Hitachi appoints Neoteric as its second dist

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) has appointed Neoteric as a
new distributor to make Hitachi hard drives available throughout India, focusing
on both the enterprise and consumer segments.

Neoteric will serve resellers and systems integrators across India, providing
Hitachi GST's complete range of mobile, desktop, server and Microdrive
products. Neoteric will also provide value-added solutions to address vertical
segments such as digital photography and the growing consumer electronics
market.

"Hitachi GST's current India distributor Cyberstar Infocom and
Neoteric will work together to enable Hitachi GST's portfolio of HDD products
to reach all segments of the vast India storage market," said Jaya Dharan,
GM, Hitachi GST Asia Pacific (South).

"Last year Hitachi GST began making investments to meet the diversified
needs of the Indian territory, which has resulted in significant market share
gains. We are excited to work with Neoteric to continue our momentum in
India."

Paras Shah, MD, Neoteric said, "Neoteric chose to coll-aborate with
Hitachi GST due to its breadth of HDD product family, technology leadership, and
its commitment to the India territory. In addition, Hitachi's vision of having
10-15 disk drives in every household aligns closely with our view of the hard
drive growth oppo-rtunity in India".

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