Ciprico Inc. and Instrumental, Inc. announced the signing of a master partner agreement. Ciprico is the leading provider of storage and system solutions that simplify and accelerate digital media workflows for the military and government, broadcast and entertainment, and medical imaging industries. Instrumental is a technology company providing high-level consulting and engineering services to the government and commercial markets for High-Performance Computing (HPC) applications. Under this agreement, Instrumental will provide professional services to Ciprico's Department of Defense and military prime contractor customers, such as systems architecture and design, performance analysis and optimization, feasibility testing, product evaluations, and independent benchmarking. These services will be provided as a complement to Ciprico's own systems engineering and professional services, such as integrating and optimizing Ciprico products for particular military applications. "We're delighted about the opportunity to extend our extensive service capabilities to Ciprico's customers," said Kim Schumann, Instrumental's President and COO. "Instrumental is committed to providing the right solution for a particular environment, using best-in-class technologies that translate into validated architectures and major contract wins. Ciprico's history of dedication to its customers, providing cutting-edge, high-performance storage solutions to the DoD, makes them a logical fit as a long-term partner of Instrumental." "By coordinating our efforts with Instrumental, we're now able to expand our offerings to our military customers. It also offers us a unique opportunity to architect storage products for their specific needs," said Rich Vignes, Director of Marketing for Ciprico. "We are excited about our partnership with Instrumental. Both Ciprico and Instrumental provide high-level services for high-performance command and control and imagery exploitation applications. We feel this is the logical next step for both companies."