DataZONE Drops Price on FireWire Interface Kit.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 price reduction on the FireWire interface kit for the DataBook portable drive. Effective July 1, the new price drops to $109. "Our DataBook product is interface-independent, which means that users can take the same high capacity portable drive from desktop to notebook simply by changing the interface cable," explained John Everett, executive V.P. at DataZONE. "The FireWire interface adds even more value to the DataBook because of the incredible data throughput rates Throughput rate is an obsolete term[1] in the terminology of automated chemical analysis. It may mean either:
1. ^ International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. "throughput rate". of 10MB/ second sustained and up to 50MB/second burst, which are required for performance-intensive applications such as video and audio recording and editing." 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 downloading - download 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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