[PC-BSD Announce] iXsystems Acquires BSD Mall

[Charles A. Landemaine]

(PRWEB) May 29, 2007 -- iXsystems announced today its acquisition of BSD  
Mall, a division of cyLogistics, that offers BSD-based CDs and DVDs for  
the FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Dragonfly and Darwin communities, as well as  
clothing, hats and other promotional items.

iXsystems intends to merge BSD Mall into FreeBSD Mall in order to provide  
a centralized location for BSD users to purchase BSD-based CDs and DVDs  
and support the BSD project of their choice. FreeBSD Mall, formerly Walnut  
Creek CD-Rom, is a subsidiary of iXsystems, Inc.

"iXsystems' goal is to increase visibility and support of the BSD projects  
and to consolidate BSD distribution under one roof. The best way to  
accomplish this is through our acquisition of BSD Mall, a primary source  
of BSD CDs and DVDs, as well as other BSD-themed promotional items," said  
Michael Lauth, CEO of iXsystems.

Over the next month the BSDMall.com website will be transitioned to  
FreeBSDMall.com, after which time FreeBSD Mall will take over order  
fulfillment for all products. Don Witt, CEO of BSD Mall and founder of  
cyLogistics, will be stepping down from his position at BSD Mall and  
accepting a position on the iXsystems Advisory Board. "Not since Walnut  
Creek CD-Rom has there been such a single large corporate sponsor of BSD,"  
says Witt.

"By merging FreeBSD Mall with BSD Mall, we will be able to better serve  
the entire BSD Community with a complete selection of CDs, DVDs, training,  
support and promotional items," said Theresa Garner, General Manager of  
FreeBSD Mall.

About iXsystems
iXsystems, Inc. is a leading provider of high-performance computing  
clusters, blade servers, rackmount servers and storage solutions to the  
global marketplace. iXsystems supplies FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and Linux  
servers to a wide cross-section of industries. iXsystems also supports and  
maintains the PC-BSD project. The company is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

About BSD Mall
BSD Mall provides software subscription services for the BSD distributions  
and is dedicated to the support and expansion of the BSD communities  
including FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Dragonfly and Darwin.

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-- 
Charles A. Landemaine.
http://www.pcbsd.org