Bell Micro Now Distributes Chelsio in Europe

Bell Microproducts Inc. and Chelsio Communications Inc. announced an
agreement that enables Bell Microproducts to distribute Chelsio’s
10-Gigabit Ethernet and multi-port Gigabit Ethernet adapters throughout
Europe.

This agreement is an expansion of the existing
distribution agreement announced between the two companies in early
2007.

The Chelsio adapters feature unique protocol acceleration
technology that enables Bell Microproducts’ resellers to offer their
customers solutions that deliver an enhanced level of performance and
cost-savings for the next generation enterprise datacenters.

"Bell
Microproducts has been an outstanding distribution partner for Chelsio
and is a logical partner for our market expansion throughout Europe,"
said Kianoosh Naghshineh, president and CEO of Chelsio. "Our adapters
are gaining widespread acceptance for high performance servers and
storage systems, and Bell Microproducts has been an important part of
that success. We expect to have great success in the European market."

"Chelsio
has been an excellent technology partner in the US and we see a great
opportunity to take their world class 10Gb Ethernet adapters to the
European markets," said Tom Ellis, business unit manager for storage
solutions at Bell Microproducts. "Chelsio’s adapters address the
industry demand for greater convergence of networking, clustering,
virtualization and IP storage connectivity while dramatically
increasing application performance and bandwidth. Chelsio’s product
line will be a fast growing addition for Bell Micro’s storage fabric
portfolio."

Chelsio Communications Inc.

Bell Microproducts Inc.