Bitelco Adds Intransa Security-Grade IP Storage to Portfolio of Solutions in South and Latin America

Business Wire, Sept 12, 2007

SANTIAGO, Chile & SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Intransa, the global leader of scalable, security-grade IP storage solutions, and Bitelco, a leading provider of security solutions throughout South and Latin America and a subsidiary of Diebold, a leader in financial self-service and security, today announced a sales and marketing partnership. Through the agreement, Intransa's scalable security-grade IP network storage solutions will be fully integrated into the Diebold security solutions offered by Bitelco.

Through the partnership, Bitelco gains access to the full suite of Intransa scalable, security-grade IP network storage products, designed for use in video surveillance, access control, intrusion protection, and other security applications and environments. Intransa's scalable IP storage will be used as the backend of Bitelco solutions, reducing storage requirements and costs for customers while increasing reliability and availability.

"Intransa's security-grade IP storage solutions, when combined as part of a Bitelco solution, allows customers to retain more video and at higher resolutions than ever before," said Dario Diaz, Commercial Director, Bitelco. "Best of all, by reducing the number of components and replacing them with fully redundant IP devices, the overall reliability of the resulting storage solution is greatly increased while storage costs are controlled and even reduced."

The addition of Bitelco to the Intransa StorPartner Channel Partner Program provides customers with significant benefits. "Having a truly world-class marketing partner who is installing and supporting our products throughout South and Latin America, such as Bitelco, is a great opportunity for customers," said Bud Broomhead, CEO of Intransa. "Bitelco is well-known as a trusted source of security solutions and with the integration and distribution of Intransa's IP network storage it is on the cusp of the hottest trend in the security industry."

Headquartered in Santiago, Chile, Bitelco offers security solutions throughout the region that include system design, installation and ongoing support. As a member of the Intransa StorPartner Channel Partner Program, Bitelco will offer Intransa's scalable, security-grade IP SAN solutions for video surveillance, analytics and other security and IT applications throughout South America in addition to Latin America.

About Intransa

Since 2001, San Jose, California-based Intransa has been the leading innovator of IP-centric storage solutions, delivering independently scalable performance and capacity with high availability, outstanding price/performance, and proven ease of use. A 3Com spin-off, Intransa has been shipping IP network storage solutions around the world since 2003. Customers typically deploy Intransa solutions for video surveillance, IPTV and VoD delivery, server and storage consolidation, SAN/NAS integration, data mining and many other applications. For more information about Intransa, our industry-leading scalable IP solutions, and our StorPartner and StorAlliance programs, please visit www.intransa.com.

Intransa, StorStac, StorStac System, Security-Grade, 10 Gigabit IP SAN Certified Program, StorAlliance and StorPartner are registered trademarks of Intransa, Inc.

About Bitelco

In July, 2006, Bitelco became part of Diebold, joining a world leading corporation in the delivery of self-service, safety systems and maintenance services for nearly 150 years. With more than 14,000 employees in 90 countries around the world and with corporate headquarters in Canton, Ohio, Diebold has operations in Chile, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, in addition to distributors in Central America and the Caribbean.

Founded in 1984, Bitelco represents leading manufacturers of electronic security systems in Chile and other Latin American markets. It provides sales, engineering, installation and technical support services including closed circuit television systems, access and assistance control, alarm monitoring, and telephone systems, plus audio systems for evacuation and sound distribution, fire detection and extinguishing systems. The company's client portfolio includes nearly the entire Chile market, including mining, government, health, transport, finance, armed forces, and both private and public industries. Please visit www.bitelco.cl.