Bell Microproducts signs pan-European distribution deal with Sonasoft

San Jose, California - Bell Microproducts today signed a pan-European distribution agreement with backup/recovery software supplier Sonasoft Corp. for distributing its Point-Click Recovery® software for Microsoft Exchange, SQL and Windows File Systems.
The partnership will open up backup/recovery market to the SME reseller channel, covers the UK and all European territories where Bell Microproducts operates.
Sonasoft provides a high-availability solution, protecting data from hardware/software failures and human errors. Sonasoft's software is designed for disk-to-disk backup, it is application specific, and is a focused solution for Microsoft servers. Sonasoft's SonaSafe application automates the entire backup through configurable templates. When a crash occurs, due to system malfunction, user error, or due to any other reason, one can recover to the point-of-failure, with just point and click. SonaSafe application also maintains a redundant, standby server by continually updating the data with that retrieved from the primary system. The standby system can take over instantly in the event of primary system failure. The standby system can be on-site, or located at a remote site for protection against natural or man-made disasters.
"Bell Microproducts brings tremendous experience in selling and servicing software in the area of disaster recovery and business continuance. They have a strong and experienced team and a great reputation with resellers. Having a company such as Bell Microproducts select Sonasoft as a business partner is a strong testament to the quality and value of our products. We’re confident that this partnership will be mutually beneficial to both the companies,” noted Andy Khanna, President & CEO at Sonasoft.

Alex Tatham, Director of Operations and Vice President at Bell Microproducts said the following regarding the partnership agreement, “Partnering with Sonasoft will allow Bell Microproducts to bring innovative solutions to meet our clients’ needs. Traditional backup and restore models are increasingly becoming unmanageable and unreliable because of today’s highly complex and demanding database and high-end server application requirements. Sonasoft’s solutions uniquely solve this problem by simplifying and automating the entire backup and recovery processes. Our team is very excited about this partnership and the win-win situation it creates for both of our organizations and the clients.”

“Bell Microproducts is an influential and respected distributor of technology products. Partnering with Bell Microproducts will help Sonasoft to get a wider reach across Europe. Bell Microproducts' reputation, expertise and reseller-focused services will enable broad range of resellers to offer Sonasoft software with added benefits to the end user. We are very delighted to have Bell Microproducts as our partner in Europe” said Dr. Vas Srinivasan, Vice President of Marketing at Sonasoft.
About Bell Microproducts
Bell Microproducts is an international, value-added provider of a wide range of high-technology products, solutions, and services to the industrial and commercial markets. The Company's offering includes semiconductors, computer platforms, peripherals, and storage products of various types including desktop, high-end computer and storage subsystems, fibre channel connectivity products, RAID, NAS and SAN storage systems and back-up products. Bell Microproducts is an industry-recognized specialist in storage products and is one of the world's largest storage-centric value-added distributors.
The Company's products are available at any level of integration, from components to subsystem assemblies and fully-integrated, tested and certified system solutions. The Company adds value with a broad range of services including testing, software loading, kitting, mass storage system integration, and computer system integration. Trained and certified technical personnel complete each of these processes at Bell Microproducts' ISO 9002 facilities. Bell Microproducts markets and distributes more than 140 brand name product lines, as well as its own Rorke Data storage and Trademark® computer brands, to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), contract electronic manufacturing services (CEMS) customers, value-added resellers (VARs) and system integrators in the Americas and Europe. More information can be found in the Company's SEC filings, or by visiting the Bell Microproducts Web site at www.bellmicro.com .

About Sonasoft®
Sonasoft Corp. automates the disk-to-disk backup and recovery process for Microsoft Exchange, SQL and Windows Servers with its groundbreaking SonaSafe® Point-Click Recovery® solutions. Designed to simplify and eliminate human error in the backup and recovery process, SonaSafe solutions also centralize the management of multiple servers and provide a cost-effective turnkey disaster recovery strategy for companies of all sizes.
For more information, please visit www.sonasoft.com.
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