Platespin: Anounced Distribution Agreement with Ingram Micro

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by || 08/16/2006

TORONTO – PlateSpin today announced it has signed a distribution agreement with Ingram Micro Inc., (NYSE: IM) to distribute PlateSpin’s software offerings throughout the United States. With the addition of Ingram Micro to PlateSpin’s distribution channel, reseller customers can order PlateSpin products along with everything else they need from the distributor’s comprehensive catalog.

“I am pleased to announce we have entered into this agreement with Ingram Micro,” said Eric Courville, vice president of sales and business development at PlateSpin Ltd. “The addition of Ingram Micro to our distribution channel extends the number of solution options for PlateSpin customers.”

PlateSpin’s distribution agreement with Ingram Micro, facilitated through AccessChannel Partners LLC, means that PlateSpin will have access to Ingram Micro’s vast network of reseller customers in the United States, including many of the largest players in the channel.

Under the agreement, PlateSpin Authorized Resellers and PlateSpin Premier Partners headquartered in the United States can purchase PlateSpin products through Ingram Micro under their existing standard PlateSpin discount agreements. Non-PlateSpin resellers can purchase through Ingram Micro at referral discounts.

About PlateSpin

PlateSpin provides the most advanced data center automation software designed to optimize the use of server resources across the enterprise to improve business service levels and lower costs. PlateSpin OS Portability technology liberates software from hardware platforms allowing servers to be streamed over the enterprise network from any source to any destination, ensuring best fit between server resource supply and application workload demands.

Global 2000 companies use PlateSpin solutions to lower costs and solve today’s most pressing data center initiatives such as server consolidation, disaster recovery, hardware migration and test lab automation. Winner of the 2006 International Business Award for Best Overall Company, PlateSpin was also named the fourth fastest growing IT company in Canada by Branham Group, and as one of the top five Movers and Shakers in the Canadian IT Sector for 2006. For more information please visit www.platespin.com.