San Jose, Calif. — January 20, 2004— Alacritech®, Inc., the innovator of data acceleration solutions that enable the highest performance and efficiency in networked systems, today announced it has signed an agreement with Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM) to distribute Alacritech’s leading TCP Offload Engine (TOE) Network Interface Card (TNIC) solutions through Ingram Micro’s extensive solution provider network in North America.

“Alacritech’s relationship with Ingram Micro is key to our strategy of partnering with top distributors worldwide to expand the market penetration of our industry leading TOE products,” said Larry Boucher, president and CEO of Alacritech, Inc. “Ingram Micro is a leader in delivering server, networking and storage solutions, and its broad network of channel partners will facilitate the rapid end user adoption of TOE-enabled systems in the U.S. and Canadian markets.”

“By teaming with Ingram Micro, Alacritech is demonstrating their commitment to reach customers in North America with the products they need to run efficient IT operations,” said Lori Snow, vice president, category management, Ingram Micro U.S. “There’s a growing demand for solutions that incorporate the kinds of products that Alacritech offers. Right away, we’ll be able to offer Alacritech Accelerators as part of a solution for our HP Authorized resellers that targets a specific need for the HP server customers. We’re pleased to extend this technology to our resellers and their customers.”

“HP’s field sales and authorized resellers have been very successful installing Alacritech TNICs in servers requiring increased network processing power and application performance,” said Harry Baeverstad, director, Network Attached Storage, HP. “Alacritech’s agreement with Ingram Micro should provide our broad HP reseller channel with immediate access to Alacritech’s innovative data acceleration solutions.”

About Alacritech Acceleration Technology
As systems and servers move increasing amounts of network data, new solutions are needed to solve both efficiency and throughput challenges. Alacritech Accelerators are a complete line of Gigabit Ethernet and Fast Ethernet TNIC products based on SLIC Technology®, Alacritech’s patented Data Path Offload (DPO) architecture. Alacritech’s SLIC Technology supplements the TCP software control plane with distributed hardware data planes to maximize data movement through Ethernet-based networks. This revolutionary architecture is designed to maximize server and storage performance and efficiency. All Alacritech products offer industry-standard failover and link aggregation.

Availability
Alacritech’s Gigabit and Fast Ethernet TNICs are in stock and immediately available through Ingram Micro’s extensive solution provider network. For more information please call Ingram Micro sales at (800) 456-8000 or visit http://www.ingrammicro.com.

About Ingram Micro Inc.
As a vital link in the technology value chain, Ingram Micro creates sales and profitability opportunities for vendors and resellers through unique marketing programs, outsourced logistics services, technical support, financial services, and program aggregation and distribution. The company serves 100 countries and is the only global IT distributor with operations in Asia. Ranked 76 on the Fortune 500, Ingram Micro generated $22.5 billion in revenue for fiscal year 2002.

About Alacritech, Inc.
Alacritech, Inc. is the world’s leading supplier of TCP Offload Engine (TOE) solutions that enable the highest performance and efficiency in networked systems. Alacritech’s complete line of Accelerators is based on the company’s patented SLIC Technology to optimize data delivery in servers, network-attached storage and iSCSI storage devices. SLIC Technology, the basis of industry-accepted TOE solutions, ships in storage and server products worldwide. Alacritech is a privately held company based in San Jose, California. For more information about Alacritech and its products, please visit the company’s Web site at www.alacritech.com.

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