Plan for Ditto Product Line Unveiled by Tecmar; This Follows Acquisition of Ditto from Iomega.LONGMONT, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 21, 1999-- Tecmar Technologies Inc. (www.tecmar.com), a leading provider of tape storage products for the network storage market, Wednesday announced plans for the Ditto(R) product line it recently acquired from Iomega. The new Tecmar-manufactured 10GB Ditto Max(tm) Professional, aimed at the SoHo market, will be offered at an 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 $199 -- the same price as the Iomega-manufactured 7GB Ditto Max. Tecmar will also expand the Ditto family by adding two new 20GB products targeted at the workstation and network server markets. The Ditto Max Pro Workstation Series will start at $299, and the Ditto Max Pro Network Series will start at $399 MSRP. Based on Tecmar's award-winning Travan NSync technology, both of these products will offer the increased capacities and advanced interfaces required by workstation and server users. Tecmar will also address the capacity and Y2K See Y2K problem and Y2K compliant. Y2K - Year 2000 needs of current Ditto users. The installed base of Ditto products is about three million. In addition, the channel inventory currently includes older 2GB and 7GB Ditto products. All of these drives will require a software upgrade to address Y2K issues. They will also need capacity upgrades before they can accommodate additional storage needs. Tecmar will offer users of these products three upgrade options. First, it will provide a Y2K software upgrade kit for $19.99 MSRP. Second, it will provide a 10GB upgrade kit for the 7GB product consisting of upgrade software, the Y2K upgrade kit and required media for $49.99 MSRP. Third, it will provide a trade-in program to 2GB and 7GB users for a new 20GB Ditto Max Pro Workstation drive, complete with software and media, for $249.99 MSRP. Under terms of the acquisition, Iomega will continue to sell off its inventory of Ditto drives. Tecmar will begin shipping the Ditto Max(tm) Professional to its channels on May 15, providing a seamless transition and a continuous product inventory to channel customers. The Y2K upgrade kit will also ship at this time. In late June, Tecmar will begin shipping the first of its 20GB Ditto Max Pro products. It will also ship the 10GB upgrade kit and will initiate the trade-in program for existing Ditto users. Ernest Wassmann, Tecmar president and chief executive officer, said, "Incorporating our Travan NSync technology into the newly announced Ditto Max Pro Workstation and Network drives will make their performance five times better than the 10GB Ditto Max Professional. Aimed at the personal workstation Same as personal computer or workstation. and entry-level server markets, both products will have internal ATAPI (AT Attachment Packet Interface) The specification for ATA (IDE) tape drives and CD-ROMs. See IDE. ATAPI - AT Attachment Packet Interface and SCSI SCSI in full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. , as well as external SCSI versions. "All of our Ditto family products will use the same software, and give users the same simple automated backup, that current Ditto users enjoy. Tecmar Ditto products will ship with a CD that gives users access to the full power of Seagate Backup Exec Backup Exec is backup software for Microsoft Windows environments currently developed by Symantec. Backup Exec has a long history of being sold from one company to another. (tm) and allows them to easily select the version and operating system they require. This complete solution eliminates the need for any additional purchase. "Tecmar has had great success with its products in the 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 community and has been recognized with many industry awards," Wassmann continued. "Now we are ready to bring our technology to the consumer. We intend to capitalize on the great job Iomega did building Ditto into a leading tape-storage brand. As storage capacity and performance needs continue to increase, the Ditto brand -- enhanced by Tecmar's NSync technology -- will continue to offer users affordable, reliable tape storage." Tecmar Technologies Inc. (OSE OSE - Open Systems Environment SMB (1) (Small to Medium-sized Business) Also called "SME" (small to medium-sized enterprise), it refers to companies that are larger than the small office/home office (SOHO), but not huge. :TTI TTI Texas Transportation Institute TTI Thoracic Trauma Index TTI Transmission Time Interval TTI Travel Time Index TTI Travel Technology Initiative TTI Technology Transfer Initiative TTI Traffic and Traveller Information TTI Technology Transfer Institute ) is a leading provider of high-performance tape storage solutions for the network storage environment, and offers a wide range of tape storage systems, media and libraries. With headquarters in Longmont, Tecmar has sales offices in the United States, Singapore and the United Kingdom. Its products are sold worldwide through OEMs, computer system resellers, and retailers. TTI is publicly traded on the SMB list of the Oslo Stock Exchange Oslo Stock Exchange An exchange founded in 1819 and trading stocks, bonds, and stock options that is considered the options market of Norway. . Tecmar's address is: 1900 Pike Road, Bldg. E, Longmont, Colo. 80501. Web site is: www.tecmar.com. Phones are 800/890-1425 or 303/682-3700. Fax is: 303/776-1698. Note to editors: Travan NS is a trademark of Imation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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