Ahead Software Inc., creator of the world famous CD/DVD Recording application Nero(TM), is proud to announce its alliance with Memorex, one of the industry sales leaders of digital optical storage products. "We are thrilled that Ahead was given such a great opportunity to align with Memorex," said Clive Proud, VP of Sales of Ahead Software Inc. "Memorex's high quality optical storage products are a perfect fit with Nero, the world's premier CD/DVD recording solution." Memorex's 48X CD-RW Drive, which can burn an 80-minute CD in less than two minutes, is bundled with the industry's finest and most reliable CD/DVD Recording Software Solution, Nero 5.5. Memorex also recently announced its leap into the DVD recording industry, in which it will also partner Nero 5.5. Burning ROM for pre-mastering as a part of their DVD+RW solution.

"In recognizing the CD/DVD recording needs of today's demanding users, Memorex is proud to include Nero 5.5 in its new drive bundles. Nero's unchallenged reputation in the CD/DVD recording software market meets Memorex's high standards for offering high quality, high performance products to its customers," said Michael Golacinski, president and COO of Memorex.

Ahead Software is on a never-ending quest to provide the best optical recording solutions possible. Ahead is dedicated to remaining at the top of the CD-RW/DVD-RW software industry by providing information, updates, upgrades, outstanding service/support and new innovative products to the consumer via bundles, web downloads and retail packages.