Tandberg Data Asia appoints Select Technologies as master distributor

Bangalore

August 21st, 2007

Select Technologies has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the
master distributorship for RDX QuikStor in India with Tandberg Data (Asia,
manufacturer of backup and archiving solutions. Tandberg Data's RDX QuikStor is
a cartridge-based removable storage system that offers rugged, reliable and
convenient storage for backup, archive, data interchange and disaster discovery.

With the new appointment, Select Technologies will market Tandberg Data's RDX
QuikStor to the small and medium business (SME) and small office home office (SOHO)
markets in India through channel partners.

"Tandberg Data is an emergent brand in India and the agreement with
Tandberg Data Asia adds further value to our current portfolio," said Ram N
Agarwal, MD and CEO, WeP Peripherals. "With this strategic tie-up, I am
confident that we are able to reiterate our commitment to our customers by
bringing them superior storage products and solutions, and also bring the sale
of RDX QuikStor to greater heights in India."

Raymond Kang, MD, Tandberg Data (Asia) Pte Ltd said, "We believe Select
Technologies is the ideal master distributor for our RDX QuikStor in India. RDX
QuikStor offers the best of tape and hard disk at a small price. We are seeing a
significant demand and sales growth of RDX QuikStor in India now and this MOU
with Select Technologies came in time to better address the demand as well as
capturing more sales leads across the Indian cities."

To further emphasize the effectiveness of this partnership, Sunil Pillai,
Business Head, Select Technologies added, "Entry-level drives comprising of
the DAT, DDS and DLT technologies, cater to 45 percent of today's Tape Drive
solution market. Our enterprise customers are looking for a single intelligently
managed data storage solution and we anticipate that RDX QuikStor, with the
simplicity of a tape based backup and the speed and flexibility of hard disk
storage, will soon replace competing tape solutions in the market."

Tandberg RDX QuikStor cartridge capacity ranges in 40, 80, 120, and 160GB and
future generations will follow the roadmap of 2.5-inch mobile hard disk drives.
Select Technologies and Tandberg Data Asia will be working closely to kick start
a series of launches and promotions for RDX QuikStor. Both companies are
positive that the synergies of this partnership will yield beneficial results
for each other.