Oktabit Reseller of Hitachi GST

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies is expanding local distribution of its hard disk drives (HDD) and external storage solutions through Oktabit S.A, one of the regions largest distributors, that specializes in representing global technology companies in selling IT products through the channel. Oktabit will help to boost Hitachi’s distribution coverage in the region and will broaden its channel reach by offering the full range of Hitachi’s innovative and reliable hard drives and external storage solutions to the Greek market.

“As the demand for hard disk drives and external storage solutions among consumers, the IT sector and business enterprise continues to increase, Hitachi is pleased to partner with Oktabit to provide customers with reliable storage solutions for a variety of applications, and to ensure that Hitachi HDD products enjoy increased penetration into the Greek market,” said Nick Kyriacou, Director of Sales, Europe Middle East and Africa for Hitachi GST. “Greece is a growth market with lots of opportunity, and through our partnership with Oktabit we can ensure that we are well positioned to take advantage of this in 2010”.

“The distribution agreement with Hitachi will help us to further enhance the brand portfolio and services offered to the Greek market. The co-operation with Hitachi is particularly important because of Hitachi’s position as a leading provider of a wide range of advanced hard disk drive products and innovative external storage solutions. With our broad customer base and 18 year experience in the Greek IT market, this agreement represents an important step in our business development,” said Konstantina Tsaousi, Commercial Manager, Oktabit SA.

Oktabit will offer a full range of Hitachi GST products,
which include the following brands:

• Travelstar: Durable, high-performance and high-capacity 5,400 and 7,200 RPM, 2.5-inch Serial ATA (SATA) drives for notebooks, gaming systems, compact desktop systems, and external storage solutions
• Deskstar: Proven and reliable family of 7,200 RPM SATA drives for commercial and consumer PCs, high-performance gaming systems, workstations, high-capacity video surveillance, personal storage and desktop RAID solutions
• Ultrastar: Full line of SATA, Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Fiber Channel (FC) hard drives that support the enterprise digital ecosystem
• CinemaStar: Drives specifically designed for audio/video (AV) streaming performance, large capacity, quiet operation, and low power and temperatures for HD DVRs, DVD/HDD recorders, DVR-enabled TVs, media centers, and video surveillance systems
• Hitachi External Hard Drives: Simple, stylish and reliable external storage and backup solutions for users on-the-go