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. Recently purchased by EMC in June 2008, Iomega has become the SOHO/SMB arm of the world's largest storage company.
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White papers, case studies, technical articles, and blog posts relating to iomega corp. ... Blog posts 2009-01-05. Iomega eGo Helium ...updates.zdnet.com/tags/iomega+corp..htmlIomega 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. Recently 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.
Products
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.
- Bernoulli Box
- Zip Drive
- Jaz Drive
- MiniMax Drive
- Iomega REV
- Iomega Ditto
- Iomega Pocket Zip drive
Initial Iomega products connected to a computer via SCSI or Parallel port. Later models used USB.
Controversy
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 brought to the company by frustrated customers.
In one lawsuit customers complained that Iomega's warranty promised free technical support, but once customers called, they were told they would be charged. In a second suit the company was charged with not delivering on cash rebates promised on Zip and Jaz drives sold under promotion.
Iomega's faulty zip drives became known for an anomaly known as "the click of death", where - after a time - zip drives would no longer be able to read disks and would instead produce a loud clicking sound. Many users reported damaged disks and data loss.
Despite the impact on the company's stock price, and negative media coverage about the company's legal, business, and customer service issues, their sales continued to grow.
More information can be found at MacInTouch Special Reports and Rip-off Report.
See also
- Nomaï - A competitor that was acquired and closed down.
- SyQuest Technology
