eMag® Solutions to Provide IBM Storage Products Worldwide
Becomes IBM Business Partner for Storage Solutions
SAN DIEGO (December 16, 1999) – eMag Solutions today announced that it has achieved IBM Business Partner status and will sell IBM storage products and hardware, including drives, silo attachments, and tape libraries in the U.S. eMag had formerly attained IBM Business Partner status in Europe.
eMag will focus initially on 3590 Magstar® drives, including upgrades from the 3590 B drive to the E drive, C12 and C14 silo attachments, and automated tape library systems. The company has already received Professional Certification to sell drive attachments for silos, which demonstrates the company has the sales, installation and support skills that customers need to cope with increasingly complex storage solutions.
“IBM storage products are a natural fit with our strengths in the services business and media manufacturing, particularly the 3590 cartridge,” said Michael A. Harris, Senior Vice President of Marketing. “That means we can provide an end-to-end storage solution for 3590 customers from determining initial customer requirements, to specifiying a solution, providing the hardware and the media, and even converting media from their old system to the new.”
IBM storage solutions fit well with eMag’s focus on Total Media Management, a program of outsourced services and products designed to help data center managers significantly reduce error processing time and costs, extend the life of their media, and migrate to new storage technologies.
“Our core focus is to increase the reliability and profitability of data centers,” said Gary M. Roth, President and CEO of eMag solutions. “Developing technology migration paths for data center clients is currently a very strategic focus for eMag. We believe the IBM partnership will help us provide clients with contemporary storage technologies to ensure the efficiency of their data centers.”
eMag Solutions, L.L.C., formerly the Magnetics Solutions division of Anacomp, Inc., is a global leader in providing innovative solutions that improve the efficiency and profitability of data centers through a respected line of media services and quality branded products. eMag Solutions currently provides a wide range of product and service solutions, marketed under the leading brand names Memorex®, Graham®, Dysan®, and StorageMaster®. eMag employs about 600 people worldwide and operates manufacturing facilities in the United States and Europe.
For more information or copies of this press release, please contact:
Michael Harris
Vice President Marketing, eMag
619-848-5691
mharris@emaglink.com
eMag, the eMag logo, Graham, Dysan, and StorageMaster are registered trademarks of eMag Solutions. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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