Imation Showcases Full Line of Personal Storage Solutions At MacWorld Conference & EXPO 2001.Business Editors & Technology Writers Macworld San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden 2001 Booth No. 425 SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 9, 2001 Imation Portfolio of Drives, Media and Digital Devices let Macintosh Users Satisfy their Creative Urges [pilcrow (paragraph sign)] Imation Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :IMN IMN Iraqi Media Network IMN Indicated Mach Number IMN Inter Member Network IMN Infectious Mononucleosis IMN Invisible Moose Network (website) IMN Illegal Macro Name IMN Internet Marketing Newsletter ) will showcase its full line of personal storage solutions offerings for Mac users during MacWorld Conference and Expo at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, Jan. 9-12, 2001. The show will highlight the latest Imation offerings, such as the new Travan FireWire 20GB Tape Drive, USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. Floppy Drive See floppy disk. floppy drive - disk drive , as well as the latest in digital media and devices - all designed to let consumers satisfy their creative urges. "Macintosh users, such as video and design professionals, who generate a tremendous amount of digital content need unique storage solutions that help them manage their information," said Steve Ladwig, president, Imation Data Storage & Information Management. "Our current storage portfolio, in addition to our evolving partnerships and emerging technologies, provides the unique solutions Macintosh users demand to better store and manage all their digital information." New Imation Backup Devices for Macs Imation will demonstrate the Travan FireWire 20GB Drive, a cost-effective data backup and storage tool that provides up to 120MB-per-minute (compressed) transfer rate and is designed exclusively for use with FireWire-enabled Power Mac G4, Power Mac G3, PowerBook and iMac computers from Apple Computer, Inc. Designed for digital video professionals, the drive combines the speed of FireWire with the vast storage capacity of Travan technology to easily back up digital video, graphics and other storage-intensive applications. The high-speed FireWire interface is exceptionally well suited for use with multimedia components such as video camcorders, as well as other high-speed devices including the latest in hard-disk drives and printers. The new drive incorporates a sleek "ice" design to complement Macintosh computers, and is bundled with Dantz Retrospect Desktop Backup - the leading backup software See backup program. (tool, software) backup software - Software for doing a backup, often included as part of the operating system. Backup software should provide ways to specify what files get backed up and to where. package available for Macintosh users because of its user-friendly interface and incredible restore reliability. Imation also will preview its next-generation Travan FireWire Plus - a 30GB hard drive and Travan drive in the same enclosure. This new drive is geared for design businesses who use Apple G4 workstations for generating, editing and providing services for still and video imaging. The combination of a high performance FireWire hard drive with the economical cost per megabyte One million bytes, or more precisely 1,048,576 bytes. Also MB, Mbyte and M-byte. See mega and space/time. (unit) megabyte - (MB, colloquially "meg") 2^20 = 1,048,576 bytes = 1024 kilobytes. 1024 megabytes are one gigabyte. of Travan tape cartridges make this system ideal for the off loading of work-in-progress and completed video projects from local hard drives in application format allowing for concurrent work on multiple projects. It also will be useful for conventional G3/G4 workstation backup of digital video and digital images for business conventional backup of iMac and G4 consumer CPUs. The new Travan FireWire Plus will be available in summer 2001. Backup Solution for Floppy Free Macs Imation's USB Floppy Drive for Macintosh to be featured at the show is one of the lightest and smallest available - weighing a mere 0.68 pounds. The drive is designed to bring instant, portable floppy compatibility for file transfer, software installation and more, to users of 1.44MB floppy free Macs. Easy to install, use and hot swap To pull out a component from a system and plug in a new one while the main power is still on. Also called "hot plug" and "hot insertion," hot swap is a feature of USB devices, allowing an external drive, network adapter or other peripheral to be plugged in without having to power down the with other USB peripherals, the Imation USB Floppy Drive is powered via the USB connection, requiring no additional power cord or adapter, and comes with a stack of customizable colored faceplate covers. The drive carries a manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP MSRP Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price MSRP Message Session Relay Protocol MSRP Multi-Species Recovery Plan (US Fish & Wildlife Service) MSRP Member of the Society for Radiological Protection (UK) ) of $79.99 (actual pricing may vary) and is available from major retail, mail order and online computing outlets. Breakthrough Miniature Optical Technology Previews The breakthrough technology of Imation DataPlay digital media - an affordable, miniature optical media the size of a quarter - also will be on display in the Imation booth. Imation DataPlay digital media is designed to let users download and record 500MB of digital content - music, books, games, computer files - on a single disc and play it back on any DataPlay-enabled device, such as digital music players Hardware or software that plays audio files encoded in MP3, AAC, WMA or other audio formats. There are several software-based music players that play audio files in a desktop or laptop computer, including iTunes, RealPlayer and Windows Media Player. , e-books, portable games or digital cameras. A single Imation DataPlay digital media is capable of holding a staggering amount of information, whether it's hours of music, hundreds of photographs or volumes of written information, all with an estimated archival life of 100 years. Also previewed will be Imation DiscGO!, a portable, self-hosted DataPlay device with USB connectivity that provides the exchange of digital content between multiple memory card formats and Imation DataPlay digital media without the use of a PC. Availability of both Imation DataPlay digital media and DiscGO! is expected during the third quarter of 2001. Imation Expands Media Offerings In addition to its complete list of media offerings at the show, Imation will display its new Imation CD-RW (CD-ReWritable) The only rewritable CD technology. CD-RW disks look like other CD media, but with close inspection, they have a more polished surface with a very dark blue-gray cast. 4X-10X media - a high-speed, rewritable CD featuring 650MB of data storage, an increased re-write recording speed of 10X, and totally noise-free playback. The media can be used for playback by existing multiread drives such as CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). , DVD-ROM DVD-ROM: see digital versatile disc. A read-only DVD disc used to permanently store data files. DVD-ROM discs are widely used to distribute large software applications that exceed the capacity of a CD-ROM disc. and rewritable DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. . The Imation CD-RW 4X-10X media is ideal for storing multimedia presentations, archiving video and audio files, as well as downloading information from the Internet, or backing up system applications. Availability is slated for early February. In addition, Imation will feature samples of its recently released Imation 16X CD-R (CD-Recordable) A writable CD technology using a type of compact disc that can be recorded, but not erased (CD-Rs are "write once" discs). CD-R discs are used to master CD-ROMs, to back up data and to make copies of data for distribution. media, a recordable CD designed for the next wave of high speed CD-R and CD-RW drives. The discs, available in five neon colors, offer an increased storage capacity of 700MB that allow up to 80 minutes for audio files. Also on preview will be the Imation 80mm CD-R media, a small 80mm optical media that can hold up to 185MB of digital information, such as digital video clips or sample audio clips. The media features 21 minutes (uncompressed) audio, or more than three hours compressed audio such as MP3 formats. Availability is slated for early March. About Imation Corp. A global technology company, Imation Corp. supplies a variety of products and services worldwide, specializing in data storage and information management, color management and imaging solutions. In 1999, the company reported revenues of $1.4 billion from continuing operations continuing operations Parts of a business that are expected to be maintained as an ongoing segment of an overall business operation. Income and losses from continuing operations are reported separately if any segments have been discontinued during the . As of June 30, 2000, the company employed approximately 4,700 people worldwide. Additional information about Imation is available on the company's Web site at http://www.imation.com, or by calling Imation toll-free at 1-888-466-3456. To receive recent earnings news releases, corporate information and related shareholder services, call Imation's toll-free shareholder information line at 1-888-IMN-NYSE (1-888-466-6973). Imation and Travan are trademarks of Imation Corp. Macintosh is a trademark of Apple Computer Corp. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Certain information contained in this news release which does not relate to historical financial information may be deemed to constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause the Company's actual results in the future to differ materially from its historical results and those presently anticipated or projected. Among these factors are those set forth in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Imation's 1999 Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. and subsequent 10-Q filings |
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