ASBIS Starts Distribution of OCZ Solid State Drives
Limassol (Cyprus), October 19, 2011 – ASBISc Enterprises Plc. (WSE: ASB), a leading distributor of IT products in emerging markets of Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and OCZ Technology Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: OCZ), a leader in the design, manufacturing, and distribution of high performance and reliable Solid-State Drives (SSDs) and premium computer components, today announced an agreement by ASBIS to distribute OCZ's Solid State Drives in the EMEA region. This partnership will help to fulfill the demand in the fast growing SSD markets through the wide network of ASBIS branches.
"To improve and to fully take advantage of the EMEA market, OCZ has decided to start and build a cooperation with ASBIS which has become the leading distribution company in Europe, Middle East and Africa over the last decade which makes them the perfect partner for us. EMEA is the key market for us and we are proud to be able to sign Europe leading distributor of IT products and are eager to get this train going", said Joost Van Leeuwen, Director of Marketing, OCZ Technology Group.
"We are very much looking forward to the cooperation with OCZ Technology. With OCZ's expertise in developing and marketing leading edge SSD products and ASBIS broad distribution within the EMEA market, we are confident to have a huge success with this great brand. ASBIS has a great experience in distribution of both memory and storage products, so this is logical to add a top notch product line combining both market segment and fulfill our customers’ needs. ASBIS has a great experience in distribution of both memory and storage products, so this is logical to add a top notch product line combining both market segment and fulfilling our customers’ needs. ", – Konstantin Smetanin, Product Line Manager at ASBISC Enterprises Plc.
OCZ range of SSD’s includes SSD for high-performance workstations, built on the controller SandForce with a unique design, such as Agility 3, Vertex 3 and SSD with PCI-Express interface – RevoDrive 3. Also there are drives intended for a mass market and for notebooks, such as Solid 3, Onyx or Nocti. Additionally, OCZ pays a lot of attention to the corporate market offering for enterprise customers such devices as IBIS series with interface HSDL or the drives of industrial level with PCI-Express.
Recently OCZ has also developed RevoDrive Hybrid, which combines the speed of the SSD with capacity of the conventional storage, and OCZ Synapse – caching storage that significantly boosts the performance of conventional systems.
About ASBIS
ASBISc Enterprises PLC (WSE: ASB) is based in Cyprus and specializes in the distribution of IT products from worldwide leading manufacturers such as Intel, AMD, Seagate, Western Digital, Samsung, Microsoft, Toshiba, Dell, Acer, Lenovo and Hitachi. The company has own subsidiaries in 26 countries, more than 1,200 employees and 32,000 active customers in over 70 countries worldwide, and its revenue reached US$ 1,43 billion in 2010. For more information visit the company's website at www.asbis.com
About OCZ Technology Group, Inc.
Founded in 2002, San Jose, CA-based OCZ Technology Group, Inc. (OCZ), is a leader in the design, manufacturing, and distribution of high performance and reliable Solid-State Drives (SSDs) and premium computer components. OCZ has built on its expertise in high-speed memory to become a leader in the enterprise and consumer SSD markets, a technology that competes with traditional rotating magnetic hard disk drives (HDDs). SSDs are faster, more reliable, generate less heat and use significantly less power than the HDDs used in the majority of computers today. In addition to SSD technology, OCZ also offers high performance components for computing devices and systems, including enterprise-class power management products as well as leading-edge computer gaming solutions. For more information, please visit: www.ocztechnology.com