ASBIS signs distribution contract with Mellanox Technologies for Russia

February 20, 2013, Limassol (Cyprus) -- ASBISC Enterprises PLC (WSE: ASB), an expert in IT distribution on EMEA markets, has concluded the contract with Mellanox® Technologies, a leading supplier of end-to-end InfiniBand and Ethernet interconnect solutions and services for servers and storage systems.

Through this collaboration ASBIS will propose the broad variety of Mellanox products: InfiniBand and Ethernet adapters, switch and gateway systems, software, and cables that will be available to ASBIS’ channel partners in the Russian Federation.

“The execution of the agreement with Mellanox enables ASBIS to strengthen its VAD portfolio with the fastest networking interconnect solutions in the world,” says Laurent Journoud, Executive Vice-President for New Business Development at ASBISc Enterprises PLC.

“Across Russia, organisations are deploying new applications and systems that require scalable and efficient, high-performance interconnect products,” said Leonid Ziskind, Country Manager, Russia & CIS, at Mellanox Technologies. “With the addition of ASBIS, Mellanox can better address these organisations to achieve their performance and return-on-investment goals with our comprehensive line of end-to-end InfiniBand and Ethernet interconnect solutions.”

The large assortment of Mellanox’s end-to-end fast interconnect products allow users to accelerate application runtime and maximize their business results for a wide range of markets including high performance computing, enterprise data centers, Web 2.0, cloud, storage and financial services.

^{About ASBIS
ASBISc Enterprises PLC (WSE: ASB) is based in Cyprus and specializes in the distribution of IT products from worldwide leading manufacturers such as Intel, AMD, Seagate, Samsung, Microsoft, Apple, Dell, Toshiba, Acer, Lenovo and Hitachi. The company has own subsidiaries in 29 countries, more than 1,240 employees and 26,000 active customers in over 85 countries worldwide, and its revenue reached US$ 1,48 billion in 2011. For more information visit the company's website at www.asbis.com.}

^{About Mellanox Technologies
Mellanox Technologies (NASDAQ: MLNX, TASE: MLNX) is a leading supplier of end-to-end InfiniBand and Ethernet interconnect solutions and services for servers and storage, headquartered in Sunnyvale, California and Yokneam, Israel. Mellanox interconnect solutions increase data center efficiency by providing the highest throughput and lowest latency, delivering data faster to applications and unlocking system performance capability. More information is available at www.mellanox.com.}