Farabi Technology Middle East Becomes Barr Reseller

Gainseville,Fla. -Barr Systems, Inc., a major provider of state-of-the-art host connectivity and print management solutions, and Farabi Technology Middle East (Farabi ME), an innovator in Web-to-host gateway solutions, have announced that Farabi ME will market and resell Barr products in the Middle East. Farabi ME will also handle all service calls in the region.

"There is a clear need for Barr's host connectivity and print management solutions in the Middle East, and Farabi ME is the ideal company to team up with in this market," said Rana Ayoub Schafer, Director of Sales and Marketing at Barr Systems. "Barr's channel communications solutions and the Farabi line of Web-to-host products are perfectly matched to provide end users with the fastest, most reliable access to host data and applications."

"We have been in the Middle East SNA market for over a decade, and have earned a considerable market share. Our alliance with Barr Systems allows us to include their enterprise solutions as part of our product offerings, enabling us to add value to the total solutions that we deliver to our customers," said Bachar Kassar, General Manager at Farabi Technology Middle East.

As an authorized reseller of Barr solutions, Farabi ME will offer Barr’s complete line of high-speed mainframe channel connectivity products. Together, Barr and Farabi ME provide an integrated, end-to-end solution for secure, Web-based 3270 and 5250 access to mainframe and AS/400® hosts. The advantages of the partnership for customers in the Middle East include a manufacturer-certified environment and integrated support.

The centerpiece of Barr's print management product line is the Barr Enterprise Print Server, an enterprise-wide, high-performance hardware and software solution that supports a wide variety of print sources and destinations. Farabi ME will resell the Barr Server and other Barr print management tools as part of its strategy to provide complete enterprise solutions for its customers.

About Barr Systems

Barr Systems, Inc. leads the industry in the design, manufacture, and support of high-performance data communications products. Its PC-based software and hardware products provide solutions to Fortune 1000 organizations for enterprise-wide connectivity and printing. Incorporated in 1978, the company serves an international customer base that has installed more than 32,000 products. For more information about Barr Systems and its full range of connectivity and high-speed printing solutions, visit the Barr Web site at www.barrsys.com.

About Farabi

Farabi Technology Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets advanced solutions that connect to IBM AS/400 and IBM Mainframes worldwide. With extensive global experience in the PC-to-host and Web-to-host markets, Farabi continues to produce leading-edge solutions that Web-enable applications for legacy systems and address e-commerce opportunities through a complete suite of advanced products and professional services. Headquartered in Montreal, Canada, Farabi makes its international presence felt through offices in the U.S.A. and U.A.E., as well as an established network of distributors worldwide.Farabi Technology Middle East. www.farabi-me.co.ae