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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Iomega Partners With Industry-Leading
Software Companies To Showcase New Peerless Drive System
MGI, Corel, Altiris and Aladdin To
Participate With Iomega in Joint Marketing Efforts
ROY, Utah,
May 14, 2001 - Iomega Corporation (NYSE: IOM)
today announced agreements with prominent software companies
MGI (TSE: MGI), Corel Corporation (NASDAQ: CORL, TSE:
COR), Aladdin Systems Inc. (OTC NQB: ALHI) and Altiris
Inc. to bundle their products and join the marketing
launch of the new 10GB and 20GB PeerlessTM drive systems
from Iomega.
Industry-leading software from MGI,
Altiris and Aladdin Systems will ship with Iomega's
new award-winning Peerless drive systems, which will
be available in the second quarter of 2001. Iomega will
also participate in joint marketing activities with
MGI, Corel and Altiris in support of the product's launch.
Consumers can pre-order Iomega's Peerless drive system
today at http://www.iomega.com.
"With our partners' software
and Iomega's new Peerless drive system, users will enjoy
the freedom to simply and flexibly manage massive files
on a disk that slips into a shirt pocket," said
Doug Collier, senior vice president, marketing and product
management, Iomega Corporation. "We're pleased
to offer this added value to our customers and give
them this tremendous functionality right out of the
box."
An Iomega edition of MGI PhotoSuite
software will be included with Peerless drives. PhotoSuite
provides image editing and photo project capabilities
designed to make Web and PC photography easy. An Iomega
edition of MGI VideoWave will also be included with
Peerless drives, allowing even novice users to combine
video clips, animation, graphics, photos and audio into
professional-quality business presentations, Web content,
home movies, training materials and more.
"Iomega's Peerless drive raises
the bar for removable storage and will be a boon to
those who create and exchange photo and video files
created with MGI PhotoSuite and VideoWave," said
Ihor Petelycky, chief product strategist, MGI.
For Macintosh® users, Aladdin
ShrinkWrap 3.5.1 will provide customers with the ability
to create disk images -- exact byte-for-byte copies
-- of hard disks, floppies, CDs, files or any type of
data.
"The combination of a Peerless
disk and ShrinkWrap software creates a powerful solution
for enterprise customers and home users to do anything
from creating a simple backup of their entire hard drive
to migrating the entire contents of an old computer
to a new system," said Pauline Shumake, ShrinkWrap
product manager, Aladdin Systems.
Altiris PC TransplantTM software,
which is also included with Iomega Peerless drives,
enables users to quickly and simply move key files,
directories, and personal settings from one computer
to another. It employs a wizard-based interface to help
identify and capture this information for the user's
desktop, network and applications and builds it into
a compressed, self-extracting Personality Package.
With PC Transplant software, operating
system migrations are simplified by cloning the system
and migrating each PC's unique name and IP address (or
DHCP settings), automatically recreating a user account
with network and sharing rights, printer drivers, and
desktop personality intact. The combination of PC Transplant
software and the Iomega Peerless drive system breaks
new ground in simplifying the challenges of upgrading
remote users.
"Using PC Transplant to migrate
all user preferences and personality onto a 20 gigabyte
Peerless disk, a user can arrive at a remote location
and be ready to work without even losing his or her
preferred wallpaper or Internet favorites," said
Tyler Smith, vice president of marketing at Altiris.
"The future of computing rests in allowing users
to work at any time from any location, and Iomega's
Peerless disk is well positioned for that future."
A special flash demo of CorelDraw®
10 Graphics Suite will also ship on the application
CD for all Iomega Peerless drives. Peerless customers
benefit from a limited-time offer to purchase Corel's
award-winning application at a special price. CorelDraw
10 Graphics Suite delivers vector illustration, layout,
bitmap creation, image editing, painting and animation
software all in one package.
"We are pleased to coordinate
our marketing efforts with Iomega," said Jon Riis,
director of OEM sales at Corel Corporation. "Iomega's
Peerless drive provides enormous value to the workflow
of professional designers and graphic artists, who require
memory-intensive software. Customers benefit from the
inherent value in both Corel and Iomega products."
Peerless disks slip into a base station
only slightly larger than the disk itself-a slim, vertical
enclosure about four inches across and five inches tall.
The Peerless drive system's modular design, high capacity
and hard-drive performance open up an entirely new class
of devices. With FireWire transfer rates of up to an
expected 15 MB/sec, the Peerless drive system is an
affordable, high performance hardware solution. Iomega
Peerless drives can be pre-ordered today at http://www.iomega.com.
About MGI
MGI is a global leading provider of visual media software
and infrastructure solutions that enable individuals
and businesses to maximize their use of digital images
and video. The Company's products are distributed in
over 40 countries through original equipment manufacturers
(OEMs), value-added resellers (VARs), as well as leading
computer and electronic retail stores, and websites.
Shipments of MGI's flagship PhotoSuite and VideoWave
products have surpassed 39 million units and its image
server technologies and web tools are currently employed
by over 200 commercial websites. The Company's offerings
include proprietary technologies, supported by over
80 patents and patent pending applications.
With headquarters in Richmond Hill,
Canada, MGI maintains branch offices in Campbell, CA;
Milton Keynes, UK; Paris, France; Paderborn, Germany;
Tokyo, Japan; Taipei, Taiwan; and Seoul, Korea. MGI
is a public company whose shares are traded on the Toronto
Stock Exchange under the symbol 'MGI'. MGI is part of
the TSE-300 index. More information may be obtained
on the Company at www.mgisoft.com.
About Corel
Corporation
Corel Corporation provides its customers with the creative
tools they need to unleash their imaginations. With
its heritage of software innovation and a solid franchise
of loyal customers worldwide, Corel has earned its reputation
as an internationally recognized developer of award-winning
graphics and business productivity applications on the
Windows®, Macintosh®, Linux® and UNIX®
platforms. In 2001, Corel will continue to expand its
support of the Web, delivering the Internet's versatility
to customers through exciting Web-based applications,
content and services. Corel will also be developing
applications for Microsoft's .NET platform as part of
its commitment to provide customers with a full range
of applications and services over the Internet. With
its headquarters in Ottawa, Canada, Corel continues
to be one of Silicon Valley North's most exciting and
influential software companies. Corel's common stock
trades on the NASDAQ Stock Market under the symbol CORL
and on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol COR.
For more information on Corel Corporation, please visit
www.corel.com.
About Aladdin
Systems
Aladdin Systems Inc.: Helping Transmit, Access and Organize
Information(tm)
Founded in 1988, Aladdin Systems, Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Aladdin Systems Holdings, Inc. (OTC BB:
ALHI), is in its second decade of developing and publishing
award-winning business and consumer products. Aladdin
provides computing solutions that help people transmit,
access and organize their information.
Aladdin is located at 165 Westridge Drive, Watsonville,
CA 95076, USA; telephone: (831)761-6200; Fax: (831)761-6206.
For more information about Aladdin, visit the company
web site at: http://www.aladdinsys.com.
About Altiris
Altiris Inc. develops, markets, and supports a full
line of Web-enabled solutions that empower IT professionals
to easily manage corporate information technology resources
throughout the IT lifecycle. Altiris' flagship product,
Altiris eXpress, is unique in its ability to provide
full systems management, including deployment and migration,
software management, asset tracking and management,
help desk, and health monitoring. Altiris solutions
greatly reduce the cost and complexity of owning and
managing IT resources. Headquartered in Lindon, Utah,
Altiris enjoys a worldwide development, service, and
sales presence. For information about Altiris and its
products, visit http://www.altiris.com.
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, CompactFlashTM and SmartMediaTM
memory cards, and the Iomega MicrodriveTM miniature
hard drive. 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 development, production and distribution
of Iomega Peerless drives and partner software, anticipated
product pricing and availability, expected product performance
and specifications, future applications for the new
product 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 successful completion
of product development and testing, market acceptance
of, and demand for, the Iomega product and the included
software titles, any difficulties encountered in ramping
up production or other manufacturing issues, including
component availability and pricing, co-development,
production, and distribution issues, product pricing
and conformity to specifications, dependence upon third
party suppliers, the success of the partnerships with
the software providers, 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, 2000, 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, Predator, 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 is used with permission. PhotoSuite and VideoWave
are trademarks of MGI. CorelDraw is a registered trademark
of Corel Corporation. PC Transplant Pro is a trademark
of Altiris Inc. ShrinkWrap is a trademark of Aladdin
Systems. Certain other product names, brand names and
company names may be trademarks or designations of their
respective owners.
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