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May 7, 2004
Iomega revolutionises backup with HDD performance

NEW DELHI -- Iomega Corp. recently launched the new Iomega REVT 35GB/90GB drive, bringing proven hard drive reliability and performance to the world of removable storage.

As an alternative to tape, and other backup and archiving solutions, Iomega's REV drive and 35GB removable REV disks deliver state-of-the-art server and desktop backup, while providing businesses and home users with the ideal portable storage device for sharing and archiving large files. The drive offers the removeability of tape with the speed and ease-of-use of HDD. These disks transfer data up to eight times faster than tape, are smaller than a deck of playing cards (10x77x75mm). With a maximum sustained transfer rate of 25Mbps, and using drag-and-drop random access technology, REV users can copy and restore individual files in seconds.

With patent-pending advanced two-stage error correction and patent-pending automatic head cleaning, Iomega REV technology achieves error rate three orders of magnitude better than that of today's sealed HDDs. The drive design keeps the sensitive read/write heads and electronics sealed in the REV drive, and for increased reliability, a patent-pending air filtration system creates a virtual clean room environment inside the disk. The disks provide durable and reliable shelf life, estimated to exceed 30 years.

Included with every Iomega REV drive is Iomega Automatic Backup Pro software, which provides frequent file-level backup to a REV drive. Once configured, the "no-touch" software automatically backs up specified files, keeps multiple backup sets on different destination drives, excludes user-selected files by file type, and performs scheduled backups. Powerful professional-level features include 2.6:1 compression and AES file encryption, along with support for Windows server operating systems.

Werner Heid, president and CEO, Iomega, said: "The new Iomega REV drive is a unique and versatile product that changes the rules of data backup, combining superior reliability and performance with breakthrough pricing. Backing up to tape has always involved compromises because tape is a relatively fragile, slow and expensive linear-access technology. Iomega's new REV drive makes backup and system or file recovery tasks faster, easier and less costly. Small business owners and IT managers will save immediately in terms of labour, hardware costs and system downtime."

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Iomega REVT 35GB/90GB drive brings reliability and performance.
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