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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June
27, 2000--Iomega Corporation
(NYSE:IOM), a global leader in data management solutions,
today announced the launch of IomegaWare 2.5 software
incorporating support for Windows(R) ME, Microsoft's
newest version of its popular Windows platform. IomegaWare
2.5 will begin shipping this summer. "We are pleased
to provide support to Windows ME users with IomegaWare
2.5," said Germaine Ward, vice president of software
solution, Iomega Corporation. "Iomega recognizes
the importance of supporting new operating systems and
will continue to update IomegaWare software to keep
pace with new operating systems as they move into the
marketplace." IomegaWare 2.5 is compatible with
Windows(R) 95/98/2000, Windows(R) NT 4.0, Windows(R)
ME and Macintosh(R) OS 8.1-9.x. 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 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. Special note: Statements
contained in this release relating to Iomega's plans
to develop and/or support the software platforms mentioned
in this release and the expected availability and functionality
of these new products are forward-looking statements.
There are a number of important factors that could cause
actual events to differ materially from those indicated
by such forward-looking statements, including market
acceptance of, and demand for, these new products and
Iomega's existing products, manufacturing issues, including
component availability and pricing, development and
distribution issues, product pricing and conformity
to specifications, competition, intellectual property
rights and other risks as identified in Iomega's Annual
Report to Stockholders for 1999 on Form 10-K, and its
most recent quarterly reports filed with the SEC. 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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