a cost-effective enabling technology for sharing files, distributing content creation from the workflow perspective, and ultimately improving artistic collaboration.” Joe Rorke, Rorke Data’s VP of Marketing, noted that as a subsidiary of storage industry leader Bell Microproducts, Rorke is in a unique position working with key data storage OEMs such as Seagate, Brocade, ATTO and Storagetek to provide complete SAN solutions for the entertainment and content markets. “ImageSAN OSX is in alignment with our supplier’s goals to grow revenues in the storage hungry vertical markets like Broadcast and Digital Video. ImageSAN-OSX gives our storage partners unique leverage to gain market share in these Apple dominated sectors.”
"Over the last 4 years, ATTO Technology and Rorke Data proved the technology benefits and consequent ROI of a SAN-based workflow for content creators” said Sherri Robinson, Markets Manager ATTO Technology, “We are excited to see a worldwide partner like Rorke Data develop and deliver a SAN file management application for the OS X platform.
ImageSAN OSX, together with ATTO’s fibre-channel connectivity hardware provides a complete SAN solution, designed for high-bandwidth applications like non-linear editing and effects creation, just in time for the users as they fully migrate to OS X”.
“SAN is an established, often required storage and network topology that underpins professional post production workflow” said John Abt, President of AJA Video, “The customer’s that rely on our capture board technology, often require the high-speed of a SAN environment for collaborative work. We are proud that AJA products are fully migrated to OS X, and with Rorke’s ImageSAN product now launched, our users can leverage the benefits of SAN-based infrastructure with this powerful, new Apple OS.”
Rorke Data, in partnership with its sister organization, Bell Microproducts Enterprise Solutions Europe, located in Almere, The Netherlands, will now accept orders from their collective, worldwide authorized reseller network.
For more product information stop by at MacWorld SF booth #1642-ATTO Technology, or booth #3936-AJA Video.
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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 & Mac environments, high bandwidth networks, and related professional services. Founded in 1985, Rorke Data is a subsidiary of Bell Microproducts in San Jose, CA, and is composed of four divisions:
Medical Diagnostic Imaging, Digital Video & Broadcast, Digital Prepress & Publishing, as well as a Technical Services division. 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 & storage subsystems, Fibre-Channel connectivity products, RAID, NAS & 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 through 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 150 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.
About Bell Microproducts Solutions Europe
Bell Microproducts Solutions is the European value-added distributor in the area of enterprise storage technology products, solutions and services.
Bell Microproducts Solutions markets and distributes an extensive portfolio of enterprise storage solutions from the world’s leading storage manufacturers a.o.’s Adic, Brocade, HDS, HP, IBM, Legato, Tivoli and VERITAS as well as its own BellStor and Rorke Data storage solutions.
Products are available at any level of integration, from components to subsystem assemblies and fully integrated, tested and certified SAN, NAS and enterprise storage solutions.
Bell Microproducts Solutions markets and distributes the storage solutions via a comprehensive network of value-added resellers (VAR’s), system integrators, service providers and original equipment manufactures (OEM’s) in all major European countries. Within Europe subsidiaries are located in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, The Netherlands (HQ) and the UK. Bell Microproducts Solutions is part of Bell Microproducts, Inc. (NASDAQ: BELM), the world’s largest Storage-centric value added IT distributors. (www.bellmicro.com)
Safe Harbor Statement
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.
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