And Crucial's press release on this from last week:
Crucial.com opens door to more Federal customers
Contact: Sean Spence
Micron Technology, (208) 368-4400
crucial.com
micron.com
Boise, Idaho ? June 21, 2000 - Crucial.com, one of the world?s largest factory-direct sellers of memory upgrade modules, announced today an agreement with Leapfrog Smart Products, Inc. allowing Crucial.com memory products to be listed on the General Services Administration (GSA) federal supply schedule. This agreement makes Crucial.com products much more accessible to federal customers, particularly those seeking memory upgrades for servers, desktops, and laptops.
?In a 1999 survey of 4,000 Federal Computer Week magazine readers, 76% of the respondents said they will use the GSA Schedule to identify information technology vendors,? said David McCarthy, Crucial.com?s Government Sales Manager. ?Now, when federal customers go to the GSA schedule looking for memory upgrades, they will find Crucial.com products.?
?Adding Crucial.com products to the GSA schedule is a great deal for Crucial.com, as well as for the federal government,? said Fred Waddel, General Manager of Crucial.com. ?Now federal customers can buy upgrades directly from one of the largest memory manufacturers in the world - they?ll get a better quality product at a better price.?
Crucial.com is part of Crucial Technology, a division of Micron Semiconductor Products, Inc., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Micron Technology, Inc. Crucial Technology sells memory upgrade modules factory direct from Micron Technology, Inc. and offers over 42,000 upgrades for more than 9,100 desktops, notebooks, servers and printers. Crucial Technology?s Web site is located at www.crucial.com.
Micron Technology, Inc. and its subsidiaries manufacture and market DRAMs, SRAMs, Flash, other semiconductor components, memory modules, and personal computer systems. Micron?s common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol MU.
Headquartered in Orlando, Florida, Leapfrog Smart Products, Inc. designs, develops, licenses and markets Smart card applications, related database management systems and services. Leapfrog is complemented by its wholly owned subsidiaries, Conduit Healthcare Solutions and Leapfrog Global IC Products (LGIC). Their custom Smart card solutions include applications for health care, loyalty, distance learning, data management and tracking, access control, resort industries, and convention and exposition registration. Leapfrog?s commons stock is traded on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board under the symbol FROG, and their Web site can be located at www.leapfrog-smart.com. |
