Media please
contact: Chris Romoser, Iomega Corporation,
(858) 795-7148 romoser@iomega.com
Analyst/Investors, please
contact:
Barry Zwarenstein, Iomega Corporation, (858) 795-7190
For Immediate Release
Iomega’s Full Line of Network
Attached Storage Products Now Available
From Bell Microproducts
SAN DIEGO,
June 2, 2003 — Iomega Corporation (NYSE:
IOM), a global leader in data storage, today announced
an agreement with Bell Microproducts, Inc. (NASDAQ:
BELM), a leading value-added provider of storage products
and solutions, under which Bell Microproducts will distribute
Iomega’s full line of network attached storage
(NAS) products.
Effective immediately, Iomega’s
innovative NAS products are now available to Bell Microproducts’
large customer base of storage-centric VARs (value-added
resellers) servicing the small and medium-sized business
market in the U.S
“We are pleased to be working
with Bell Microproducts to make Iomega NAS servers available
to a broader community of VARs and system integrators
in the United States,” said Greg Rhine, vice president
and general manager of Americas region, Iomega Corporation.
“Bell Microproducts is a recognized solutions
expert for storage-focused resellers in key vertical
markets. As Iomega rolls out several exciting new NAS
products this year, we now have a unique new channel
player in Bell Microproducts that furthers our efforts
to make Iomega NAS products the storage choice for SMB
users.”
Jerry Kagele, executive vice president,
computer products, Bell Microproducts, said, “Bell
Microproducts has established itself as the Storage
Super Store. VARs want to specify the optimal products
for the solutions they represent. The Iomega brand is
in high demand and will be an important product for
our SMB VAR customers.”
Iomega Top
of The Line NAS Servers
Iomega offers a full line of NAS servers that range
in capacity from 160 gigabytes to 1.4 terabytes. Iomega
recently began shipping the new Iomega® NAS P800m
and P850m servers, which provide up to 1260GB of RAID
5 storage capacity (1440GB total usable drive capacity)
with virtually 100 percent uptime, thanks to hot-swappable
power supplies, fans and drives. And because they are
Microsoft® Windows® Powered, the P800m and P850m
servers are storage devices that network administrators
can easily integrate into Windows 2000 networks.
Iomega Entry
Level NAS Servers
Iomega also recently announced two new entry level NAS
servers that deliver superior performance and value
for small businesses and workgroups: the Iomega NAS
A205m and the A305m, as well as a complete refresh of
the Iomega P400 series of mid-range NAS servers. Iomega
is now offering small and medium-sized businesses a
complete line of NAS products for storing, backing up,
and recovering critical business data.
The Iomega® NAS A205m server
breaks the $1000 price barrier with a Windows® powered
NAS server offering 160GB of usable capacity, RAID 1
(disk mirroring) capability, 10/100 Fast Ethernet, and
Iomega Automatic Backup client software. The Iomega®
NAS A205m puts reliable file serving and backup functions
within reach of even the smallest IT budgets. The Iomega®
NAS A305m server builds on the core features of the
A205m. It increases usable storage capacity to 240GB
and adds mid-range features like RAID 5 (disk striping
with parity) capability and a Gigabit Ethernet (GbE)
network connection.
Iomega Mid-Range
NAS Servers
The new Iomega® NAS P435m, P440m, and P445m servers
refresh the midrange Iomega NAS lineup with new features
that include a Pentium® 4 processor, high-speed
error-correction code memory, dual Gigabit Ethernet
(GbE) (Cu) ports, and a standard SCSI port for tape
backup. Designed to be easy to manage and maintain,
the P400 series NAS servers also feature four hot-swappable
hard drives in a 1U rack-mount enclosure.
About Bell
Microproducts
Bell Microproducts is an international, value-added
provider of a wide range of high-technology products,
solutions, and services to the industrial and commercial
markets. The company's offering includes semiconductors,
computer platforms, peripherals, and storage products
of various types including desktop, high-end computer
and storage subsystems, fiber channel connectivity products,
RAID, NAS and SAN storage systems, back-up products,
storage management software, and extensive support,
integration and installation services. Bell Microproducts
is an industry-recognized specialist in storage products
and is one of the world's largest storage-centric value-added
distributors.
The company's products are available
at any level of integration, from components to subsystem
assemblies and fully-integrated, tested and certified
system solutions. The company adds value with a broad
range of services including testing, software loading,
kitting, mass storage system integration, and computer
system integration. Trained and certified technical
personnel complete each of these processes at Bell Microproducts'
ISO 9002 facilities. Bell Microproducts markets and
distributes more than 125 brand name product lines,
as well as its own Rorke Data storage and Trademark(R)
computer brands, to original equipment manufacturers
(OEMs), contract electronic manufacturing services (EMS)
customers, value-added resellers (VARs) and system integrators
in the Americas and Europe. More information can be
found in the company's SEC filings, or by visiting the
Bell Microproducts Web site at www.bellmicro.com.
About Iomega
Iomega Corporation provides
easy-to-use, high value storage solutions to help people
protect, secure, capture and share their valuable digital
information. Iomega’s award-winning storage products
include the popular Zip®
100MB, 250MB and 750MB drives, high-performance
Iomega®
HDD Portable Hard Drives that feature capacities
from 20GB to 60GB, Iomega®
HDD Desktop Hard Drives that offer capacities from
40GB to 120GB, the new Iomega®
Mini USB Drive in 64MB, 128MB and 256MB capacity
sizes, Iomega®
external CD-RW drives and the Iomega®
Floppy USB-Powered Drive. Iomega simplifies data
protection and sharing at home and in the workplace
with Iomega®
Automatic Backup software, Iomega®
Sync software, HotBurn®
CD-recording software, and Active
Disk technology. For networks, Iomega®
NAS servers offer capacities of 160GB to 1.4TB.
For unlimited capacity and anytime, anywhere access,
Iomega offers iStorage™ secure online
storage. Iomega also offers businesses and consumers
a comprehensive data
recovery services solution for recovering lost data
due to hardware failure, file corruption or media damage.
The Company can be reached at 1-888-4-IOMEGA (888-446-6342),
or on the Web at www.iomega.com.
NOTE: The statements contained in
this release regarding development, production and distribution
of the Iomega product, 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, 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, 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, 2001, and its most recent Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q.
###
Copyright© 2003 Iomega Corporation.
All rights reserved. Iomega, Zip, Peerless, Predator,
Active Disk, QuikSync, HotBurn and iStorage 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.
|