AMAX Launches Operations in Shanghai, China

Providing IT Services and Hardware Solutions to Worldwide Customers

Fremont, CA — September 17, 2008.  AMAX (www.amax.com), the leading provider of custom servers and storage solutions in North America, established an IT solutions branch office in Shanghai, China, continuing to expand its presence globally.

The new AMAX China branch (www.amaxchina.com), located in Pudong, Shanghai, the heart of China’s booming IT infrastructure and the home of China’s largest financial center, will service customers throughout China and will focus on three strategic areas:

• IT Service: This team provides consulting, software testing, and software development services, creating value-added technology solutions, quality assurance and custom applications for software companies, enterprises, and online businesses. The range of services include, but are not limited to, test plan development, software unit and integration testing, functional testing, design verification, and validation testing.
  
  AMAX’s Professional Services engineers and VMware Certified Professionals (VCP) in China can also help customers with all aspects of their information delivery system, including desktop and remote access to the Enterprise Information Portal, planning and design processes, daily upkeep, assessing their IT environment and determining how a virtualization implementation might improve their business, and implementing a robust virtualization solution.
  
  
• Business Management Software R & D: This division develops and markets many scalable, robust office management software solutions, including:
  
  • Magic Winmail: a professional grade Internet mail server designed for small- to medium-size businesses with multiple branch offices, as well as small and home offices;
  • Print UsagePro: a powerful print accounting and management application;
  • GuruFax: a fax accounting and management application;
  • Digital Locker System: an online collaborative coursework management solution for faculty, students, administrators, and parents.
    
    
• Best-in-Class Computing Hardware Solutions:This team delivers a complete line of virtualization, server, storage, workstation, blade, and cluster solutions, featuring open architecture and best-of-breed components, high power efficiency, and a comprehensive warranty to dramatically increase Return on Investment (ROI) for our Customers' IT infrastructures.
  
  These solutions provide customers with the flexibility of achieving maximum computing power with improved server responsiveness and exceptional energy-efficient performance, resulting in dramatically lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and an optimal virtual computing environment. Customers also are more effectively able to leverage, scale, virtualize, and allocate their storage, network, and computing resources to control and lower operation and energy costs, responding faster to their growing businesses needs.

“China is one of the fastest growing markets for IT services and computing solutions in the world,” said Jerry Shih, CEO of AMAX. "AMAX China will enable AMAX USA to service customers in the United States, China, and other countries. AMAX China will also fully utilize the software testing, consulting, and development team that AMAX USA has established in Suzhou, China, since 2000, and work closely with technology leaders such as Intel, AMD, Microsoft, VMware, Nvidia, Seagate, Western Digital, and AMCC/3Ware, to offer a more comprehensive line of IT services and computer hardware solutions to new and existing customers worldwide."

About AMAX
Founded in 1979 in Silicon Valley, AMAX is the leader in Custom Servers and Storage solutions in North America, and is comprised of four key divisions that deliver customized solutions to a wide array of industries. AMAX's Contract Manufacturing Division provides comprehensive custom manufacturing and logistics services to OEM customers. AMAX's Corporate Solutions Division leads the custom server and storage manufacturing industries in North America, with products ranging from high-performance computing clusters, enterprise servers, and blades to graphic workstations. AMAX's Distribution Division furnishes resellers with quality component pricing, streamlined inventory, and unequaled service as a leading national IT distributor. AMAX has expanded its products, services, and offices globally. Finally, AMAX’s China office provides IT and hardware solutions to customers in China and other countries. Our manufacturing facilities hold ISO 9001 certification to ensure the highest quality. For more information on AMAX’s new products and solutions, visit www.amax.com.