Flexstar Technology Announces a New Upgrade Program for Older Systems

Fremont, California. March 05, 2009- Flexstar Technology, Inc. (Flexstar) the worldwide leading supplier of standardized storage test systems, today announced a new upgrade program for their customers that have older Flexstar systems. This upgrade program is based upon Flexstar’s new Single Board Computer III (SBC III), plus the choice of two new power cards (NPM II or Nominal) and for customers that have Flexstar burn-in racks (104B family) a new thermal package to reduce power consumption and HVAC requirements making the 104B GREEN.

“Flexstar has always been known for its ‘value proposition’ by extending the life of our products. With this new program our customers will be able to upgrade environmental chambers, burn-in racks and ambient test systems to our latest electronics package that support the newest advances in technology such as SAS and SATA 6G”, noted Tim Beck Vice President Marketing. Prices for upgrades start as low as $12,000 for a 30E environmental chamber”, he added.

When asked about this new program Tony Lavia President and CEO had this to say,” It’s all about meeting our customer’s needs in today’s economy. We know they have less money to spend acquiring new equipment and technology, but they have a need for higher capabilities that our older SBC's cannot support. So with this low cost upgrade program they can keep older Flexstar products and just do a simple upgrade. We will even write an annual service agreement to cover the entire system. On average the systems are down for less than two days.”

About Flexstar Technology

Flexstar’s mission is to provide storage manufacturers and their customers with standardized and repeatable testing and qualification processes. Since producing the industry’s first commercially available disk drive tester in 1985, Flexstar has continued to be at the forefront of providing advanced, automated testing capabilities to the data storage industry, delivering over 350,000 test ports. Today at Flexstar we are developing a whole new “GREEN” product line that will be more energy efficient saving customers a great deal of money over the life of the products and will provide a new lower price per port.

Flexstar’s product line covers ambient, burn-in, environmental, and altitude test equipment with advanced, but easy-to-use software. All industry standard interfaces and form factors are supported and modular design approach ensures products are field upgradeable providing flexibility and investment protection. All products are backed by a host of support offerings and Flexstar’s uncompromising commitment to customer service.

For more information, please visit www.flexstar.com or email sales@flexstar.com

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