Sony Electronics Launches Tape Storage Trade-In Program; Company Also Extends 24-Hour Swap Service to Three Years.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers 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)--Oct. 2, 2000 Sony Electronics Sony Electronics Inc., headquartered in San Diego, Calif., is the largest component of Sony Corporation of America, the U.S. holding company for Sony's U.S.-based electronics and entertainment businesses. today announced a program offering a trade-in rebate on old and functioning storage equipment for new Sony tape drives or autoloaders. The trade-in rebate applies to used storage peripherals regardless of manufacturer, with purchase of new Sony tape products. "This program has been designed to meet the requirements of customers who need to upgrade to a new tape storage solution, while enhancing return on investment for their used storage equipment," said Chris Yoshida, product manager for Value Added Value Added The enhancement a company gives its product or service before offering the product to customers. Notes: This can either increase the products price or value. Products at Sony Electronics' Component Company. In addition to offering a trade-in program, the company has also extended its 24-hour swap service agreement to a full three years. "With today's midrange storage needs, the importance of capacity, performance, service and price can not be underestimated," Yoshida said. "We are always looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. ways to improve customer satisfaction and support." For complete details about Sony's tape storage trade-in tape program, including trade-in values for qualified products, visit www.sony.com/storagebysony or call 800/758-2882. Sony offers a broad line of tape drives solutions with capacities ranging from 40GB to 400GB. Among them is Advanced Intelligent Tape (storage) Advanced Intelligent Tape - (AIT) A form of magnetic tape and drive using AME developed by Sony for storing large amounts of data. An AIT can store over 50 gigabytes and transfer data at six megabytes/second (in February 1999). (TM) (AIT) technology, which is the latest in a long line of innovative tape solutions developed by Sony, setting new standards for reliability, capacity and performance. Sony's family of DDS (1) (Digital Data Storage) See DAT. (2) (Data Dictionary System) See QuickBuild and OpenDDS. (3) (Dataphone Digital S tape drives and autoloaders offer cost-effective solutions for backing up small to mid-sized systems. These products deliver value in performance and reliability for applications ranging from a single PC to a workstation or small network. All Sony tape drives come with 24/7/365 toll-free technical support and a three-year limited warranty Limited warranty A warranty with certain conditions and limitations on the parts covered, type of damage covered, and/or time period for which the agreement is good. . By extension of the 24-hour swap service from one year to three years of product purchase, the three-year limited warranty is fully covered by the 24-hour swap service. Based in San Jose, Calif., The Value Added Products Division of Sony Electronics' Component Company markets storage solutions through commercial and industrial distributors, retailers and resellers. For additional information about Sony storage products, call 800/352-7669 or visit Sony's World Wide Web site at http://www.sony.com/storagebysony. |
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