DataZONE Announces New Program for OEM and System Integrators; DataBay Design-in Program Provides Incentives for PC Builders.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers PC Expo A trade show for resellers, corporate managers and technical professionals from CMP Media LLC, a subsidiary of United Business Media. First held in New York in 1983 with 120 exhibitors and 9,600 attendees, the show grew from the personal computer's early years to 550 vendors and more than 2000 NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 27, 2000 DataZONE Corp., a leading developer of innovative, rugged storage solutions, announced today a new incentive program for PC 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 and System Integrators called the DataBay Design-in Program. "The DataBay Design-in Program is a revenue sharing revenue sharing Funding arrangement in which one government unit grants a portion of its tax income to another government unit. For example, provinces or states may share revenue with local governments, or national governments may share revenue with provinces or states. program for OEMs and System Integrators who integrate and promote DataBay within their systems," explained John Everett, executive V.P. at DataZONE. "We've designed the program so that integrating our DataBay product is attractive to the customer both financially and from a product uniqueness standpoint. The DataBay/DataBook combination provides a truly unequaled storage solution that sets a computer apart in terms of providing high capacity, secure, yet portable storage." OEM and System Integrators interested in obtaining more information about DataZONE, its products, and the DataBay Design-in Program can contact a DataZONE sales representative by phone at 888/660-8688 or 408/360-8688 or by email at info@datazonecorp.com. About DataBay DataBay is an innovative and flexible device bay designed to fit into a standard 5.25" half-height drive A 5.25" disk drive that takes up half the vertical space of first-generation drives in desktop computers. Measuring 1 5/8" in height, it is commonly used for 5.25" floppy disks and hard disks. Contrast with full-height drive. bay that transforms a DataBook into an internal device in seconds. Simply install DataBay in any vacant 5.25" half-height drive bay and slide in a DataBook of any capacity and start working. DataBay's lock provides exceptional data protection and security by ensuring that only the key holder can remove the device. Primary drive crashed? Don't worry, you can boot from DataBay. Or, use it to boot different 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. on a single PC. About DataBook DataBook is a rugged, portable hard drive available in capacities of 6 to 25GB that allows users to easily transport large amounts of data, files, and applications in a single, compact footprint. DataBook has been designed to survive a fall from desktop height -- a spec unparalleled by any other storage device! DataBook is ideal for a variety of applications such as system backup, large file transportation, fast-and-simple storage capacity upgrades, data archive, and downloading Internet, MP3, and digital video files. Because it's interface independent, you can transfer the same DataBook from notebook to desktop through a variety of interfaces simply by changing the cable. 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. 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 (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) , Apple Computer, Solectron, RioPort.com, Maxtor Network Systems Group, Dantz Development, MusicMatch, and NovaStor. More information about DataZONE is available at www.datazonecorp.com. Note to Editors: All trademarks are registered with their respective companies. |
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