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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ROY, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June
13, 2000--Iomega Corporation
(NYSE:IOM), a leader in smart, portable storage solutions,
today announced shipment of its newly-designed two-gigabyte
Jaz(R) drive. This is the first redesign of Iomega's
Jaz external 2GB drive, which began shipping in December
1998. The new design gives the Jaz drive a sleeker exterior
and stackable design, which can help users maximize
valuable desk space. The Jaz drive is compatible with
Windows(R) 95/98/NT 4.0 and 2000, as well as Mac OS
8.1 through 9.x. Iomega's redesign of its Jaz(R) 2GB
drive is another step the company has taken in an initiative
to expand the functionality of the Jaz platform. In
April, Iomega began shipping its Jaz USB adapter and
also announced its intention to develop and ship a FireWire(R)
adapter for its Jaz drive. Iomega's adapters provide
users of current products an easy and inexpensive connectivity
enhancement option, and allow Iomega to accommodate
its large installed base. "Our efforts in redesigning
the Jaz drive highlight our overall long-term commitment
to high-capacity, high-speed removable storage products,"
said Mark Lucas, executive vice president, global marketing
and product management, Iomega Corporation About Jaz
drives and disks Jaz(R) drives and Jaz 1GB and 2GB disks
unleash the creativity of professionals in the graphic
design and publishing, software development, industrial
3D CAD/CAM, enterprise management systems and entertainment
authorizing markets by giving them unlimited space for
their dynamic digital content. Service bureaus are an
integral part of these professionals' projects, and
with the proliferation of Jaz drives in service bureaus
around the country, they can manage their data and projects
almost anywhere. Selling at an estimated street price
of $349.95 (U.S.), the award-winning Jaz(R) 2GB drive
offers an affordable professional storage solution for
today's powerful workstation computers. The Jaz 2GB
drive and 2GB disks exceed not only the capacity, but
also the performance of other removable storage products
in its class by operating at an impressive maximum sustained
transfer rate of 8.0MB per second -- fast enough to
run applications or deliver full-screen, full-motion
video. The Jaz(R) 2GB drive is compatible with Jaz 1GB
disks, protecting the investment of the owners of more
than 2 million Jaz drives worldwide. It provides twice
the capacity and up to 40 percent higher performance
than the original Jaz 1GB drive. Jaz drives and disks
are available worldwide through VARs, resellers, system
integrators, distributors, mail order and retailers.
The redesigned Jaz(R) 2GB drive is currently available
at www.iomegadirect.com or through major distributors
and resellers. About Iomega Iomega Corporation (NYSE:IOM)
manufactures and markets the award-winning Zip(R), Jaz(R)
and Clik!(TM) drives and disks and markets the ZipCD(TM)
and CD-RW drives and discs. Iomega's products help people
to save, share, and manage and create important information
such as spreadsheets, slides, and Internet downloads,
audio files and personal photographs, while helping
protect that content from viruses and hackers. Used
in homes, businesses, government and educational facilities
and by creative professionals everywhere, Iomega storage
solutions are the enabling technologies preferred by
millions. The Company can be reached at 1-800-MY-STUFF
(800-697-8833), or on the Web at http://www.iomega.com.
Copyright(C) 2000 Iomega Corporation. Iomega, Zip, Jaz,
Clik! and ZipCD are either registered trademarks or
trademarks of Iomega Corporation in the United States
and/or other countries. Certain other product names,
brand names and company names may be trademarks or designations
of their respective owners.
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