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Iomega Shipments of Zip Drives Pass One Million Mark
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Company Also Announces Escom To Be First European OEM To Offer Internal
Zip Drives
HANNOVER, Germany, March 15: -- Iomega Corporation (Nasdaq: IOMG) today
announced at the CEBIT tradeshow in Germany that it has shipped more than
one million Zip drives in less than one year. The company also announced
that it has shipped nearly ten million Zip disks.
"The Iomega Zip drive started as an industry phenomenon and is now a
potential replacement for the floppy," said Stan Corker, director,
Removable Storage Research, International Data Corporation (IDC). "With
new games, graphics and online services demanding so much storage space,
the current floppy is a sub-standard solution for saving, backing up and
sharing computer information. Zip is changing that almost overnight."
Iomega Europe also today announced an agreement with Escom, which will
become the first European manufacturer to offer computers with built-in
Zip drives. Escom expects to begin shipping systems containing the
internal Zip drive in the second quarter of 1996.
Available for both PC and Macintosh computers the Zip drive became an
instant hit in the marketplace after it began shipping in March 1995.
With its removable 100-megabyte disks available for as low as $14.95, the
$199 Zip drive offers an ideal solution to home, office, school and
on-the-road computer users by providing unlimited storage, portability
and backup in one, lightweight and compact drive.
Buoyed by its success as a stand-alone product, the Zip drive and disks
are now being sold on an OEM basis by two of the fastest-growing PC
manufacturers -- Hewlett-Packard Company and Micron Electronics -- as
well as by Power Computing one of the most influential of the new
Macintosh clone companies, all of which intend to offer internal Zip
drives with certain machines. Iomega Zip drives and disks have also
become part of the product offering of leading vendors like Epson, Fuji,
Maxell, Sony and others.
"Zip took the market by storm," said Timothy Hill, vice president of
worldwide marketing for Iomega. "By focusing on consumer needs rather
than bits and bytes, Iomega delivered a personal storage solution that
revolutionized the way people manage, save and backup their computer
stuff."
Iomega Zip drives and disks provide more than 70 times the capacity of
today's floppy disks, giving consumers unlimited capacity, increased
flexibility, and a built-in back-up system. Advanced data management
software, through Iomega's Zip Tools software, is also available with the
drive, making it easy for consumers to manage, share and save their
information.
Iomega Corporation provides personal computer storage solutions that help
people manage their computer stuff -- anywhere. These solutions include:
Zip drives and disks; Jaz one-gigabyte drives and disks; Ditto tape
backup drives and tape cartridges; and the Bernoulli line of removable
drives and disks. Used in homes, business, government and education, and
by creative professionals, Iomega storage solutions are available through
computer retail stores, resellers and major distributors, The Company can
be reached at 800-MY-STUFF (800-697-8833).
NOTE: Iomega and Bernoulli are registered trademarks of, and Zip, Ditto,
Jaz and the Iomega logo are trademarks of, Iomega Corporation. All other
product and brand names are the property of their respective companies.
/CONTACT: A. Cory Maloy of Iomega, 801-778-3712; Susan Breshears of
Copithorne & Bellows, 415-975-2216; or Investor Relations Contacts:
Iomega Investor Relations Dept., 801-778-3585; or Howard Kalt of Kalt-
Rosen, 415-397-2686/ (IOMG)
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