Bell Microproducts Announces New Storage Solution Packages

Bell Microproducts Inc. (Nasdaq: BELM), a leading value-added provider of storage products and solutions, today announced new Information Lifecycle Management Solution
"Recipe" Packages and the expansion and re-organization of its Bell Micro
Solutions Center resources. The staff has increased its technical engineering
and support personnel and will give particular attention to solutions
developed for the SMB market.

The two initial solution offerings are a Linux platform package featuring
Radiant Data and an Email Archiving package. These recipes provide the
packaging and technical support for a VAR or Solutions Provider customer to
deploy solutions quickly and profitably. They, and other packages in
development, will be made available through Bell Micro Website and the Bell
Micro Solutions Center. Customers will be able to get solution customization
recommendations as well as be walked through appropriate authorization
procedures. The packages will often include service options such as
installations from Bell Microproducts, StorageTek, Hitachi Data Systems, Hp
and others.

The Bell Micro Storage Engineers will help reseller customers select the
right package based on the end-user requirement. Bell Microproducts will
support these custom solutions with its broad linecard specifically
appropriate for the SMB market. Bell Micro Storage Engineers will have these
pre-interoperable designs available for customer pre-sales support, and the
documentation, along with pertinent white papers, will be available at
http://www.bellmicro.com.

"Network Storage has traditionally been viewed as too expensive for the
SMB market and until recently this has largely been true," states Phil
Roussey, Executive Vice President, Enterprise Marketing and Sales for Bell
Microproducts. "We've taken our full supplier portfolio and selected the
right combinations to meet the needs of small business. Whether it's fibre or
IPSAN, our SE's have the unique ability to propose SMB solutions quickly and
our customers can select from very cost-effective, entry-level solutions to
more performance-based packages that won't break the budget."

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