October 09, 2006
SAN JOSE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Eyelit, Inc., a manufacturing software provider for visibility, control, and coordination of manufacturing operations for the electronics, life sciences, and semiconductor industries, announced today that Overland Storage, a market leader of simply protected storage solutions, purchased Eyelit's Enterprise Manufacturing Execution and Quality suite to manage and control its production operations as it restores manufacturing, test, and integration operations at the company’s San Diego, CA facility.

Eyelit was selected because of demonstrated ability to implement quickly, a very easy-to-use and understandable application, and the ability to implement a solution with little to no custom code or writing of “business rules”.

“We selected Eyelit because we were looking for a system that could support our manufacturing operations requirements as well as some additional requirements from our OEM customers. We needed a system that we could implement quickly, yet provide all of the capability we needed,” stated W. Michael Gawarecki, who serves as Vice President of Operations.

“We looked at several leading vendors; we didn’t see the capability as what we saw in the Eyelit solution and were very confident we could implement the Eyelit solution much faster, given the short timeline we had. We also liked that Eyelit and Agile, our PLM solution provider, were working together. Eyelit has been unusually flexible during both the sales and implementation processes. As an example, we signed the agreements on a Friday and the following Monday, Eyelit had a consultant on the ground here at Overland Storage. We have been extremely impressed with their support, one of the better software vendors I’ve worked with over the years,” said Carlo Saggese, IT Director, Overland Storage.

"Overland Storage’s selection of Eyelit is a significant win for Eyelit as it further expands our penetration into the discrete electronics assembly and integration market. Eyelit is the only vendor providing a fully integrated out-of-the-box, internally developed MES and CAPA solutions. We are thrilled to have Overland Storage as a customer, especially with the outstanding relationship we have developed. We look forward to a long and enjoyable relationship with Overland Storage,” stated Dan Estrada, Vice President of Sales and Business Development.

About Overland Storage

Now in its 25th year, Overland Storage is a market leader and innovative provider of simple, affordable protected storage solutions—smart data protection appliances and software modules designed to work together, affordably, to ensure that information is automatically safe, readily available and always there. Overland’s award-winning data protection solutions include the ULTAMUS SERIES™ of protected primary storage appliances; the REO SERIES® of disk-based backup, recovery and VTL appliances; and the NEO SERIES® and ARCvault™ tape automation solutions. Overland sells its products through leading OEMs, commercial distributors, storage integrators, and value-added resellers. For more information, visit Overland Storage’s website at www.overlandstorage.com.

About Eyelit, Inc.

Eyelit is the leader in Manufacturing Execution and Business Process Management (MES and BPM) solutions for visibility, control, and coordination of manufacturing operations for the electronics, life sciences, and semiconductor industries. Eyelit uniquely delivers a broad set of manufacturing solutions, including product costing, asset management, manufacturing execution, supply chain execution, quality management, and business process management, that enable our customers to rapidly and cost-effectively optimize production and company processes. With exceptional customer service, Eyelit has time and again proven superior innovative technology can deliver quicker time to value. More than 40 leading companies, including Analog Devices, BreconRidge, Freescale Semiconductor (Motorola), Innovative Micro Technology (IMT), Overland Storage Inc., Skyworks Inc., Tower Semiconductor, and VTI Technologies, rely on Eyelit as a trusted software partner.

Contacts

Eyelit, Inc.
Lisa Medeiros, 905-812-3480
lmedeiros@eyelit.com
www.eyelit.com

Overland Storage
Melinda Hutcheon, PR Manager, 858-495-4187
mhutcheon@overlandstorage.com

HetzelMeade Communications
for Overland Storage
Sue Hetzel, 760-434-9927
sue@hetzelmeade.com