ADVISORY, April 4, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
WHAT: Scott Shadley, Director of SSD Marketing, STEC, Inc., will participate on a SNW Spring 2011 panel: "Truth or Fiction? Demystifying Solid-State Storage Specmanship" moderated by George Crump of Storage Switzerland.
WHEN: April 5th, 2011 at 2:10 p.m. – 2:55 p.m. PT
WHERE: SNW Spring 2011, Hyatt Regency Silicon Valley/Santa Clara Convention Center.
SNW Spring brings together top information technology executives, leading product and service providers and key industry influencers for the world's largest conference focused on managing information infrastructure. SNW Spring features more than 120 educational sessions and presentations by top IT management experts covering key IT topics — from cloud computing to energy efficient data centers to virtualization to storage.
WHY: Industry experts will shed light on the Solid-State Drive (SSD) market and which performance and reliability benchmarks are worth measuring and why.
INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITY: For more information regarding STEC and the growth of SSDs, Shadley is available for press and storage industry analyst briefings following the conclusion of the presentation. To schedule a briefing please contact STEC at pr@stec-inc.com.
For more information regarding this announcement and other important SSD topics, please visit the company's web site at .
About STEC
STEC, Inc., a leading global provider of solid-state drive technologies and solutions tailored to meet the high-performance, high-reliability needs of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). With headquarters in Santa Ana, California and locations worldwide, STEC leverages almost two decades of solid-state drive knowledge and experience to deliver the most comprehensive line of solid-state drives to the storage industry. For more information, visit the company's web site at
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Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
This release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, statements concerning customer adoption and utilization of SSD technologies and solutions and the performance of STEC's products. Such forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and involve inherent risks and uncertainties, including factors that could delay, divert or change any of them, and could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially from current expectations. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements are detailed in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission made from time to time by STEC, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K, its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and its Current Reports on Form 8-K. The information contained in this press release is a statement of STEC's present intention, belief or expectation. STEC may change its intention, belief or expectation, at any time and without notice, based upon any changes in such factors, in STEC's assumptions or otherwise. STEC undertakes no obligation to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
CONTACT: Michael Bingham Director, Corporate Marketing & Communications (949) 607-7783
