Seek Systems Joins collegebuys.org Purchasing Consortium

collegebuys.org, a consortium of community colleges throughout the US, has accepted Seek Systems of Woodinville, WA as a new vendor to offer its members Seek Systems high performance data storage systems.

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For Release: 25 November, 2002
CONTACT:
Bruce Rodgers
Seek Systems, Inc.       
(425) 806-7335 x 2212
brodgers@seeksystems.com

Seek Systems Joins the collegebuys.org
Purchasing Consortium

Woodinville, Washington -- November 25, 2002-- Seek Systems, Inc., known as a provider of FasFile RAID and solid state products for the high performance storage market today and the Foundation for California Community College have announced that Seek Systems disk storage systems have been accepted into the purchasing consortium. The Foundations consortium membership can access Seek Systems offerings through collegebuys.org.

We are pleased with the opportunity to participate in the collegebuys program and have presented the consortiums members with special pricing on both the FasFile family and Garrison family of RAID systems," noted Wayne Smith, Seek Systems President and CEO. The Foundation, under the leadership of Larry Toy, has assembled an impressive collection of educational institutions, and we are excited about the opportunity to inform the membership about the benefits of our unique storage technology."

As part of the continuing program to introduce new vendors to the consortium members, we welcome the addition of Seek Systems to our organization," said Larry Toy, President of the Foundation for California Community Colleges. One of our members recently completed a FasFile system evaluation to confirm Seeks unique technology, and we trust our members will find Seeks technology and pricing of value to their respective organizations."

Seek Systems FasFile arrays are a complete stand alone external disk storage systems and contain an adaptive" caching controller that generates significant performance gains in interactive applications (such as database, email, and document imaging environments).

Seeks Garrison family of storage arrays are targeted at reference data environments where very low cost storage systems are needed and the data access patterns are less interactive than those supported by the FasFile technology.

Pre-configured system details and pricing are available both from collegebuys.org and from Seek Systems. Seek also offers storage arrays that are configured to users specific requirements.

Additional product information is available at www.seeksystems.com or by emailing sales@seeksystems.com or via the collegebuys.org contract with Seek Systems.

About Seek Systems

Seek Systems, Inc. designs, builds, and supports high-performance data storage solutions. The company develops innovative solutions for direct attached (DAS) and Storage Area Network (SAN) applications. Seeks various storage systems are application focused to recognize users different data storage needs.

Seek Systems, Inc. is headquartered at 19501 144th Avenue NE, Suite B500, Woodinville, Washington, 98072. Seek Systems can be contacted at (425) 806-7335. Information can be found at www.seeksystems.com or by e-mailing info@seeksystems.com.

About collegebuys.org

collegebuys.org is a purchasing consortium established and managed by the Foundation for California Community Colleges. With offices in Sacramento and Pleasant Hill, CA, the collegebuys consortium provides significant value to its members by coordinating pricing discounts from selected vendors price lists and by frequent communication with the membership about new technology and vendor developments. Please contact Kim Stoneking by email at stoneking@collegebuys.org or by phone at 925-287-0275. Collegebuys is located at 140 Mayhew Way, Suite 704, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523, 925-287-0271 (phone), 925-287-0358 (fax) and cab be accessed on the Internet at www.collegebuys.org.
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