Iomega Announces Service Bureau Locator for Jaz and Zip Drive Customers
Customers Can Quickly and Easily Locate Jaz and Zip Equipped
Business and Printing/Pre-Press Service Providers Nationwide
ROY, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 27, 1998--Iomega Corporation (NYSE:IOM
- news) today announced a new service for its customers, a service
bureau locator available at the company Web site
www.iomega.com/jaz/locator.
This new service is designed to help U.S. customers to quickly and
easily locate business and printing/pre-press service providers
nationwide with Jaz(R) and/or Zip(R) drives.
The online directory includes over 2,000 listings of business and
printing/pre-press service providers nationwide. Customers simply
designate the product they need to use, a Jaz or Zip drive, and their
geographic location. The directory provides addresses and phone numbers
of the closest service providers' locations. Maps and driving directions
are also provided.
''The Jaz drive is an ideal storage solution for creative and technical
professionals who need compatibility with a wide range of service
bureaus, as well as unlimited capacity, high-performance and
portability,'' said Fred Forsyth, president, Professional Products
Division at Iomega Corporation. ''Iomega's service bureau locator will
help support our millions of customers by providing them with quick
references to service bureaus located closest to them.''
''We're sensitive to time management, and this service Iomega is
providing is extremely beneficial,'' said Jef f Smith, chairman of Smith
Harrison Direct. ''We work primarily on Jaz media, and it's nice to know
that a member of our staff can easily locate a service provider to
complete a project, no matter where he or she is in the country.''
''Iomega's locator makes it easier for our customers to find us and
utilize our services to turn their digital creations, stored on Jaz and
Zip disks, into printed material,'' said Blanca Bolner, manager,
Technology and Vendor Services of PIP Printing. ''Professional and home
users alike will save time in locating one of our stores and can even
print out a map to help guide them.''
About Jaz drives and disks
Jaz drives and Jaz 1GB and 2GB disks unleash the creativity of
professionals in the graphic design and publishing, software
development, industrial 3D CAD/CAM, enterprise management systems and
entertainment authoring markets by giving them unlimited space for their
dynamic digital content. Service bureaus are an integral part of these
professionals' projects, and with the proliferation of Jaz drives in
service bureaus around the country, they can manage their data and
projects almost anywhere.
Selling at an estimated street price of $349 (U.S.), the award-winning
Jaz 2GB drive offers an affordable professional storage solution for
today's powerful workstation computers. The Jaz 2GB drive and 2GB disks
exceed not only the capacity, but also the performance of other
removable storage products in its class by operating at an impressive
maximum sustained transfer rate of 8.7megabytes (MB) per second - fast
enough to run applications or deliver full-screen, full-motion video.
The Jaz 2GB drive is compatible with Jaz 1GB disks, protecting the
investment of the owners of more than 2 million Jaz drives worldwide. It
provides twice the capacity and up to 40 percent higher performance than
the original Jaz 1GB drive. Jaz drives and disks are available worldwide
through VARs, resellers, system integrators, distributors, mail order
and retailers.
About Zip drives and disks
With more than 100 million Zip(R) disks and 18 million Zip drives
shipped, Zip drive users can rely on having access to their important
Zip disk-stored information, virtually anytime, anywhere. Each Iomega
genuine Zip 100MB disk provides 70 times the capacity of traditional
floppy disks, giving customers virtually unlimited storage capacity,
increased flexibility and a built-in back up system for critical files.
Iomega branded notebook Zip drives are now available for certain IBM,
Toshiba and Compaq notebook computers. Iomega Zip drives, at an
estimated street price of $119 (U.S.), can be found as a standard or
optional feature in PC models from all leading desktop OEMs and from
many notebook PC manufacturers.
About Iomega
Iomega Corporation (NYSE:IOM - news) manufactures and markets the
award-winning Zip(R), Jaz(R) and Ditto drives and disks that help people
to organize, manage, create, exchange and share their important
information. Used in homes, businesses, government or education, and by
creative professionals, Iomega storage solutions are the enabling
technologies preferred by millions. The Company can be reached at
1-800-MY-STUFF (800-697-8833), or on the Web at iomega.com.
Note to Editors: Iomega, Zip, Jaz and the stylized ''i'' logo are
registered trademarks, of Iomega Corporation. All other products and
brand names are the property of their respective owners.
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Contact:
Iomega Corp.
Jonathan Graham, 801/778-3678
grahamj@iomega.com
Tyler Thatcher, 801/778-4362 (Investors and Analysts)
thatcher@iomega.com
or
Copithorne and Bellows
Andrea Mahoney, 415/975-2277
andrea.mahoney@cbpr.com |
