Bell Microproducts and Zeus Technology Sign Distribution Agreement
Networking Portfolio Bolstered With Advanced Traffic Manager for Secure Load Balancing and Application Acceleration.
January 16, 2007
Bell Microproducts Inc. (NASDAQ: BELM), one of the world’s largest value-added distributors of storage and computing technology, and Zeus Technology, a leading provider of application traffic management software, announced today that they have reached an agreement whereby Bell Microproducts will distribute Zeus’s flagship product, ZXTM (Zeus Extensible Traffic Manager) through its UK and US distribution network.
The Zeus traffic manager is ideally suited to expand VAR opportunities in both the SMB and enterprise markets as ZXTM enhances existing networking applications with higher performance data access and retrieval as well as extensive security features. For those solutions providers who are offering managed services, ZXTM ensures high performance throughput and responsiveness for web-enabled applications.
ZXTM joins other networking, storage and security offerings from Bell Microproducts to offer VARs an array of products that provide comprehensive end-to-end solutions.
Simple to deploy and configure, ZXTM features a blend of high-performance load balancing, Layer 7 traffic management and extensive security features to websites and web-based applications. ZXTM integrates essential application performance optimization functions including SSL acceleration, caching, security, dynamic content compression, global server load balancing and clustering. Using the simple concept of virtual servers, ZXTM intercepts, manages and load-balances web traffic. As a pure software solution or as an appliance, ZXTM can be deployed in any scenario making it the most flexible traffic management solution on the market. With the recent edition of the ZXTM Virtual Appliance product (ZXTM VA), customers who are moving to virtualized environments, now or in the future, can utilize ZXTM VA to improve the efficiency of datacenter resources.
"Bell Microproducts is happy to add Zeus’s award-winning ZXTM to its line card, as we continually strive to provide only the best to our resellers," noted Gary Gammon, vice president of marketing for Bell Microproducts. "The Zeus solutions provide a perfect complement to our storage-centric and server-agnostic approach to networking, and provide enterprise –centric VARs and resellers with the highest levels of network performance and security."
"End users from the SMB to Enterprise space require fast, reliable, easy to manage and secure network and web-enabled applications, and ZXTM fits the bill precisely," noted Damian Reeves, general manager of US operations for Zeus Technology. "Our partnership with Bell Microproducts significantly enhances our reach to VARs and system integrators as we continue to expand the distribution of our products to enterprise customers of all sizes."
Zeus’s ZXTM is available now through Bell Microproducts’ distribution network. Please call 1-800-800-1513 (US) or 0871 230 4900 (UK) for more information.
About Bell Microproducts Inc.
Bell Microproducts [NASDAQ: BELM] is an international, value-added distributor of a wide range of high-tech products, solutions and services, including storage systems, servers, software, computer components and peripherals, as well as maintenance and professional services. An industry-recognized specialist in storage products, this Fortune 1000 company is one of the world's largest storage-centric value-added distributors. In 2006, the company celebrated the sale of its 50 millionth hard disk drive, setting a significant industry milestone.
Bell Microproducts is uniquely qualified with deep technical and application expertise to service a broad range of information technology needs. From design to deployment, its products are available at any level of integration, from components to subsystem assemblies and fully-integrated, tested and certified system solutions. More information can be found in the company's SEC filings, or by visiting the Bell Microproducts Web site at www.bellmicro.com.
About Zeus Technology
With over ten years industry experience, Zeus Technology develops application traffic management software, dramatically improving network and web-enabled applications making them run faster, more reliably, more securely and making them easier to manage.
The Zeus solutions enable organizations to intelligently manage their applications, streamline operations and provide a seamless end-user experience.
As the only pure software traffic management solution, the Zeus products are flexible whatever your deployment environment; a purpose-built Zeus appliance, standard servers, blades, or even virtualized environments.
Zeus holds strategic partnerships with world-class companies such as AMD, Egenera, HP, IBM, Intel, Sun Microsystems, Qualcomm and VMware.
Zeus powers over 1 million sites across the world and provides web infrastructure solutions to over 800 customers including, BT, China Telecom, Hotel.de, NASA, PLAY.COM, Federal Railroads Administration, The Institute of Financial Services, STA Travel, Strategic Command, VNU, and Virgin Holidays.
For more information, contact info@zeus.com.
Zeus, Zeus Mass Hosting Application, Zeus Load Balancer, Zeus Web Server, Zeus Extensible Traffic Manager, TrafficScript, TrafficCluster, RuleBuilder and Universally Serving the Net are trademarks of Zeus Technology Ltd. All other brands and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
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