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BREECE HILL EXPANDS MARKET REACH

Breece Hill LLC announced that Access Distribution will begin distributing the company's full line of tape automation and integrated information storage appliances. Access Distribution will also actively participate in recruitment and development of new partners.

Access Distribution will offer Breece Hill's comprehensive line of information storage and retrieval solutions to resellers based in the U.S. and Canada. This includes Breece Hill's award-winning iStoRA 4000 Disk-toDisk -to-Tape (D2D2T) solution, INTEGRITY data protection software, its tape autoloaders and libraries that support AIT, DLT/SDLT and LTO tape formats as well as the MaxOptix magneto optical drives and libraries.

"The reputation of Access Distribution as a value-added distributor made them a clear choice for Breece Hill to assist in our market expansion strategy," said Phil Pascarelli, president of Breece Hill. "Our partners will benefit from their expertise and market presence while we continue to bring new offerings to meet the growing demand in the SMB and workgroup sectors."

Breece Hill's storage solutions extend and complement the Access Distribution portfolio of solutions for data management, business continuity and disaster recovery. In addition, Breece Hill products, which are geared towards the SMB and workgroup sectors, will help Access Distribution resellers take advantage of this growing industry segment.

"The solution strategy of Access Distribution and Breece Hill's product line improves our ability to meet our customer needs, especially in backup/recovery and archiving," said Jim Kegelmeyer, president of ServerWare Corporation. "This agreement is a great fit for resellers servicing the storage needs of the small to medium business. iStoRA makes backup/recovery so much easier to manage ­- and now it has the support of Access Distribution."

Breece Hill continues to position itself on the forefront of storage technology and was selected earlier this year by CMP Media's Network Computing magazine as one of seven "Companies to Watch in 2004" in the category of storage and servers. Its newest product, the iStoRA 4000, is the first in a family of data protection products that delivers seamless Disk-toDisk -to-Tape (D2D2T) functionality. By allowing staged backup, rapid restore and regulatory-compliant technology in a well-priced, plug-and-play package, the iStoRA offering brings high-end features and benefits to smaller businesses.