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SKYDATA and Sony of Canada Sign Distribution Agreement
TORONTO – April 2nd, 2003 - Sony of Canada Ltd.’s Communication
Information Solutions (CIS) Group announced today it has signed
a new distribution agreement with Skydata Corp. Under the new alliance,
Skydata will have exclusive distribution rights to Sony’s S-AIT
PetaSite® library systems, Sony’s new line of high-end
automation tape library systems based on S-AIT drive technology.
S-AIT is currently the industry's highest capacity data tape technology.
As a leading provider of mass storage solutions, Skydata will incorporate
Sony’s S-AIT PetaSite systems into its product line, which
comprises tape drives and autoloaders. The agreement leverages both
companies’ leading technology and sales expertise and will
provide resellers with Sony’s industry-leading S-AIT product
family within a full suite of desktop to data centre solutions.
Skydata has solid enterprise storage expertise and offers resellers
high-level storage management and SAN/NAS training. The company
has also been a longtime Sony partner, selling products and solutions
as an OEM since 1995.“We are delighted to further strengthen
our relationship with Skydata, as this agreement will expand Sony’s
reach to all its channel partners,” said Geoffrey McMurdo,
Group Marketing Manager, CIS Group, Sony of Canada Ltd. “From
the technical expertise to sales engineering support, Skydata offers
a whole solution to the channel.”
“Under our new agreement with Sony, we can offer our resellers
and their customers a reliable backup and consolidation solution,”
said Howard Goldberg, CEO Skydata Corp. “As petabyte storage
management is already a reality for some companies, we will now
have the ability to deliver and service high-end storage solutions
that will set new precedents in the industry.”
S-AIT PetaSite systems, which will be available in June, bring
high-speed backup and restores to life for enterprises and digital
content providers. Sustained native data transfer rates for the
S-AIT PetaSite library will reach up to 2.88 gigabytes (GB) per
second and a standard file can be restored in just over one minute.
Sony is also shipping its first-generation S-AIT drives and media
to tape library automation Original Equipment Manufactures (OEMs)
this spring.
About S-AIT Technology
SAIT technology is the latest development in high-capacity, high-performance
recording for enterprise storage. The technology utilizes a half-inch,
single-reel cartridge and provides over twice the uncompressed capacity
of the nearest linear half-inch tape drive. The first generation
of SAIT tape drives (SAIT-1) provide up to 1.3 terabytes (TB) of
compressed capacity (500 gigabytes (GB) uncompressed) and a transfer
rate of up to 78 megabytes (MB) per second compressed (30 MB/sec
uncompressed).
About Skydata Corp.
Skydata Corporation is Canada’s market leader in mass storage
solutions. With design, manufacturing and distribution capabilities,
Skydata utilizes disk, tape, optical, automation and storage networking
technologies to bring partners the best in mass storage solutions.
Ranging from departmental to enterprise high-availability systems,
Skydata offers a one-stop, end-to-end offering. Skydata’s objective
is to exceed customer expectations for reliability, performance
and support. Using the highest quality products and industry-leading
expertise, Skydata engineers storage solutions that offer better
value for the networked enterprise. Headquartered in Mississauga,
Ontario, Skydata products are distributed across Canada through
a network of Value-Added Reseller (VAR) partners. For more information,
please visit our website at www.skydatacorp.com.
About Sony of Canada Ltd.
The Communication Information Solutions (CIS) Group is a division
of Sony of Canada Ltd., headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. CIS Group
markets and supports Sony's full range of optical storage products
and professional video and audio equipment, including videoconferencing,
high definition video, interactive and security applications for
the broadcast, production, business, industry, government, medical
and education through a network of authorized retailers.
Media contacts:
Paul Dunlop
Skydata Corp.
(905) 673-7333 ext. 277
pdunlop@skydatacorp.com
Alana Coleman
Strategic/Ampersand Inc.
Tel: 416-961-5595, ext. 440
alana@stratamp.com
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