PDSi Enters OEM Agreement With IBM

Pinnacle Data Systems PNS announced today that it has entered into an Original Equipment Manufacturer agreement with IBM. This agreement provides PDSi with the ability to design and sell products based upon IBM's System p and System x technologies. John D. Bair, PDSi's Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, "PDSi's exceptional engineering and operational capabilities complement IBM's product and technology offerings. This agreement provides PDSi access to IBM's market leading technologies that can be leveraged across all three of our targeted market segments. For Embedded Computing, with an estimated market size of $5 billion, we are working on developing NEBS certified products for the telecommunications ("telco") industry, as well as products designed for other applications. This also broadens the technology platforms we can offer in the more than $100 billion Integrated / ODM Computing Solutions segment as we design and build custom solutions for customers in the telco, medical, and other industries with specialized requirements such as ruggedization. In the Electronic Repair Services Segment, this opens up access to whole new markets seeking to extend the life-cycle of IBM-based technologies." Mr. Bair continued. "The key to our past Product success has been partnerships in value-added design and integration services. Maintaining and developing new partnerships with industry leading technology companies provides us access to products and technology we can use in targeted Integration opportunities -- both as a Value Added Reseller, or VAR, and as an Original Equipment Manufacturer, or OEM."