BlackBall® and Newisys® Announce Joint Product
Award-Winning Company Embeds Industrial-Strength Search Into New Network Attached Storage Product
SAN DIEGO - May 18, 2006 - BlackBall®Inc., a leading provider of unstructured data management solutions, and
Newisys®, Inc., a leading developer of computing and storage designs, today announced that Newisys will integrate
BlackBall's SearchIn™ application with their NA-1400 Network Attached Storage (NAS) Appliance, providing a powerful tool for
end users to dramatically reduce response time to real-time requests from customers, partners or co-workers.
"As a premier Original Design Manufacturer (ODM), Newisys is fueling growth in the NAS market with their recent product
introductions," said BlackBall President, Patricia Brown. "However, users of NAS storage need tools to effectively manage
their information. We're pleased to have the opportunity to apply BlackBall's technology to the Newisys NAS Appliance.
This combined offering will provide an attractive solution to OEM storage providers and resellers."
"The external storage market is changing dramatically and solutions providers need ways to maximize profits, leverage modularity
and reduce time-to-market. The Newisys-BlackBall combination joins a high-quality storage platform with on-board data management
and search," said Barry Hutt, Director of Product Strategy and Market Development, Newisys. "We are very excited to combine our
unparalleled design and vertical integration model with the SearchIn product offering."
BlackBall's SearchIn Server Edition software runs on 32-bit Windows Server Operating Systems, RedHat, Debian, and SuSE Linux, Sun
Solaris and Mac OS X. SearchIn Server Agents support the above plus HP-UX, AIX, and Novell NetWare. SearchIn Network Storage Edition
runs on Windows Storage Server and ApplianceWare's NAS OS. SearchIn Archive Edition software runs on 32-bit Windows Server Operating
Systems, RedHat, Debian, and SuSE Linux, Sun Solaris and Mac OS X. SearchIn Server is available as a free trial download at
www.blackball.com. SearchIn Server Edition retails for $695.00, Server Edition Agents retail
for $395.00, SearchIn Network Storage Edition retails for $695.00, SearchIn Archive Edition retails for between $2,995.00-$99,995.00
and SearchIn Professional Seat Licenses retail for $29.95.
About BlackBall, Inc.
BlackBall, Inc., located in San Diego, California, is the industry leader in Unstructured Data Management solutions, receiving
awards from Networld+Interop and Red Herring Magazine. BlackBall was also named one of the Top 100 Private Companies in North
America for 2005. For more information or to download a free 30-day trail version
of SearchIn, please contact the BlackBall sales department at sales@blackball.com,,
(877) 808-2288, or www.blackball.com.
About Newisys
Newisys, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Sanmina-SCI, is an innovative design company developing and manufacturing easy-to-deploy
computer and storage technology for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). A Newisys partnership provides the highest-level quality
design synchronized with the world's most comprehensive global manufacturing infrastructures and supply chain through the
manufacturing prowess of Sanmina-SCI. For more information, visit www.newisys.com.
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For Immediate Release
Press Contact:
Ann Revell-Pechar
ann@revellpechar.com
T.678-205-1477 C.404-550-0802
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