October 27, 2003 ASBIS News

ASBIS and HITACHI gives you a chance to visit Silicon Valley

Why people call Silicon Valley the heart of computers and technologies?
Why San Jose is known as the Technology capital of the world?
Where and how the new technologies are born?

…You will know the answers for these and many more questions.
ASBIS and HITACHI gives you a chance to visit San Jose/Silicon Valley/California!

As an official distributor of Hitachi GST products, ASBIS is delighted to announce a great incentive for customers in Poland, Slovakia and Czechia –
“Silicon Valley at your feet!”
running from October, 27 till December, 31 2003.
Every Hitachi Desktop and Server HDD you buy from ASBIS during the program make you close to win a 7 days trip to San Jose, California.

7-days trip to California

Have an excursion over Almaden Research Center as guests of Hitachi GST
Visit the HGST worldwide headquarters as guests of their Executive Management.
Visit The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose
See what the Silicon Valley is!

Second prize: newest 5-megapixel CASIO QV-5700 digital camera PLUS Hitachi Microdrive 1GB.
The camera gives you possibility to shoot images up to 2,560 x 1,920 pixels, which is large enough for high-definition printouts of A3 size and larger.
The 1GB Microdrive allows you to record hundreds of images during your trip and easily exchange your data with laptop or PC.

Additional prizes: All customers who reach qualification level will get nice polo-shirt with program logo.

‘I would also like to take this opportunity to give you our full assurance regarding HGST as an HDD supplier. After a period of transition following the acquisition of this business from IBM, HGST is now certainly back in a strong technology leadership position in all the product segments – desktop, server and mobile HDDs. In the attached presentation, you can see listed the key Global OEM customers who have selected HGST as their supplier. In addition, their research and development power allows them to continue to lead the worldwide rankings in filling new product patents with the United States Patents Office‘, – says Paul Griffin, Executive Vice-President, Sales, Marketing and Product Line Management.

Rules of the program

Products: Hitachi GST Desktop and Server Hard Disk Drives, all models
Program period: 9 weeks, from October 27 to December31, 2003
Qualification level:
50 points collected during the program
Hitachi Desktop HDD – 1 point
Hitachi Server HDD – 2 points
Description:
Customers will receive 1 point for every Hitachi Desktop HDD and 2 points for every Hitachi Server HDD purchased from ASBIS office in Poland, Czech or Slovakia. Every 50 points earned will win one lottery ticket – the more tickets you earn, the more chances to win. There will be a draw among the companies which have reached qualification level.
Also – any company collecting 2000 points (e.g. it bought 2000pcs. Desktop HDDs, or 1000 pcs. Server HDD, or any combination), will automatically become a winner of the main prize.
Prizes:
Main prize: trip to California for one person for 7 days.
Second prize: CASIO QV-5700 digital camera + Hitachi 1GB Microdrive.
Additional prize: Hitachi GST polo shirt with program logo.
Program notes:
Only customers from Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia can participate in the promotion. One main prize and one second prize will be raffled in each country. Additionally all the companies which reached qualification level will win the polo-shirt.
The trip to California will take place in April, 2004. If winner can not be able to visit USA (e.g. due to VISA issues), the main prize could be changed to some other destination keeping the same money equivalent of the prize.
Lottery:
Lottery will take place in January, 2003 evidenced by Hitachi GST representative and ASBIS management. Only companies reached qualification level will participate in the lottery. Results will be announced on www.asbis.com.

More details on the program are available at your ASBIS office. Please contact your sales manager.