Iomega is a producer of consumer external, portable and networking storage hardware. Established in the 1980s, Iomega has sold more than 400 million digital storage drives and disks. Purchased by EMC in June 2008, Iomega has become the SOHO/SMB arm of the world’s largest storage company.
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.
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Iomega is a producer of consumer external, portable and networking storage hardware. Established in the 1980s, Iomega has sold more than 400 million digital storage drives and disks. Purchased by EMC in June 2008, Iomega has become the SOHO/SMB arm of the world’s largest storage company.
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.
Iomega designed and manufactured a range of products designed to compete with and ultimately replace the 3.5" Floppy Disk.
Some of these products came very close to this goal whilst also achieving status in their own right as highly collectable items.
Initial Iomega products connected to a computer via SCSI or Parallel port. Later models used USB.
Iomega has been widely criticized for customer service issues dating back to 1998, when Wired covered the company's $100 million "advertising blitz" at a time of plummeting stocks and two class-action lawsuits...
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