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Iomega Launches Onyx Software Solution to Support Enterprise Sales Efforts
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Chris Romoser, Iomega Corporation, (801) 332-3678 romoser@iomega.com
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 12, 2000-- Manufacturer of Popular Zip(R), Jaz(R)and Clik!(TM) Drives Chooses ASP model for Deployment of Leading e-Business Solution Onyx Software Corporation (Nasdaq:ONXS), a leading supplier of enterprise-wide, customer-centric e-business applications, today announced that Iomega Corporation (NYSE:IOM) has successfully launched a hosted implementation of Onyx 2000 software to support the company's enterprise sales efforts. The Sutherland Group, a leading application service provider (ASP) and a partner member of Onyx ASPiN, is hosting the Onyx solution for Iomega. Iomega develops and manufactures the widely used Iomega Zip(R), Jaz(R) and Clik!(TM) drives and offers the broadest selection of portable storage devices for computers in the industry. With nearly 4,000 employees worldwide and more than $1.5 billion in annual revenue, Iomega is a global company with customers spanning all industries. "We needed a broad e-business platform -- one that could support our sales initiatives and connect all channels of communication from across the company and around the world," said Herbert K. Scales, executive vice president of sales, Iomega. "This was an incredibly fast, smooth implementation. Using Onyx in a hosted environment, we are free from trying to deploy and run customer-facing technology and instead can focus on selling our products." With a full sales deployment that included marketing functionality, Iomega was able to deploy the solution within the eight-week window established at the beginning of the project. The project included integration of the Onyx system with a third-party direct marketing firm, Babcock and Jenkins. The result is a streamlined process where leads are generated externally, passed on to Sutherland for qualification, and finally delivered to the direct sales group at Iomega -- all using the Onyx system. Other benefits include improved accuracy in forecasting and automated quoting, reporting and contact management. "We knew we wanted a sophisticated solution, but we didn't want to staff the in-house IT resources required to maintain it," said Mike Collett, senior program manager at Iomega. "Onyx has a reputation for understanding what it takes to be successful in hosted environments, and with a partner like Sutherland we felt very confident that this was the right method of deployment for us. The hosted technology provided by Onyx and the services from Sutherland give us the technology we wanted without internal hassles." 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) CD-RW drives and discs. Iomega's products help people to save, share, manage and create important information such as spreadsheets, slides, Internet downloads, audio files and personal photographs, while protecting 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. About The Sutherland Group, Ltd. The Sutherland Group, Ltd., http://www.suth.com, is a professional services organization that enables companies to build and manage end-to-end customer relationships over the Internet by providing the IT resources, access to Suthernet -- a universal communications network and technology infrastructure -- and process management tools. Sutherland offers these services in a three-tier model of Consulting and Integration, Application Hosting and Business Process Management. Founded in 1986, The Sutherland Group, Ltd. is headquartered in Rochester, New York and has additional facilities in San Diego, California, Syracuse, New York, and Madras, India. About Onyx Software Onyx Software Corporation (Nasdaq:ONXS) is a leading supplier of enterprise-wide, customer-centric e-business applications. Onyx Software's enterprise-class software connects and powers a company's entire e-business world, including customers, partners and sales, marketing, service and call center functions. Onyx Software's award-winning products are known for flexibility, reliability and quick deployment, resulting in high return on investment, low total cost of ownership and industry-leading customer satisfaction. Onyx Software operates worldwide, supporting large, medium and small companies such as Agile Software, American Express, Broadwing, Cognos, Commerce One, Credit Suisse, Dreyfus, Ericsson, FirstWorld Communications, Hummingbird, NTL Group, Portland Trail Blazers, Prudential Securities, Sierra Health Services, Singapore Cable Vision and US Bancorp. For more information call 1-888-275-6699 or email info@onyx.com. Please visit (http://www.onyx.com/annualreport) to download the Onyx Software 1999 annual report and 10K. 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. CONTACT: Onyx Software Heather Knox, 425/519-9225 hknox@onyx.com or Iomega Corporation Jennifer Miconi, 801/332-5255 miconi@iomega.com