Iomega Unveils 450R

SAN DIEGO -- Iomega Corporation (NYSE: IOM - News), a global leader in data storage and protection, today announced a new rack-mount addition to its extensive line of network attached storage models for small and mid-sized businesses: the new Iomega StorCenter(TM) Pro NAS 450r Series with print server capability.

Featuring advanced performance, capacity, and energy efficiency in a 1U form factor, the new Iomega StorCenter Pro NAS 450r series featuring 1 TB* and 2 TB models is the ideal rack-mount file server for protecting and sharing critical data at small to medium-sized businesses, corporate workgroups, and remote offices.

Iomega is showing the new StorCenter Pro NAS 450r for the first time at next week's Storage Networking World tradeshow, beginning April 16 in San Diego. The product is slated to begin shipping next month.

"The new Iomega StorCenter Pro NAS 450r provides SMBs and other users with cost effective, highly optimized file-serving and enterprise-quality data protection with the added bonus of professional-level backup and disaster recovery software that can be deployed without any IT expertise," said Tom Kampfer, President and COO, Iomega Corporation. "Windows Storage Server 2003 R2, Dual-Core Xeon processor, hardware-based RAID, hot swappable SATA II drives, dual Gigabit Ethernet ports, and an industry leading backup software suite are just a few of the advanced enterprise features that make the NAS 450r a superior platform for storing, protecting and archiving critical business data."

The Windows Standard and the NAS 450r SeriesThe new Iomega NAS 450r series utilizes Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 R2, resulting in seamless support for Windows file and print services and standard Windows backup and security applications.

"Microsoft is pleased to build on our longstanding partnership with Iomega and provide our mutual customers with an ideal storage solution," said Bala Kasiviswanathan, director of branch and storage solutions at Microsoft. "Iomega's StorCenter Pro NAS 450r with Windows Storage Server will help small and medium-sized organizations improve efficiency and productivity through enterprise-class data protection and file sharing."

Supported Windows services include Distributed File System (DFS-N and DFS-R), Encrypting File System (EFS), Volume Shadow Copy Services (VSS), Change Journal, Integrated SRM and File Server Resource Manager (FSRM), Active Directory Service, Indexing Service, Print Management Console, and Print Serving with a five printer limit (upgrade to unlimited printers available).

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