Newtech Distributor of Stec

STEC, Inc. announced a distribution agreement with Newtech Co., Ltd.

Under the terms of this non-exclusive agreement, Newtech is authorized to
distribute all commercially-available STEC solid-state products throughout
Japan as standalone solutions or integrated into Newtech storage systems.

The
distribution agreement expands STEC’s relationship with Newtech and enables the
integration of STEC’s SSD and PCIe solid-state accelerator (SSA) card
portfolio, covering enterprise and embedded applications, into the range
of Newtech storage systems. Newtech is also authorized to distribute STEC’s new
EnhanceIO SSD Cache Software, which improves data acceleration while achieving
cost-effective user scalability. The EnhanceIO software integrates into
any existing server infrastructure and works with all commercially-available
SSDs, not just those developed by STEC, providing flexibility for
deployment.

"The Asia-Pacific region represents another
area of dynamic growth for STEC solid-state solutions and Japan continues to
have robust demand for high-performance, cost-effective storage technologies,"
said Scott Stetzer, STEC’s Vice President of Technical Marketing. "Signing an authorized distributor agreement
with Newtech expands our successful relationship, which also includes a number
of STEC SSD product qualifications into Newtech storage systems. This agreement
demonstrates the STEC commitment to delivering world-class performance and
value to storage platforms across the globe with the help from leading local
industry partners in targeted regions."

"STEC has done an outstanding job to bring to
market a wide range of solid-state solutions that enable data centers of all
sizes to achieve superior access performance as well as enhanced reliability
and endurance that is required to support today’s mission-critical,
throughput-intensive applications," said Kunio Iwata, Vice President and
CTO for Newtech Co., Ltd. "We are
very excited about expanding our relationship with STEC and the opportunity to
distribute superior solid-state storage products with performance levels and
enterprise-class reliability that truly exceeds our customers’ requirements."

STEC’s
relationship with Newtech dates back to 2009 when Newtech integrated STEC’s
MACH8 SSDs for a prominent end-user’s RAID video server system. Through this venture, Newtech proved to be a strong and capable partner for
STEC in Japan. New solutions introduced by STEC in 2011 have created opportunities to expand the sales volume of enterprise-class solid-state
solutions throughout the region.