Iomega
Encyclopedia
Iomega is an American producer of consumer external, portable
and networking storage hardware. Established in the 1980s, Iomega has sold more than 410 million digital storage drives and disks. On April 8, 2008, EMC Corporation
announced its plans to acquire Iomega for a consideration of US $213M. The acquisition was completed in June 2008, making Iomega the SOHO
/SMB arm of the world’s largest storage company.
. Some of these products came very close to this goal while also achieving status in their own right as collectable items. Initial Iomega products connected to a computer via SCSI
or parallel port
, later models used USB and FireWire (1394).
Iomega's current product portfolio includes network attached storage products, external hard drives, multimedia drives, and removable storage technology, the REV Backup Drive.
Portable
Portable may refer to:* Portable building, a manufactured structure that is built off site and moved in upon completion of site and utility work...
and networking storage hardware. Established in the 1980s, Iomega has sold more than 410 million digital storage drives and disks. On April 8, 2008, EMC Corporation
EMC Corporation
EMC Corporation , a Financial Times Global 500, Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company, develops, delivers and supports information infrastructure and virtual infrastructure hardware, software, and services. EMC is headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA.Former Intel executive Richard Egan and his...
announced its plans to acquire Iomega for a consideration of US $213M. The acquisition was completed in June 2008, making Iomega the SOHO
Small office/home office
Small office/home office, or SOHO, refers to the category of business or cottage industry which involves from 1 to 10 workers. SOHO can also stand for single office/home office....
/SMB arm of the world’s largest storage company.
Products
Iomega designed and manufactured a range of products designed to compete with and ultimately replace the 3.5" floppy disk, notably the Zip DriveZip drive
The Zip drive is a medium-capacity removable disk storage system that was introduced by Iomega in late 1994. Originally, Zip disks launched with capacities of 100 MB, but later versions increased this to first 250 MB and then 750 MB....
. Some of these products came very close to this goal while also achieving status in their own right as collectable items. Initial Iomega products connected to a computer via SCSI
SCSI
Small Computer System Interface is a set of standards for physically connecting and transferring data between computers and peripheral devices. The SCSI standards define commands, protocols, and electrical and optical interfaces. SCSI is most commonly used for hard disks and tape drives, but it...
or parallel port
Parallel port
A parallel port is a type of interface found on computers for connecting various peripherals. In computing, a parallel port is a parallel communication physical interface. It is also known as a printer port or Centronics port...
, later models used USB and FireWire (1394).
Iomega's current product portfolio includes network attached storage products, external hard drives, multimedia drives, and removable storage technology, the REV Backup Drive.
1980–1999
- 1980: April 2, Iomega Founded
- 1982: Released First Bernoulli BoxBernoulli BoxThe Bernoulli Box was a high-capacity removable disk storage system that was Iomega's first widely-known product...
Drive (10MB) - 1995: January, Shipped Iomega Ditto Tape Drive
- 1995: March, Released Zip 100MB Drive
- 1995: December, Shipped Jaz DriveJaz driveThe Jaz drive was a removable disk storage system, introduced by the Iomega company in 1995. The system has since been discontinued.The Jaz disks were originally released with a 1 GB capacity in a 3½-inch form factor, which was a significant increase over Iomega's most popular product at the time,...
1GB Drive - 1997: June, Announced Buz Multimedia Producer
- 1997: November, Unveiled Clik! 40MB Drive
- 1998: February, Shipped Jaz 2GB Drive
- 1998: December, Shipped Zip 250MB Drive
- 1999: Shipped First Internal CD-RW Drive
2000–present
- 2000: September, Launched HipZip Digital Audio Player
- 2000: October, Shipped FotoShow Digital Image Center
- 2000: December, Shipped First External CD-RW Drive
- 2001: January, Announced Peerless Drive System
- 2001: March, Shipped DataSafe Network Attached Storage (NAS) Server
- 2002: April, Announced Portable and External Hard Drive Family
- 2002: August, Shipped Zip 750MB Drive
- 2002: November, Launched USB Mini Flash Drive
- 2003: March, Launched iStorage Online Storage
- 2003: March, Announced External Floppy Drive
- 2003: June, Announced first DVD-RW drive
- 2003: June, Shipped 50 millonth Zip drive
- 2003: November, Introduced Super DVD QuikTouch
- 2004: February, Shipped CD-RW/DVD-ROM 7-in-1 Card Reader
- 2004: April, Shipped REV 35GB Drive
- 2004: April, Shipped Floppy Plus 7-in-1 Card Reader
- 2004: September, Introduced Wireless NAS Server
- 2004: October, Introduced REV Autoloader 1000
- 2005: November, Announced ScreenPlay Multimedia Drive
- 2006: September, Introduced desktop RAID storage
- 2008: January, Announced eGo Portable Hard Drive
- 2008: April, EMC acquired Iomega
- 2008: April, Announced ScreenPlay HD Multimedia Drive
- 2008: May, Announced eGo Desktop Hard Drive
- 2008: August, Introduced ScreenPlay TV Link Multimedia Adapter
- 2008: September, Announced the new eGo Helium Portable Hard Drive
- 2008: October, Announced StorCenter ix2
- 2008: October, Announced ScreenPlay Pro HD Multimedia Drive
- 2009: January, Shipped Iomega Home Media Network Hard Drive
- 2009: February, Announced StorCenter ix4-100 Server
- 2009: April, Ships the StorCenter ix4-200r NAS
- 2009: May, New Generation of eGo Portable Hard Drives
- 2009: August, Announced StorCenter ix4-200d NAS
- 2009: October, Announced StorCenter ix2-200
- 2010: January, Shipped Iomega iConnect Wireless Data Station
- 2010: January, Announced ScrenPlay Media Player, Director Edition
- 2010: January, Announced v.Clone Technology: Take your PC Virtually Anywhere
- 2010: April, Iomega celebrates 30 years
- 2010: May, Announced StorCenter ix12-300r NAS
- 2010: June, Introduced Skin Hard Drive by Iomega
See also
- NomaïNomaïNomaï, S.A. was a computer storage products manufacturer, based in Avranches, France. It was founded in 1992 and acquired by Iomega in 1998. The company was listed on the Paris Bourse with symbol NOMF.PA...
- A competitor that was acquired and closed down. - SyQuest TechnologySyQuest TechnologySyQuest Technology, Inc., now known as SYQT, Inc., was an early entrant into the removable hard disk market for personal computers. The company was started in 1982 by Syed Iftikar; it was named partially after himself because of a company meeting wherein it was decided that "SyQuest" ought to be a...