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For Immediate Release
Alliance Storage Technologies Manufactures Plasmon Libraries and Builds Experienced Support Staff
Colorado Springs, Colo., February 13, 2009 – Alliance Storage Technologies, Inc. (ASTI) announced today that integration plans involving
the Plasmon assets are proceeding ahead of the planned schedule and the company is now actively shipping product for customer orders.
As ASTI progresses with their plan to provide UDO technology to the world wide market, they are experiencing very positive interest and
feedback, validating that UDO technology has nestled a secure place for customers across many vertical markets as a superior technology for
archive solutions. Several key highlights surrounding the restart of former Plasmon manufacturing operations involve the hiring of key personal
released from Plasmon, initiating manufacturing of new libraries systems, and expanding ASTI sales and service operations to address
the addition of the Plasmon product line
On January 13, 2009 Alliance Storage Technologies announced that it has completed the acquisition of all Plasmon assets, a trusted source
of data archiving systems for over 20 years. The asset acquisition includes the full line of Plasmon libraries, drives, media, parts, and related
inventory. With this acquisition, Alliance Storage Technologies has positioned itself as a leader in the long term data storage market, and will
continue to maintain and develop its technologies in the optical solutions market. To read the full January 13, 2009 press release, please click
on the following link: www.plasmon.com/news/update.html
During the month of January, ASTI actively recruited and hired almost 30 former Plasmon personnel into key support, manufacturing, sales
and engineering positions. According to ASTI CEO and president, Chris Carr, “When we studied various disciplines within our newly
acquired business, it became evident that ‘key’ individuals that previously played critical rolls in the success of Plasmon’s product line were
required for our ASTI business support model. Those individuals were identified and offered full-time positions with ASTI and several more
will be added in the near future. We are very excited to have these seasoned veterans on our team. We now have structured departments in
place for, manufacturing, technical support, inside sales, outside sales, and engineering to provide support for the best Optical storage solutions
in the world.” All new hires are reporting to the former Plasmon manufacturing facility located in Colorado Springs, CO.
In early January, ASTI restarted manufacturing of the Plasmon product line and has immediate availability of the following product lines;
Library systems; G Enterprise, GX Series Archive Appliance NAS systems, AAE, D Series, M Series, and 12 inch drives and library systems.
Media types available are; UDO1 (WORM & R/W), and UDO2 (WORM & R/W),5 ¼ MO (WORM & R/W), 12 inch - LM8000,
LM6000, LM4000, LM1200. Parts, repair services and upgrades are available for all the above supported systems.
The company intends to continue selling libraries with the Plasmon brand name to maintain continuity and build upon the legacy of exceptional
quality, value and the reliability of Optical storage. In addition, ASTI is offering a full range of service plans for all existing Plasmon installed libraries
and newly sold systems.
To ensure the highest level of service and support to consumers and partners, ASTI immediately rebuilt Plasmon’s US based support team responsible
for technical and engineering support of the product lins. Customers under contract with ASTI are receiving excellent support from an experienced team
with many years of history with th Plasmon product line, with access to all of the associated intellectual property such as firmware and software,
which can not be duplicated by any other vendor, positioning ASTI as the only vendor able to provide complete, comprehensive support and
maintenance services. In addition, projects involving the future development of the UDO technology are under review and plans are being formulated
to restart Resarch & Development in key areas to advance optical storage to the next generation.
The ASTI sales-distribution model will leverage the experience and history of many qualified Plasmon resellers and service providers across th globe.
ASTI is actively pursuing reseller agreements to establish comprehensive end-user representation in key vertical markets. Licensed resellers can now
access an updated product catalog and price list for the Plasmon product line. For more sales and marketing information, or details on becoming a
Plasmon reseller, please contact an ASTI sales representative.
About Alliance Storage Technologies, Inc.
For more than 10 years Alliance Storage Technologies has specialized in optical storage technologies.
Most important is our customer service, in this ever changing market we have to provide a better overall service than our competitors, to survive.
We have many clients who have enjoyed years of superior on-site maintenance services from Alliance Storage Technologies. We work hard to
get our customers, but work even harder to keep them.
Selling the newest technologies of storage systems including Plasmon, Cygnet, Filenet OSAR, HP, DISC, IBM, SONY, and NSM optical
libraries, as well as all brands and types of WORM and rewritable media. Providing both new and refurbished equipment, parts, systems,
all types of optical drives, accessories and replacement parts. We provide system upgrades, trade in, and buy back options.
Offering premium maintenance and repair services on all our products, we can analyze, repair, and maintain your highly critical storage
equipment faster, more accurately, and with higher efficiency than other maintenance companies. If you want to minimize your un-scheduled
equipment downtime, then you should find out more about our unique preventative maintenance measures. Maintenance contracts are
customizable to suit your needs. We provide training programs for all of the equipment that we sell.
Alliance Storage Technologies provides consulting services to determine system configuration requirements, projected storage requirements,
connectivity, and future expansion design for your storage solutions, as well as providing media migration services to move your data from
one application to another. We offer a variety of the most popular jukebox control software. Our solutions ensure compliance with Sarbanes
Oxley, SEC and HIPAA compliance requirements.
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