EMC and Iomega late yesterday announced a definitive agreement for EMC to acquire San Diego-based Iomega in a cash tender offer of $3.85 per outstanding share, or approximately $213 million.
The 200rL Series is Iomega's first attempt at adding a Linux-based (Debian) offering to its Windows Storage Server-based Small / Medium Business NAS product line. The 200rL comes in 1, 2 and 3 TB configurations in a 1U rack-mount format. We tested the 3 TB version.
Iomega today announced a new family of Linux-based rack-mount NASes in 1TB, 2TB and 3TB capacities.
The new Iomega StorCenter Pro NAS 200rL Linux Servers feature gigabit Ethernet LAN, four hot-swappable SATA drives with auto-rebuild and support RAID 0, 0+1, 5 and JBOD modes.
Iomega today announced that it has entered into a definitive share purchase agreement to acquire ExcelStor Great Wall Technology Limited, a Cayman Islands company, and Shenzhen ExcelStor Technology Limited, a PRC company.
Iomega will issue approximately 84 million shares of common stock in Iomega in exchange for all outstanding ExcelStor common shares. Upon closing the transaction, GWT and its affiliates will hold approximately 43% of Iomega’s common stock, making GWT the largest Iomega shareholder. The Boards of Directors of both Iomega and ExcelStor have unanimously approved the share purchase agreement.
Iomega today announced new rackmount and desktop NASes targeted at small and mid-sized businesses.
The StorCenter Pro NAS 200r 1TB Server and the StorCenter Pro NAS 200r 1TB Server with Print Serving capability are four-drive "data center" products powered by Windows Storage Server 2003 R2. The NASes support Microsoft’s Encrypting File System, Volume Shadow Copy Services, and Active Directory Services. The Print Serving version can support up to five printers, or more with an optional Windows Print Server upgrade.
Also introduced is the desktop StorCenter Pro NAS 150d 3TB Server with Active Directory support. This Linux-based NAS supports computers running the Windows, Unix, Linux and Mac OS X operating systems and includes a USB print server.
Iomega today announced its low-priced Home Network Hard Drive product line.
The single-drive NASes come in 320GB, 360GB and 500GB capacities and connect via a 10/100 Ethernet port. All versions can also function as a directly-attached external USB 2.0 drive.
Other features include a built-in XBox 360 media server and two client licenses for EMC Retrospect HD backup software.
The 320GB and 500 GB models are available now at MSRP's of $149 and $199, respectively. Note that the 320 GB model is available only direct from Iomega. The 360GB model is expected to be available in late September for $149.
Iomega today added new members to its StorCenter Network Hard Drive product line.
Available in 500 GB, 750 GB and 1 TB capacities, all members of the new line feature feature a journaling file system, Active Directory support and come bundled with EMC Retrospect Express backup and disaster recovery software. Other features include Apple Bonjour support and integrated UPnP AV and print services.
Iomega today announced a partnership with Postini to offer managed email security and spam defense solutions to small and mid-sized businesses.
Under the agreement, Iomega is now delivering Postini's security and compliance solutions to SMBs in the United States and in international markets. Beginning next month, distributor Tech Data will offer its customers the new Iomega OfficeScreen Managed Email Security and Spam Defense - Powered by Postini.
Iomega today announced a new rack-mount addition to its NAS product line. The new Iomega StorCenter Pro NAS 450r series is based on Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 running on a Dual-Core Intel Xeon hardware platform packaged in a 1U rackmount format.
Four hot-swappable 7200-RPM SATA II drives can be configured for RAID 0, 1 or 5 and other hardware features include dual gigabit Ethernet connections, ECC memory, and an Ultra 320 SCSI (VHDC1) connection for high-speed archival backup. 250 and 500 GB drives are supported for a total of 1 or 2 GB of storage.
Iomega today announced two new four-drive, SATA II based NASes with hot-swappable drives.
The StorCenter Pro NAS 150d Server runs Linux on a 400MHz CPU with 128 MB RAM and has a gigabit Ethernet LAN and four USB 2.0 ports. It supports RAID 0, 1 5 and JBOD modes, has a built-in print server supporting up to four USB printers and comes in 1 and 2 TB configurations.
Iomega today announced the next generation of its Iomega StorCenter network-attached storage (NAS) devices. All models feature the Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 operating system, optimized for file and print services across the network and SATA-II hot-swappable hard drives.
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