AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 19, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Buffalo Technology, a global leader in the design, development and manufacturing of wired and wireless networking, storage and memory solutions today announced it has developed distribution partnerships in Canada with Tech Data and Ingram Micro Inc. The move allows Buffalo to expand upon its success in the United States and distribute its award-winning storage, multi-media and wireless networking solutions to Canadian resellers.
"Buffalo has been very successful in the U.S. market. It is important for us to build upon that success and continue with our growth. Canada is a very important market so it only makes sense for us to expand into that market," stated Satoshi Inaba, chief operating officer at Buffalo Technology. "We are delighted to partner with Ingram Micro and Tech Data. We believe that partnerships such as these will help us gain valuable resources and offer our affordable, high-performance network solutions to Canadian businesses and consumers."
"Ingram Micro strives to offer a comprehensive and high-quality product mix in the networking, storage and multimedia arenas. Buffalo's award-winning technology solutions offer the scope and scale to support our resellers' requirements for retail, SMB and SOHO products. We look forward to growing together as partners," said Martin Kalsbeek, vice president and general manager, Ingram Micro Canada.
"Buffalo's wireless and storage solutions coupled with their continuous growth within the VAR community makes them a logical choice to partner with strategically," said Ray Gonsalves, director, product marketing, Tech Data Canada. "We are excited by this new relationship with Buffalo as it will further enhance our product offerings and provide us with new growth opportunities in all markets."
Buffalo will offer its award-winning line of storage, wireless networking and multi-media devices to the Canadian market. Its network attached storage (NAS) products include the LinkStation and the TeraStation. Both products allow users to store and share files such as music, DVD back-ups, presentations, family videos and photos, etc. They also allow users to easily distribute multimedia files around the office, home or even to the Internet with optional group or user level security. The DriveStation line of USB storage hard drives will also be available as well as the recently introduced USB 2.0 External Portable Hard Drive.
Buffalo's wireless products include its flagship wireless router - the AirStation(tm) G54 High Power Wireless Broadband Router and its complementary AirStation Turbo G High Power Wireless PC Card with AOSS, which are designed to eliminate dead spots and increase connection speeds. AirStation Turbo G High Power Wireless Cable/DSL Smart Router with AOSS and the AirStation 125 High Speed Mode(1) Wireless Desktop PCI Adapter with AOSS will also be available to the Canadian market.
Buffalo's multi-media products include the LinkTheater High Definition Wireless Media Player, which is the only wireless progressive scan DVD player that enables users to wirelessly access on their TV or HDTV just about any audio, video or digital photo file stored on their computer or storage device.
All of Buffalo wireless products include the company's patent-pending AirStation One-Touch Secure System (AOSS(tm)) for seamless installation and wireless security configuration with the push of a button. The products also feature advanced security protocols such as WPA-PSK with AES support, which gives the products the ability to support WPA2 - the latest and most powerful security standard for wireless networks. Additional security features include 128/64-bit WEP, Dynamic Packet Filtering and NAT, Intrusion Detector, and SPI Firewall.
For more information on Buffalo Technology and its channel program, please visit the company's website at http://www.buffalotech.com/partners/application.php.
About Buffalo Technology
Buffalo Technology (USA), Inc., based in Austin, Texas, is a leading global provider of award-winning networking, memory, storage and multi-media solutions for the home and small business environments as well as for system builders and integrators. With almost three decades of networking and computer peripheral experience, Buffalo has proven its commitment to delivering innovative, best-of-breed solutions that have put the company at the forefront of infrastructure technology. For more information about Buffalo Technology and its products, please visit www.buffalotech.com.
About Ingram Micro
As a vital link in the technology value chain, Ingram Micro creates sales and profitability opportunities for vendors and resellers through unique marketing programs, outsourced logistics services, technical support, financial services, and product aggregation and distribution. The company serves 100 countries and is the only global IT distributor with operations in Asia. Visit http://www.ingrammicro.com/corp or in Canada visit http://www.ingrammicro.ca.
About Tech Data
Tech Data Corporation (Nasdaq:TECD), founded in 1974, is a leading global provider of IT products, logistics management and other value-added services. Ranked 110th on the FORTUNE 500, the company and its subsidiaries serve more than 90,000 technology resellers in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe and the Middle East. Tech Data's extensive service offering includes pre- and post-sale training and technical support, financing options and configuration services as well as a full range of electronic commerce solutions. The company generated sales of $19.8 billion for the last fiscal year, which ended January 31, 2005.
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(1) When operating in High-Speed Mode, this Wi-Fi device achieves an actual throughput of up to 34Mbps, which is the equivalent throughput of a system following 802.11g protocol and operating at a signaling rate of 125Mbps.