DataZONE Announces First Profitable Quarter in Q4 1999; Transportable Storage Solutions Company Morphs From Start-up to Profitable Organization.Business Editors SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 18, 2000 DataZONE Corporation, a leading developer of innovative and ruggedized multimedia storage peripherals, announced today that revenues from Q4 of fiscal calendar 1999 brought the company into the black for the first time since its founding in June of 1998. Company founder, president, and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Steven Kaczeus, attributes the company's success to a number of factors. "We spent much of 1998 focused on R&D efforts designing our initial product, DataBook. In 1999, as a start-up company start-up company A new business. , we achieved some incredible milestones including signing 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 private label agreement with IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Corporation and establishing a high-volume manufacturing partnership with Solectron," Kaczeus explained. "The year 2000 promises to be even better because we will soon be announcing new innovative storage products and we are seeking investment partners to assist in our growth plans. We've got a lot of exciting developments underway." DataZONE's initial product, DataBook, is a compact and lightweight external storage system that connects to PC or Mac-based desktop and notebook computers allowing users to easily transport data and files without handling a pile of removable cartridges or a heavy notebook computer. The device has been designed to survive a drop from desktop height, which is highly remarkable considering hard drives cannot typically withstand a drop of more than a couple of inches. DataBook is fully self-contained, cartridge free, and contains pre-loaded encryptive backup and scheduling software ensuring exceptional data security. DataBook is ideal for a variety of applications such as downloading Internet and MP3 files, system backup, file transportation, fast-and-simple storage capacity upgrades, and data archive. Available in capacities from 6 to 25 gigabytes, DataBook is an intelligent alternative to cartridge-based drives. About DataZONE Founded in 1998, DataZONE is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. that develops, markets, and sells innovative and ruggedized transportable storage A storage medium that is easily moved from one location to another. CDs, DVDs, floppy disks, Zip and REV cartridges, USB drives (flash drives) and compact external hard drives are examples of transportable storage. See removable disk and external drive. devices. Its initial product, DataBook, is the first transportable, reliable, and cartridge free multimedia storage solution for today's road warrior lifestyle. DataZONE's philosophy is to create reliable, compact, easy-to-use storage devices that will allow users to preserve important data for years to come without the fear of obsolescence ob·so·les·cent adj. 1. Being in the process of passing out of use or usefulness; becoming obsolete. 2. Biology Gradually disappearing; imperfectly or only slightly developed. . DataZONE partners include IBM, Apple Computer, Solectron, Diamond Multimedia, Maxtor Network Systems Group, MusicMatch, and NovaStor. The company is located at 23 Las Colinas Lane, San Jose, CA 95119 and can be reached by phone at (408) 360-8688 or on the Internet at www.datazonecorp.com. All trademarks are registered with their respective companies. |
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