Qualstar Corp. announced that as part of its strategy to grow its distribution channels worldwide, it has added three new sales partners: Alteran Technologies, Maxx Digital Inc. and Videotape Products Inc. These new Authorized Resellers will specialize in promotion and sales of Qualstar's widely regarded XLS and RLS families of tape libraries in the broadcast, media and entertainment markets. Alteran Technologies develops workflow solutions for large-scale media migration and is part of the Broadcast Store, a group of companies that provides audiovisual migration, asset management and systems integration solutions.

In the Alteran relationship, Qualstar's products will store customers' media migration and preservation services along with video editing and production capabilities. Maxx Digital sells into the entertainment and media space and will offer Qualstar's products as part of a turnkey solution bundled with disk and software. Finally, VTP, a provider for high-end audio & video professionals, will sell Qualstar's library products into media, entertainment and broadcasting verticals as part of a total storage solution specializing in archival applications.