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in the news - august 2006
Bell Micro Distributes Siafu
8/29/06
by Byte and Switch
End customers who purchase Siafu Swarm appliances from Bell Micro’ partners will benefit from a new generation of iSCSI storage products that finally deliver on the technology’s promise.
ASCII Group Adds Bell Micro As Preferred Distributor
8/24/06
By John Longwell
The ASCII Group on Thursday added Bell Micro to its list of preferred distributors.
Bell Micro is "so much focused on storage and integration services, and a number of our members wanted to drive more business to them," said Alan Weinberger, ASCII chairman and CEO. "It's something the advisory body wanted."
Bell, ASCII Team
8/24/06
by Byte and Switch
"We believe resellers and independently owned computer solutions providers are the backbone of the IT industry," said Alan Weinberger, ASCII's chief executive officer. "We are honored to have one of the world's leading and most successful value-added distributors join our group. Bell Micro brings impressive versatility and expertise for a wide range of high-tech products to our partners."
More storage appliances
More capacity and lower prices
8/17/06
By James E. Gaskin
A no-nonsense black case with the name Hammer in yellow letters announces the Hammer Z-Box from Bell Micro as a serious business storage box. The Hammer line ranges from desktop for SOHO and SMB clients up through a rack-mount offering. Using SATA disks like Synology, you can order your Hammer unit with 1.0TB, 1.6TB, or 2.0TB of capacity.
SMBs Gaining Storage Advantage
8/7/06
By Henry Baltazar
Until now, most SMBs have been stuck using inflexible DAS (direct-attached storage) technologies such as SCSI, eSATA (external Serial ATA), USB 2.0 and FireWire.
But with the next generation of products entering the market, SMBs will be able to reap the benefits of networked storage.
For example, Bell Micro' Hammer Z-Box, recently reviewed by eWeek Labs (see "Z-Box: High-performance storage for SMBs" at eweek.com), is based on the Zetera technology and is priced starting at $1,299.
CPU Surplus Swells On Intel Inventory Glut
8/3/06
by Kristen Kenedy
Joe Cousins, vice president of component marketing at Bell Microproducts, a San Jose, Calif.-based distributor, said it remains to be seen if the oversupply will have a far-reaching impact. "I think it's too early to tell," he said. "But we think it will be a more stable environment in [the third quarter than the second quarter]. We think the bloodbath is behind us, and pricing will stabilize."
Feature story: VAR showcase
August 2006
by RAM
Bell Micro
Z-Box HZD4B 1.6 TB Desktop: $1,799
Now that it has proven itself on the desktop, the IP-based SAN-like protocol is making the transition to small and medium businesses through Bell Micro' Z-Box family.
The 1.6TB model is a significant investment for an SMB at $1,799. But as your customer's 300GB USB 2.0 direct-attached drives start filling up, the value of a larger networked solution becomes more apparent. That's where Bell's Z-Box really fits in.
Network Storage Devices
August 2006
by Imaging Economics
Hammer Storage, San Jose, Calif, a division of Bell Micro, recently launched a line of network storage devices, the Z-series. The line currently offers the Hammer Z-Box HZD4B a Z-box desktop product; and the Hammer Z-Rack HZR1U a Z-rack rackmount.
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