SAN JOSE, Calif., May 20, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bell Microproducts Inc. (Pink Sheets:BELM), one of the world's largest value-added distributors of storage and computing technology, announced today that it has expanded its relationship with Teneros, Inc., a market leader in email continuity solutions. Bell Micro currently distributes the Teneros Application Continuity Appliances for Microsoft(r) Exchange through its extensive reseller network and will now expand its messaging continuity offering with Teneros' new High Availability and Disaster Recovery Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) for Microsoft Exchange.
The addition of Teneros' new SaaS offering enhances an existing, successful contract manufacturing partnership already in place between the two companies. Together, Bell Micro and Teneros deliver a cost-effective, attractive solution to reseller partners. "Teneros SaaS provides three key benefits: No capital expenditure; scalability to fit evolving business requirements; and lower costs for messaging infrastructure operations, because no additional IT skills or in-house maintenance are required," noted Maritza Marie Dubec, director of marketing communications for Teneros.
Utilizing Teneros' Instant-On(tm) failover technology, their new SaaS offering provides around-the-clock email uptime for businesses running Microsoft Exchange. Included in the low, monthly per mailbox fee, Teneros supplies customers with an on-premise, SaaS appliance that requires no reconfiguration, modification, or additional software on the Exchange server or network infrastructure, and it can be painlessly installed in the customer's network. The SaaS appliances are remotely managed, maintained, and updated from the Teneros Network Operations Center (NOC) -- lightening the workload for the in-house IT team. The appliances use transactional integrity validation -- Teneros' proprietary, real-time data verification technology -- to prevent the replication of Exchange data corruption on Teneros appliances, yielding a high-integrity copy of the email database within the customer's security perimeter.
With the Teneros partnership, Bell Micro can also assist resellers chartered with migrating their customers from Exchange 2003 to 2007. According to Gary Gammon, senior vice president of enterprise marketing for Bell Micro, "Bell Micro is once again demonstrating its commitment to the success of its partners. Helping our customers with budgetary issues creates a win-win situation not only for the VARs, but for Bell Micro, Teneros, and end-users as well."
Additionally, Bell Micro will exclusively handle all reseller channel sales fulfillment for Teneros' Application Continuity Appliance for Microsoft Exchange. Powered by HP's ProLiant servers, Teneros' Application Continuity Appliances and on-premise SaaS appliances for Microsoft Exchange are designed to solve the pressing challenge of email outages for corporations worldwide. According to Dubec, "Bell Micro brought capabilities to the table that other distributors simply could not match."
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About Teneros, Inc.
Founded in 2003, Teneros is a leader in innovative messaging technology development and distribution. The company is continually pioneering new technologies to deliver high availability and disaster recovery solutions for the mission-critical Microsoft applications fueling corporations worldwide. Funded by Advanced Equities Financial Corp., Goldman Sachs, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Sevin Rosen Funds, and STAR Ventures, Teneros offers email continuity appliances and Software-as-a-Service solutions that assure 99.99%-99.999% uptime of Microsoft infrastructure applications.
Teneros is an Advanced Infrastructure Solutions Microsoft Gold Partner and was the recipient of the 2007 Microsoft Partner of the Year Award, OEM Hardware Solutions, Device Manufacturing. Teneros was a winner of the 2008 Red Herring 100 award, was selected as CRN's 2008, 2007 and 2006 Emerging Tech Dynamo, and was honored by AlwaysOn as an AO Global 250 company in 2008 and an A0 100 Private Company Award winner in 2007 and 2006. Teneros is headquartered at 321 East Evelyn Ave in Mountain View, California, 94041. More information is available at www.teneros.com.
About Bell Microproducts Inc.
Bell Microproducts Inc. (Pink Sheets:BELM) is an international, value-added distributor of a wide range of high-tech products, solutions and services including, storage systems, servers, software, computer components, and peripherals, as well as maintenance and professional services. An industry-recognized specialist in storage products, the company is one of the world's largest storage-centric value-added distributors.
Bell Microproducts is uniquely qualified with deep technical and application expertise to service a broad range of information technology needs. From design to deployment, its products are available at any level of integration, from components to subsystem assemblies and fully-integrated, tested and certified system solutions. More information can be found in the company's SEC filings, or by visiting the Bell Microproducts web site at www.bellmicro.com.
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