Newark, CA -- Le 1 février 2002 --ASUS Computer International announces today the co-promotion of the AMD Assured™ Program to classify AMD processor-based motherboards to target the commercial market. ASUS has teamed with AMD to ensure high, commercial-grade motherboards, and will be offering the ASUS A7V266-E/AA motherboard, an exceptional platform for use in commercial systems.
“ASUS has a strong reputation of delivering outstanding, high-quality motherboards," said Margaret Chen, Sales Director of North America at ASUS Computer International. "Teamed with AMD for the AMD Assured Program, ASUS will now offer our A7V266-E/AA to meet the defined needs and requirements of the commercial market. The ASUS A7V266-E/AA motherboard has passed AMD's stringent manageability and validation tests, and is an excellent choice for systems used in government, enterprise, and education segments.”
"AMD welcomes premier motherboard manufacturer ASUS Computer International into the AMD Assured Program to deliver AMD processor-based platforms desired by IT managers and commercial customers," said Tim Wright, director of desktop marketing at AMD. "The ASUS A7V266-E/AA is an outstanding motherboard that incorporates the key features required by the commercial market."
System Integrators, such as Colfax International and Voodoo Computers, have already begun implementing commercial systems based on ASUS’ A7V266-E/AA, one of many AMD Assured ASUS motherboards to come.
"My hat goes off to both ASUS and AMD for their roles in implementing the AMD Assured motherboard program. I anticipate a warm welcome and loud applaud from Corporate America, Government and Educational clients who will certainly be the beneficiaries,” said Colfax International's Vice President of Sales, Mike Fay. "We have been integrating ASUS solutions for over ten years, and in this business we always strive for continued improvements in the service and offerings to our customers. We are definitely excited about being one of the first in the world to roll out commercial desktop systems using the AMD Assured ASUS motherboards."
“The technical team at VoodooPC is happy to hear that ASUS and AMD are working together on the AMD Assured Motherboard Program,” said Rahul Sood, President of Voodoo Computers Ltd. “We truly believe that Government, Educational, and Corporate Clients will benefit immensely from this. VoodooPC has been assembling Mission Critical Workstations built around ASUS motherboards for many years. ASUS motherboards have always offered steadfast stability and incredible hardware management tools, which add great value to our existing line of Professional Workstations. The bottom line is, VoodooPC anticipates a very successful launch of our new F-Series Workstations using the ASUS motherboards qualified under the AMD Assured Program.”
Benefits
ASUS offers A7V266-E/AA primarily to supply our resellers with long-term highly manageable quality motherboards necessary to fulfill government, education, and corporate bids. ASUS’ commercial resellers will also find that through the AMD Assured Program, they can take advantage of additional value when purchasing the ASUS A7V266-E/AA motherboard.
Distributor Partners
AMD Assured ASUS motherboards can be purchased through ASUS Authorized Distributors such as ASI, Tech Data, and Supercom.
Program specifics are outlined at the following location: http://usa.ASUS.com/.
AMD Assured is a trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
About ASUS
Established in 1989, ASUSTeK Computer Inc. (TSE:2357) is the worlds leading manufacturer of high quality motherboards, notebooks, VGA cards, servers, broadband modems, and optical storage devices. With annual sales of over US$2 Billion and world-class engineering, ASUS provides innovative technology solutions to consumer, corporate and top-tier OEM customers. Company achievements include consecutive rankings in the "Top 100 InfoTech Companies" in 1998,1999, 2000 and 2001 by Businessweek as well as being named the No.1 Taiwan Company in Global Views Monthly's "Info Tech 2000".
