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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
E-Marketplace Provides Iomega Opportunity to Reach
10,000 Intel Product Dealers
ROY, Utah, February 20, 2001
- Iomega Corporation (NYSE: IOM), a global leader in
data management solutions, today announced it will be
a supplier for the Intel® Business Advantage Portal.
This business-to-business marketplace gives Iomega new
access to approximately 10,000 Intel Product Dealers
in North America. Intel created the Intel Business Advantage
Portal to make it easier for Intel Product Dealers to
offer their customers complete PC and server solutions
while achieving cost efficiencies.
"Working with Intel on the Intel Business Advantage
Portal allows Iomega to reach a growing number of system
integrators and give them the opportunity to incorporate
Iomega products right into the system," said Herbert
K. Scales, senior vice president, sales, Iomega Corporation.
"As file sizes continue to grow, the average person's
storage needs have expanded well beyond the capacity
of the floppy; Iomega products solve those capacity
issues. Joining the Intel Business Advantage Portal
gives Iomega direct access to the resellers that can
make it happen."
Suppliers to the Intel Business Advantage Portal benefit
by having their products displayed in an e-marketplace,
and Intel Product Dealers benefit with discounts on
components and solutions such as software, hardware,
peripherals, Internet access, and e-Commerce services.
Intel Product Dealers are also eligible to receive rebates
and commissions on services and product offerings based
on sales. To participate, Intel Product Dealers need
only register with Intel via their e-business network
at http://channel.intel.com.
"Suppliers such as Iomega are an integral part
of the Intel Business Advantage Portal, as they help
enable Intel channel members to differentiate themselves
in an evolving Internet economy," said Jim Yasso,
vice president and general manager of Intel's Reseller
Products Division. "We are excited to be working
with Iomega on this program."
Effective immediately, Iomega will make its Zip®
100MB and 250MB internal drives available through the
Intel Business Advantage Portal.
About Iomega
Iomega Corporation (NYSE:IOM) manufactures and markets
the award-winning Zip®, Jaz® and PocketZipTM
drives and disks, the HipZipTM digital audio player,
the FotoShowTM digital image center, LifeWorksTM software,
and Iomega QuikSyncTM software; Iomega also markets
Iomega CD-RW drives and Iomega MicrodriveTM. Iomega's
products help people to save, share, manage and create
important information such as Internet downloads, audio
files, personal photographs, spreadsheets, and slides,
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
1-888-4-IOMEGA (888-446-6342), or on the Web at http://www.iomega.com.
NOTE: The statements contained in this release regarding
participation in the Intel Business Advantage Portal
marketplace and expected product availability and all
other statements that are not purely historical, are
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All
such forward-looking statements are based upon information
available to Iomega as of the date hereof, and Iomega
disclaims any intention or obligation to update any
such forward-looking statements. Actual results could
differ materially from current expectations. Factors
that could cause or contribute to such differences include,
but are not limited to, the success of the partnership
between Iomega and Intel, demand for the Intel Business
Advantage Portal model, market acceptance of, and demand
for Iomega products, competition, intellectual property
rights and other risks and uncertainties identified
in the reports filed from time to time by Iomega with
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including
Iomega's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1999, and its most recent Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q.
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Copyright© 2001 Iomega Corporation. All rights
reserved. Iomega, Zip, Jaz, PocketZip, HipZip, FotoShow,
QuikSync and LifeWorks are either registered trademarks
or trademarks of Iomega Corporation in the United States
and/or other countries. Microdrive is a trademark of
IBM Corporation and used with permission. Intel is a
registered trademark of Intel Corporation.
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