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QUALSTAR ANNOUNCES DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT WITH INGRAM MICRO

Qualstar Corp, a manufacturer of automated tape storage solutions, announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Ingram Micro Inc, a technology sales, marketing and logistics company. Under the new agreement, select Qualstar RLS-Series tape library models are now available to all Ingram Micro resellers throughout the United States.

"We are delighted to have the world's largest IT distributor add our tape libraries to its product portfolio," said William Gervais, Qualstar president and CEO. "Automated tape libraries are an essential part of the Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) process. Ingram Micro's rapid response and technical resources will significantly improve our market presence and provide Resellers with other essential components for deploying fully integrated ILM solutions. Our Simply Reliable designs deliver the real value and performance that resellers need to structure and deliver complete archive and data protection solutions to their customers."

"Storage continues to be a fast growth category within the IT industry and its business applications run the gamut -- from the smallest of SMBs to large, Fortune 500 companies," said Paul Bay, vice president of vendor management for Ingram Micro U.S. "Today, storage is a cornerstone for IT infrastructure which is why more and more resellers are looking to Ingram Micro to identify and bring on board best of breed technologies from manufacturers like Qualstar, to meet market demands and drive business forward."