New Iomega (IOMG) Facts: #1
Samuel Russojr
NEW Iomega (IOMG) global OEM pact partners:
1. UNISYS Corp. plans to incorporate Iomega's popular Zip drive as a
standard feature into select models of its new AQUANTA customized PC line.
ALSO Zip as an option across its entire range of PC's beginning JULY
1996;
2. UNISYS Corp. announces also that its UNISYS Corp Federal Systems
Division has been awarded a seven (7) year contract valued @ $280 million
dollars by the United States Social Security Administration (USSSA). The
USSSA: has 1,500 offices with 1,700 local are netwoks and 56,500
workstation;
"We believe it's critical to help consumers personalize the PC. We see
Zip as the perfect way to satisfy our customers' demand for a flexible &
reliable storage solution as well as being the undisputed new standard in
personal storage." FRANK BRANDENBERG, Group VP & GM of Unisys PC
division.
3. GATEWAY (GATE) 2000 PC maker IOMEGA DITTO Easy 3200, a 3.2 gigabyte
backup drive in any GATE's PCs;
4. TDK (TDK), a global maker of data recording media;
5. JAPAN's NEC (NIPNY) Technologies & NEC's USA unit. NEC makes Ready,
POWERMATE PRO & ZEINTH Computers. NEC recently merged with PACKARD BELL
Computer an Iomega OEM pact partner;
6. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES (IBM), Iomega Zip drive in new IBM
APTIVA PC line.
"By including the Iomega Zip drive into select models of Aptivas, IBM is
providing its customers with flexibility and convenience to significantly
expand the storage capacity of their computers." JOSE GARCIA, IBM
Consumer Desktop Systems GM, (NEW YORK-----Business Wire-----June 18,
1996).
7. NORWAY's OLYMPIA FINAS GROUP AS, a world-wide conglomerate with
businesses in: PUBLISHING, GRAPHICS,DISTRIBUTION & FINANCIAL SERVICES.
Olympia's KATZ, INC. is an official licensee for Apple Computer 's PIPPIN
PC line. Iomega's Zip included.
- IOMEGA's global OEM pact EUROPEAN partners:
8. GERMANY's ESCOM Computer;
9. BELGIUM's SENTINEL, NV, a global technology manufacturer and renown
for sterling product quality.
- IOMEGA's global OEM pact ASIA-PACIFIC RIM partners:
10. TAIWAN's ACER Computer & ACER's USA unit;
11. ACER Basic PC line, a low price and basic function PC @
$500 US;
ACER has chosen Iomega Zip to be storage device: "To manufacture a PC
that will sell for $500, we have to be extremely selective about each
component we include. The Zip drive serves many functions in one, as a
hard drive, as a backup solution and as a means to help people manage
their stuff. We would not be able to keep costs under $500 with ou it."
DIXON CHENG, VP & GM ACER DESKTOP Division, (NEW YORK---Business Wire,
June 18, 1996).
12.TAIWAN's MEGAMEDIA Computer;
13. JAPAN's SONY Electronic's and SONY's USA unit;
14. JAPAN's FUJI;
15. JAPAN's SEIKO EPSON;
16. JAPAN's MAXELL;
17. JAPAN's MAXELL & JAPAN's HITACHI form a recent alliance;
18. JAPAN's NEC Technologies & NEC's USA unit merge with PACKARD BELL
Computer also an Iomega OEM pact partner;
"Because we consider iomega to be the emerging standar in removable
storage, it was easy for us to work together with Iomega to meet future
storage needs of our customers and corporate customers. Our customers
whether in the office or at home are demanding more storage. .Zip is
simply the best solution." MURALI DHARAN, VP of NEC's DESKTOP SYSTEMS
(NEW YORK, Business Wire, June 18, 1996).
19. JAPAN's MAXTOR;
20. INDIA's TVS Electronics;
- IOMEGA's global OEM pact United States partners:
21. PINNACLE MicroApex;
22. GATEWAY (GATE) 2000;
23. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES (IBM);
24. HEWLETT PACKARD(HP) new HP PAVILION 7110Z multimedia PCs;
"The Zip drive is a great storage compliment to the HP Pavillion RealLife
imaging PCs. By incorporating the Zip drive into the 7110Z model of the
Pavilion line, we were able to address the need for increased storage
when working with photographs and images." Harry W. (Webb) McKinney (NEW
YORK--Business Wire---June 18,1996)
25. INGRAM Micro Strategic distributor pact;
26. DELL;
27. DELL & Iomega win large US Government General Services Administration
(USGGSA) contract;
28. MICRON ELECTRONICS Technology;
"We consider Iomega to be the undisputed leader in the industry. It is
quite clear that we made the correct decision in cluding Iomega's
product's in our PCs. As expected, Iomega is creating the standard." JEFF
MOESER, Director of Micron's desktop products, (NEW YORK---Business Wire--
--June 18, 1996)
29. MOTOROLA;
30. POWER Computing currently PowerCenter & PowerTower PC lines;
" The speed, capacity and price point of Zip technology is a true
breakthrough in storage, with this technology we are able to offer
customers an alternative to the floppy disk and the option of saving
larger files, more images, video and audio on a very inexpensive,
transportable medium." STEPHEN KAHNG, President & CEO Power Computing
Corp. (NEW YORK----Business Wire, June 18, 1996).
31. PACKARD BELL Computer recently merged with JAPAN's NEC Technologies
also an Iomega OEM pact partner;
33. ROLAND, a global musical instruments & computer maker;
34. ENSONIQ;
35. PIPELINE Communication's
36. PIPELINE Communication's merged recently with INTELLIQUEST;
37. HMT Technologies (HMTT);
38. IMP (IMPX);
39. READ-RITE (RDRT);
40. AMERIDATA;
41. BTG;
42. BANDAI DIGITAL Entertainment, like NORWAY's OLYMPIA subsidiary KATZ,
Inc. is an official Apple Computer PIPPIN PC line licensee.
"The Zip drive is a natural addition to the Bandai Pippin @World by the
multimedia Internet and gaming terminal. Bandai Pippin @World represents
the next generation of information appliance, and Zip represents the
future of personal storage. It was an easy decision." STEVE McALLISTER,
VP Sales & Marketing @ Bandai Digital Equipment Corp., (NEW YORK---
Business Wire---June 18, 1996).
43. CHEYENNE SOFTWARE;
44. CHEYENNE SOFTWARE & COMPUTER ASSOCIATES form alliance;
45. REVEAL SOFTWARE;
46. PACIFICMicroElectronics;
47.QUANTEX;
48.SIR SPEEDY PRINTING;
49.KINKOS;
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