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For Immediate Release
Iomega Zip 250MB Drive Now Available As Internal Floppy Drive Replacement Option for New HP Compaq Business Desktop Computers
SAN DIEGO,
June 10, 2003 - Iomega® Corporation (NYSE:
IOM), a global leader in data storage, announced today
the award-winning Iomega Zip® zip 250MB ATAPI drive
is now a configure-to-order (CTO) built–in option
for customers purchasing products in the new line of
HP Compaq Business Desktop d330 series and d530 series
computers. In addition to this CTO option, HP will offer
an Iomega zip 250MB ATAPI drive Option Kit for resellers
that specialize in desktop integration services, and
for customers who wish to perform their own drive replacement.
Computer users who want removable
magnetic storage with higher storage capacities and
faster speed for their desktop computers are realizing
that it’s time to retire the floppy disk due to
its low storage capacity and slower transfer speed.
PC manufacturers have responded by offering new desktops
without floppy drives or by providing the customer the
option to remove the floppy drive from the desktop and
replace it with other storage options, such as the Iomega
zip 250MB ATAPI drive . Iomega Zip disks and drives offer
an optimum solution since just one Zip 250MB disk can
store the same amount of data as 173 floppy disks and
an Iomega zip 250MB ATAPI drive can transfer data up to
2.4 MB / sec.
“We are very pleased that Hewlett-Packard
has chosen Iomega’s popular Zip drives as an option
for customers that want to replace the internal floppy
drive in their computers,” said Greg Rhine, vice
president and general manager of the Americas region,
Iomega Corporation. “The zip 250MB ATAPI drive
and Iomega Zip disks offer HP customers a dependable,
durable solution for protecting, securing and sharing
their important files.”
Iomega and HP will be offering introductory
specials on select zip 250MB ATAPI drive and Zip250MB
disk purchases throughout the month of June. For a limited
time, Iomega is also offering its IomegaWare™
software, along with an additional suite of software,
as free downloads from its website to HP customers.
“HP always strives to provide
its customers with the best possible computer products
and solutions in the marketplace,” said Bob Ducey,
Memory and Storage product line marketing manager, business
desktops, HP Personal Systems Group. “Iomega’s
Zip drive is recognized as one of the easiest to use
portable storage solutions for computer users that need
to transport and share large files. The Iomega Zip Drive
is an added value for buyers of our new line of HP Compaq
Business Desktop PCs.”
Availability
This Zip drive configure-to-order opportunity is available
to customers purchasing HP Compaq d330 series and d530
series business desktop computers through their HP sales
representative or online at the HP web site at www.hp.com
by clicking on “desktops and workstations”,
then “business desktops”. For other Iomega
products available for HP computers, visit the HP Software
and Peripheral web store at (www.smb.compaq.com) and
click on software & peripherals or www.iomegadirect.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 and Iomega®
HDD Desktop Hard Drives, 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 choice. 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.
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All rights reserved. Iomega, Zip, Predator, HotBurn
and Active Disk are either registered trademarks or
trademarks of Iomega Corporation in the United States
and/or other countries. Microsoft and Windows are registered
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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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