Chili Pepper Software announces OEM agreement with Iomega Corp. to bundle HSM software.ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 4, 1994--Chili Pepper Software Inc., the leading manufacturer of Hierarchical Storage Management See HSM. (HSM (1) (Hierarchical Storage Management) The automatic movement of files from hard disk to slower, less-expensive storage media. The typical hierarchy is from magnetic disk to optical disc to tape. ) software for the desktop PC, Friday announced an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and agreement with Iomega Corp. of Roy, Utah Roy is a city in Weber County, Utah, United States, along Interstate 15. The population was 35,100 as of 2006. History Roy was settled in 1873, twenty-five years after Ogden, and most of the surrounding communities had been settled prior to that time. , a world supplier of removable mass storage. Iomega will bundle Chili Pepper Software's Personal Archiver(TM) with all Iomega removable disk A disk or disk cartridge that is inserted into the drive for reading and writing and removed when not required. Using optical technologies, CDs and DVDs are the most common examples. drives, including the recently announced Bernoulli 230MB drive. In addition, Iomega will also include Personal Archiver with its LaserSafe Plus magneto-optical drives. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed. "Iomega removable drives combined with Personal Archiver is the perfect approach to a total storage management solution," said Timothy L. Hill, vice president of marketing for Iomega Corp. "By combining our products, the PC user will have practically unlimited disk space and not have the issue of managing countless files on multiple hard drives." "I am impressed by the momentum Chili Pepper Software is achieving through relationships such as this with Iomega," said analyst Michael L. Peterson, Peripheral Strategies Inc. "Personal Archiver's PC technology supersedes all of the old disk compression See data compression. approaches. Today's PC customers will appreciate a storage solutions that combines such complementary products to manage their growing data storage needs." Personal Archiver, conceived from Chili Pepper Software's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , Infinite Disk, is a powerful software system providing quick and easy disk management, increasing the amount of available disk space on your hard drive. Simply put, Personal Archiver lets you remove files never used, and automatically brings them back if they are ever needed. With Personal Archiver, files are manually archived off line, usually based on frequency of use. Every file archived by Personal Archiver still appears to be on the local hard drive, and the PC operates as usual. When an archived file See archive. is accessed, in any way, it is recalled from a specific volume without disturbing the application in use. Iomega customers may also purchase upgrades to Infinite Disk through Iomega. "We are very excited about the power of this bundle with Iomega," said Richard M. Onyon, president and chief executive officer of Chili Pepper Software. "By adding Personal Archiver, a user's Bernoulli drive now becomes an endless storage solution eliminating the need for additional hard drives." Background Founded in 1992, Chili Pepper Software is the leading manufacturer of HSM solutions for the desktop PC, including Infinite Disk, Infinite Disk Lite and Personal Archiver. Chili Pepper Software products are marketed through software OEMs, resellers, distribution, software catalogs, and direct channels. For additional information, contact Chili Pepper Software, 1630 Pleasant Hill Rd., Suite 180-200, Atlanta, GA 30136-5827; phone 800/395-1812 (sales) or 404/339-1812 (main); fax 404/513-7411. Iomega Corp. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :IOMG) develops, manufactures and sells removable mass storage subsystems for desktop and portable computers and for workstations. Iomega's patented Bernoulli Technology provides unlimited data storage capability by combining the removability and security of floppy drives with the high capacity and performance of rigid drives. Iomega's patented QIC-compatible backup up tape drives provides cross-platform backup for DOS, Windows, and OS/2 operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. . Iomega also sells 21MB floppy drives using Floptical technology, and 1.3 gigabyte LaserSafe Plus magneto-optical drives. CONTACT: Chili Pepper Software Inc., Atlanta
Scott J. Jones, 404/339-1812
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Iomega Corp., Roy
A. Cory Maloy, 801/778-3712
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