Connex is part of the Bell grouping too....
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Bell Microproducts and Connex Sign Distribution Agreement
World's Largest Storage-Focused Distributor To Market Connex's Storage Systems Throughout the Americas
SAN JOSE, Calif., March 22 /PRNewswire/?Connex(TM), a Western Digital company and developer of storage area network (SAN) and network-attached storage (NAS) solutions, today signed an agreement with Bell Microproducts (Nasdaq:BELM), the world's largest storage-focused distributor and provider of storage systems. This strategic partnership will enable both companies to meet the exponential increase in demand for easily managed and expandable storage systems. Bell Microproducts will immediately market and distribute
Connex's family of storage systems, including the newly released Connex N3000(TM) network-attached storage system, through its U.S., Latin American and Canadian channel of solution providers. "Bell Microproducts has a proven track record of delivering products to key storage OEMs, Integrators and VARs," said Mark Pollard, Connex's vice president of sales. "With our 100% channel commitment, this partnership dramatically enhances our plans to offer best-of-breed networked storage solutions through Bell Microproducts' resellers." "Connex is helping us meet our customers' need for high-performance, low total cost of ownership storage solutions," said Don Purkey, director, BellStor Division, Bell Microproducts. "Additionally, with its built-in tape drive and embedded back-up software, the Connex N3000 provides an excellent business opportunity for resellers and system integrators to easily implement an integrated RAID and back-up solution."
About Bell Microproducts
Founded in 1988, Bell Microproducts is a 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 all types including desktop to high-end storage arrays, as well as Fibre Channel connectivity products and SAN and back-up software. Bell Microproducts is an industry- recognized specialist in storage solutions and was named Best Managed Distributor of 1999 by EBN magazine.
All these 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. Each of these processes are completed at Bell Microproducts' ISO 9002 facilities by trained and certified technical personnel. Bell Microproducts markets more than 100 brand name product lines, as well as its own BellStor storage and Trademark computer brands, to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), value-added resellers (VARs) and system integrators in the Americas. More information can be found in SEC filings or at www.bellmicro.com.
About Connex
Connex specializes in providing networked storage solutions that are scalable in capacity and performance, centrally managed and provide coordinated intelligence that help move the storage management function off the server. Connex's goal is to deliver systems that truly address the storage problems of the enterprise. Connex's solutions improve the reliability and availability of storage, greatly simplifies storage management and reduces the total cost of ownership.
As companies migrate from server-centric to storage-centric environments, they require the flexibility to grow their storage systems. Companies will demand the ability to grow their current storage systems to meet future storage requirements, fully leveraging their storage investments. The Connex approach?"managed scalability" -- provides systems that grow in terms of performance, capacity and connectivity while significantly lowering the total cost of ownership. Connex distributes products through its network of channel partners. Connex is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Digital Corporation.
Bell seems to have a pretty solid approach to the storage market. Have all the components they need. I think they have a plan. In the cc ANCR said they had something like 260 sales reps...
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