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SteelEye® Appoints CICAT Co. Ltd. As Distributor and Technical Support Partner in Vietnam
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Hanoi, Vietnam - March 26, 2004 - SteelEye Technology® Inc., a leading provider of proven enterprise IT reliability solutions for business continuity, today announced the appointment of CICAT Co. Ltd. as a distributor of SteelEye products and services, and as a technical support partner serving the growing market of Vietnam.
Following the Government direction on utilizing open source software, CICAT will play a key role in promoting SteelEye LifeKeeper solutions for Linux and Windows in Vietnam, and at the same time, will enable SteelEye to establish a local technical support presence, trained and certified in SteelEye LifeKeeper solutions. CICAT technical experts will provide Level One and Level Two support to the growing customer base and network of distributors and resellers in Vietnam.
"SteelEye LifeKeeper products provide cost-effective solutions for high availability clustering, database and application protection, online data backup and disaster recovery in Intel server environments," said Mr. Viet Tran, CEO of CICAT. "Together with low cost local training and consulting, provided by CICAT, customers in Vietnam will enjoy a high quality and proven alternative to develop their IT applications cost-effectively, and with a high degree of fault resilience to ensure operational continuity. CICAT has already undertaken necessary training to build a strong local support team, building on its extensive experience and resources in the design, implementation and support of large relational database systems."
"SteelEye brings to Vietnam a comprehensive range of world class, proven, affordable, and with our partnership with CICAT, well-supported software products," said Ray Tong, vice president of Sales - Asia Pacific, for SteelEye Technology. "Fueled by the recent direction from the Vietnam government to take advantage of Linux and open source technology Vietnam is a growing market. In partnership with CICAT we see tremendous opportunities to support mission critical applications and data centers in government departments, provinces and larger enterprises in critical industries such as banking, airlines, railways, electricity, and petroleum."
About CICAT Company, Ltd.
CICAT is a Vietnam-based software systems company, established in 1998, and managed by experienced and competent local and expatriate staff. CICAT provides system consulting and integration services which include development of IT strategic plans for major organizations, system analysis, design and implementation of large-scale client-server and Web-based object relational database applications. Since establishment CICAT has proven performance in the design and implementation of successful nationwide systems, including the national Education Management Information system, national Business Registration system, Civil Aviation information system, and a database for national Railways booking system.
For further information, please contact: CICAT Co. Ltd, 15/28 Nguyen Hong Street, Hanoi, Vietnam. Tel: +844 7733096; Fax: +844 7733067.
About SteelEye Technology, Inc.
SteelEye is a leading provider of enterprise IT reliability solutions for business continuity and disaster recovery. The SteelEye LifeKeeper family of application-centric data protection, high availability clustering and disaster recovery solutions are easy to deploy and operate, and enable enterprises of all sizes to ensure continuous availability of business-critical applications, servers and data.
SteelEye LifeKeeper offers enterprise-grade reliability while simplifying implementation with certified support for a wide range of applications, servers and storage options in Windows and Linux environments. In addition, SteelEye provides a full range of high availability consulting and professional services to assist organizations with the assessment, design and implementation of solutions for ensuring High Availability within their environments.
SteelEye products and services are available worldwide, and may be purchased directly from SteelEye or through our international network of reseller and systems integration partners.
SteelEye is headquartered in Mountain View, California. For more information, please visit www.steeleye.com.
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